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

Conference 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
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket[4]

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

  Quarterfinals
March 7–10		 Semifinals
March 15		 Championship
March 16
                               
1  Boston College 6  
  2  Boston University 7 4 – 5  Lowell 5  
7  Maine 4 2 –
    1  Boston College 1
3  Providence 3 3 –     3  Providence 2**
6  Northeastern 2 0 –
2  Boston University 2 Consolation
  4  New Hampshire 6 8 0 3  Providence 5  
5  Lowell 7 4 1 2  Boston University 6
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

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (5) Lowell

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Providence

Consolation

(2) Boston University vs. (5) Lowell

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (3) Providence

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

* Tournament MVP(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Providence Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Steve Stirling Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  4. ↑ "Hockey East Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  5. ↑ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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