2015 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2015 Hockey East Men's 200px Hockey East Logo March 6–21, 2015 12 TD Garden Boston Boston University 8th David Quinn 1st Jack Eichel BU 2014 2014 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2016 2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st tournament in the history of the conference. It 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 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 Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Bracket Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals 0 0 3/3/1 Opening Roundhttp://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/pres1415/201502/feb28hea.php Archived copy 2015-03-02 2015-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20150303151156/http://hockeyeastonline.com/men/pres1415/201502/feb28hea.php dead March 6–8 5 Notre Dame 3 5 7 12 Massachusetts 4***** 3 0 6 Northeastern 2 1 – 11 Merrimack 3* 2** – 7 Vermont 4 2 3* 10 Maine 2 4 2 8 New Hampshire 5 2 – 9 Connecticut 2 0 – QuarterfinalsMarch 13–15 1 Boston University 6 5 – 11 Merrimack 2 0 – 2 Providence 1 2 1 8 New Hampshire 2* 1 2* 3 Boston College 4 1 0 7 Vermont 2 3 1 4 Massachusetts–Lowell 5 2 6 5 Notre Dame 0 4 4 SemifinalsMarch 20 1 Boston University 4 8 New Hampshire 1 4 Massachusetts–Lowell 4 7 Vermont 1 ChampionshipMarch 21 1 Boston University 5 4 Massachusetts–Lowell 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Results Opening Round (5) Notre Dame vs. (12) Massachusetts Notre Dame Massachusetts Compton Family Ice Arena March 6 3 - 4 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mndmuma1.m06 2 5 (Evans, Russo) Sam Herr - 09:39 (Russo) Vinnie Hinostroza - 09:19(Russo, Bjork) Steven Fogarty - PP - 14:24 11:42 - PP - Steven Iacobellis (Montour, Lee)15:39 - Steven Iacobellis (Walsh, Pigozzi)19:58 - PP - Troy Power (Vatrano, Montour) 11:42 - GW - Shane Walsh (Kravchenko, Montour) ( 87 saves / 91 shots ) Cal Petersen Steve Mastalerz ( 75 saves / 78 shots ) March 7 5 - 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mndmuma1.m07 1 (Ripley, Ryan) Mario Lucia - 03:09 10:07 - Frank Vatrano (Montour, Kravchenko) (Di Pauli, Russo) Peter Schneider - 11:51 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 16:15 - SH - Riley McDougall (Kravchenko) ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Cal Petersen Steve Mastalerz ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) / Henry Dill ( 7 saves / 7 shots ) March 8 7 - 0 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mndmuma1.m08 1 1 (Schneider, Ryan) Thomas Di Pauli - GW - 00:48 (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 (Schneider, Fogarty) Austin Wuthrich - 08:05 ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Cal Petersen Steve Mastalerz ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) / Henry Dill ( 9 saves / 14 shots ) Notre Dame won series 2–1 (6) Northeastern vs. (11) Merrimack Northeastern Merrimack Matthews Arena March 6 2 - 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mmernoe1.m06 2 1 No Scoring 13:48 - Justin Hussar (Biega, Hennig) 18:10 - Jace Hennig (Lashyn, Tibbet) (Szmatula, Benning) Zach Aston-Reese - 04:07(Roy, Benning) Mike McMurtry - PP - 09:46 02:24 - GW SH - Jace Hennig (Lashyn, Tibbet) ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Clay Witt Rasmus Tirronen ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) March 7 1 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mmernoe1.m07 2 2 No Scoring (Stevens, Snydeman) Zach Aston-Reese - PP - 12:19 16:32 - PP - Jace Hennig (Biega, Kolomatis) 15:42 - GW PP - Mathieu Tibbet (Hennig, Biega) ( 47 saves / 49 shots ) Clay Witt Rasmus Tirronen ( 63 saves / 64 shots ) Merrimack won series 2–0 (7) Vermont vs. (10) Maine Vermont Maine Gutterson Fieldhouse March 6 4 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mmnever1.m06 1 No Scoring 12:42 - Jake Rutt (Brown, Byron) (Fallon, Bradley) Alexx Privitera - PP - 18:41 (Paliotta, Petruzzelli) Jarrid Privitera - 09:40(Shaw, Fallon) Brendan Bradley - GW - 17:53(Bradley, A. Privitera) Brady Shaw - EN - 18:27 06:55 - PP - Will Merchant (Vesey, Hutton) ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Mike Santaguida Matt Morris ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) March 