2014–15 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 2014 and ended with the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game in April 2015. This was the 68th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held, and the 120th year overall in which an NCAA school fielded a team.
2014–15 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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The TD Garden in Boston hosted the 2015 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | October 4, 2014– April 11, 2015 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 2015 | ||||
National championship | TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts | ||||
NCAA champion | Providence | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Jack Eichel (Boston University) | ||||
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Conference realignment
The only conference membership change in the 2014 offseason was the move of the Connecticut Huskies from Atlantic Hockey to Hockey East, which was already home to the UConn women's team.
School | Former Conference | New Conference |
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Connecticut Huskies | Atlantic Hockey | Hockey East |
Polls
Pre-season
The top 20 from USCHO.com, September 29, 2014, and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, September 29, 2014.[1][2] First place votes are in parentheses.
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Regular season
Standings
2014–15 Atlantic Hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Robert Morris | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 106 | 66 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 133 | 90 | |
Canisius | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 78 | 60 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 95 | 82 | |
#16 RIT * | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 90 | 62 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 121 | 96 | |
Bentley | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 76 | 67 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 100 | 92 | |
Mercyhurst | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 90 | 87 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 116 | 122 | |
Holy Cross | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 68 | 61 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 84 | 87 | |
Air Force | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 82 | 82 | 41 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 109 | 130 | |
Sacred Heart | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 77 | 82 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 96 | 113 | |
Army | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 60 | 84 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 68 | 108 | |
American International | 28 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 107 | 36 | 4 | 25 | 7 | 87 | 155 | |
Niagara | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 65 | 103 | 39 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 85 | 157 | |
Championship: March 21, 2015 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2015 |
2014–15 Big Ten ice hockey standings | |||||||||||||||
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Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#12 Minnesota* | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 81 | 54 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 137 | 982 | |
Michigan State | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 47 | 42 | 35 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 83 | 80 | |
#20 Michigan | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 88 | 60 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 143 | 107 | |
Penn State | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 62 | 66 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 119 | 113 | |
Ohio State | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 56 | 71 | 36 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 98 | 117 | |
Wisconsin | 20 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 75 | 35 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 59 | 129 | |
Championship: March 21, 2015 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 14, 2015 |
2014–15 ECAC Hockey men's standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#14 Quinnipiac | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 60 | 37 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 106 | 89 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 70 | 41 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 113 | 75 | |
#15 Yale | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 60 | 37 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 86 | 54 | |
#19 Colgate | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 53 | 51 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 102 | 82 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 64 | 55 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 91 | 78 | |
#11 Harvard* | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 71 | 54 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 121 | 92 | |
Cornell | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 45 | 46 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 57 | 68 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 49 | 47 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 81 | 87 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 53 | 66 | 41 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 77 | 131 | |
Union | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 58 | 63 | 39 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 122 | 104 | |
Brown | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 44 | 80 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 65 | 112 | |
Princeton | 22 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 75 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 39 | 99 | |
Championship: March 21, 2015 indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 9, 2015 |
2014–15 Hockey East men's standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference 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 |
2014–15 National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings | |||||||||||||||
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Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#3 North Dakota | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 72 | 55 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 138 | 94 | |
#8 Miami * | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 73 | 60 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 130 | 100 | |
#4 Omaha | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 67 | 56 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 105 | 90 | |
#5 Denver | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 79 | 68 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 131 | 99 | |
#6 Minnesota–Duluth | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 68 | 59 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 115 | 97 | |
#10 St. Cloud State | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 69 | 56 | 40 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 109 | 97 | |
Western Michigan | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 51 | 73 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 98 | 107 | |
