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

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. This was the 39th

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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.

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

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, took over the College Hockey Statistics Bureau poll in 1985.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

Final regular season polls

The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches and the media before the conference tournament finals.

1986 NCAA Tournament

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''

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% =

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; GAA = Goals against average''

Awards

NCAA

CCHA

ECAC

Hockey East

WCHA

1986 NHL Entry Draft

† incoming freshman

1986 NHL Supplemental Draft

References

External links

College Hockey Historical Archives1985–86 NCAA Standings
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