Brian Faison - University of North Dakota

1980 NCAA CHAMPIONS
1979-80 NCAA CHAMPIONS
FRONT ROW (L to R): Darren Jensen, Rick Zaparniuk, Rick Myers, Dean Dachyshyn, Marc Chorney, Mark Taylor, Mel Donnelly, Head Coach Gino Gasparini,
Bob Iwabuchi, Erwin Martens, Phil Sykes, Mike Neitzke, Doug Smail, Brad Cox, Pierre Lamoureux; BACK ROW: Equipment Manager Dave Kamrowski,
Athletic Trainer A.G. Edwards, Assistant Coach Rick Wilson, Glen White, Troy Magnuson, Paul Chadwick, Mickey Volcan, Craig Ludwig, Gary Gangelho� ,
Travis Dunn, Glen Fester, Cary Eades, Howard Walker, Conway Marvin, Frank Burggraf, Dusty Carroll, Student Athletic Trainer Todd Jorgenson, Assistant
Equipment Manager Paul Olmstead, Assistant Coach Jim Nelson
Northern Michigan vs. North Dakota
March 29, 1980
NCAA Championship
Providence Civic Center, Providence, R.I. (6,056)
Scoring 1 2 3 OT F
Northern Michigan 0 0 2 - 2
North Dakota 2 1 2 - 5
1st Period- UND: Doug Smail (Phil Sykes, Mark Taylor) 9:43; UND:
Doug Smail (Phil Sykes, Travis Dunn) 12:48
2nd Period- UND: Doug Smail (Phil Sykes) 3:12
3rd Period- UND: Phil Sykes (unassisted) 8:42; NMU: Bill Joyce
(Don Waddell, Tom Laidlaw) 14:29; NMU: Terry Houck (Keith
Hanson, Je� Pyle) 15:20; UND: Doug Smail (Phil Sykes, Frank
Burggraf) 18:21
Penalties: UND 10-20; NMU 8-16
Shots: UND 13-20-12--45; NMU 5-5-12--22
Saves: UND Jensen 5-5-10--20; NMU Weeks 11-19-10--40
• The 16-year drought without a NCAA Championship
ended in 1980. The previous year,
1978-79, saw the Sioux losing 4-3 to Minnesota
in the title game.
• In 1980 head coach Gino Gasparini led the
Sioux to the � rst of three championships they
would win under his leadership.
• North Dakota had lost twice earlier in the season
to Northern Michigan.
• Mark Taylor, Vancouver, B.C., and Howard
Walker, Grande Paririe, Alberta, were named
� rst team All-Americans.
North Dakota 4
Dartmouth 1
Northern Michigan 5
Cornell 4
• Strangely enough, captain Mark Taylor, who
led the Sioux with 92 points would only play
part of the � rst period of the championship
game before being injured and forced to leave
the game.
• Doug Smail, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, was
named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding
Player.
• Smail, Marc Chorney, Thunder Bay, Ontario,
and Phil Sykes, Dawson Creek, B.C., were
named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.
• Smail was the fi rst UND player to score four
North Dakota 5
Northern Michigan 2
2009-10 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA GUIDE
North Dakota
goals in an NCAA Championship game.
• UND fi rst-year goaltender Darren Jensen,
Creston, B.C., made 20 saves in the win, ending
his season with a 13-0-1 record.
• The WCHA title winners had only two players,
Taylor and Walker, named All-WCHA.
• UND had only won one (Dec. 28, 1977, 8-4)
of the four games in UND history against the
Wildcats prior to playing for the 1980 Championship.
115