Colorado College | 24 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 95 | 35 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 74 | 136 | |
Championship: March 21, 2015 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2015 |
2014–15 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings | ||||||||||||||
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#7 Minnesota State * | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 98 | 47 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 145 | 77 | |
#9 Michigan Tech | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 103 | 48 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 144 | 74 | |
#18 Bowling Green | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 87 | 66 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 119 | 93 | |
Alaska^ | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 75 | 69 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 92 | 81 | |
Bemidji State | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 73 | 62 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 101 | 90 | |
Ferris State | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 66 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 88 | 88 | |
Northern Michigan | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 59 | 71 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 86 | 100 | |
Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 44 | 95 | 38 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 62 | 121 | |
Lake Superior State | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 44 | 91 | 38 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 60 | 131 | |
Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 94 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 70 | 107 | |
Championship: March 21, 2015 indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) ^ indicates ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 9, 2015 |
2015 NCAA Tournament
Regional Semi-finals | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | National Championship | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | RIT | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | RIT | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Omaha | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Omaha | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Harvard | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
MW2 | Omaha | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Providence | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Miami | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Providence | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Providence | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Boston College | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Providence | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
NE1 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Quinnipiac | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | St. Cloud State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan Tech | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | St. Cloud State | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | North Dakota | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
NE1 | Boston University | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Boston University | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Yale | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Northeast Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Minnesota | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Jack Eichel | Freshman | Boston University | 40 | 26 | 45 | 71 | 28 |
Evan Rodrigues | Senior | Boston University | 41 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 31 |
Jimmy Vesey | Junior | Harvard | 37 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 21 |
Matt Garbowsky | Senior | RIT | 40 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 28 |
Zach Hyman | Senior | Michigan | 37 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 10 |
Josh Mitchell | Junior | RIT | 40 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 32 |
Daniel Ciampini | Senior | Union | 39 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 30 |
Danny O'Regan | Junior | Boston University | 41 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 26 |
Mike Vecchione | Sophomore | Union | 39 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 20 |
Kyle Criscuolo | Junior | Harvard | 37 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 12 |
Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Alex Lyon | Sophomore | Yale | 32 | 1925:05 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 7 | .939 | 1.62 |
Stephon Williams | Junior | Minnesota State | 35 | 1999:15 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 5 | .925 | 1.65 |
Jamie Phillips | Junior | Michigan Tech | 41 | 2417:18 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 70 | 6 | .933 | 1.74 |
Michael Bitzer | Freshman | Bemidji State | 28 | 1730:06 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 52 | 4 | .929 | 1.80 |
Kyle Hayton | Freshman | St. Lawrence | 36 | 2186:05 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 71 | 5 | .937 | 1.95 |
Ryan Massa | Senior | Omaha | 29 | 1652:40 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 2 | .939 | 1.96 |
Keegan Asmundson | Senior | Canisius | 26 | 1527:11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 2 | .930 | 1.96 |
James Kruger | Junior | Dartmouth | 26 | 1575:36 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 3 | .926 | 1.98 |
Sean Cahill | Senior | Alaska | 16 | 967:50 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 2 | .919 | 1.98 |
Mitch Gillam | Sophomore | Cornell | 27 | 1476:22 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 1 | .927 | 1.99 |
Awards
Big Ten
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ECAC
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Hockey East
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NCHC
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WCHA
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See also
References
- "USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll - September 29, 2014". September 29, 2014.
- "Preseason: Men's College Hockey Poll". September 29, 2014.
- "Men's Division I Hockey Overall Statistics: 2014-2015". USCHO.com. 2014-10-17.
- "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2015-03-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "AHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- "AHA All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/2015HockeyAllBigTen.pdf
- "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "ECAC All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "Hockey East All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0071/9580/3-11_NCHC_All-Conference_Teams.pdf
- http://www.nchchockey.com/news_article/show/493145?referrer_id=878553-news
- "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "WCHA All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0072/4150/Mike_Richter_Award_Finalists_3-18-15.pdf
- "Spencer Penrose Award down to eight finalists". USCHO.com. April 1, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- "Minnesota State's Hastings wins Spencer Penrose Award as top Division I men's coach". USCHO.com. April 8, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.