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.

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)
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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

2014–15 Hockey East men's standings v t e
	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

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

Opening Round

(5) Notre Dame vs. (12) Massachusetts

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

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

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

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

(1) Boston University vs. (11) Merrimack

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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References

1. . 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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