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, as the conference entered its 31st year of existence.

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 *	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 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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

• F Jack Eichel* (Boston University)
• F Grayson Downing (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)

External links

• 2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament