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
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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
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Conference
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Overall
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GP
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W
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L
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T
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PTS
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GF
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GA
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GP
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W
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L
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T
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GF
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GA
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Minnesota-Duluth†* |
34 |
25 |
7 |
2 |
52 |
178 |
110 |
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48 |
36 |
9 |
3 |
257 |
159
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Minnesota |
34 |
21 |
10 |
3 |
45 |
165 |
113 |
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47 |
31 |
13 |
3 |
233 |
163
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Wisconsin |
34 |
20 |
14 |
0 |
40 |
169 |
152 |
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42 |
25 |
17 |
0 |
208 |
183
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North Dakota |
34 |
19 |
14 |
1 |
39 |
155 |
114 |
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42 |
24 |
16 |
2 |
202 |
148
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Denver |
34 |
16 |
15 |
3 |
35 |
152 |
155 |
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39 |
19 |
17 |
3 |
178 |
177
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Colorado College |
34 |
15 |
19 |
0 |
30 |
141 |
167 |
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38 |
17 |
21 |
0 |
164 |
183
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Northern Michigan |
34 |
14 |
20 |
0 |
28 |
148 |
160 |
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40 |
19 |
21 |
0 |
179 |
180
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Michigan Tech |
34 |
13 |
20 |
1 |
27 |
132 |
148 |
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40 |
15 |
24 |
1 |
147 |
178
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Championship: Minnesota-Duluth † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
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Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 1–3
| | | Semifinals March 8–10
| | | Championship March 15–16
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| Minnesota-Duluth
| 3
| 5
| 8
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| 8
| Michigan Tech
| 2
| 2
| 4
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| Minnesota-Duluth
| 4
| 6
| 10
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| North Dakota
| 4
| 4
| 8
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| 2
| Minnesota
| 3
| 6
| 9
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| 7
| Northern Michigan
| 4
| 8
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| Minnesota-Duluth
| 4
| 6
| 10
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| Minnesota
| 6
| 2
| 8
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| 3
| Wisconsin
| 2
| 7
| 9
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| 6
| Colorado College
| 1
| 3
| 4
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| Minnesota
| 6
| 8
| 14
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| Wisconsin
| 0
| 7
| 7
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| 4
| North Dakota
| 7
| 8
| 15
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| 5
| Denver
| 1
| 4
| 5
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
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(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (8) Michigan Tech
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Minnesota-Duluth won series 8–4
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(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Northern Michigan
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(3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Colorado College
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(4) North Dakota vs. (5) Denver
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North Dakota won series 15–5
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Semifinals
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(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (4) North Dakota
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Minnesota-Duluth won series 10–8
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(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin
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Minnesota won series 14–7
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Championship
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(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota
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Minnesota-Duluth won series 10–8
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Tournament awards
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See also
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References
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External links
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