1985–86 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
1985–86 NCAA champion | Michigan State | ||||
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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
The 1985–86 season was the first for the Great West Hockey Conference.
Season Outlook
Pre-season polls
The top teams in the nation.
The WMPL poll was voted on by coaches before the start of the season. The College Hockey Statistics Bureau (CHSB) / WMEB poll was voted on by media after the season started.
Radio station WMEB of Orono, Maine, took over the College Hockey Statistics Bureau poll in 1985.
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Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Empire Cup | 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 |
Final regular season polls
The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches and the media before the conference tournament finals.
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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 |
Troy Thrun | 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 |
Jamie Falle | 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 |
Terry Taillefer | 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]
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First Team |
Position | Second Team
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John Blue, Minnesota | G | Tom Allen, Denver |
Minnesota-Duluth
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D | Marty Wiitala, Wisconsin |
North Dakota
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D | Rob Doyle, Colorado College |
Dallas Gaume, Denver | F | Corey Millen, Minnesota |
Gary Emmons, Northern Michigan | F | Pat Micheletti, Minnesota |
Minnesota-Duluth
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F | Dwight Mathiasen, Denver |
1986 NHL Entry Draft
Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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1 | 1 | Joe Murphy | Michigan State | CCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
1 | 5 | Shawn Anderson | Maine | Hockey East | Buffalo Sabres |
1 | 9 | Brian Leetch † | Boston College | Hockey East | New York Rangers |
1 | 11 | Scott Young | Boston University | Hockey East | Hartford Whalers |
1 | 13 | Craig Janney | Boston College | Hockey East | Boston Bruins |
1 | 16 | George Pelawa † | North Dakota | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
1 | 17 | Tom Fitzgerald † | Providence | Hockey East | New York Islanders |
2 | 24 | Todd Copeland † | Michigan | CCHA | New Jersey Devils |
2 | 25 | Dave Capuano † | Maine | Hockey East | Pittsburgh Penguins |
2 | 26 | Greg Brown † | Boston College | Hockey East | Buffalo Sabres |
2 | 30 | Neil Wilkinson † | Michigan State | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
2 | 31 | Mike Posma † | Western Michigan | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
2 | 38 | Dennis Vaske † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | New York Islanders |
3 | 43 | Derek Mayer | Denver | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
3 | 47 | Bob Corkum | Maine | Hockey East | Buffalo Sabres |
3 | 49 | Don Gibson † | Michigan State | CCHA | Vancouver Canucks |
3 | 52 | Tony Hejna † | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
3 | 54 | Rick Bennett † | Providence | Hockey East | Minnesota North Stars |
3 | 58 | Brad Turner † | Michigan | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
4 | 76 | Dean Hall † | Northern Michigan | WCHA | Boston Bruins |
4 | 78 | Brent Bobyck † | North Dakota | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
5 | 86 | Dave Guden † | Providence | Hockey East | Los Angeles Kings |
5 | 88 | Sandy Smith † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
5 | 89 | Larry Rooney † | Providence | Hockey East | Buffalo Sabres |
5 | 91 | Eric Murano † | Denver | WCHA | Vancouver Canucks |
5 | 95 | Bill Horn | Western Michigan | CCHA | Hartford Whalers |
5 | 97 | Matt Pesklewis † | Boston University | Hockey East | Boston Bruins |
5 | 100 | Scott Bloom † | Minnesota | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
6 | 107 | Robb Stauber † | Minnesota | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
6 | 113 | Rob Bateman † | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
6 | 115 | Mike O'Toole † | Michigan State | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
6 | 116 | Joe Quinn † | Bowling Green | CCHA | Hartford Whalers |
6 | 117 | Scott White | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Quebec Nordiques |
6 | 125 | Steve Scheifele † | Boston College | Hockey East | Philadelphia Flyers |
6 | 126 | Jim Ennis | Boston University | Hockey East | Edmonton Oilers |
