2014–15 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 2014–15 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 31, 2014, and concluded on March 28, 2015. This was the 42nd season of Division III college ice hockey.

2014–15 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
The Ridder Arena was the host of the 2015 Frozen Four
Duration	October 31, 2014– March 28, 2015
NCAA tournament	2015
National championship	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
NCAA champion	Trinity
Sid Watson Award	Drew Fielding (St. Thomas)
List of NCAA Division III men's ice hockey seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Regular season

Standings

2014–15 ECAC East standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Division III
Norwich †*	18	17	1	0	34	88	24		30	25	4	1	127	45
Massachusetts–Boston	18	16	2	0	32	75	45		27	22	4	1	129	71
Babson	18	12	4	2	26	62	33		28	19	6	3	97	48
Castleton State	18	8	10	0	16	50	53		27	11	16	0	69	77
University of New England	18	7	9	2	16	43	47		25	9	14	2	60	69
New England College	18	6	9	3	15	45	50		26	9	12	5	69	70
Skidmore	18	3	14	1	7	37	65		26	4	19	3	57	107
Southern Maine	18	3	14	1	7	17	60		26	6	19	1	35	90
Division II
Saint Anselm	18	7	9	2	16	53	68		26	4	19	3	57	107
Saint Michael's	18	5	12	1	11	44	69		27	9	16	2	74	96
Championship: March 7, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2014–15 ECAC Northeast standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Nichols †*	14	11	1	2	24	60	25		28	21	4	3	114	59
Salve Regina	14	9	4	1	19	55	32		25	12	10	3	86	73
Johnson & Wales	14	8	6	0	16	38	25		27	15	11	1	82	59
Curry	14	7	6	1	15	36	34		27	15	10	2	88	78
Wentworth	14	6	6	2	14	37	41		26	11	12	3	67	87
Suffolk	14	5	7	2	12	39	42		26	11	13	2	74	88
Western New England	14	5	9	0	10	33	57		24	5	16	3	52	95
Becker	14	1	13	0	2	20	62		25	5	20	0	49	103
Championship: March 7, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2014–15 ECAC West standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Hobart †*	15	12	3	0	24	51	36		28	21	7	0	105	70
Neumann	15	9	5	1	19	63	46		27	14	9	4	99	73
Nazareth	15	7	4	4	18	51	41		27	12	10	5	86	77
Elmira	15	5	8	2	12	41	47		27	12	12	3	89	87
Utica	15	4	8	3	11	35	49		26	11	10	5	74	73
Manhattanville	15	2	11	2	6	25	47		26	7	14	5	52	74
Championship: March 7, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2014–15 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standings
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Canton State	25	8	16	1	76	105

2014–15 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Plymouth State †*	18	14	3	1	29	78	49		28	16	9	3	110	88
Salem State	18	9	7	2	20	56	46		27	13	11	3	83	77
Fitchburg State	18	8	8	2	18	57	56		26	10	13	3	81	84
Westfield State	18	8	8	2	18	59	66		27	12	13	2	81	95
Worcester State	18	7	10	1	15	51	58		26	9	15	2	67	83
Massachusetts–Dartmouth	18	6	9	3	15	64	63		27	8	16	3	85	123
Framingham State	18	5	12	1	11	50	77		24	6	16	2	65	105
Championship: March 7, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2014–15 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
	Conference									Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
St. Thomas †	16	10	3	3	1	34	53	29		26	16	6	4	77	45
Saint Mary's	16	9	5	2	2	31	56	44		27	15	10	2	97	78
Concordia (MN)	16	8	5	3	1	28	48	37		26	13	9	4	81	65
Augsburg	16	9	7	0	0	27	53	53		26	12	14	0	78	84
Hamline *	16	7	6	3	1	25	48	48		29	14	11	4	89	91
Saint John's	16	7	7	2	1	24	45	42		25	11	9	5	67	58
Gustavus Adolphus	16	5	5	6	3	24	36	39		25	8	9	8	59	63
St. Olaf	16	4	10	2	2	16	32	48		25	6	16	3	49	75
Bethel	16	2	13	1	0	7	34	65		25	4	19	2	61	107
Championship: March 7, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2014–15 New England Small College Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Trinity †	18	16	1	1	33	76	28		29	25	3	1	125	53
Amherst *	18	14	4	0	28	67	40		29	22	5	2	96	62
Connecticut College	18	10	7	1	21	52	44		26	14	10	2	72	64
Williams	18	10	7	1	21	55	47		27	16	9	2	82	66
Bowdoin	18	8	7	3	19	57	50		25	14	8	3	91	59
Hamilton	18	7	7	4	18	49	46		25	9	10	6	71	65
Middlebury	18	7	8	3	17	40	46		25	10	12	3	54	63
Tufts	18	5	11	2	12	37	63		26	9	15	2	63	91
Colby	18	2	13	3	7	38	66		24	5	16	3	63	83
Wesleyan	18	2	16	0	4	27	68		24	3	21	0	47	95
Championship: March 8, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

2014–15 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Adrian †*	18	16	1	1	33	97	38		31	24	4	3	146	76
St. Norbert	18	13	4	1	27	81	33		28	20	6	2	126	49
Lake Forest	18	12	5	1	25	65	38		27	15	7	5	91	62
MSOE	18	11	7	0	22	55	40		28	17	11	0	89	67
Marian	18	9	8	1	19	52	60		27	14	12	1	81	82
St. Scholastica	18	8	8	2	18	58	50		28	12	13	3	89	77
Lawrence	18	6	12	0	12	39	74		27	7	19	1	53	119
Concordia (WI)	18	4	14	0	8	43	75		27	8	19	0	77	114
Northland	18	3	13	2	8	40	79		25	3	18	4	55	105
Finlandia	18	4	14	0	8	33	76		25	5	19	1	44	105
Aurora ^	−	−	−	−	−	−	−		17	1	15	1	42	93
Championship: March 7, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Aurora had been admitted to the NCHA but did not begin a conference schedule until 2015–16

2014–15 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Plattsburgh State †*	16	13	2	1	27	75	30		28	20	6	2	115	60
Oswego State	16	12	2	2	26	76	34		28	19	5	4	125	61
Geneseo State	16	9	6	1	19	51	34		26	12	10	4	79	60
Potsdam State	16	8	6	2	18	51	51		26	12	11	3	82	84
Buffalo State	16	7	6	3	17	50	57		27	12	12	3	79	101
Brockport State	16	6	8	2	14	43	44		27	13	12	2	84	82
Morrisville State	16	5	9	2	12	49	71		24	7	12	5	75	97
Cortland State	16	3	11	2	8	52	77		25	9	13	3	93	107
Fredonia State	16	0	13	3	3	26	75		25	4	16	5	55	102
Championship: March 7, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions

2014–15 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Wisconsin–Stevens Point †	12	10	2	0	20	54	27		31	23	7	1	134	76
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	12	9	3	0	18	46	32		27	18	7	1	104	65
Wisconsin–River Falls *	12	7	5	0	14	37	29		28	20	7	1	91	60
Wisconsin–Stout	12	3	9	0	6	28	48		26	8	17	1	71	99
Wisconsin–Superior	12	1	11	0	2	19	48		28	9	18	1	70	89
Championship: March 7, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

Player stats

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kyle Brothers	Freshman	Adrian	30	24	25	49	8
Stephen Buco	Senior	Massachusetts–Boston	27	16	32	48	24
Nick Zappia	Senior	Cortland State	25	24	23	47	28
Josh Ranalli	Senior	Adrian	31	17	28	45	49
Mathew Thompson	Freshman	Adrian	28	23	20	43	18
Shawn Hulshof	Sophomore	Oswego State	28	20	22	42	14
Joe Collins	Junior	SNHU	28	13	29	42	38
William Pelletier	Sophomore	Norwich	23	16	25	41	18
Daniel Broderick	Freshman	Cortland State	25	17	23	40	20
Martin Gruse	Sophomore	Saint Mary's	27	19	19	38	20
Ryan Cole	Sophomore	Trinity	29	16	22	38	24
Alex Botten	Sophomore	Oswego State	27	9	29	38	14

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Ty Reichenbach	Sophomore	Norwich	18	1078	15	2	1	27	3	.927	1.50
Braeden Ostepchuk	Freshman	Norwich	12	672	9	2	0	17	3	.914	1.52
Justin Gilbert	Junior	Oswego State	10	507	6	1	2	13	1	.933	1.54
David Jacobson	Senior	St. Norbert	16	942	12	2	1	25	3	.924	1.59
Drew Fielding	Senior	St. Thomas	23	1400	13	6	4	39	6	.934	1.67
Jamie Murray	Junior	Babson	28	1680	19	6	3	47	6	.940	1.68
Tony Kujava	Sophomore	St. Norbert	13	741	8	4	1	27	5	.908	1.78
Alex Larson	Junior	Nichols	25	1454	18	3	3	43	5	.952	1.77
Spencer Finney	Junior	Plattsburgh State	11	569	8	0	1	17	1	.936	1.79
Danny Vitale	Senior	Amherst	22	1183	15	4	2	37	5	.933	1.88

2015 NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2015 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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)

Awards

NCAA

Award		Recipient
Sid Watson Award		Drew Fielding, St. Thomas
Edward Jeremiah Award		Jack Arena (Amherst)
Tournament Most Outstanding Player		Nathaniel Heibron, Trinity
East First Team	Position	West First Team
Jamie Murray, Babson	G	Leo Podolsky, Lake Forest
Bobby Gertsakis, Plattsburgh State	D	Marian Fiala, St. Norbert Green Knights
Jake Turrin, Amherst	D	Kevin Gibson, Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Ryan Cole, Trinity	F	Ross Anderson, Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds
Shawn Hulshof, Oswego State	F	Kyle Brothers, Adrian
William Pelletier, Norwich	F	Josh Ranalli, Adrian
East Second Team	Position	West Second Team
Nathaniel Heilbron, Trinity	G	Drew Fielding, St. Thomas
Alec Thieda, Norwich	D	Jack Callahan, Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds
Mike Vollmin, Babson	D	Ryan Gieseler, Adrian
Stephen Buco, Massachusetts–Boston	F	Charlie Adams, Hamline
Jarryd Ten Vaanholt, Elmira	F	Martin Gruse, Saint Mary's
Nick Zappia, Cortland State	F	Michael Hill, St. Norbert
	F	Joe Kalisz, Wisconsin–Stevens Point
East Third Team	Position
Alex Larson, Nichols	G
Michael Flynn, Trinity	D
Kyle Shapiro, Nichols	D
Michael Hawkrigg, Trinity	F
Brad McBride, Hobart	F
Chase Nieuwendyk, Brockport State	F

See also

• 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
• 2014–15 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season