2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2015 NCAA Men's Division I
Ice Hockey Tournament

2015 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals site	TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Providence Friars (1st title)
Runner-up	Boston University Terriers (11th title game)
Semifinalists	University of North Dakota (21st Frozen Four) Omaha Mavericks (1st Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Nate Leaman (1st title)
MOP	Jon Gillies (Providence)
Attendance	18,022 (Championship) 54,066 (Frozen Four) 118,995 (Tournament)
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The 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2015. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the NCAA, the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four – the semifinals and final – were hosted by Hockey East at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.^[1]

Providence defeated Boston University 4–3 to win the program's first NCAA title.^[2]

The championship game is remembered for a gaffe goal that allowed Providence to tie the score with less than 10 minutes to play.^[3]

Tournament procedure[]

The tournament will consist of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2015 regionals:

March 27 and 28

West Regional, Scheels Arena – Fargo, North Dakota (Host: University of North Dakota)

Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire)

March 28 and 29

East Regional, Dunkin' Donuts Center – Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Brown University)

Midwest Regional, Compton Family Ice Arena – South Bend, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)

The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:

April 9–11

TD Garden – Boston, Massachusetts (Host: Hockey East)

Qualifying teams[]

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 22.^[4] The NCHC had six teams receive a berth in the tournament, ECAC Hockey and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had two teams receive a berth, and one team from both the Big Ten Conference and Atlantic Hockey received a berth.

West Regional – Fargo							Northeast Regional – Manchester
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	North Dakota (2)	NCHC	27–9–3	At-large bid	30th	2014	1	Boston University (3)	Hockey East	25–7–5	Tournament champion	33rd	2012
2	Michigan Tech	WCHA	29–9–2	At-large bid	11th	1981	2	Minnesota–Duluth	NCHC	20–15–3	At-large bid	9th	2012
3	St. Cloud State	NCHC	19–18–1	At-large bid	11th	2014	3	Minnesota	Big Ten	23–12–3	Tournament champion	36th	2014
4	Quinnipiac	ECAC Hockey	23–11–4	At-large bid	4th	2014	4	Yale	ECAC Hockey	18–9–5	At-large bid	7th	2013
Midwest Regional – South Bend							East Regional – Providence
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Minnesota State (1)	WCHA	29–7–3	Tournament champion	4th	2014	1	Miami (4)	NCHC	25–13–1	Tournament champion	12th	2013
2	Omaha	NCHC	18–12–6	At-large bid	3rd	2011	2	Denver	NCHC	23–13–2	At-large bid	25th	2014
3	Harvard	ECAC Hockey	21–12–3	Tournament champion	22nd	2006	3	Boston College	Hockey East	21–13–3	At-large bid	34th	2014
4	RIT	Atlantic Hockey	19–14–5	Tournament champion	2nd	2010	4	Providence	Hockey East	22–13–2	At-large bid	11th	2014

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Tournament bracket[]

	Regional Semifinals March 27–28					Regional Finals March 28–29					Semifinals April 9					Championship April 11
	1	Minnesota State (1)	1
	4	RIT	2
						4	RIT	0
	South Bend, Indiana – Sat/Sun
						2	Omaha	4
	2	Omaha	4
	3	Harvard	1
											MW2	Omaha	1
											E4	Providence	4
	1	Miami (4)	5
	4	Providence	7
						4	Providence	4
	Providence, Rhode Island – Sat/Sun
						2	Denver	1
	2	Denver	5
	3	Boston College	2
																E4	Providence	4
																NE1	Boston University	3
	1	North Dakota (2)	4
	4	Quinnipiac	1
						1	North Dakota	4
	Fargo, North Dakota – Fri/Sat
						3	St. Cloud State	1
	2	Michigan Tech	2
	3	St. Cloud State	3*
											W1	North Dakota	3
											NE1	Boston University	5
	1	Boston University (3)	3*
	4	Yale	2
						1	Boston University	3
	Manchester, New Hampshire – Fri/Sat
						2	Minnesota–Duluth	2
	2	Minnesota–Duluth	4
	3	Minnesota	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

Midwest Region – South Bend[]

Regional Semifinal[]

March 28, 2015 4:00 pm

(1) Minnesota State

1 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

(4) RIT

Compton Family Ice Arena, South Bend, Indiana Attendance: 4,114

Game reference
	Stephon Williams	Goalies		Referees: Geoff Miller Cameron Voss Linesmen: Marc Sullivan Bob Bernard
	0–1 04:30 – (5) (Mitchell, Garbowsky) C. J. Franklin (9) (Blueger, Jutzi) – PP – 30:52 1–1 1–2 54:09 – GW – (16) (McGowan)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	19

