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
Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	SOL 	GF 	GA 	P 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	
Boston University 	22 	14 	5 	3 	- 	- 	88 	55 	31 	33 	21 	7 	5 	124 	78 	
Providence College 	22 	13 	8 	1 	- 	- 	61 	37 	27 	34 	21 	11 	2 	100 	69 	
Boston College 	22 	12 	7 	3 	- 	- 	60 	50 	27 	34 	20 	11 	3 	100 	80 	
UMass-Lowell 	22 	11 	7 	4 	- 	- 	70 	52 	26 	34 	18 	10 	6 	114 	87 	
Notre Dame 	22 	10 	7 	5 	- 	- 	64 	54 	25 	36 	15 	16 	5 	103 	97 	
Northeastern 	22 	11 	9 	2 	- 	- 	70 	69 	24 	34 	16 	14 	4 	104 	102 	
Vermont 	22 	10 	9 	3 	- 	- 	62 	53 	23 	34 	18 	12 	4 	94 	74 	
New Hampshire 	22 	10 	11 	1 	- 	- 	66 	68 	21 	34 	15 	17 	2 	106 	99 	
Connecticut 	22 	7 	11 	4 	- 	- 	42 	74 	18 	34 	10 	17 	7 	64 	104 	
Maine 	22 	8 	12 	2 	- 	- 	64 	74 	18 	36 	13 	20 	3 	100 	118 	
Merrimack 	22 	5 	14 	3 	- 	- 	38 	56 	13 	34 	14 	16 	4 	74 	79 	
UMass-Amherst 	22 	5 	16 	1 	- 	- 	59 	102 	11 	33 	10 	21 	2 	92 	137 	
===Tie breakers===
Providence College finishes in 2nd place over Boston College
#series tied 1-1-0
#Providence college had 13 conference wins where Boston College had 12
Connecticut finishes in 9th place over Maine
#Connecticut won season series 1-0-1
==Bracket==
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Results==
===Opening Round===
====(5) Notre Dame vs. (12) Massachusetts====
====(6) Northeastern vs. (11) Merrimack====
====(7) Vermont vs. (10) Maine====
====(8) New Hampshire vs. (9) Connecticut====
===Quarterfinals===
====(1) Boston University vs. (11) Merrimack====
====(2) Providence vs. (8) New Hampshire====
====(3) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont====
====(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Notre Dame====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Boston University vs. (8) New Hampshire====
====(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (7) Vermont====
===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)
http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/recaps15.php?mbu_uml1.m21
==References==
==External links==
*2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Category:Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament