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

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 SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Rensselaer ECAC Hockey 32–2–0 Tournament champion 6th 19841 Michigan State CCHA 37–5–0 Tournament champion 7th 19842 Boston College Hockey East 27–12–2 At-large bid 13th 19842 Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 33–8–3 Tournament champion 3rd 19843 Harvard ECAC Hockey 21–7–2 At-large bid 10th 19833 Minnesota WCHA 30–12–3 At-large bid 12th 19834 Providence Hockey East 21–15–5 Tournament champion 5th 19834 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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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

(E2) Boston College vs. (W3) Minnesota

(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Providence

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

Semifinal

(E2) Boston College vs. (E4) Providence

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

Third Place Game

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

National Championship

(E1) Rensselaer vs. (E4) Providence

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st RPINeil Hernberg – PPDiPronio and Hammond 4:29 1–0 RPI 2nd RPIGeorge Servinis – GW SHunassisted 23:49 2–0 RPI 3rd PCPaul Cavallini – PPArmy and Rooney 50:00 2–1 RPI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st PCMike BrillCross-checking 2:44 2:00 RPIMaurice MansiTripping 7:23 2:00 PCGord CruickshankTripping 9:07 2:00 RPIKraig NienhuisUnnecessary roughness 11:10 2:00 PCPeter TaglianettiUnnecessary roughness 11:10 2:00 PCGord CruickshankHolding 16:12 2:00 PCPeter TaglianettiHigh-sticking 18:30 2:00 2nd RPIMark JoorisHooking 20:38 2:00 RPIMike SadeghpourCross-checking 22:06 2:00 PCNowel CatterallSlashing 36:12 2:00 RPIKen HammondHolding 38:30 2:00 3rd PCRene BoudreaultSlashing 42:12 2:00 PCNowel CatterallDelay of game 47:39 2:00 RPIJohn CarterHooking 48:33 2:00

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Providence 8 4 10 22 Rensselaer 14 17 11 42

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice PC Chris Terreri 40 2 RPI Daren Puppa 21 1

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)

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