The 2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 6 and March 21, 2015, at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston University Terriers defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks by a score of 5–3 to earn their 8th Hockey East championship in school history and earn Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Jack Eichel was named tournament MVP.
| 2015 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6–21, 2015 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site | TD Garden Boston |
| Champions | Boston University (8th title) |
| Winning coach | David Quinn (1st title) |
| MVP | Jack Eichel (BU) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The tournament is the 31st in league history.
Format edit
With the addition of the UConn Huskies to Hockey East, the tournament was reformatted to include all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1–4 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 5–12 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden.
Regular season standings edit
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #2 Boston University †* | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 88 | 55 | 41 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 158 | 95 | |
| #1 Providence | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 61 | 37 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 123 | 84 | |
| #13 Boston College | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 60 | 50 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 107 | 91 | |
| #17 Massachusetts–Lowell | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 70 | 52 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 134 | 101 | |
| Notre Dame | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 126 | 116 | |
| Northeastern | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 70 | 69 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 107 | 107 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 62 | 53 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 110 | 91 | |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 66 | 68 | 40 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 119 | 109 | |
| Connecticut | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 42 | 74 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 66 | 111 | |
| Maine | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 64 | 74 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 108 | 127 | |
| Merrimack | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 56 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 81 | 93 | |
| Massachusetts | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 59 | 102 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 99 | 152 | |
| Championship: March 21, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 9, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket edit
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
| Opening Round[1] March 6–8 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Semifinals March 20 | Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 6 | 5 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | Merrimack | 2 | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Massachusetts | 4***** | 3 | 0 | 1 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Hampshire | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Providence | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Northeastern | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | New Hampshire | 2* | 1 | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Merrimack | 3* | 2** | – | 1 | Boston University | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vermont | 4 | 2 | 3* | 7 | Vermont | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Maine | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vermont | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Hampshire | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | Notre Dame | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Connecticut | 2 | 0 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results edit
Opening Round edit
(5) Notre Dame vs. (12) Massachusetts edit
| March 6 | Notre Dame | 3 - 4 | 5OT | Massachusetts | Compton Family Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Evans, Russo) Sam Herr - 09:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Russo) Vinnie Hinostroza - 09:19 (Russo, Bjork) Steven Fogarty - PP - 14:24 |
Second period | 11:42 - PP - Steven Iacobellis (Montour, Lee) 15:39 - Steven Iacobellis (Walsh, Pigozzi) 19:58 - PP - Troy Power (Vatrano, Montour) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Fifth overtime period | 11:42 - GW - Shane Walsh (Kravchenko, Montour) | ||||||
