| | December 29, 1984 | Ohio State (10-9-2) |
| | Key Bank Tournament | Cornell (4-4-1) |
| | Lake Placid |
| | Ohio State | 1 1 1 - 3 |
| | Cornell | 0 1 0 - 1 |
| |
| | Period | 1 |
| | 08:30 | OSU | pp | Erickson (Brebant, Tillotson) |
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| | Period | 2 |
| | 08:34 | OSU | pp | Gryba (Gruhl, Tillotson) |
| | 15:50 | Cor | Norton (Henderson, Marcov) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 19:59 | OSU | Beaudin (Rousseau, Mowatt) | en |
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| | Saves |
| | Cor | L | Dadswell | 59:00 | 26 | x | 29 |
| | OSU | W | Dougan | 60:00 | 22 | x | 23 |