1985 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

1985 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsRensselaer Engineers (2nd title)
Runner-upProvidence Friars (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMike Addesa (1st title)
MOPChris Terreri (Providence)
Attendance39,318

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

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[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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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 BeckGW – 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 – GWDave 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

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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

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(E2) Boston College vs. (E4) Providence

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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

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March 29 Rensselaer 6 – 5 3OT Minnesota–Duluth Joe Louis Arena


Third Place Game

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

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March 30 Minnesota–Duluth 7 – 6 OT Boston College Joe Louis Arena


National Championship

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(E1) Rensselaer vs. (E4) Providence

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March 30[4] Rensselaer 2 – 1 Providence Joe Louis Arena


Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st RPI Neil HernbergPP DiPronio and Hammond 4:29 1–0 RPI
2nd RPI George ServinisGW SH unassisted 23:49 2–0 RPI
3rd PC Paul CavalliniPP 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

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[5]

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References

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  2. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Michigan State 2013-14 Hockey History" (PDF). Michigan State Spartans. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
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  5. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  6. ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.