# 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

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 | East | East | East | East | East | East | West | West | West | West | West | West | 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

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

* Rensselaer won series 10–6

#### (E2) Boston College vs. (W3) Minnesota

* Boston College won series 9–8

#### (W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Providence

* Providence won series 6–5

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

* Minnesota–Duluth won series 8–4

### National Championship
#### (E1) Rensselaer vs. (E4) Providence

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 |
| 1st | RPI | Maurice Mansi | Tripping | 7:23 | 2:00 |
| 1st | PC | Gord Cruickshank | Tripping | 9:07 | 2:00 |
| 1st | RPI | Kraig Nienhuis | Unnecessary Roughness | 11:10 | 2:00 |
| 1st | PC | Peter Taglianetti | Unnecessary Roughness | 11:10 | 2:00 |
| 1st | PC | Gord Cruickshank | Holding | 16:12 | 2:00 |
| 1st | PC | Peter Taglianetti | High–Sticking | 18:30 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | RPI | Mark Jooris | Hooking | 20:38 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | RPI | Mike Sadeghpour | Cross-Checking | 22:06 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | PC | Nowel Catterall | Slashing | 36:12 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | RPI | Ken Hammond | Holding | 38:30 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | PC | Rene Boudreault | Slashing | 42:12 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | PC | Nowel Catterall | Delay of Game | 47:39 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | RPI | John Carter | Hooking | 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)