7 2 - 4 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mmnever1.m07 2 (Paliotta, Luukko) Colin Markison - 07:46 00:55 - Cédric Lacroix (Swavely, Rutt) (Shaw, A. Privitera) Brendan Bradley - 08:51 00:36 - Connor Leen (Brown, Byron)16:16 - GW - Connor Leen (Byron, Norman) 11:41 - Brian Morgan (Lacroix, Swavely) ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Mike Santaguida Sean Romeo ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) March 8 3 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mmnever1.m08 1 1 1 (Bradley, Paliotta) Brady Shaw - PP - 11:25 (Markison, Paliotta) Kevin Irwin - 08:51 02:05 - Ben Hutton (Renouf, Vesey)15:19 - Devin Shore (Swavely, Merchant) (Petruzzelli, Luukko) Jonathan Turk - 16:05 ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) Mike Santaguida Sean Romeo ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Vermont won series 2–1 (8) New Hampshire vs. (9) Connecticut New Hampshire Connecticut Whittemore Center March 6 5 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mconunh1.m06 1 (Correale, Pesce) Tyler Kelleher - 04:38(Willows, Thrush) Grayson Downing - PP - 05:48 (Downing, Pesce) Matt Willows - GW PP - 08:12(Correale, Marks) Tyler Kelleher - PP - 08:32 13:32 - Spencer Naas (Pauly, Norris) (Cleland) Grayson Downing - EN - 19:15 09:39 - Joey Ferriss (Sharib, Tyson) ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Daniel Tirone Robert Nichols ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) March 7 2 - 0 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mconunh1.m07 1 No Scoring (Hill, Quast) Kyle Smith - GW - 11:02(Willows) Grayson Downing - 19:13 ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Daniel Tirone Robert Nichols ( 42 saves / 44 shots ) New Hampshire won series 2–0 Quarterfinals (1) Boston University vs. (11) Merrimack Boston University Merrimack Agganis Arena March 13 6 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mbu_mer1.m13 1 (Fortunato, Hickey) Robbie Baillargeon - PP - 09:44 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 (Rodrigues, Oksanen) Jack Eichel - 09:23 10:20 - Jace Hennig (unassisted) ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Matt O'Connor Rasmus Tirronen ( 40 saves / 46 shots ) March 14 5 - 0 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mbu_mer1.m14 1 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 (Eichel) Matt Grzelcyk - SH EN - 15:39(Diffley) Cason Hohmann - SH EN - 19:35 ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Matt O'Connor / ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) Anthony Moccia Rasmus Tirronen ( 50 saves / 53 shots ) Boston University won series 2–0 (2) Providence vs. (8) New Hampshire Providence New Hampshire Schneider Arena March 13 1 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mprvunh1.m13 2 1 No Scoring (Florentino, Parisi) Steven McParland - 10:23 18:17 - PP - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Cleland) 05:18 - GW - Grayson Downing (Willows, Thrush) ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Jon Gillies Daniel Tirone ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) March 14 2 - 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mprvunh1.m14 1 No Scoring (Saracino, Gilmour) Mark Jankowski - PP - 01:58(Mauermann, Mingoia) John Gilmour - GW PP - 03:17 05:53 - EA - Grayson Downing (Kelleher, Willows) ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Jon Gillies Daniel Tirone ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) March 15 1 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mprvunh1.m15 1 2 1 No Scoring 07:06 - Grayson Downing (Eiserman, Foegele) (Acciari, Tanev) Nick Saracino - 01:20 12:43 - GW - Jay Camper (Pesce, Eiserman) ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Jon Gillies Daniel Tirone ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) New Hampshire won series 2–1 (3) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont Boston College Vermont Conte Forum March 13 4 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mbc_ver1.m13 1 (Matheson, Cangelosi) Noah Hanifin - 09:38 (unassisted) Zach Sanford - 01:15(Hanifin, Matheson) Zach Sanford - GW - 03:20(Matheson, Doherty) Ryan Fitzgerald - GW - 04:08 04:58 - Brady