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

1984–85 Hockey East standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston College†342491491821254528152240172
Boston University3419114421391324224144170165
Providence*3415145351191274523175156149
New Hampshire3412211251391524316261198191
Lowell3411212241251694215252169215
Northeastern3411221231201553813241130167
Maine348260161051854212291140211
Championship: Providence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket

[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Maine

March 9 Boston University 7 – 4 Maine Walter Brown Arena
March 10 Boston University 4 – 2 Maine Walter Brown Arena
Boston University won series 2–0

(3) Providence vs. (6) Northeastern

March 10 Providence 3 – 2 Northeastern Schneider Arena
March 11 Providence 3 – 0 Northeastern Schneider Arena
Providence won series 2–0

(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Lowell

March 8 New Hampshire 6 – 7 Lowell Snively Arena
March 9 New Hampshire 8 – 4 Lowell Snively Arena
March 9 New Hampshire 0 – 1 Lowell Snively Arena
Lowell won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (5) Lowell

March 15 Boston College 6 – 5 Lowell Providence Civic Center

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Providence

March 15 Boston University 2 – 5 Providence Providence Civic Center

Consolation

(2) Boston University vs. (5) Lowell

March 16 Boston University 6 – 4 Lowell Providence Civic Center

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (3) Providence

March 16 Boston College 1 – 2 2OT Providence Providence Civic Center

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Providence Men's Team History". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Steve Stirling Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hockey East Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.