1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1985 NCAA Men's Division I 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==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===Quarterfinals===
====(E1) Rensselaer vs. (W4) Lake Superior State====
====(E2) Boston College vs. (W3) Minnesota====
====(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Providence====
====(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (E3) Harvard====
===Semifinal===
====(E2) Boston College vs. (E4) Providence====
====(E1) Rensselaer vs. (W2) Minnesota–Duluth====
===Third Place Game===
====(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (E2) Boston College====
===National Championship===
====(E1) Rensselaer vs. (E4) Providence====
==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)
==References==
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