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
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (8) Michigan Tech
(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Northern Michigan
(3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Colorado College
(4) North Dakota vs. (5) Denver
Semifinals
(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (4) North Dakota
(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin
Championship
(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota
Tournament awards None
See also Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions
References
External links WCHA.com 1984–85 WCHA Standings 1984–85 NCAA Standings 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide 2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide 2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide 2006–07 Northern Michigan Wildcats Media Guide 2003–04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide