2014–15 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
2014–15 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season | |||||
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University of Minnesota's Ridder Arena in Minneapolis was the site for the 2015 Frozen Four (Women) | |||||
Duration | September 27, 2014– March 20, 2015 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 2015 | ||||
National championship | Ridder Arena Minneapolis | ||||
NCAA champion | Minnesota Golden Gophers | ||||
Patty Kazmaier Award | Alex Carpenter (Boston College) | ||||
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The 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in October 2014 and ended with the 2015 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament's championship game in March 2015.
Pre-season polls
The top 10 from USCHO.com, September 22, 2014, and the top 10 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine,[1][2] First place votes are in parentheses.
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Regular season
Standings
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Mercyhurst† | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 66 | 31 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 96 | 56 | |
Syracuse | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 45 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 97 | |
Penn State | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 42 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 72 | 88 | |
Robert Morris | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 45 | 43 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 68 | 91 | |
Lindenwood | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 40 | 59 | 33 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 57 | 102 | |
RIT* | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 52 | 39 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 71 | 87 | |
Championship: RIT † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com Poll |
2014–15 NCAA Division I Independents standings
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Overall record | ||||||
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Sacred Heart | 25 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 55 | 96 |
Final rankings: USCHO.com Poll |
2014–15 ECAC Hockey standings
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 Harvard†* | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 78 | 26 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 131 | 57 | |
#7 Clarkson† | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 64 | 28 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 109 | 61 | |
#6 Quinnipiac | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 54 | 25 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 97 | 45 | |
#9 Cornell | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 77 | 46 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 108 | 83 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 67 | 50 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 105 | 91 | |
Princeton | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 60 | 47 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 74 | 73 | |
Yale | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 61 | 53 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 93 | 78 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 55 | 59 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 81 | 85 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 76 | 34 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 63 | 111 | |
Colgate | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 72 | 34 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 54 | 100 | |
Union | 22 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 83 | 34 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 42 | 108 | |
Brown | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 94 | 29 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 58 | 117 | |
Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com |
2014–15 Hockey East standings
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#3 Boston College† | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 114 | 18 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 195 | 47 | |
#5 Boston University* | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 80 | 50 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 141 | 94 | |
Northeastern | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 67 | 63 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 95 | 104 | |
Maine | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 41 | 58 | 33 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 54 | 87 | |
Connecticut | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 50 | 72 | 37 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 80 | 112 | |
New Hampshire | 21 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 68 | 36 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 62 | 111 | |
Vermont | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 46 | 73 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 86 | 118 | |
Providence | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 76 | 35 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 60 | 128 | |
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com |
2014–15 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
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Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#1 Minnesota† | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 116 | 36 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 184 | 48 | |
#4 Wisconsin* | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 89 | 36 | 40 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 138 | 45 | |
#8 North Dakota | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 67 | 43 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 97 | 59 | |
Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 68 | 56 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 98 | 70 | |
#10 Bemidji State | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 58 | 57 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 86 | 70 | |
Ohio State | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 60 | 61 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 82 | 76 | |
St. Cloud State | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 28 | 98 | 37 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 127 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 129 | 36 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 42 | 160 | |
Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com |
Player stats
Scoring leaders
The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 24, 2015.[3][4][5][6][7]
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Alex Carpenter | Junior | Boston College | 37 | 37 | 44 | 81 | 13 |
Hannah Brandt | Junior | Minnesota | 40 | 34 | 40 | 74 | 14 |
Haley Skarupa | Junior | Boston College | 37 | 31 | 40 | 71 | 11 |
Dani Cameranesi | Sophomore | Minnesota | 40 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 24 |
Marie-Philip Poulin | Senior | Boston University | 32 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 18 |
Kendall Coyne | Junior | Northeastern | 31 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 12 |
Sarah Lefort | Junior | Boston University | 37 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 32 |
Brianne Jenner | Senior | Cornell | 30 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 22 |
Emily Fulton | Senior | Cornell | 32 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 17 |
Maryanne Menefee | Junior | Minnesota | 39 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 0 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average at the conclusion of games played on March 24, 2015 while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Katie Burt | Freshman | Boston College | 35 | 2062:05 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 10 | .941 | 1.11 |
Ann-Renée Desbiens | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 37 | 2236:55 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 14 | .941 | 1.15 |
Amanda Leveille | Junior | Minnesota | 34 | 1984:18 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 6 | .946 | 1.18 |
Chelsea Laden | Junior | Quinnipiac | 36 | 2122:12 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 16 | .930 | 1.19 |
Shelby Amsley-Benzie | Junior | North Dakota | 28 | 1731:11 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 9 | .952 | 1.21 |
Awards
WCHA[8] | CHA[9]
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Patty Kazmaier Award
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References
- ^ "Preseason: Women's College Hockey Poll". September 22, 2014.
- ^ "Preseason: Women's College Hockey Poll". September 23, 2014.
- ^ "2014-2015 WCHA Overall Category Leaders - Western Collegiate Hockey Association".
- ^ http://sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/w-hockey/2014-15/teams/sacredheart?view=lineup&r=0&pos=skaters [dead link]
- ^ "2014-2015 Hockey East Overall Category Leaders".
- ^ "2014-15 ECAC Women's Hockey Individual Statistics".
- ^ "Welcome to collegehockeystats.net".
- ^ "WCHA" (PDF). www.wcha.com. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- ^ "Mercyhurst leads the way at CHA awards banquet". USCHO. March 7, 2015. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Hockey East Honors All-Star Selections at 2015 Championship Banquet League Names First and Second Teams, Five Honorable Mentions" (PDF) (Press release). HockeyEastOnline. March 6, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 7, 2016.
- ^ "Hockey East Announces Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team Honorees League Recognizes Five Additional Student-Athletes for 2014-15" (PDF). HockeyEastOnline. March 4, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 7, 2016.
- ^ "League Announces Postseason Awards". March 7, 2015.
- ^ "Recipients".
- ^ "Alex Carpenter - Women's Hockey".
- ^ "Finalists for 2015 AHCA awards announced". USCHO. March 18, 2015. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021.
- ^ "BC Women's Hockey's Katie King Crowley Named ACHA Coach Of The Year". bcinterruption.com. March 19, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2016.