# 1985 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 1985 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 1st Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 8 and March 16, 1985. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were, for the first time, played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. By winning the tournament, Providence received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the quarterfinals, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a two-game series where an additional mini-game was played if the teams remained tied to determine the winner and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the first seed was matched against the lowest remaining quarterfinalist while the other remaining quarterfinalists met in a single-elimination game with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a third-place game. The tournament champion receives 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 Hockey East standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Boston College† | 34 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 49 | 182 | 125 | 45 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 240 | 172 |
| Boston University | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 42 | 139 | 132 | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 170 | 165 |
| Providence* | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 119 | 127 | 45 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 156 | 149 |
| New Hampshire | 34 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 139 | 152 | 43 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 198 | 191 |
| Lowell | 34 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 125 | 169 | 42 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 169 | 215 |
| Northeastern | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 120 | 155 | 38 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 130 | 167 |
| Maine | 34 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 105 | 185 | 42 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 140 | 211 |
| Championship: Providence † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Semifinals March 15 | Semifinals March 15 | Semifinals March 15 | Championship March 16 | Championship March 16 | Championship March 16 |
| | | | | | 1 | Boston College | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Lowell | 5 | | | |
| 2 | Boston University | 7 | 4 | – | 5 | Lowell | 5 | | | |
| 7 | Maine | 4 | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| 7 | Maine | 4 | 2 | – | | | | 1 | Boston College | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | Providence | 2** |
| 3 | Providence | 3 | 3 | – | | | | | | | 3 | Providence | 2** |
| 6 | Northeastern | 2 | 0 | – | | | |
| 6 | Northeastern | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | Boston University | 2 | Consolation | Consolation | Consolation |
| | | | | | 3 | Providence | 5 |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Providence | 5 | 2 | Boston University | 6 |
| 5 | Lowell | 7 | 4 | 1 | | | | 5 | Lowell | 4 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (2) Boston University vs. (7) Maine

* Boston University won series 2–0

#### (3) Providence vs. (6) Northeastern

* Providence won series 2–0

#### (4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Lowell

* Lowell won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (1) Boston College vs. (3) Providence
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Doug Brown (Boston College)
* F Clark Donatelli (Boston University)
* F Jon Morris (Lowell)
* D Dominic Campedelli (Boston College)
* D Peter Taglianetti (Providence)
* G Chris Terreri* (Providence)
* Tournament MVP(s)