1985 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1985 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 38th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 22 and 30, 1985, and concluded with Rensselaer defeating Providence 2-1. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Qualifying teams

^[1] The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 4 teams, 1 from each conference.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Rensselaer	ECAC Hockey	32–2–0	Tournament champion	6th	1984	1	Michigan State	CCHA	37–5–0	Tournament champion	7th	1984
2	Boston College	Hockey East	27–12–2	At-large bid	13th	1984	2	Minnesota–Duluth	WCHA	33–8–3	Tournament champion	3rd	1984
3	Harvard	ECAC Hockey	21–7–2	At-large bid	10th	1983	3	Minnesota	WCHA	30–12–3	At-large bid	12th	1983
4	Providence	Hockey East	21–15–5	Tournament champion	5th	1983	4	Lake Superior State	CCHA	27–15–0	At-large bid	1st	Never

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Joe Louis Arena and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.

Tournament Bracket

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	Quarterfinals March 22–24							Semifinals March 28–29					National Championship March 30
	E1	Rensselaer	7	3	10
	W4	Lake Superior State	3	3	6
								E1	Rensselaer	6***
								W2	Minnesota–Duluth	5
	W2	Minnesota–Duluth	4	4	8
	E3	Harvard	2	2	4
													E1	Rensselaer	2
													E4	Providence	1
	W1	Michigan State	3	2	5
	E4	Providence	2	4	6
								E4	Providence	4***			Third Place Game
								E2	Boston College	3
	E2	Boston College	5	4	9								W2	Minnesota–Duluth	7*
	W3	Minnesota	7	1	8								E2	Boston College	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(E1) Rensselaer vs. (W4) Lake Superior State

March 22

Rensselaer

7 – 3

Lake Superior State

Houston Field House

March 23

Rensselaer

3 – 3

Lake Superior State

Houston Field House

Rensselaer won series 10–6

(E2) Boston College vs. (W3) Minnesota

March 22

Boston College

5 – 7

Minnesota

McHugh Forum

March 23

Boston College

4 – 1

Minnesota

McHugh Forum

Boston College won series 9–8

(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Providence

March 23[3]	Michigan State		3 – 2		Providence	Munn Ice Arena
(McSween) Kelly Miller – 03:29		First period			16:43 – Peter Taglianetti (Yeomelakis)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Kv. Miller) Harvey Smyl – 05:16 (unassisted) Brad Beck – GW – 17:12		Third period			15:34 – Steve Rooney (Army, Cavallini)

March 24[3]	Michigan State		2 – 4		Providence	Munn Ice Arena
(Shibicky, Beck) Sean Clement – 15:17		First period			02:26 – John Deasey (DeVoe, Bianchi) 03:49 – Gord Cruickshank (Boudreault, Sullivan) 05:30 – GW – Dave Wilkie (Taglianetti, Catteral)
No scoring		Second period			13:20 – Rene Boudreault (unassisted)
(Beck, Flegel) Lyle Phair – 10:07		Third period			No scoring

Providence won series 6–5

(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (E3) Harvard

March 22

Minnesota–Duluth

4 – 2

Harvard

DECC Arena

March 23

Minnesota–Duluth

4 – 2

Harvard

DECC Arena

Minnesota–Duluth won series 8–4

Semifinal

(E2) Boston College vs. (E4) Providence

March 28	Boston College		3 – 4	3OT	Providence	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Scott Harlow - ?		First period			09:05 - Tim Army 09:56 - Peter Taglianetti 11:20 - Rene Boudreault
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Dominic Campedelli - 40:27 Dan Shea - ?		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Third overtime period			100:33 - GW - Artie Yeomalikis
Scott Gordon		Goalie stats			Chris Terreri ( 62 saves / 65 shots )

(E1) Rensselaer vs. (W2) Minnesota–Duluth

March 29

Rensselaer

6 – 5

3OT

Minnesota–Duluth

Joe Louis Arena

Third Place Game

(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (E2) Boston College

March 30

Minnesota–Duluth

7 – 6

OT

Boston College

Joe Louis Arena

National Championship

(E1) Rensselaer vs. (E4) Providence

March 30[4]

Rensselaer

2 – 1

Providence

Joe Louis Arena

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	RPI	Neil Hernberg – PP	DiPronio and Hammond	4:29	1–0 RPI
2nd	RPI	George Servinis – GW SH	unassisted	23:49	2–0 RPI
3rd	PC	Paul Cavallini – PP	Army and Rooney	50:00	2–1 RPI
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	PC	Mike Brill	Cross-Checking	2:44	2:00
	RPI	Maurice Mansi	Tripping	7:23	2:00
	PC	Gord Cruickshank	Tripping	9:07	2:00
	RPI	Kraig Nienhuis	Unnecessary Roughness	11:10	2:00
	PC	Peter Taglianetti	Unnecessary Roughness	11:10	2:00
	PC	Gord Cruickshank	Holding	16:12	2:00
	PC	Peter Taglianetti	High–Sticking	18:30	2:00
2nd	RPI	Mark Jooris	Hooking	20:38	2:00
	RPI	Mike Sadeghpour	Cross-Checking	22:06	2:00
	PC	Nowel Catterall	Slashing	36:12	2:00
	RPI	Ken Hammond	Holding	38:30	2:00
3rd	PC	Rene Boudreault	Slashing	42:12	2:00
	PC	Nowel Catterall	Delay of Game	47:39	2:00
	RPI	John Carter	Hooking	48:33	2:00

All-Tournament Team

• G: Chris Terreri* (Providence)
• D: Tim Friday (Rensselaer)
• D: Ken Hammond (Rensselaer)
• F: Adam Oates (Rensselaer)
• F: George Servinis (Rensselaer)
• F: Bill Watson (Minnesota-Duluth)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[5]

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References