2015 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

2015 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams11
Finals site
ChampionsTrinity Bantams (1st title)
Runner-upWisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (8th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMatthew Greason (1st title)
MOPNathaniel Heibron (Trinity)
Attendance8,456

The 2015 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2014–15 season, the 32nd such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Trinity defeating Wisconsin–Stevens Point in the championship game 5-2. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. Four at-large bids were available for the highest-ranked non-automatic qualifiers (overall seed in parentheses).

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid
1 Amherst (2) NESCAC 21–4–2 Tournament Champion 4th 2012 1 Adrian (1) NCHA 23–3–3 Tournament Champion 5th 2014
2 Plattsburgh State (3) SUNYAC 20–5–2 Tournament Champion 18th 2012 2 Wisconsin–Stevens Point WIAC 21–6–1 At–Large 11th 2014
3 Norwich (4) ECAC East 24–3–1 Tournament Champion 16th 2014 3 Hamline MIAC 14–10–4 Tournament Champion 2nd 2011
4 Trinity NESCAC 21–3–1 At–Large 4th 2008
5 Hobart ECAC West 21–6–0 At–Large 5th 2009
6 Oswego State SUNYAC 18–4–4 At–Large 14th 2014
7 Nichols ECAC Northeast 21–3–3 Tournament Champion 3rd 2014
8 Plymouth State MASCAC 16–8–3 Tournament Champion 2nd 2012

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. The top two teams from each region received byes into the quarterfinal round. These teams were arranged so they were all four to reach the semifinal round the second eastern seed would play the top western seed and vice versa.

Because only three western teams received byes for the tournament, the third western seed was given the remaining bye into the quarterfinals and matched against the second western seed.

the remaining six eastern teams were placed in the first round and seeded as follows: the second eastern seed would play the eighth eastern seed, the fourth eastern seed would play the seventh eastern seed and the fifth eastern seed would play the sixth eastern seed. The winner between the fifth- and six-seeded teams, would advance to play the top overall seed. Because the fourth overall seed was required to play in the first round as the third eastern seed, the winner of its first round match would advance to play the second overall seed rather than the third overall seed. This was done to divide top four seeds evenly between the two semifinal brackets.

In the First Round and Quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host.

Tournament Bracket

First Round
March 14 		Quarterfinals
March 21 		Semifinals
March 27 		National Championship
March 28
E1 Amherst (2) 4*
E3 Norwich (4) 3 E3 Norwich (4) 3
E8 Plymouth State 2 E1 Amherst (2) 2
W2 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 6
W2 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 4
W3 Hamline 2
W2 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 2
E4 Trinity 5
W1 Adrian (1) 5
E5 Hobart 1 E6 Oswego State 4
E6 Oswego State 6 W1 Adrian (1) 3
E4 Trinity 5
E2 Plattsburgh State (3) 1
E4 Trinity 4 E4 Trinity 5
E7 Nichols 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

March 14, 2015
7:00 PM		(E3) Norwich3 – 2
(2–1, 0–0, 1–1)		(E8) Plymouth StateKreitzberg Arena – Holderness, New Hampshire
Attendance: 1,702
Game reference
Ty ReichenbachGoaliesGordon CeasarReferees:
Chris Shepley
Chris Leavitt
Linesmen:
Mike Lizotte
Anthony Kenny
0–102:03 – Michael Economos (13) (Dupell)
(Flaherty, Hale) William Pelletier (15) – 06:161–1
(Pelletier, Rowland) Austin Surowiec (11) – PP – 09:112–1
(Brandrup, Piacentini) William Pelletier (16) – 42:103–1
3–250:50 – Ian McGilvrey (9) (Thoresen)
10 minPenalties36 min
34Shots17
March 14, 2015
7:30 PM		(E5) Hobart1 – 6
(0–1, 1–3, 0–2)		(E6) Oswego StateGeneva Recreation Complex – Geneva, New York
Attendance: 660
Game reference
Matt ZawadzkiGoaliesFrank OplingerReferees:
Joel Dupree
Craig Florkowski
Linesmen:
John McJury
Mike Foley
0–101:17 – Mike Montagna (13) (Herlihey, Rivait)
0–220:41 – Matt Galati (10) (Federow, Botten)
0–323:58 – PP – Kenny Neil (11) (Botten, Gertsakis)
0–425:35 – Bobby Gertsakis (4) (Herlihey)
(Gamache) Brad Robbins (9) – 31:021–4
1–544:03 – Matt Galati (11) (Botten)
1–658:41 – Shawn Hulshof (20) (Montagna, Herlihey)
4 minPenalties4 min
34Shots40
March 14, 2015
7:00 PM		(E4) Trinity4 – 2
(1–0, 2–2, 1–0)		(E7) NicholsJune Rockwell Levy Rink – Burrillville, Rhode Island
Attendance: 975
Game reference
Nathaniel HeilbronGoaliesAlex LarsonReferees:
Matt Bielak
William McGoldrick
Linesmen:
Mike St. Lawrence
David St. Lawrence
(Gamache) Anthony Sabitsky (10) – PP – 19:101–0
Benjamin Hjalmarsson (2) – 28:082–0
(Jackson, Gularte) Greg Rooney (2) – 33:343–0
3–137:21 – Sean Fleming (10) (Jackson, Gularte)
3–239:24 – Sean Fleming (11) (Lecey, Jackson)
(Sabitsky, Whitney) Ryan Cole (15) – EN – 59:174–2
8 minPenalties10 min
57Shots36