| ( 87 saves / 91 shots ) Cal Petersen | Goalie stats | Steve Mastalerz ( 75 saves / 78 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7 | Notre Dame | 5 - 3 | Massachusetts | Compton Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Ripley, Ryan) Mario Lucia - 03:09 | First period | 10:07 - Frank Vatrano (Montour, Kravchenko) | ||||||
| (Di Pauli, Russo) Peter Schneider - 11:51 | Second period | 03:41 - Shane Walsh (Pigozzi, Iacobellis) | ||||||
| (Di Pauli, Russo) Vinnie Hinostroza - PP - 01:02 (Lucia, Bjork) Vinnie Hinostroza - GW - 04:00 (Di Pauli, Schneider) Steven Fogarty - 04:38 |
Third period | 16:15 - SH - Riley McDougall (Kravchenko) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Cal Petersen | Goalie stats | Steve Mastalerz ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) / Henry Dill ( 7 saves / 7 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Notre Dame | 7 - 0 | Massachusetts | Compton Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Schneider, Ryan) Thomas Di Pauli - GW - 00:48 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schneider, Ryan) Thomas Di Pauli - 06:42 (unassisted) Steven Fogarty - 11:04 (Wade, Russo) Connor Hurley - 11:18 (Hinostroza, Lucia) Luke Ripley - 18:47 (Gross, Hinostroza) Robbie Russo - PP - 19:08 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schneider, Fogarty) Austin Wuthrich - 08:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Cal Petersen | Goalie stats | Steve Mastalerz ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) / Henry Dill ( 9 saves / 14 shots ) | ||||||
| Notre Dame won series 2–1 | |
(6) Northeastern vs. (11) Merrimack edit
| March 6 | Northeastern | 2 - 3 | OT | Merrimack | Matthews Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:48 - Justin Hussar (Biega, Hennig) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:10 - Jace Hennig (Lashyn, Tibbet) | ||||||
| (Szmatula, Benning) Zach Aston-Reese - 04:07 (Roy, Benning) Mike McMurtry - PP - 09:46 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:24 - GW SH - Jace Hennig (Lashyn, Tibbet) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Clay Witt | Goalie stats | Rasmus Tirronen ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7 | Northeastern | 1 - 2 | 2OT | Merrimack | Matthews Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Stevens, Snydeman) Zach Aston-Reese - PP - 12:19 | Second period | 16:32 - PP - Jace Hennig (Biega, Kolomatis) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 15:42 - GW PP - Mathieu Tibbet (Hennig, Biega) | ||||||
| ( 47 saves / 49 shots ) Clay Witt | Goalie stats | Rasmus Tirronen ( 63 saves / 64 shots ) | ||||||
| Merrimack won series 2–0 | |
(7) Vermont vs. (10) Maine edit
| March 6 | Vermont | 4 - 2 | Maine | Gutterson Fieldhouse | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 12:42 - Jake Rutt (Brown, Byron) | ||||||
| (Fallon, Bradley) Alexx Privitera - PP - 18:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Paliotta, Petruzzelli) Jarrid Privitera - 09:40 (Shaw, Fallon) Brendan Bradley - GW - 17:53 (Bradley, A. Privitera) Brady Shaw - EN - 18:27 |
Third period | 06:55 - PP - Will Merchant (Vesey, Hutton) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Mike Santaguida | Goalie stats | Matt Morris ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7 | Vermont | 2 - 4 | Maine | Gutterson Fieldhouse | Recap | |||
| (Paliotta, Luukko) Colin Markison - 07:46 | First period | 00:55 - Cédric Lacroix (Swavely, Rutt) | ||||||
| (Shaw, A. Privitera) Brendan Bradley - 08:51 | Second period | 00:36 - Connor Leen (Brown, Byron) 16:16 - GW - Connor Leen (Byron, Norman) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:41 - Brian Morgan (Lacroix, Swavely) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Mike Santaguida | Goalie stats | Sean Romeo ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Vermont | 3 - 2 | OT | Maine | Gutterson Fieldhouse | Recap | ||
| (Bradley, Paliotta) Brady Shaw - PP - 11:25 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Markison, Paliotta) Kevin Irwin - 08:51 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:05 - Ben Hutton (Renouf, Vesey) 15:19 - Devin Shore (Swavely, Merchant) | ||||||
| (Petruzzelli, Luukko) Jonathan Turk - 16:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) Mike Santaguida | Goalie stats | Sean Romeo ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| Vermont won series 2–1 | |
(8) New Hampshire vs. (9) Connecticut edit
