Teams | 8 |
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Finals site | |
Champions | Minnesota Golden Gophers (5th title) |
Runner-up | Harvard Crimson (4th title game) |
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Brad Frost (3rd title) |
MOP | Hannah Brandt (Minnesota) |
Attendance | 6,800 |
The 2015 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 14, 2015. The Frozen Four was played on March 20 and 22, 2015 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota with the University of Minnesota as the host. [1]
The tournament was won by Minnesota with a 4–1 win over Harvard, giving the Golden Gophers their fifth overall title and third in four years.
For the first time, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other four teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals. [2]
Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
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1 | Minnesota | WCHA | 32–3–4 | At-large bid | 13th | 2014 |
2 | Boston College | Hockey East | 33–2–2 | At-large bid | 7th | 2014 |
3 | Harvard | ECAC | 25–5–3 | Tournament champion | 11th | 2014 |
4 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 28–6–4 | Tournament champion | 9th | 2014 |
Boston University | Hockey East | 25–8–3 | Tournament champion | 6th | 2014 | |
Quinnipiac | ECAC | 26–8–3 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | |
Clarkson | ECAC | 24–10–3 | At-large bid | 4th | 2014 | |
RIT | CHA | 15–18–5 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |
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Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
National Quarterfinals March 14 | National Semifinals March 20 | National Championship March 22 | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 6 | ||||||||||||
RIT | 2 | |||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Wisconsin | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Wisconsin | 5 | ||||||||||||
Boston University | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Harvard | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Boston College | 5 | ||||||||||||
Clarkson | 1 | |||||||||||||
2 | Boston College | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Harvard | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Harvard | 5 | ||||||||||||
Quinnipiac | 0 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
March 14 4:04 | RIT | 2–6 (1–3, 0–2, 1–1) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena Attendance: 1,796 |
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Ali Binnington | Goalies | Amanda Leveille | Referees: Robert Ludwig Krissy Morrison Linesmen: Casey Enge Josh Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 36 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Shots | 52 |
March 14 2:07 | Boston University | 1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1) | Wisconsin | LaBahn Arena Attendance: 2,047 |
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Victoria Hanson Mia Becker | Goalies | Ann-Renée Desbiens | Referee: Ray Doocy Linesmen: Dave Spivey Scott Roth | |||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 19 min | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 48 |
March 14 1:00 | Clarkson | 1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2) | Boston College | Conte Forum Attendance: 803 |
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Shea Tiley | Goalies | Kaitlin Burt | Referee: Will Harrop Linesmen: Bryan Hicks Peter Terreri | |||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 31 |
March 14 4:00 | Quinnipiac | 0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2) | Harvard | Bright Hockey Center Attendance: 685 |
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Chelsea Laden Sydney Rossman | Goalies | Emerance Maschmeyer | Referees: Tom Quinn Shane Belanger Linesmen: Adam Saniech Paul Sacco | ||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 23 |
March 20 5:04 | Wisconsin | 1–3 (0–0, 1–3, 0–0) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena Attendance: 3,400 |
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Ann-Renée Desbiens | Goalies | Amanda Leveille | Referees: Thomas Quinn Shane Belanger Linesmen: Adam Staniech Paul Sacco | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 23 |
March 20 8:04 | Harvard | 2–1 (0–0, 0–0, 2–1) | Boston College | Ridder Arena Attendance: 3,400 |
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Emerance Maschmeyer | Goalies | Kaitlin Burt | Referees: Robert Ludwig Krissy Morrison Linesmen: Scott Roth Mike Diebold | ||||||||
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19 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
21 | Shots | 44 |
March 22 3:04 | Harvard | 1–4 (0–1, 0–0, 1–3) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena Attendance: 3,400 |
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Emerance Maschmeyer | Goalies | Amanda Leveille | Referees: Shane Belanger Tom Quinn Linesmen: Paul Sacco Adam Staniech | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 33 |
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