Shaw (A. Privitera)08:07 - Brendan Bradley (Pattyn, Fallon) ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Thatcher Demko Mike Santaguida ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) / Brody Hoffman ( 12 saves / 12 shots ) March 14 1 - 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mbc_ver1.m14 2 No Scoring 08:54 - PP - Brady Shaw (Bradley, A. Privitera)16:36 - GW PP - Brady Shaw (Paliotta, Fallon) (Matheson) Ryan Fitzgerald - PP - 14:14 18:39 - EN - Brendan Bradley (Shaw, Pattyn) ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Thatcher Demko Brody Hoffman ( 39 saves / 40 shots ) March 15 0 - 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mbc_ver1.m15 1 2 No Scoring 02:53 - GW - Jarrid Privitera (A. Privitera) ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Thatcher Demko Brody Hoffman ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Vermont won series 2–1 (4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Notre Dame Massachusetts–Lowell Notre Dame Tsongas Center March 13 5 - 0 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mndmuml1.m13 1 (Louria, Kapla) C. J. Smith - GW - 01:02(McGrath, Colantone) Terrence Wallin - 08:12(Kamrass, Mueller) Evan Campbell - 17:48 (Smith, Louria) Joe Gambardella - 01:41(Fallon) A. J. White - 02:46 ( 21 saves / 21 shots ) Kevin Boyle Cal Petersen ( 17 saves / 22 shots ) / Chad Katunar ( 7 saves / 7 shots ) March 14 2 - 4 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mndmuml1.m14 2 (Chapie, Edwardh) Joe Gambardella - PP - 19:11 (Zink, Smith) Evan Campbell - PP - 15:37 11:45 - Sam Herr (Hurley) 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 Cal Petersen ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) March 15 6 - 4 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mndmuml1.m15 1 1 (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 08:54 - EA - Robbie Russo (Gross, Bjork) (Edwardh, Chapie) Tyler Mueller - GW PP - 05:02(Louria, White) Zack Kamrass - 18:35 04:28 - PP - Robbie Russo (Wuthrich, Bjork) 10:12 - Peter Schneider (Ostlie, Russo)14:59 - Jordan Gross (Schneider, Russo) ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Kevin Boyle Cal Petersen ( 7 saves / 13 shots ) / Chad Katunar ( 4 saves / 4 shots ) Massachusetts–Lowell won series 2–1 Semifinals (1) Boston University vs. (8) New Hampshire Boston University New Hampshire TD Garden March 20 4 - 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mbu_unh1.m20 1 (Grzelcyk, MacLeod) Cason Hohmann - 17:38 14:34 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski) (Roberto, Moran) Chase Phelps - GW - 09:53 (Rodrigues, O'Regan) Jack Eichel - 13:45(Rodrigues) Jack Eichel - EN - 17:33 ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Matt O'Connor Daniel Tirone ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) (4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (7) Vermont Massachusetts–Lowell Vermont TD Garden March 20 4 - 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mumlver1.m20 1 (Zink, Chapie) Michael Kapla - 12:18 11:42 - Kevin Irwin (Turk) (Fallon, Suter) Michael Louria - GW - 16:10 (Colantone) Terrence Wallin - 08:46(unassisted) Joe Gambardella - EN - 18:36 ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Kevin Boyle Brody Hoffman ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Championship (1) Boston University vs. (4) Massachusetts–Lowell Boston University Massachusetts–Lowell TD Garden March 21 5 - 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mbu_uml1.m21 1 (Eichel, O'Connor) Matt Grzelcyk - PP - 13:08(Rodrigues, Hickey) Jack Eichel - 15:02 18:10 - Joe Gambardella (Panico, Chapie) (Greer, Somerby) Cason Hohmann - 05:38(Grzelcyk, Lane) Nikolas Olsson - GW - 19:15 (Roberto, Grzelcyk) Jack Eichel - 14:43 06:47 - Michael Kapla (Fallon, Zink)16:52 - Michael Louria (White, Fallon) ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Matt O'Connor Kevin Boyle ( 19 saves / 24 shots ) Tournament awards All-Tournament Team 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) * Tournament MVP(s) http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/recaps15.php?mbu_uml1.m21 2014-15 Game Recap - Hockey East Association References External links 2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament