1984–85 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
1984–85 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season | |||||
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![]() Achilles Rink was the host of the 1985 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | November 1984– March 23, 1985 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1985 | ||||
National championship | Achilles Rink Schenectady, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | RIT | ||||
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The 1984–85 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in November 1984 and concluded on March 23 of the following year. This was the 12th season of Division III college ice hockey.
After the collapse of the entire second-tier division in 1984, most programs downgraded to Division III. As a result the size of the third division rose dramatically.
Despite the SUNYAC conference not sponsoring ice hockey, the member schools began holding an informal conference tournament that took place just prior to the ECAC West Men's Tournament. All game were considered conference games for determining ECAC standings.[1]
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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RIT Tournament | November 2–3 | 4 | Wilfrid Laurier |
Merrimack Tournament | November 17–18 | 4 | Merrimack |
Cardinal Classic | November 30–December 1 | 4 | Plattsburgh State |
McCabe Tournament | November 30–December 1 | 4 | |
Codfish Bowl | December 28–29 | 4 | Saint Anselm |
Syracuse Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Colgate |
Salem State Tournament | 4 | ||
Williams Invitational | January 4–5 | 4 | Connecticut |
Blue-Gold Tournament | January 5–6 | 4 | Merrimack |
Spurrier Invitational | January 18–19 | 4 | Wesleyan |
SUNYAC Tournament | February 22–23 | 4 | Plattsburgh State |
Standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
East Region | ||||||||||||||
Salem State †* | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | .750 | 109 | 77 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 0 | |||
Babson | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 123 | 58 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 173 | 95 | |
Merrimack | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | .643 | 93 | 63 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 138 | 139 | |
Norwich | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 109 | 87 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 157 | 112 | |
Holy Cross | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 119 | 93 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 187 | 162 | |
Connecticut | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 78 | 85 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 104 | 112 | |
Bowdoin | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | 86 | 60 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | |||
Saint Anselm | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | 96 | 105 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 128 | 131 | |
New England College | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | 83 | 110 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | |||
Colby | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .447 | 69 | 76 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | |||
Williams | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 | 72 | 85 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||
Middlebury | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .306 | 58 | 93 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 98 | 112 | |
American International | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .286 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | |||||
Massachusetts–Boston | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .281 | 63 | 85 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 122 | 113 | |
Westfield State | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 62 | 112 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | |||
West Region | ||||||||||||||
RIT † | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 180 | 54 | 33 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 223 | 89 | |
Plattsburgh State | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .826 | 174 | 71 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 250 | 129 | |
Union * | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .763 | 97 | 48 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 1 | |||
Oswego State | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | .714 | 183 | 98 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 205 | 130 | |
Elmira | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .696 | 127 | 56 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 149 | 66 | |
Geneseo State | 29 | 19 | 9 | 1 | .672 | 156 | 114 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 1 | |||
Potsdam State | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | 121 | 109 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | |||
North Adams State | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | .457 | 86 | 99 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | |||
Canisius | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 153 | 158 | |||
Brockport State | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | .346 | 105 | 163 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 106 | 160 | |
Hamilton | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .316 | 67 | 108 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | |||
Buffalo | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | .174 | 61 | 176 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | |||
Hobart | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .111 | 61 | 191 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |||
Cortland State | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | .053 | 50 | 191 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | |||
East Championship: March 8, 1985 West Championship: March 9, 1985 † indicates division regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |
1984–85 ECAC 3 standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Trinity † | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 87 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 117 | 73 | |
Iona | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 157 | 65 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | |||
Southeastern Massachusetts * | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 145 | 60 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | |||
Assumption | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 96 | 54 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | |||
Fitchburg State | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 163 | 84 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0 | |||
Curry | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .786 | 130 | 75 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 1 | |||
Hawthorne | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 84 | 51 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | |||
Amherst | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .781 | 96 | 59 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | |||
Framingham State | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .694 | 103 | 85 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | |||
Quinnipiac | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | .652 | 137 | 101 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 149 | 151 | |
Wesleyan | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .647 | 100 | 66 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 114 | 93 | |
Plymouth State | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 115 | 95 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | |||
St. John's | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 75 | 66 | |||||||
Saint Michael's | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 91 | 91 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 99 | 121 | |
New Hampshire College | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | .543 | 140 | 108 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 1 | |||
Roger Williams | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 | 86 | 75 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | |||
Suffolk | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 101 | 88 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | |||
Connecticut College | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 69 | 60 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | |||
Lehigh | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 75 | 101 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||
Bentley | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 58 | 74 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 76 | 118 | |
Villanova | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | 76 | 130 | 26 | 7 | 18 | 1 | |||
Worcester State | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | 79 | 143 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | |||
Stonehill | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .250 | 78 | 108 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 0 | |||
Fairfield | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .227 | 91 | 136 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | |||
Western New England | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .150 | 83 | 148 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | |||
Keene State | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .111 | 44 | 147 | |||||||
Nichols | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | .105 | 48 | 147 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 51 | 165 | |
Skidmore | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .067 | 34 | 133 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | |||
Upsala | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | .000 | 32 | 110 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |||
Championship: March , 1985 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1984–85 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings
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Overall record | ||||||
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Lake Forest | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 130 | 82 |
St. Bonaventure | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | ||
Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
St. Thomas † | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 100 | 51 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 197 | 107 | |
Bethel | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 76 | 56 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 110 | 93 | |
Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 88 | 70 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 150 | 133 | |
Saint Mary's | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 110 | 91 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 168 | 156 | |
Augsburg | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 89 | 84 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 152 | 141 | |
Saint John's | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 92 | 98 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 136 | 153 | |
St. Olaf | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 97 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 86 | 155 | |
Concordia (MN) | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 107 | 189 | |||
Hamline | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 70 | 101 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 113 | 143 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bemidji State † | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 107 | 58 | 35 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 204 | 114 | |
St. Cloud State | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 79 | 71 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 142 | 127 | |
Mankato State | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 80 | 69 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 188 | 125 | |
St. Scholastica | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 77 | 84 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 127 | 140 | |
Wisconsin–River Falls | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 77 | 86 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 136 | 116 | |
Wisconsin–Superior | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 56 | 85 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 129 | 144 | |
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 80 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 149 | 127 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
1984–85 NYCHA standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
RIT † | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 161 | 36 | 33 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 223 | 89 | |
Oswego State | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 147 | 58 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 205 | 130 | |
Geneseo State | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 1 | |||||
Elmira | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 106 | 40 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 149 | 66 | |
Potsdam State | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | |||||
Canisius | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 85 | 101 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 153 | 158 | |
Brockport State | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 90 | 104 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 106 | 160 | |
Buffalo | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | |||||
Hobart | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 190 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 78 | 212 | |
Cortland State | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | |||||
† indicates conference regular season champion |
1985 NCAA tournament
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Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 22 | National championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||
Union | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Babson | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Union | 2 | |||||||||||||||
RIT | 3 | |||||||||||||||
RIT | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||
St. Thomas | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
RIT | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Bemidji State | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Plattsburgh State | 6 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Salem State | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Plattsburgh State | 7 | Third-place game | ||||||||||||||
Bemidji State | 8*** | |||||||||||||||
Mankato State | 4 | 2 | 6 | Union | 9 | |||||||||||
Bemidji State | 2 | 9 | 11 | Plattsburgh State | 6 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1985 NHL Entry Draft
Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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11 | 212 | Doug Greschuk † | Merrimack | ECAC East | Pittsburgh Penguins |
† incoming freshman
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