1985 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1985
Conference:ECAC
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 8–16, 1985
Teams:8
Finalarena:Boston Garden
Finalcity:Boston, Massachusetts
Champions:Rensselaer[1]
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Mike Addesa[2]
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Daren Puppa[3]
Mvpteam:Rensselaer
Prevseason Year:1984
Prevseason Link:1984 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1986
Nextseason Link:1986 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1985 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 24th tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 16, 1985.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By winning the tournament, Rensselaer received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The four teams that finish below eighth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played a two-game series to determine the winner. In the two games no overtime was permitted and if the two teams remained tied after the two games then a 10-minute mini-game would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor.[5] After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the 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[6]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first roundNote: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(4) Cornell vs. (5) Yale

Semifinals

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Clarkson

Third Place

(3) Clarkson vs. (4) Cornell

Championship

(1) Rensselaer vs. (2) Harvard

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP

[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Rensselaer Men's Team History. USCHO.com. 2014-04-23.
  2. News: Mike Addesa Year-by-Year Coaching Record. USCHO.com. 2013-05-22.
  3. News: ECAC Awards. College Hockey Historical Archive. 2014-04-23.
  4. News: ECAC Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. 2014-04-23.
  5. News: College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route . The New York Times. 1988-03-08. 2014-04-29.
  6. News: 2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides. ECAC Hockey. 2014-04-23.
  7. News: Men's All-Tournament Teams . ECAC Hockey . 2014-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130616195013/http://www.ecachockey.com/men/tournament/Men-s_All-Tournament_Teams.pdf . 2013-06-16 . live .