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. 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

2014–15 Hockey East men's standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#3 Boston University dagger* 22 14 5 3 31 88 55 33 21 7 5 124 78
#14 Providence 22 13 8 1 27 61 37 34 21 11 2 100 69
#11 Boston College 22 12 7 3 27 60 50 34 20 11 3 100 80
#12 UMass Lowell 22 11 7 4 26 70 52 34 18 10 6 114 87
Notre Dame 22 10 7 5 25 64 54 39 17 17 5 118 103
Northeastern 22 11 9 2 24 70 69 36 16 16 4 107 107
#16 Vermont 22 10 9 3 23 62 53 37 20 13 4 103 82
New Hampshire 22 10 11 1 21 66 68 36 17 17 2 113 101
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 36 16 16 4 79 82
UMass 22 5 16 1 11 59 102 36 11 23 2 99 152
Championship: March 21, 2015
dagger 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  UMass 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  UMass Lowell 3
  3  Boston College 4 1 0
7  Vermont 4 2 3* 7  Vermont 2 3 1
10  Maine 2 4 2
  4  UMass Lowell 5 2 6 4  UMass 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)

Tournament awards

[2]

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

External links

  1. ↑ http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/pres1415/201502/feb28hea.php
  2. ↑ http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/recaps15.php?mbu_uml1.m21
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