1982 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1982 NCAA Men's Division II Ice Hockey Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college ice hockey. A total of 12 games were played, hosted by the University of Lowell.
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Lowell Chiefs (3rd title) |
| Runner-up | Plattsburgh Cardinals (2nd title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Bill Riley Jr. (3rd title) |
| MOP | Paul Lohnes, (Lowell) |
| Attendance | 14,140 |
The University of Lowell, coached by Bill Riley, won the national title with a 5-1 victory in the final game over Plattsburgh.
Paul Lohnes, of the University of Lowell, was named the Most Outstanding Player and Scott Swanson, of Gustavus Adolphus, was the high scorer of the tournament with eleven points (4 goals, 7 assists).
Qualifying teams
With the number of teams in the tournament doubling, the NCAA did not hold a western regional tournament. No automatic bids were offered.
| East Region | West Region | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Team | Record | Last Bid | Seed | Team | Record | Last Bid |
| 1 | Lowell | 28–3–0 | 1981 | 1 | Mankato State | 22–7–1 | 1981 |
| 2 | Plattsburgh State | 23–12–1 | 1981 | 2 | Gustavus Adolphus | 19–8–0 | Never |
| 3 | Babson | 20–6–1 | Never | 3 | St. Scholastica | 17–9–1 | Never |
| 4 | Oswego State | 20–8–0 | Never | 4 | Merrimack | 20–15–1 | 1980 |
Tournament Bracket
The quarter-finals were two-game total-goals series played at the campus of the higher seed. The semi-finals and finals were single elimination games.
| Quarterfinals March 12–14 |
Semifinals March 18–19 |
National Championship March 20 | ||||||||||
| Lowell | 9 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||
| Oswego State | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||
| Lowell | 4 | |||||||||||
| Merrimack | 3 | |||||||||||
| Merrimack | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||
| Mankato State | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
| Lowell | 6 | |||||||||||
| Plattsburgh State | 1 | |||||||||||
| Plattsburgh State | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Babson | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Plattsburgh State | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||
| Gustavus Adolphus | 3 | |||||||||||
| Gustavus Adolphus | 7 | 9 | 16 | Merrimack | 5 | |||||||
| St. Scholastica | 4 | 1 | 5 | Gustavus Adolphus | 8 | |||||||
All-Tournament Team
- G: John MacKenzie (Lowell)
- D: Paul Lohnes (Lowell)
- D: Rob Spath (Lowell)
- F: Chip Grabowski (Plattsburgh State)
- F: Ken Kaiser (Lowell)
- F: Mike Carr (Lowell)
External links
- "NCAA Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2016-04-14.