March 28, 2015 7:30 pm

(2) Omaha

4 – 1 (2–0, 0–0, 2–1)

(3) Harvard

Compton Family Ice Arena, South Bend, Indiana Attendance: 4,114

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Marco Hunt C.J. Beaurline Linesmen: Bruce Vida Joe Hutek
	(3) (Peterson, Brady) – 01:59 1–0 (11) (Randolph, Ortega) – GW PP – 19:58 2–0 2–1 43:09 – Jimmy Vesey (32) (Bergin, Criscuolo) (8) (Parizek, Randolph) – PP EN – 59:24 3–1 Jake Guentzel (13) (unassisted) – EN – 59:56 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	34

Regional Final[]

March 29, 2015 7:30 pm

(2) Omaha

4 – 0 (0–0, 0–0, 4–0)

(4) RIT

Compton Family Ice Arena, South Bend, Indiana Attendance: 3,719

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Geoff Miller Cameron Voss Linesmen: Marc Sullivan Bob Bernard
	(5) (Snuggerud, Parizek) – GW – 41:01 1–0 Austin Ortega (20) (Guentzel, Pope) – 55:36 2–0 (13) (Guentzel, Snuggerud) – 56:52 3–0 (20) (Ortega) – EN – 57:42 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	19 min
	28	Shots	40

West Region – Fargo[]

Regional Semifinal[]

March 27, 2015 7:45 pm

(1) North Dakota

4 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

(4) Quinnipiac

Scheels Arena, Fargo, North Dakota Attendance: 5,283

Game reference
	Zane McIntyre	Goalies	Michael Garteig	Referees: Chris Perrault Kevin Langseth Linesmen: Paul Tunison Eric Froberg
	Tucker Poolman (8) (LaDue, Pattyn) – PP – 12:59 1–0 (7) (Ausmus) – 27:09 2–0 Drake Caggiula (17) (Stecher) – SH – 29:55 3–0 3–1 58:34 – (6) (Pieper, MacMaster) Luke Johnson (17) (Caggiula) – SH EN – 59:44 4–1
	31 min	Penalties	25 min
	30	Shots	25

March 27, 2015 3:30 pm

(2) Michigan Tech

2 – 3 (OT) (1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

(3) St. Cloud State

Scheels Arena, Fargo, North Dakota Attendance: 5,283

Game reference
		Goalies	Charlie Lindgren	Referees: Kevin Shea Ryan Hersey Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Chris Aughe
	Tanner Kero (20) (Petan, Hanna) – 07:18 1–0 1–1 21:06 – PP – Kalle Kossila (6) (Morley, Prow) (3) (L'Esperance, Steman) – 50:54 2–1 2–2 59:22 – EA – Jonny Brodzinski (21) (Russell, Benik) 2–3 68:11 – GW – (4) (Rehkamp)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	21

Regional Final[]

March 28, 2015 8:00 pm

(1) North Dakota

4 – 1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

(3) St. Cloud State

Scheels Arena, Fargo, North Dakota Attendance: 5,307

Game reference
	Zane McIntyre	Goalies	Charlie Lindgren	Referees: Steve McInchak Barry Pochmara Linesmen: Nick Bradshaw Sam Shilkowsky
	0–1 01:29 – (5) (Rehkamp) (1) (Poolman, St. Clair) – 08:59 1–1 Drake Caggiula (18) (unassisted) – GW – 26:49 2–1 Luke Johnson (10) (unassisted) – 42:53 3–1 (3) (unassisted) – EN – 59:19 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	20

Northeast Region – Manchester[]

Regional Semifinal[]

March 27, 2015 2:00 pm

(1) Boston University

3 – 2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0)

(4) Yale

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire Attendance: 5,123

Game reference
	Matt O'Connor	Goalies	Alex Lyon	Referees: Todd Anderson Derek Sheperd Linesmen: Paul Carnathan John Philo
	0–1 33:19 – PP – (3) (Doherty, DiChiara) (24) (Greer, Hohmann) – 48:21 1–1 Evan Rodrigues (19) (O'Regan) – 51:20 2–1 2–2 53:12 – (9) (Learned, Cooper) Danny O'Regan (22) (Eichel, Rodrigues) – 67:27 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	23