Quarterfinals

March 21, 2015
7:00 PM		(E1) Amherst4 – 3 (OT)
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		(E3) NorwichOrr Rink – Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 866
Game reference
Danny VitaleGoaliesTy ReichenbachReferees:
Mike Shea
Marty Hughes
Linesmen:
Mike St. Lawrence
David St. Lawrence
0–106:46 – Justin Charbonneau (6) (Pelletier)
(Flanagan, Rowbotham) David White (19) – PP – 09:051–1
1–212:04 – Corey Hale (4) (Pelletier, Rowland)
(Arena) Andrew Fenwick (9) – 35:092–2
2–358:09 – William Pelletier (17) (Niezgoda)
(Fenwick, White) Aaron Deutsch (7) – EA – 59:473–3
Mike Rowbotham (9) – 68:124–3
8 minPenalties12 min
30Shots46
March 21, 2015
7:00 PM		(W2) Wisconsin–Stevens Point4 – 2
(0–1, 1–3, 0–2)		(W3) HamlineK.B. Willett Ice Arena – Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,123
Game reference
Brandon JaegerGoaliesJohn Sellie-HansonReferees:
Dave Marcotte
Jerry McLaughlin
Linesmen:
Brandon Schroder
Mark Engstrom
(Gamache) Joe Kalisz (17) – 04:501–0
(Kalisz) Kevin Gibson (8) – 30:282–0
2–144:26 – Garrett Schmitz (2) (Rubbelke)
(Sharkey) Lawrence Cornellier (11) – 48:163–1
3–248:16 – Kerry McGlynn (1) (Kessler)
(Henegar) Lawrence Cornellier (12) – EN – 58:404–2
4 minPenalties21 min
39Shots27
March 21, 2015
7:00 PM		(W1) Adrian5 – 4
(1–2, 2–0, 2–2)		(E6) Oswego StateArrington Ice Arena – Adrian, Michigan
Attendance: 1,041
Game reference
Scott ShackellGoaliesMatt ZawadzkiReferees:
Eric Smevoll
Joe Carusone
Linesmen:
Michael Verdonck
Jon Haas
(Thompson) Kyle Brothers (24) – 07:311–0
1–110:28 – Kenny Neil (12) (Galati, Wills)
1–217:29 – PP – Matt Galati (12) (Gertsakis)
Mathew Thompson (22) – SH – 38:232–2
(Flegel, Telfer) Ryan Lowe (7) – 39:413–2
(Hervey) Rob Heath (9) – 48:594–2
4–353:50 – Nick Rivait (3) (Waterstreet)
(Lowe) Daniel Lisi (4) – 54:525–3
5–458:21 – EA – Mike Montagna (14) (Hulshof, Neil)
8 minPenalties10 min
32Shots35
March 21, 2015
7:00 PM		(E2) Plattsburgh State1 – 5
(0–1, 0–0, 1–4)		(E4) TrinityKoeppel Community Center – Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 2,231
Game reference
Brady RouleauGoaliesNathaniel HeilbronReferees:
Bob Collins
Will O'Malley
Linesmen:
Doug Place
Rick Urnek
0–118:52 – PS – Jackson Brewer (8)
0–242:45 – Elie Vered (9) (McKillop, Coveney)
0–350:45 – Tim Shea (3) (Coveney, Flynn)
0–452:05 – Jackson Brewer (9) (Rooney, Johnson)
0–558:58 – EN – Elie Vered (10) (McKillop, Burns)
(Constantine, Beadow) Connor Toomey (13) – 59:581–5
2 minPenalties6 min
41Shots30

