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| During the League's first three years teams were divided into Division I and Division II. This year the divisions merge. Division II teams, Ames and Mason City, are granted Varsity status and Des Moines Lincoln-East is disbanded with players being absorbed by the other Des Moines teams. The League now has ten teams. |
| Mason City, playing on outdoor ice, schedules home games at the Riverside Arena in Austin, Minnesota. |
| To honor retiring Commissioner Alan Murdoch, the Board of Directors passes a resolution that the award presented to the Varsity Tournament Most Valuable Player be named the Alan Murdoch Appreciation Trophy.
Murdoch served a three-year term as the League's first commissioner. |
| The Board of Directors also announces that the Regular-Season Championship trophy will be named after
W. David Tyler, who served as secretary for the first two years of the Leauge and President his third year of service. |
| Ames opens the new Cyclone Area Community Center in 1979. |
| Waterloo Warriors wins its first tournament championship. |
 Waterloo hosted the Varsity year-end tournament March 6-9 at McElroy Auditorium in Waterloo. |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Waterloo Columbus Sailors (15W-3L-0T)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 6-9, 1980 - McElroy Auditorium - Waterloo, Iowa
Championship Game: Waterloo Warriors 9, Urbandale J-Hawks 3
Public turns other cheek, coasts to state hockey championship 9-3 PDF
(Waterloo Courier - Wednesday, March 10, 1980)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Steve Kammeyer - Waterloo Warriors
| VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS March 6-9 - McElroy Auditorium - Waterloo, Iowa |
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| Bye | #1 Waterloo Columbus #2 Waterloo Warriors |
| Quarterfinals | #3 Des Moines Valley 8, #10 Ames 0 #4 Urbandale 6, #9 Mason City 4 #5 Ankeny 5, #8 Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt 0 #6 Sioux City 3, #7 Des Moines Dowling 0 |
| Consolation Games | Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt 12, Mason City 4 Des Moines Dowling 6, Ames 3 |
| Championship Qualifiers | Ankeny 5, Waterloo Columbus 4 Waterloo Warriors 10, Sioux City 1 |
| Chamionship Semifinals | Urbandale 7, Ankeny 4 Waterloo Warriors 6, Des Moines Valley 4 |
| Nineth-Place Game | Mason City 6, Ames 4 |
| Seventh-Place Game | Des Moines Dowling 6, Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt 5 |
| Fifth-Place Game | Waterloo Columbus 8, Sioux City 5 |
| Third-Place Game | Des Moines Valley 7, Ankeny 5 |
| Championship Game | Waterloo Warriors 9, Urbandale 3 |
| Varsity Regular Season Standings - FINAL | |||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts |
| 1-Waterloo Columbus | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| 2-Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| 3-Des Moines Valley | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| 4-Urbandale | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| 5-Ankeny | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| 6-Sioux City | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 7-Des Moines Dowling | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 8-Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| 9-Mason City | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| 10-Ames | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Varsity Top-Ten Scorers | |||||
| RK | Name, Team | Go | Ast | Pts | PM |
| 1 | Mike Messerer, Waterloo Warriors | 28 | 29 | 57 | 12 |
| T2 | Scott Dolan, Waterloo Columbus | 21 | 32 | 53 | 6 |
| T2 | Mike Lamb, Waterloo Warriors | 27 | 26 | 53 | 30 |
| 4 | Ted Wiles, Ankeny | 29 | 21 | 49 | 74 |
| T5 | Steve Kammeyer, Waterloo Warriors | 14 | 33 | 47 | 18 |
| T5 | Steve Miller, Des Moines Valley | 26 | 21 | 47 | 24 |
| 7 | John Davis, Waterloo Columbus | 21 | 22 | 43 | 28 |
| 8 | Todd Jacoby, Waterloo Warriors | 16 | 25 | 41 | 20 |
| 9 | Doran Doty, Ankeny | 27 | 12 | 39 | 56 |
| 10 | Steve Hammer, Urbandale | 17 | 21 | 38 | 12 |
At this time no goaltender statistics are available in the official League records for the 1979-80 season. A search is being conducted. If anyone has information that would aid in the search contact Roger Kelly at rogerkelly0809@outlook.com
| Varsity Silver Glove Goaltenders | |||||||||
| Last, First - Team | GP | W | L | T | SOG | Svs | GA | Pct | SO |
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IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE 1979-1980 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Roger Peterson - Waterloo, IA
Secretary: Ross Brown - Cedar Falls, IA
Treasurer: John Robyt - Ames, IA
Vice President: Robert Bennett - Sioux City, IA
Commissioner: Fred Yoder - West Des Moines, IA
Scheduler:
Stewart Davis - Waterloo, IA
Statistician: Douglas Johnson - Waterloo, IA