1985–86 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
1985–86 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | October 1985– March 29, 1986 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1986 | ||||
National championship | Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island | ||||
NCAA champion | Michigan State | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Scott Fusco (Harvard) | ||||
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The 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1985 and concluded with the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 29, 1986 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. This was the 39th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 92nd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
The 1985–86 season was the first for the Great West Hockey Conference.
Regular season[]
Season tournaments[]
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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November 29–30 | 4 | St. Lawrence | |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | November 29–30 | 4 | Rensselaer |
Syracuse Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | RIT |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 28–29 | 4 | Michigan State |
KeyBank Tournament | December 28–29 | 4 | Toronto |
Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 30–31 | 4 | Vermont |
Thunderbird Centennial Classic | January 3–4 | 4 | Cornell |
Beanpot | February 3, 10 | 4 | Boston University |
Standings[]
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan State† | 32 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 177 | 124 | 45 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 245 | 161 | |
Bowling Green | 32 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 179 | 129 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 218 | 164 | |
Western Michigan* | 32 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 189 | 138 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 256 | 177 | |
Lake Superior State | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 35 | 133 | 124 | 43 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 170 | 153 | |
Ohio State | 32 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 157 | 177 | 43 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 219 | 203 | |
Ferris State | 32 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 28 | 152 | 174 | 38 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 191 | 202 | |
Illinois-Chicago | 32 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 137 | 161 | 40 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 164 | 197 | |
Michigan | 32 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 151 | 184 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 182 | 222 | |
Miami | 32 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 113 | 177 | 38 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 158 | 201 | |
Championship: Western Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Harvard† | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 129 | 53 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 187 | 95 | |
Yale | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 104 | 72 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 160 | 116 | |
Cornell* | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 101 | 74 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 145 | 104 | |
Rensselaer | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 100 | 88 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 167 | 139 | |
Clarkson | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 101 | 70 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 143 | 110 | |
Vermont | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 64 | 63 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 102 | 99 | |
St. Lawrence | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 92 | 92 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 145 | 150 | |
Colgate | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 82 | 109 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 142 | 147 | |
Princeton | 21 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 76 | 82 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 109 | 111 | |
Dartmouth | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 59 | 121 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 78 | 134 | |
Army^ | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4^ | 36 | 57 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 154 | 111 | |
Brown | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 63 | 127 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 73 | 134 | |
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Army played a half schedule |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
US International† | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | - | - | 33 | 20 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | - | - | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 152 | 93 | |
Northern Arizona | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 135 | 179 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 62 | 33 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 160 | 158 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Boston College† | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 158 | 123 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 188 | 154 | |
Boston University* | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 147 | 127 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 184 | 156 | |
Northeastern | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 165 | 158 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 185 | 185 | |
Providence | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 105 | 140 | 39 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 122 | 160 | |
Maine | 34 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 118 | 177 | 40 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 142 | 201 | |
Lowell | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 118 | 166 | 42 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 156 | 205 | |
New Hampshire | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 114 | 188 | 37 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 121 | 199 | |
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 129 | 133 | |
Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 34 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 154 | 210 | |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Denver†* | 34 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 169 | 115 | 48 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 236 | 158 | |
Minnesota | 34 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 48 | 177 | 115 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 252 | 157 | |
Wisconsin | 34 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 46 | 172 | 136 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 206 | 173 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 34 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 43 | 153 | 117 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 206 | 157 | |
Northern Michigan | 34 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 168 | 151 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 191 | 169 | |
North Dakota | 34 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 155 | 136 | 41 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 188 | 156 | |
Colorado College | 34 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 131 | 155 | 40 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 158 | 191 | |
Michigan Tech | 34 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 118 | 164 | 40 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 136 | 205 | |
Championship: Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1986 NCAA Tournament[]
Quarterfinals March 21–23 | Semifinals March 27–28 | National Championship March 29 | ||||||||||||||
E1 | Boston University | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Minnesota | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Michigan State | 6 | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Michigan State | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Boston College | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Michigan State | 6 | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Harvard | 5 | ||||||||||||||
W1 | Denver | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Cornell | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Denver | 2 | Third Place Game | |||||||||||||
E2 | Harvard | 5 | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Harvard | 4 | 7 | 11 | W4 | Minnesota | 6 | |||||||||
W3 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 4 | W1 | Denver | 4 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats[]
Scoring leaders[]
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Dan Dorion | Senior | Western Michigan | 42 | 42 | 62 | 104 | 48 |
Dallas Gaume | Senior | Denver | 47 | 32 | 67 | 99 | 18 |
Mike Donnelly | Senior | Michigan State | 44 | 59 | 38 | 97 | 65 |
Dwight Mathiasen | Junior | Denver | 48 | 40 | 49 | 89 | 48 |
Brett Hull | Sophomore | Minnesota−Duluth | 42 | 52 | 32 | 84 | 46 |
Junior | Western Michigan | 44 | 33 | 51 | 84 | 20 | |
Corey Millen | Junior | Minnesota | 48 | 41 | 42 | 83 | 64 |
Pat Micheletti | Senior | Minnesota | 48 | 32 | 48 | 80 | 113 |
Stu Burnie | Senior | Western Michigan | 42 | 43 | 36 | 79 | 78 |
Scott Harlow | Senior | Boston College | 42 | 38 | 41 | 79 | 48 |
Leading goaltenders[]
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Grant Blair | Senior | Harvard | 31 | 1812 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 82 | 3 | .896 | 2.72 |
John Blue | Sophomore | Minnesota | 29 | 1588 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 2 | .890 | 3.02 |
Joe Shawhan | Junior | Lake Superior State | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3.03 |
Doug Dadswell | Sophomore | Cornell | 30 | 1815 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 92 | 1 | .914 | 3.04 |
Tom Draper | Junior | Vermont | 29 | 1697 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 87 | 1 | .898 | 3.08 |
Chris Olson | Junior | Denver | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .900 | 3.12 |
Senior | Clarkson | 31 | 1881 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 101 | 0 | .888 | 3.22 | |
Bob Essensa | Junior | Michigan State | 23 | 1333 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 1 | .881 | 3.33 |
Junior | Boston University | 25 | 1651 | - | - | - | 93 | - | .893 | 3.38 | |
Scott Brower | Sophomore | North Dakota | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .886 | 3.47 |
Awards[]
ECAC[]
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Hockey East[]
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WCHA[]
Award[15] | Recipient | |
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Most Valuable Player | Dallas Gaume, Denver | |
Freshman of the Year | Mike Richter, Wisconsin | |
Coach of the Year | Ralph Backstrom, Denver | |
All-WCHA Teams[16] | ||
First Team | Position | Second Team |
John Blue, Minnesota | G | , Denver |
Norm Maciver, Minnesota-Duluth | D | , Wisconsin |
Scott Sandelin, North Dakota | D | Rob Doyle, Colorado College |
Dallas Gaume, Denver | F | Corey Millen, Minnesota |
Gary Emmons, Northern Michigan | F | Pat Micheletti, Minnesota |
Brett Hull, Minnesota-Duluth | F | Dwight Mathiasen, Denver |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". CCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "1985-86 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
External links[]
- 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
- 1985–86 in American ice hockey by league