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2015 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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 defeated Boston University 4–3 to win the program's first NCAA title. Providence’s win, combined with Yale in 2013 and Union in 2014, completed a 3-year streak of first-time champions. This was the first time such a streak had occurred since the first three NCAA men’s ice hockey tournaments from 1948-1950, when Michigan, Boston College and Colorado College each won their first 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.

<small>Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.</small>

Tournament bracket

<small>Note: * denotes overtime period(s)</small>

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

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

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.

All-Tournament team

Frozen Four

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Most Outstanding Player(s)

References