Doug Smail won the tournament MOP for his nearly single-handed victory in the championship game and was joined on the All-Tournament team by Phil Sykes and Marc Chorney . Mark Taylor finished 4 points back of the scoring title but was named to the AHCA All-American West Team along with Howard Walker . Both Walker and Taylor made the All-WCHA First Team while Smail and Chorney were named to the Second Team
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List of NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player
1979–80 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season