# 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 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
2014–15 Hockey East men's standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #2 Boston University †* | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 88 | 55 | 41 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 158 | 95 |
| #1 Providence | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 61 | 37 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 123 | 84 |
| #13 Boston College | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 60 | 50 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 107 | 91 |
| #17 Massachusetts–Lowell | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 70 | 52 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 134 | 101 |
| Notre Dame | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 126 | 116 |
| Northeastern | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 70 | 69 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 107 | 107 |
| Vermont | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 62 | 53 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 110 | 91 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 66 | 68 | 40 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 119 | 109 |
| 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 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 81 | 93 |
| Massachusetts | 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
| Opening Round March 6–8 | Opening Round March 6–8 | Opening Round March 6–8 | Opening Round March 6–8 | Opening Round March 6–8 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Championship March 21 | Championship March 21 | Championship March 21 |
| | | | | | 1 | Boston University | 6 | 5 | – | | | | | | |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | Merrimack | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | | |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 4***** | 3 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | Boston University | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | New Hampshire | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Providence | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Northeastern | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | New Hampshire | 2* | 1 | 2* | | | | | | |
| 11 | Merrimack | 3* | 2** | – | | | | | | | | | 1 | Boston University | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | Boston College | 4 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Vermont | 4 | 2 | 3* | 7 | Vermont | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Maine | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Vermont | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 5 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 8 | New Hampshire | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | Notre Dame | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Connecticut | 2 | 0 | – | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results
### Opening Round
#### (5) Notre Dame vs. (12) Massachusetts

* Notre Dame won series 2–1

#### (6) Northeastern vs. (11) Merrimack

* Merrimack won series 2–0

#### (7) Vermont vs. (10) Maine

* Vermont won series 2–1

#### (8) New Hampshire vs. (9) Connecticut

* New Hampshire won series 2–0

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Boston University vs. (11) Merrimack

* Boston University won series 2–0

#### (2) Providence vs. (8) New Hampshire

* New Hampshire won series 2–1

#### (3) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont

* Vermont won series 2–1

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

* Massachusetts–Lowell won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (1) Boston University vs. (4) Massachusetts–Lowell
## Tournament awards
### 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)