1985 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1985
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 1–16, 1985
Teams:8
Finalarena:Duluth Arena Auditorium
Finalcity:Duluth, Minnesota
Champions:Minnesota-Duluth[1]
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Mike Sertich[2]
Coachcount:2nd
Prevseason Year:1984
Prevseason Link:1984 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1986
Nextseason Link:1986 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[3]

Bracket

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

First round

(4) North Dakota vs. (5) Denver

Semifinals

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin

Championship

(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota

Tournament awards

None

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Minnesota-Duluth Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  2. News: Mike Sertich Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2014-06-01.
  3. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128. WCHA. 2014-06-01.
  4. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144. WCHA. 2014-06-01.