2015 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2015
Conference:Hockey East
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 6–21, 2015
Teams:12
Finalarena:TD Garden
Finalcity:Boston
Champions:Boston University
Titlecount:8th
Coach:David Quinn
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Jack Eichel
Mvpteam:BU
Prevseason Year:2014
Prevseason Link:2014 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2016
Nextseason Link:2016 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.

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

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(8) New Hampshire vs. (9) Connecticut

Quarterfinals

(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Notre Dame

Semifinals

(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (7) Vermont

Championship

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

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)]]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014-15 Game Recap - Hockey East Association.