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

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

1984–85 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
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

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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 8
8 Michigan Tech 2 2 4
1 Minnesota-Duluth 4 6 10
4 North Dakota 4 4 8
2 Minnesota 3 6 9
7 Northern Michigan 4 8
1 Minnesota-Duluth 4 6 10
2 Minnesota 6 2 8
3 Wisconsin 2 7 9
6 Colorado College 1 3 4
2 Minnesota 6 8 14
3 Wisconsin 0 7 7
4 North Dakota 7 8 15
5 Denver 1 4 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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

March 1 Minnesota-Duluth 3 – 2 Michigan Tech Duluth Arena Auditorium
March 2 Minnesota-Duluth 5 – 2 Michigan Tech Duluth Arena Auditorium
Minnesota-Duluth won series 8–4

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Northern Michigan

March 2 Minnesota 3 – 4 Northern Michigan Mariucci Arena
March 3 Minnesota 6 – 4 Northern Michigan Mariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 9–8

(3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Colorado College

March 2 Wisconsin 2 – 1 Colorado College Dane County Coliseum
March 3 Wisconsin 7 – 3 Colorado College Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 9–4

(4) North Dakota vs. (5) Denver

March 1 North Dakota 7 – 1 Denver Winter Sports Center
March 2 North Dakota 8 – 4 Denver Winter Sports Center
North Dakota won series 15–5

Semifinals

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

March 8 Minnesota-Duluth 4 – 4 North Dakota Duluth Arena Auditorium
March 9 Minnesota-Duluth 6 – 4 North Dakota Duluth Arena Auditorium
Minnesota-Duluth won series 10–8

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin

March 9 Minnesota 6 – 0 Wisconsin Mariucci Arena
March 10 Minnesota 8 – 7 Wisconsin Mariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 14–7

Championship

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

March 15 Minnesota-Duluth 4 – 6 Minnesota Duluth Arena Auditorium
March 16 Minnesota-Duluth 6 – 2 Minnesota Duluth Arena Auditorium
Minnesota-Duluth won series 10–8

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

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