2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 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 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[]
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
| 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 | – | 1 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | Merrimack | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | New Hampshire | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Massachusetts | 4***** | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Providence | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Northeastern | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | New Hampshire | 2* | 1 | 2* | 1 | Boston University | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Merrimack | 3* | 2** | – | 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 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Hampshire | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | Notre Dame | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | Vermont | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 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) - 09:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Russo) Vinnie Hinostroza - 09:19 (Russo, Bjork) Steven Fogarty - PP - 14:24 |
Second period | 11:42 - PP - (Montour, Lee) 15:39 - (Walsh, Pigozzi) 19:58 - PP - (Vatrano, Montour) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Fifth overtime period | 11:42 - GW - (Kravchenko, Montour) | ||||||
| ( 87 saves / 91 shots ) Cal Petersen | Goalie stats | ( 75 saves / 78 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7 | Notre Dame | 5 - 3 | Massachusetts | Compton Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Ripley, Ryan) - 03:09 | First period | 10:07 - Frank Vatrano (Montour, Kravchenko) | ||||||
| (Di Pauli, Russo) Peter Schneider - 11:51 | Second period | 03:41 - (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 - (Kravchenko) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Cal Petersen | Goalie stats | ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) / ( 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) - 11:18 (Hinostroza, Lucia) - 18:47 (Gross, Hinostroza) Robbie Russo - PP - 19:08 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schneider, Fogarty) - 08:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Cal Petersen | Goalie stats | ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) / ( 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 - (Biega, Hennig) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:10 - (Lashyn, Tibbet) | ||||||
| (Szmatula, Benning) Zach Aston-Reese - 04:07 (Roy, Benning) - PP - 09:46 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:24 - GW SH - (Lashyn, Tibbet) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 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 - (Biega, Kolomatis) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 15:42 - GW PP - (Hennig, Biega) | ||||||
| ( 47 saves / 49 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 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 - (Brown, Byron) | ||||||
| (Fallon, Bradley) - PP - 18:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Paliotta, Petruzzelli) - 09:40 (Shaw, Fallon) - GW - 17:53 (Bradley, A. Privitera) - EN - 18:27 |
Third period | 06:55 - PP - (Vesey, Hutton) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7 | Vermont | 2 - 4 | Maine | Gutterson Fieldhouse | Recap | |||
| (Paliotta, Luukko) Colin Markison - 07:46 | First period | 00:55 - (Swavely, Rutt) | ||||||
| (Shaw, A. Privitera) - 08:51 | Second period | 00:36 - (Brown, Byron) 16:16 - GW - (Byron, Norman) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:41 - (Lacroix, Swavely) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Vermont | 3 - 2 | OT | Maine | Gutterson Fieldhouse | Recap | ||
| (Bradley, Paliotta) - PP - 11:25 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Markison, Paliotta) - 08:51 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:05 - Ben Hutton (Renouf, Vesey) 15:19 - Devin Shore (Swavely, Merchant) | ||||||
| (Petruzzelli, Luukko) - 16:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 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) - PP - 05:48 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Downing, Pesce) - GW PP - 08:12 (Correale, Marks) Tyler Kelleher - PP - 08:32 |
Second period | 13:32 - (Pauly, Norris) | ||||||
| (Cleland) - EN - 19:15 | Third period | 09:39 - (Sharib, Tyson) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 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) - GW - 11:02 (Willows) - 19:13 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 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) - PP - 09:44 | First period | 08:11 - (Scotti) | ||||||
| (Rodrigues, Eichel) Danny O'Regan - 07:23 (Rodrigues) Jack Eichel - GW - 14:11 (Grzelcyk, Diffley) Evan Rodrigues - 17:35 (Diffley, Baillargeon) - 18:49 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Rodrigues, Oksanen) Jack Eichel - 09:23 | Third period | 10:20 - (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Matt O'Connor | Goalie stats | ( 40 saves / 46 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Boston University | 5 - 0 | Merrimack | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Eichel, O'Connor) - GW SH - 04:11 (Rodrigues, O'Regan) - PP - 05:42 (Fortunato, Eichel) Danny O'Regan - PP - 17:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Eichel) Matt Grzelcyk - SH EN - 15:39 (Diffley) - SH EN - 19:35 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Matt O'Connor / ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 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) - 10:23 | Third period | 18:17 - PP - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Cleland) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:18 - GW - (Willows, Thrush) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Jon Gillies | Goalie stats | ( 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 - (Kelleher, Willows) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Jon Gillies | Goalie stats | ( 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 - (Eiserman, Foegele) | ||||||
| (Acciari, Tanev) - 01:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 12:43 - GW - (Pesce, Eiserman) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Jon Gillies | Goalie stats | ( 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 - (A. Privitera) 08:07 - (Pattyn, Fallon) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Thatcher Demko | Goalie stats | ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) / ( 12 saves / 12 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Boston College | 1 - 3 | Vermont | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:54 - PP - (Bradley, A. Privitera) 16:36 - GW PP - (Paliotta, Fallon) | ||||||
| (Matheson) Ryan Fitzgerald - PP - 14:14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:39 - EN - (Shaw, Pattyn) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Thatcher Demko | Goalie stats | ( 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 - (A. Privitera) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Thatcher Demko | Goalie stats | ( 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) - 08:12 (Kamrass, Mueller) - 17:48 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Smith, Louria) Joe Gambardella - 01:41 (Fallon) - 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 ) / ( 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) - PP - 15:37 | Second period | 11:45 - (Hurley) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:43 - Anders Bjork (Lucia) 10:30 - GW PP - (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) - SH - 04:17 (Louria, White) Michael Fallon - 12:11 (Gambardella, Edwardh) - SH - 17:53 |
First period | 08:54 - EA - Robbie Russo (Gross, Bjork) | ||||||
| (Edwardh, Chapie) - GW PP - 05:02 (Louria, White) - 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 ) / ( 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) - 17:38 | First period | 14:34 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski) | ||||||
| (Roberto, Moran) - 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 | ( 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 - (Turk) | ||||||
| (Fallon, Suter) - GW - 16:10 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Colantone) - 08:46 (unassisted) Joe Gambardella - EN - 18:36 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Kevin Boyle | Goalie stats | ( 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) - 05:38 (Grzelcyk, Lane) - GW - 19:15 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Roberto, Grzelcyk) Jack Eichel - 14:43 | Third period | 06:47 - Michael Kapla (Fallon, Zink) 16:52 - (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 (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)
References[]
External links[]
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