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1978 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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Teams
  
4

Champions
  
Merrimack (1st title)

Finals Site
  
American International College Springfield, Massachusetts

Runner-Up
  
Lake Forest (1st title game)

Semifinalists
  
Mankato State (1st Frozen Four) Elmira (1st Frozen Four)

Winning coach
  
Thom Lawler (1st title)

The 1978 NCAA Men's Division II Ice Hockey Tournament involved 4 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college ice hockey. A total of 4 games were played, hosted by American International College.

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Merrimack, coached by Thom Lawler, won the national title with a 12–2 victory in the final game over Lake Forest.

Jim Toomey, of Merrimack, was named the Most Outstanding Player and was the high scorer of the tournament with seven points (1 goal, 6 assists).

Bracket

* Overtime

  • Third Place Game: Mankato State 5, Elmira 3

    • All-Tournament Team

  • G: Gilles Moffet (Merrimack)
  • D: Dean Fraser (Merrimack)
  • D: Ron Bisplinghoff (Elmira)
  • F: Jim Toomey* (Merrimack)
  • F: John Keeney (Elmira)
  • F: John Pratt (Lake Forest)

    • References

    1978 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Wikipedia
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