2015 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

2015 NCAA Division I men's
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)
	← 2014 ; NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments; 2016 →;

The 2015 NCAA Division I men's 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

Providence

Manchester

South Bend

Fargo

Boston

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2015 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

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

Jordan Ruby

Referees:
Geoff Miller
Cameron Voss
Linesmen:
Marc Sullivan
Bob Bernard

	0–1	04:30 – Alexander Kuqali (5) (Mitchell, Garbowsky)
C. J. Franklin (9) (Blueger, Jutzi) – PP – 30:52	1–1
	1–2	54:09 – GW – Josh Mitchell (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

Ryan Massa

Goalies

Steve Michalek

Referees:
Marco Hunt
C.J. Beaurline
Linesmen:
Bruce Vida
Joe Hutek

Grant Gallo (3) (Peterson, Brady) – 01:59	1–0
Avery Peterson (11) (Randolph, Ortega) – GW PP – 19:58	2–0
	2–1	43:09 – Jimmy Vesey (32) (Bergin, Criscuolo)
Tyler Vesel (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

Ryan Massa

Goalies

Jordan Ruby

Referees:
Geoff Miller
Cameron Voss
Linesmen:
Marc Sullivan
Bob Bernard

Jake Randolph (5) (Snuggerud, Parizek) – GW – 41:01	1–0
Austin Ortega (20) (Guentzel, Pope) – 55:36	2–0
Justin Parizek (13) (Guentzel, Snuggerud) – 56:52	3–0
David Pope (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
Jacob Meyers

Referees:
Chris Perrault
Kevin Langseth
Linesmen:
Paul Tunison
Eric Froberg

Tucker Poolman (8) (LaDue, Pattyn) – PP – 12:59	1–0
Bryn Chyzyk (7) (Ausmus) – 27:09	2–0
Drake Caggiula (17) (Stecher) – SH – 29:55	3–0
	3–1	58:34 – Andrew Taverner (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

Jamie Phillips

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)
C. J. Eick (3) (L'Esperance, Steman) – 50:54	2–1
	2–2	59:22 – EA – Jonny Brodzinski (21) (Russell, Benik)
	2–3	68:11 – GW – Judd Peterson (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 – Jimmy Murray (5) (Rehkamp)
Andrew Panzarella (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
Colten St. Clair (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 – Nate Repensky (3) (Doherty, DiChiara)
Ahti Oksanen (24) (Greer, Hohmann) – 48:21	1–1
Evan Rodrigues (19) (O'Regan) – 51:20	2–1
	2–2	53:12 – Frankie DiChiara (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

Tony Cameranesi (9) (Raskob, Kuhlman) – 12:49	1–0
Justin Crandall (13) (Kotyk, Osterberg) – GW – 15:27	2–0
Willie Raskob (3) (Cameranesi, Farley) – 18:48	3–0
Carson Soucy (6) (Toninato, Welinski) – PP – 31:02	4–0
	4–1	55:06 – Seth Ambroz (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 – Willie Raskob (4) (Corrin)
Matt Lane (8) (Piccinich, Phelps) – 23:32	2–1
	2–2	27:31 – Kyle Osterberg (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

Jay Williams (out 32:30)
Ryan McKay (in 32:30)

Goalies

Jon Gillies

Referees:
Peter Feola
Kevin Curtis
Linesmen:
Jim Briggs
Ryan Knapp

Cody Murphy (13) (Greenberg, Belpedio) – 04:10	1–0
	1–1	10:14 – Trevor Mingoia (14) (unassisted)
Anthony Louis (9) (Joyaux, Czarnik) – 13:18	2–1
	2–2	14:47 – Shane Luke (12) (Saracino, Mauermann)
	2–3	25:33 – Steven McParland (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 – Shane Luke (13) (Jankowski, McParland)
Matthew Caito (4) (Czarnik, Louis) – EA – 51:26	3–6
Devin Loe (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
Grant Arnold (1) (Jacobson, Tabrum) – 49:04	4–1
	4–2	54:51 – PP Ryan Fitzgerald (17) (Matheson)
Grant Arnold (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 – Tom Parisi (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 – Brandon Hickey (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 – Doyle Somerby (1) (Diffley)
Troy Stecher (3) (unassisted) – 52:10	2–4
Connor Gaarder (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

Ryan Massa

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 – Trevor Mingoia (15) (Jankowski, Mauermann)
	1–4	59:29 – EN – Nick Saracino (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	Anthony Florentino (3)	Acciari and Luke	09:25	1–0 PC
	BU	Ahti Oksanen (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
2nd	BU	Cason Hohmann (11)	Oksanen	31:36	3–2 BU
3rd	PC	Tom Parisi (5)	unassisted	51:24	3–3
3rd	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
1st	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

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Providence	6	17	20	43
Boston University	18	22	12	52

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
PC	Jon Gillies	49	3	59:51
BU	Matt O'Connor	39	4	58:11

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 & Sean Ritchlin – Fargo, North Dakota
Northeast Regional: Dan Parkhurst & 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, & Adam Wodon

All-Tournament team

Frozen Four

G: Jon Gillies* (Providence)
D: Anthony Florentino (Providence)
D: Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
F: Ahti Oskanen (Boston University)
F: Mark Jankowski (Providence)
F: Jack Eichel (Boston University)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[8]

References

^ "NCAA Championships Site Selections" (Press release). NCAA. December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
^ "Hockey - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
^ "2015 NCAA BU vs Providence Hockey National Championship Highlights - YouTube". YouTube.
^ "Field of 16 announced for 2015 Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship". NCAA.com. March 22, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
^ Margolis, Rachel (December 15, 2011). "ESPN and NCAA® Extend Rights Agreement through 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
^ Volner, Derek (March 22, 2015). "ESPN to Cover Entire 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
^ "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA. January 13, 2011. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

[1] "NCAA Championships Site Selections" (Press release). NCAA. December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.

[box-2] "Hockey - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.

[3] "2015 NCAA BU vs Providence Hockey National Championship Highlights - YouTube". YouTube.

[4] "Field of 16 announced for 2015 Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship". NCAA.com. March 22, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.

[5] Margolis, Rachel (December 15, 2011). "ESPN and NCAA® Extend Rights Agreement through 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2011.

[6] Volner, Derek (March 22, 2015). "ESPN to Cover Entire 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved March 22, 2015.

[Radio_Rights-7] "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA. January 13, 2011. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.

[8] "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

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