The 2015 NCAA Division I men's 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
Providence often refers to:
* Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion
* Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity
* Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...
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
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(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
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)
: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.
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 –
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* Fargo, North Dakota, United States
* ''Fargo'' (1996 film), a crime film by the Coen brothers
* ''Fargo'' (TV series), an American black comedy–crime drama anthology television series
Fargo may also refer to:
Othe ...
Regional semifinal
Regional Final
Northeast Region – Manchester
Regional semifinal
Regional Final
East Region –
Providence
Providence often refers to:
* Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion
* Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity
* Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...
Regional semifinal
Regional Final
Frozen Four – Boston
Semifinal
National Championship – Boston
Record by conference
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
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, or
ESPN3
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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
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– Fargo, North Dakota
*Northeast Regional:
Dan Parkhurst
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&
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
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Grande provides play-by-play covera ...
,
Cap Raeder
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Raeder briefly played in the World Hockey Association, WHA for the New England Whalers in 1975–77 after starring for the Universit ...
, &
Adam Wodon
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All-Tournament team
Frozen Four
*G:
Jon Gillies
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Pla ...
*
(Providence)
*D:
Anthony Florentino
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(Providence)
*D:
Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
*F:
Ahti Oskanen
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Ahto is a Finnish sea god.
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Descriptio ...
(Boston University)
*F:
Mark Jankowski (Providence)
*F:
Jack Eichel (Boston University)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
References
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