March 27, 2015 5:30 pm

(2) Minnesota–Duluth

4 – 1 (3–0, 1–0, 0–1)

(3) Minnesota

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire Attendance: 6,522

Game reference
	Kasimir Kaskisuo	Goalies	Adam Wilcox	Referees: Chip McDonald Scott Whittemore Linesmen: Jason Shattie Dan Taggart
	(9) (Raskob, Kuhlman) – 12:49 1–0 (13) (Kotyk, Osterberg) – GW – 15:27 2–0 (3) (Cameranesi, Farley) – 18:48 3–0 Carson Soucy (6) (Toninato, Welinski) – PP – 31:02 4–0 4–1 55:06 – (12) (Lettieri, Boyd)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	32

Regional Final[]

March 28, 2015 5:30 pm

(1) Boston University

3 – 2 (1–0, 1–2, 1–0)

(2) Minnesota–Duluth

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire Attendance: 4,721

Game reference
	Matt O'Connor	Goalies	Kasimir Kaskisuo	Referees: Butch Mousseaux Pete Friesema Linesmen: Matt Tyree Matt Ulwelling
	Evan Rodrigues (20) (Fortunato) – 07:17 1–0 1–1 20:37 – (4) (Corrin) (8) (Piccinich, Phelps) – 23:32 2–1 2–2 27:31 – (7) (unassisted) Evan Rodrigues (21) (Grzelcyk, O'Regan) – GW PP – 57:36 3–2
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	29

East Region – Providence[]

Regional Semifinal[]

March 28, 2015 6:30 pm

(1) Miami

5 – 7 (2–2, 0–4, 3–1)

(4) Providence

Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island Attendance: 7,908

Game reference
	(out 32:30) Ryan McKay (in 32:30)	Goalies	Jon Gillies	Referees: Peter Feola Kevin Curtis Linesmen: Jim Briggs Ryan Knapp
	(13) (Greenberg, Belpedio) – 04:10 1–0 1–1 10:14 – (14) (unassisted) Anthony Louis (9) (Joyaux, Czarnik) – 13:18 2–1 2–2 14:47 – (12) (Saracino, Mauermann) 2–3 25:33 – (6) (Parisi, Saracino) 2–4 32:00 – Brian Pinho (6) (Acciari, McKenzie) 2–5 32:30 – Noel Acciari (13) (Mingoia, Tanev) 2–6 38:43 – GW – (13) (Jankowski, McParland) (4) (Czarnik, Louis) – EA – 51:26 3–6 (2) (Kuraly, Richart) – EA – 54:14 4–6 Sean Kuraly (19) (Caito) – EA – 58:27 5–6 5–7 59:53 – EN Brandon Tanev (8) (Florentino)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	36

March 28, 2015 3:00 pm

(2) Denver

5 – 2 (2–1, 0–0, 3–1)

(3) Boston College

Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island Attendance: 7,908

Game reference
	Tanner Jaillet	Goalies	Thatcher Demko	Referees: Ryan Sweeney Eugene Binda, Jr. Linesmen: Tony Carissimo Brendan Blanchard
	Joey LaLeggia (14) (Doremus) – PP – 4:48 1–0 1–1 16:51 – Mike Matheson (3) (Gilmour, Sanford) Trevor Moore (22) (Loney, Shore) – 19:53 2–1 Will Butcher (4) (Doremus, Moore) – GW – 48:05 3–1 (1) (Jacobson, Tabrum) – 49:04 4–1 4–2 54:51 – PP Ryan Fitzgerald (17) (Matheson) (2) (Jacobson, Tabrum) – EN – 58:47 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	24

Regional Final[]

March 29, 2015 5:00 pm

(2) Denver

1 – 4 (0–0, 0–1, 1–3)

(4) Providence

Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island Attendance: 6,326

Game reference
	Tanner Jaillet	Goalies	Jon Gillies	Referees: Peter Feola Kevin Curtis Linesmen: Jim Briggs Ryan Knapp
	0–1 34:22 – PP – Noel Acciari (14) (Luke, Walman) Joey LaLeggia (15) (Shore, Butcher) – PP – 47:52 1–1 1–2 54:59 – GW PP – (4) (Walman, Luke) 1–3 58:28 – EN – Brandon Tanev (9) (Walman, Monk) 1–4 59:07 – EN – Kevin Rooney (7) (unassisted)
	19 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	24

Frozen Four – Boston[]

Semifinal[]

April 9, 2015 8:30 pm ESPN2

(W1) North Dakota

3 – 5 (0–2, 1–2, 2–1)

(NE1) Boston University

TD Garden, Boston Attendance: 18,022

Game reference
	Zane McIntyre	Goalies	Matt O'Connor	Referees: Marco Hunt C.J. Beaurline Linesmen: Joe Hutek Bruce Vida
	0–1 04:59 – PP – Jack Eichel (25) (O'Regan, Oksanen) 0–2 19:12 – PP – (6) (Hohmann, Baillargeon) Luke Johnson (11) (Poolman, Schmaltz) – PP – 20:44 1–2 1–3 31:20 – A. J. Greer (3) (Eichel, Diffley) 1–4 13:10 – GW – (1) (Diffley) Troy Stecher (3) (unassisted) – 52:10 2–4 (9) (Mattson, O'Donnell) – 56:17 3–4 3–5 59:41 – EN – Jack Eichel (26) (Hohmann, Grzelcyk)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	28

April 9, 2015 5:00 pm ESPN2

(MW2) Omaha

1 – 4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

(E4) Providence

TD Garden, Boston Attendance: 18,022

Game reference
		Goalies	Jon Gillies	Referees: Peter Feola Kevin Curtis Linesmen: Jim Briggs Ryan Knapp
	0–1 31:02 – Noel Acciari (15) (Saracino, Pinho) 0–2 34:58 – GW – Mark Jankowski (7) (Saracino, Walman) Jake Guentzel (14) (Vesel) – 50:46 1–2 1–3 51:10 – (15) (Jankowski, Mauermann) 1–4 59:29 – EN – (14) (Rooney, Florentino)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	48

National Championship – Boston[]

April 11, 2015 7:30 pm ESPN

(NE1) Boston University

3 – 4 (2–1, 1–1, 0–2)

(E4) Providence

TD Garden, Boston Attendance: 18,022

Game reference
				Referees: Steve McInchak Barry Pochmara Linesmen: Sam Shikowsky Nick Bradshaw

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	PC	(3)	Acciari and Luke	09:25	1–0 PC
	BU	(25)	unassisted	12:50	1–1
	BU	Danny O'Regan (23)	Eichel	12:54	2–1 BU
2nd	PC	Mark Jankowski (8) – PP	Mingoia and Mauermann	24:29	2–2
	BU	(11)	Oksanen	31:36	3–2 BU
3rd	PC	(5)	unassisted	51:24	3–3
	PC	Brandon Tanev (10) – GW	Rooney	53:43	4–3 PC
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	PC	Tom Parisi	Holding the Stick	05:53	2:00
	BU	John MacLeod	Hooking	19:42	2:00
2nd	BU	John MacLeod	Interference	22:33	2:00
3rd	BU	Jack Eichel	Hooking	44:33	2:00

Record by conference[]

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
NCHC	6	7–6	.538	5	2	-	-
Hockey East	3	7–2	.778	2	2	2	1
ECAC Hockey	3	0–3	.000	-	-	-	-
WCHA	2	0–2	.000	-	-	-	-
Atlantic Hockey	1	1–1	.500	1	-	-	-
Big Ten	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-	-

Media[]

Television[]

ESPN has US television rights to all games during the tournament for the eleventh consecutive year.^[5] ESPN will air every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ESPN3 and will stream them online via WatchESPN.^[6] The Sports Network holds Canadian TV rights to all games. The games are across the network on all five feeds—TSN1, TSN2, TSN3, TSN4, and TSN5. Although they are broadcast under the TSN banner, it is actually a simulcast of the ESPN feed with the ESPN announcers.

Broadcast Assignments[]

Regionals

• West Regional: Clay Matvick & – Fargo, North Dakota
• Northeast Regional: & Billy Jaffe – Manchester, New Hampshire
• East Regional: John Buccigross, Barry Melrose & Quint Kessenich – Providence, Rhode Island
• Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Blake Geoffrion – South Bend, Indiana

Frozen Four & Championship

• John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, & Quint Kessenich – Boston, Massachusetts

Radio[]

Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the Frozen Four and will air both the semifinals and the championship.^[7]

• Sean Grande, Cap Raeder, &

All-Tournament Team[]

Frozen Four[]

• G: Jon Gillies* (Providence)
• D: (Providence)
• D: Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
• F: (Boston University)
• F: Mark Jankowski (Providence)
• F: Jack Eichel (Boston University)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[8]

References[]