2015 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

2015 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament

2015 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	8
Finals site	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota Golden Gophers (5th title)
Runner-up	Harvard Crimson (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Wisconsin Badgers (8th Frozen Four) Boston College Eagles (5th Frozen Four)
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.

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

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.

Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid 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

Bracket

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)

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
	0–1 3:45 – McMillen (Cameranesi, Brandt) 0–2 4:33 – Schipper (Piazza, Garzone) Payerl (Bulleid) – pp – 9:35 1–2 1–3 13:23 – pp – Ramsey (Brandt, McMillen) 1–4 28:28 – Menefee (Schipper, Ramsey) 1–5 34:02 – pp – Brandt (Menefee, Schipper) Payerl (Bulleid) – 57:41 2–5 2–6 59:26 – sh – Stecklein
	14 min	Penalties	36 min
	19	Shots	52

(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
	0–1 2:56 – Pankowski (Channell) 0–2 15:54 – Zgraja (Rolfes, Turnbull) 0–3 35:43 – Pankowski (Sylvester, Zgraja) 0–4 38:59 – Clark (Wellhausen) 0–5 52:07 – pp – Ryan (Turnbull, Burke) Bach (Leslie) – 57:07 1–5
	14 min	Penalties	19 min
	21	Shots	48

(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
	0–1 11:28 – Carpenter (Skarupa, Kent) 0–2 20:23 – Carpenter (Skarupa) 0–3 35:55 – Capizzano (Field, Johnson) Matteucci (Mercer) – 41:50 1–3 1–4 53:58 – Skarupa (Carpenter) 1–5 58:00 – Miano (Skarupa)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	31

(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
	0–1 4:42 – Frazer (Mastel, Laing) 0–2 9:05 – Mullins (Heffernan) 0–3 23:37 – Reber (Gedman, Parker) 0–4 42:42 – pp – Daniels (Frazer, Fry) 0–5 52:00 – Heffernan (Laing)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	23

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) – 20:52 1–0 1–1 28:53 – Brandt (Cameranesi, Menefee) 1–2 30:52 – Menefee (Wolfe, Brandt) 1–3 36:54 – pp – Pannek (Menefee, Brandt)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	35	Shots	23

(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 – sh – Parker (Edney) 2–0 2–1 Field (Anastos) – 55:37
	19 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	44

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
	0–1 19:09 – Wolfe (Cameranesi, Bona) 0–2 48:50 – Brandt (Menefee) Edney (Picard) – 55:06 1–2 1–3 56:54 – Lorence (Pannek) 1–4 58:12 – Bona (Stecklein, Leveille)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	33

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G: Amanda Leveille, Minnesota
• D: Megan Wolfe, Minnesota
• D: Sarah Edney, Harvard
• F: Hannah Brandt*, Minnesota
• F: Maryanne Menefee, Minnesota
• F: Dani Cameranesi, Minnesota

* Most Outstanding Player

See also

• 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament