# 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

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
1984–85 Western Collegiate Hockey Association 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 |
| Minnesota-Duluth†* | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 178 | 110 | 48 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 257 | 159 |
| Minnesota | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 165 | 113 | 47 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 233 | 163 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 169 | 152 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 208 | 183 |
| North Dakota | 34 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 155 | 114 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 202 | 148 |
| Denver | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 35 | 152 | 155 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 178 | 177 |
| Colorado College | 34 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 141 | 167 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 164 | 183 |
| Northern Michigan | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 148 | 160 | 40 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 179 | 180 |
| Michigan Tech | 34 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 132 | 148 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 147 | 178 |
| Championship: Minnesota-Duluth † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 1–3 | First Round March 1–3 | First Round March 1–3 | First Round March 1–3 | First Round March 1–3 | Semifinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 8–10 | Championship March 15–16 | Championship March 15–16 | Championship March 15–16 | Championship March 15–16 | Championship March 15–16 |
| 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Michigan Tech | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Michigan Tech | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 6 | 10 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | North Dakota | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | | |
| 2 | Minnesota | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | North Dakota | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | | |
| 7 | Northern Michigan | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Northern Michigan | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | 2 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Colorado College | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Colorado College | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Minnesota | 6 | 8 | 14 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Wisconsin | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| 4 | North Dakota | 7 | 8 | 15 | 3 | Wisconsin | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| 5 | Denver | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
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