2015 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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.

The tournament is the 31st in league history.

Format

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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

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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

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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

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Opening Round

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(5) Notre Dame vs. (12) Massachusetts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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(1) Boston University vs. (11) Merrimack

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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

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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

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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

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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

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(1) Boston University vs. (8) New Hampshire

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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

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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

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(1) Boston University vs. (4) Massachusetts–Lowell

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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

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* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "2014-15 Game Recap - Hockey East Association".
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