| March 6 | New Hampshire | 5 - 2 | Connecticut | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Correale, Pesce) Tyler Kelleher - 04:38 (Willows, Thrush) Grayson Downing - PP - 05:48 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Downing, Pesce) Matt Willows - GW PP - 08:12 (Correale, Marks) Tyler Kelleher - PP - 08:32 |
Second period | 13:32 - Spencer Naas (Pauly, Norris) | ||||||
| (Cleland) Grayson Downing - EN - 19:15 | Third period | 09:39 - Joey Ferriss (Sharib, Tyson) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Daniel Tirone | Goalie stats | Rob Nichols ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7 | New Hampshire | 2 - 0 | Connecticut | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Hill, Quast) Kyle Smith - GW - 11:02 (Willows) Grayson Downing - 19:13 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Daniel Tirone | Goalie stats | Rob Nichols ( 42 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals edit
(1) Boston University vs. (11) Merrimack edit
| March 13 | Boston University | 6 - 2 | Merrimack | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| (Fortunato, Hickey) Robbie Baillargeon - PP - 09:44 | First period | 08:11 - Jace Hennig (Scotti) | ||||||
| (Rodrigues, Eichel) Danny O'Regan - 07:23 (Rodrigues) Jack Eichel - GW - 14:11 (Grzelcyk, Diffley) Evan Rodrigues - 17:35 (Diffley, Baillargeon) Matt Lane - 18:49 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Rodrigues, Oksanen) Jack Eichel - 09:23 | Third period | 10:20 - Jace Hennig (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Matt O'Connor | Goalie stats | Rasmus Tirronen ( 40 saves / 46 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Boston University | 5 - 0 | Merrimack | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Eichel, O'Connor) Cason Hohmann - GW SH - 04:11 (Rodrigues, O'Regan) Ahti Oksanen - PP - 05:42 (Fortunato, Eichel) Danny O'Regan - PP - 17:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Eichel) Matt Grzelcyk - SH EN - 15:39 (Diffley) Cason Hohmann - SH EN - 19:35 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Matt O'Connor / ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) Anthony Moccia | Goalie stats | Rasmus Tirronen ( 50 saves / 53 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–0 | |
(2) Providence vs. (8) New Hampshire edit
| March 13 | Providence | 1 - 2 | OT | New Hampshire | Schneider Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Florentino, Parisi) Steven McParland - 10:23 | Third period | 18:17 - PP - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Cleland) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:18 - GW - Grayson Downing (Willows, Thrush) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Jon Gillies | Goalie stats | Daniel Tirone ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Providence | 2 - 1 | New Hampshire | Schneider Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Saracino, Gilmour) Mark Jankowski - PP - 01:58 (Mauermann, Mingoia) John Gilmour - GW PP - 03:17 |
Second period | 05:53 - EA - Grayson Downing (Kelleher, Willows) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Jon Gillies | Goalie stats | Daniel Tirone ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Providence | 1 - 2 | OT | New Hampshire | Schneider Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:06 - Grayson Downing (Eiserman, Foegele) | ||||||
| (Acciari, Tanev) Nick Saracino - 01:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 12:43 - GW - Jay Camper (Pesce, Eiserman) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Jon Gillies | Goalie stats | Daniel Tirone ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–1 | |
(3) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont edit
| March 13 | Boston College | 4 - 2 | Vermont | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (Matheson, Cangelosi) Noah Hanifin - 09:38 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Zach Sanford - 01:15 (Hanifin, Matheson) Zach Sanford - GW - 03:20 (Matheson, Doherty) Ryan Fitzgerald - GW - 04:08 |
Second period | 04:58 - Brady Shaw (A. Privitera) 08:07 - Brendan Bradley (Pattyn, Fallon) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Thatcher Demko | Goalie stats | Mike Santaguida ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) / Brody Hoffman ( 12 saves / 12 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Boston College | 1 - 3 | Vermont | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:54 - PP - Brady Shaw (Bradley, A. Privitera) 16:36 - GW PP - Brady Shaw (Paliotta, Fallon) | ||||||
| (Matheson) Ryan Fitzgerald - PP - 14:14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:39 - EN - Brendan Bradley (Shaw, Pattyn) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Thatcher Demko | Goalie stats | Brody Hoffman ( 39 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Boston College | 0 - 1 | Vermont | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:53 - GW - Jarrid Privitera (A. Privitera) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Thatcher Demko | Goalie stats | Brody Hoffman ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| Vermont won series 2–1 | |
(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Notre Dame edit
| March 13 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 5 - 0 | Notre Dame | Tsongas Center | Recap | |||
| (Louria, Kapla) C. J. Smith - GW - 01:02 (McGrath, Colantone) Terrence Wallin - 08:12 (Kamrass, Mueller) Evan Campbell - 17:48 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Smith, Louria) Joe Gambardella - 01:41 (Fallon) A. J. White - 02:46 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 21 shots ) Kevin Boyle | Goalie stats | Cal Petersen ( 17 saves / 22 shots ) / Chad Katunar ( 7 saves / 7 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 2 - 4 | Notre Dame | Tsongas Center | Recap | |||
| (Chapie, Edwardh) Joe Gambardella - PP - 19:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Zink, Smith) Evan Campbell - PP - 15:37 | Second period | 11:45 - Sam Herr (Hurley) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:43 - Anders Bjork (Lucia) 10:30 - GW PP - Mario Lucia (Hinostroza, Gross) 19:52 - EN - Peter Schneider (Fogarty) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Kevin Boyle | Goalie stats | Cal Petersen ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 6 - 4 | Notre Dame | Tsongas Center | Recap | |||
| (Kapla, Edwardh) C. J. Smith - 03:29 (unassisted) Adam Chapie - SH - 04:17 (Louria, White) Michael Fallon - 12:11 (Gambardella, Edwardh) Zack Kamrass - SH - 17:53 |
First period | 08:54 - EA - Robbie Russo (Gross, Bjork) | ||||||
| (Edwardh, Chapie) Tyler Mueller - GW PP - 05:02 (Louria, White) Zack Kamrass - 18:35 |
Second period | 04:28 - PP - Robbie Russo (Wuthrich, Bjork) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:12 - Peter Schneider (Ostlie, Russo) 14:59 - Jordan Gross (Schneider, Russo) | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Kevin Boyle | Goalie stats | Cal Petersen ( 7 saves / 13 shots ) / Chad Katunar ( 4 saves / 4 shots ) | ||||||
| Massachusetts–Lowell won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals edit
(1) Boston University vs. (8) New Hampshire edit
| March 20 | Boston University | 4 - 1 | New Hampshire | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| (Grzelcyk, MacLeod) Cason Hohmann - 17:38 | First period | 14:34 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski) | ||||||
| (Roberto, Moran) Chase Phelps - GW - 09:53 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Rodrigues, O'Regan) Jack Eichel - 13:45 (Rodrigues) Jack Eichel - EN - 17:33 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Matt O'Connor | Goalie stats | Daniel Tirone ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (7) Vermont edit
| March 20 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 - 1 | Vermont | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| (Zink, Chapie) Michael Kapla - 12:18 | First period | 11:42 - Kevin Irwin (Turk) | ||||||
| (Fallon, Suter) Michael Louria - GW - 16:10 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Colantone) Terrence Wallin - 08:46 (unassisted) Joe Gambardella - EN - 18:36 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Kevin Boyle | Goalie stats | Brody Hoffman ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
Championship edit
(1) Boston University vs. (4) Massachusetts–Lowell edit
| March 21 | Boston University | 5 - 3 | Massachusetts–Lowell | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| (Eichel, O'Connor) Matt Grzelcyk - PP - 13:08 (Rodrigues, Hickey) Jack Eichel - 15:02 |
First period | 18:10 - Joe Gambardella (Panico, Chapie) | ||||||
| (Greer, Somerby) Cason Hohmann - 05:38 (Grzelcyk, Lane) Nikolas Olsson - GW - 19:15 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Roberto, Grzelcyk) Jack Eichel - 14:43 | Third period | 06:47 - Michael Kapla (Fallon, Zink) 16:52 - Michael Louria (White, Fallon) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Matt O'Connor | Goalie stats | Kevin Boyle ( 19 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards edit
All-Tournament Team edit
- F Jack Eichel* (Boston University)
- F Grayson Downing (New Hampshire)
- F Evan Rodrigues (Boston University)
- D Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
- D Robbie Russo (Notre Dame)
- G Matt O'Connor (Boston University)
References edit
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
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