1985 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1985 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 26th conference playoff in league history and 33rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 16, 1985. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Duluth Arena Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota-Duluth was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

All member teams were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. As a result of their being the regular season champion, Minnesota-Duluth's home venue, Duluth Arena Auditorium, served as the site for the Championship game regardless of which teams qualified for the penultimate match. Each series were two-game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round. The teams that advanced to the semifinal were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship round. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[3]

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota-Duluth†*34257252178110483693257159
Minnesota3421103451651134731133233163
Wisconsin3420140401691524225170208183
North Dakota3419141391551144224162202148
Denver3416153351521553919173178177
Colorado College3415190301411673817210164183
Northern Michigan3414200281481604019210179180
Michigan Tech3413201271321484015241147178
Championship: Minnesota-Duluth
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket[4]

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First Round
March 1–3		 Semifinals
March 8–10		 Championship
March 15–16
                                 
  1 Minnesota-Duluth 3 5 1 Minnesota-Duluth 4 6  
8 Michigan Tech 2 2 4 North Dakota 4 4  
  2 Minnesota 3 6
7 Northern Michigan 4 4     1 Minnesota-Duluth 4 6
  2 Minnesota 6 2
  3 Wisconsin 2 7
6 Colorado College 1 3
  4 North Dakota 7 8 2 Minnesota 6 8
5 Denver 1 4 3 Wisconsin 0 7  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First Round

(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (8) Michigan Tech

Minnesota-Duluth won series 8–4

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Northern Michigan

Minnesota won series 9–8

(3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Colorado College

Wisconsin won series 9–4

(4) North Dakota vs. (5) Denver

North Dakota won series 15–5

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (4) North Dakota

Minnesota-Duluth won series 10–8

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin

Minnesota won series 14–7

Championship

(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota

Minnesota-Duluth won series 10–8

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota-Duluth Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Mike Sertich Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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