2015 Frozen Four

The 2015 NCAA Men's Division I 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.
Providence defeated Boston University 4–3 to win the program's first NCAA title.
The championship game is remembered for a gaffe goal that allowed Providence to tie the score with less than 10 minutes to play.
==Tournament procedure==
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. 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.
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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
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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==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Results==
===Midwest Region – South Bend===
====Regional Semifinal====
====Regional Final====
===West Region – Fargo===
====Regional Semifinal====
====Regional Final====
===Northeast Region – Manchester===
====Regional Semifinal====
====Regional Final====
===East Region – Providence===
====Regional Semifinal====
====Regional Final====
===Frozen Four – Boston===
====Semifinal====
===National Championship – Boston===
==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. ESPN will air every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ESPN3 and will stream them online via WatchESPN. 
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.
*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)
==References==
Category:NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Category:2015 in hockey