7 | 128 | Sean Krakiwsky | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
7 | 134 | Mark Vermette | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Quebec Nordiques |
7 | 136 | Andy May † | Northeastern | Hockey East | St. Louis Blues |
8 | 149 | Rene Chapdelaine | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
8 | 150 | Ryan Pardoski † | Michigan | CCHA | New Jersey Devils |
8 | 153 | Steve Brennan † | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
8 | 155 | Frank Furlan † | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
8 | 156 | Barry Chyzowski † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | New York Rangers |
8 | 157 | Randy Skarda † | Minnesota | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
8 | 158 | Ron Hoover | Western Michigan | CCHA | Hartford Whalers |
8 | 159 | Scott Mathias | Denver | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
8 | 160 | Brian Ferreira † | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
8 | 161 | Marty Nanne | Minnesota | WCHA | Chicago Black Hawks
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8 | 163 | Mark Olsen | Colorado College | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
8 | 164 | Peter Harris † | Lowell | Hockey East | New York Islanders |
8 | 166 | Lee Davidson † | North Dakota | WCHA | Washington Capitals |
8 | 167 | Murray Baron † | North Dakota | WCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
9 | 169 | Marc Potvin † | Bowling Green | CCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
9 | 170 | Trevor Pochipinski † | Colorado College | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
9 | 171 | Scott McCormack † | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | New Jersey Devils |
9 | 173 | Sean Whitham | Providence | Hockey East | Buffalo Sabres |
9 | 174 | Brian Bellefeuille † | Illinois–Chicago | CCHA | Toronto Maple Leafs |
9 | 175 | Matt Merten † | Providence | Hockey East | Vancouver Canucks |
9 | 176 | Mark Green † | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
9 | 177 | Pat Scanlon † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | New York Rangers |
9 | 178 | Martyn Ball † | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
9 | 180 | Lance Pitlick † | Minnesota | WCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
9 | 181 | Jeff Flaherty † | Lowell | Hockey East | Boston Bruins |
9 | 184 | Scott Sharples † | Michigan | CCHA | Calgary Flames |
9 | 185 | Jeff Jablonski † | Lake Superior State | CCHA | New York Islanders |
9 | 188 | Blaine Rude † | Minnesota | WCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
9 | 189 | Mike Greenlay † | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Edmonton Oilers |
10 | 190 | Scott King † | Maine | Hockey East | Detroit Red Wings |
10 | 197 | John Blue † | Minnesota | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
10 | 201 | Dan Keczmer † | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
10 | 207 | Chris Lappin † | Boston University | Hockey East | Quebec Nordiques |
10 | 210 | Matt Lanza † | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | Edmonton Oilers |
11 | 211 | Tom Bissett | Michigan Tech | WCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
11 | 212 | Russ Mann | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
11 | 218 | Matt Coté | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
11 | 219 | Russ Parent † | North Dakota | WCHA | New York Rangers |
11 | 221 | Cal Brown † | Colorado College | WCHA | Hartford Whalers |
11 | 224 | Chris Thayer † | New Hampshire | Hockey East | Chicago Blackhawks |
11 | 227 | Dan Beaudette † | Miami | CCHA | New York Islanders |
11 | 230 | Brett Lawrence † | Colgate | ECAC Hockey | Philadelphia Flyers |
12 | 234 | Bill Butler | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
12 | 236 | Doug Kirton † | Colorado College | WCHA | New Jersey Devils |
12 | 241 | Dave O'Brien | Northeastern | Hockey East | Boston Bruins |
12 | 244 | Joel Gardner † | Colgate | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
12 | 249 | Sean Boudreault † | Lowell | Hockey East | Quebec Nordiques |
12 | 251 | Dan Stefano † | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | Philadelphia Flyers |
† incoming freshman
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1986 NHL Supplemental Draft
See also
References
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- ^ "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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- ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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- ^ "1986 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey DB. Retrieved October 25, 2023.