Semifinals

March 27, 2015
7:30 PM		(E1) Amherst2 – 6
(0–0, 1–2, 1–4)		(W2) Wisconsin–Stevens PointRidder Arena – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,284
Game reference
Danny VitaleGoaliesBrandon JaegerReferees:
Travis Ahlberg
Matt Bialek
Linesmen:
Jeremy Klobuchar
Dan Odegard
(Rowbotham, Lindstrom) Brendan Burke (6) – 23:421–0
(Flanagan, Brown) David White (20) – 08:152–0
2–108:38 – Nick D'Avolio (5) (Brooks, Gibson)
2–225:53 – Nick D'Avolio (6) (Kolb)
2–347:23 – PP – Alex Brooks (5) (Brodie, Sharkey)
2–451:14 – Lawrence Cornellier (13) (Sharkey, Ladd)
2–552:49 – Joe Kalisz (18) (Gibson)
2–658:15 – EN – Lawrence Cornellier (14)
6 minPenalties4 min
24Shots41
March 27, 2015
4:00 PM		(W1) Adrian3 – 5
(1–1, 1–4, 0–1)		(E4) TrinityRidder Arena – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,181
Game reference
Scott ShackellGoaliesNathaniel HeilbronReferees:
Eric Smevoll
Mike Shea
Linesmen:
Robby Shintani
Michael Verdonck
Ryan Lowe (10) – 15:501–0
1–118:11 – Michael Hawkrigg (15) (Orlando, Brewer)
1–224:45 – Elie Vered (11) (Flynn, Hawkrigg)
1–327:23 – SH – Ethan Holdaway (7) (Orlando)
1–429:45 – PP – Elie Vered (12) (Whitney, Burns)
(Davies, Balas) Chris Leone (6) – PP – 32:242–4
2–534:55 – PP – Ryan Cole (16) (Orlando, Flynn)
(Ranalli) Mathew Thompson (23) – 41:363–5
24 minPenalties14 min
32Shots35

National Championship

March 28, 2015
7:00 PM		(W2) Wisconsin–Stevens Point2 – 5
(1–1, 0–1, 1–3)		(E4) TrinityRidder Arena – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,303
Game reference
Brandon JaegerGoaliesNathaniel HeilbronReferees:
Eric Smevoll
Mike Shea
Linesmen:
Robby Shintani
Michael Verdonck
0–103:38 – PP – Sean Orlando (15) (Hawkrigg, R. Cole)
(Sharkey, Brooks) Kyle Brodie (8) – PP – 15:161–1
1–221:52 – Michael Hawkrigg (16) (Burns, Holdaway)
(Sharkey, Brooks) Nick D'Avolio (7) – 49:102–2
2–356:08 – Ethan Holdaway (8) (Vered, B. Cole)
2–459:23 – EN – Ryan Cole (17)
2–559:46 – EN – Conor Coveney (5)
10 minPenalties8 min
37Shots24

All-Tournament Team

  • G: Nathaniel Heibron* (Trinity)
  • D: Alex Brooks (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
  • D: Michael Flynn (Trinity)
  • F: Nick D'Avolio (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
  • F: Michael Hawkrigg (Trinity)
  • F: Sean Orlando (Trinity)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
NESCAC 2 5–1 .833 2 1 1
SUNYAC 2 1–2 .333 - - -
WIAC 1 2–1 .667 1 1 -
NCHA 1 1–1 .500 1 - -
ECAC East 1 1–1 .500 - - -
ECAC West 1 0–1 .000 - - -
MIAC 1 0–1 .000 - - -
ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 .000 - - -
MASCAC 1 0–1 .000 - - -

References

  • "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
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