2015 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2015 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
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2015 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams8
Finals site
Champions Minnesota Golden Gophers  (5th title)
Runner-up Harvard Crimson  (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Brad Frost  (3rd title)
MOP Hannah Brandt (Minnesota)
Attendance6,800

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]

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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.

Qualifying teams

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Minnesota
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Boston College
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Harvard
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Wisconsin
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Boston University
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Quinnipiac
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Clarkson
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RIT
2015 Qualifying Teams
ButtonRed.svg WCHA, ButtonBlue.svg ECAC, ButtonBlack.svg Hockey East, ButtonGreen.svg CHA

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]

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Minnesota WCHA 32–3–4At-large bid13th2014
2 Boston College Hockey East 33–2–2At-large bid7th2014
3 Harvard ECAC 25–5–3Tournament champion11th2014
4 Wisconsin WCHA28–6–4Tournament champion9th2014
Boston University Hockey East25–8–3Tournament champion6th2014
Quinnipiac ECAC 26–8–3At-large bid1stNever
Clarkson ECAC24–10–3At-large bid4th2014
RIT CHA 15–18–5Tournament champion1stNever

Bracket

[1]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 14
National Semifinals
March 20
National Championship
March 22
         
1 Minnesota6
RIT 2
1 Minnesota3
4 Wisconsin 1
4 Wisconsin5
Boston University 1
1 Minnesota4
3 Harvard 1
2 Boston College5
Clarkson 1
2 Boston College 1
3 Harvard2
3 Harvard5
Quinnipiac 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Minnesota vs. RIT

March 14
4:04
RIT 2–6
(1–3, 0–2, 1–1)
Minnesota Ridder Arena
Attendance: 1,796
Game reference
Ali Binnington Goalies Amanda Leveille Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Krissy Morrison
Linesmen:
Casey Enge
Josh Brown
0–13:45 – McMillen (Cameranesi, Brandt)
0–24:33 – Schipper (Piazza, Garzone)
Payerl (Bulleid)pp – 9:351–2
1–313:23 – ppRamsey (Brandt, McMillen)
1–428:28 – Menefee (Schipper, Ramsey)
1–534:02 – pp – Brandt (Menefee, Schipper)
Payerl (Bulleid) – 57:412–5
2–659:26 – shStecklein
14 minPenalties36 min
19Shots52

(4) Wisconsin vs. Boston University

March 14
2:07
Boston University 1–5
(0–2, 0–2, 1–1)
Wisconsin LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,047
Game reference
Victoria Hanson
Mia Becker
Goalies Ann-Renée Desbiens Referee:
Ray Doocy
Linesmen:
Dave Spivey
Scott Roth
0–12:56 – Pankowski (Channell)
0–215:54 – Zgraja (Rolfes, Turnbull)
0–335:43 – Pankowski (Sylvester, Zgraja)
0–438:59 – Clark (Wellhausen)
0–552:07 – ppRyan (Turnbull, Burke)
Bach (Leslie) – 57:071–5
14 minPenalties19 min
21Shots48

(2) Boston College vs. Clarkson

March 14
1:00
Clarkson 1–5
(0–1, 0–2, 1–2)
Boston College Conte Forum
Attendance: 803
Game reference
Shea Tiley Goalies Kaitlin Burt Referee:
Will Harrop
Linesmen:
Bryan Hicks
Peter Terreri
0–111:28 – Carpenter (Skarupa, Kent)
0–220:23 – Carpenter (Skarupa)
0–335:55 – Capizzano (Field, Johnson)
Matteucci (Mercer) – 41:501–3
1–453:58 – Skarupa (Carpenter)
1–558:00 – Miano (Skarupa)
10 minPenalties6 min
21Shots31

(3) Harvard vs. Quinnipiac

March 14
4:00
Quinnipiac 0–5
(0–2, 0–1, 0–2)
Harvard Bright Hockey Center
Attendance: 685
Game reference
Chelsea Laden
Sydney Rossman
Goalies Emerance Maschmeyer Referees:
Tom Quinn
Shane Belanger
Linesmen:
Adam Saniech
Paul Sacco
0–14:42 – Frazer (Mastel, Laing)
0–29:05 – Mullins (Heffernan)
0–323:37 – Reber (Gedman, Parker)
0–442:42 – ppDaniels (Frazer, Fry)
0–552:00 – Heffernan (Laing)
2 minPenalties6 min
20Shots23

National Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Wisconsin

March 20
5:04
Wisconsin 1–3
(0–0, 1–3, 0–0)
Minnesota Ridder Arena
Attendance: 3,400
Game reference
Ann-Renée Desbiens Goalies Amanda Leveille Referees:
Thomas Quinn
Shane Belanger
Linesmen:
Adam Staniech
Paul Sacco
Pankowski (Clark) – 20:521–0
1–128:53 – Brandt (Cameranesi, Menefee)
1–230:52 – Menefee (Wolfe, Brandt)
1–336:54 – ppPannek (Menefee, Brandt)
4 minPenalties2 min
35Shots23

(2) Boston College vs. (3) Harvard

March 20
8:04
Harvard 2–1
(0–0, 0–0, 2–1)
Boston College Ridder Arena
Attendance: 3,400
Game reference
Emerance Maschmeyer Goalies Kaitlin Burt Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Krissy Morrison
Linesmen:
Scott Roth
Mike Diebold
46:34 – Armstrong (Daniels)1–0
53:00 – shParker (Edney)2–0
2–1 Field (Anastos) – 55:37
19 minPenalties4 min
21Shots44

National Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Harvard

March 22
3:04
Harvard 1–4
(0–1, 0–0, 1–3)
Minnesota Ridder Arena
Attendance: 3,400
Game reference
Emerance Maschmeyer Goalies Amanda Leveille Referees:
Shane Belanger
Tom Quinn
Linesmen:
Paul Sacco
Adam Staniech
0–119:09 – Wolfe (Cameranesi, Bona)
0–248:50 – Brandt (Menefee)
Edney (Picard) – 55:061–2
1–356:54 – Lorence (Pannek)
1–458:12 – Bona (Stecklein, Leveille)
8 minPenalties6 min
20Shots33

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [3]

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