The 2014 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2014. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the NCAA, the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four – the semifinals and finals – was hosted by ECAC Hockey at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Union defeated Minnesota 7–4 to win the program's first NCAA title.
Tournament procedure
The tournament will consist of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2014 regionals: March 28 and 29 East Regional, Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut (Hosts: Yale University and Fairfield University) Midwest Regional, US Bank Arena – Cincinnati (Host: Miami University) March 29 and 30 Northeast Regional, DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: College of the Holy Cross) West Regional, Xcel Energy Center – Saint Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota) The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four: April 10 and 12 Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia (Host: ECAC Hockey)
Qualifying teams The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 23. Hockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, ECAC Hockey and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) each had three teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and Big Ten Conference each had two teams receive a berth, and one team from Atlantic Hockey received a berth.
West Regional – St. Paul Northeast Regional – WorcesterSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Minnesota (1) Big Ten 25–6–6 At-large bid35th20131 Boston College (2) Hockey East 26–7–4 At-large bid33rd20132 Notre Dame Hockey East 23–14–2 At-large bid7th20132 UMass Lowell Hockey East 25–10–4 Tournament champion6th20133 St. Cloud State NCHC 21–10–5 At-large bid10th20133 Minnesota State WCHA 26–13–1 Tournament champion3rd20134 Robert Morris Atlantic Hockey 19–17–5 Tournament champion1stNever4 Denver NCHC 20–15–6 Tournament champion24th2013 Midwest Regional – Cincinnati East Regional – BridgeportSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Wisconsin (4) Big Ten 24–10–2 Tournament champion26th20131 Union (3) ECAC Hockey 28–6–4 Tournament champion4th20132 Ferris State WCHA 28–10–3 At-large bid3rd20122 Quinnipiac ECAC Hockey 24–9–6 At-large bid3rd20133 Colgate ECAC Hockey 20–13–5 At-large bid5th20053 Providence Hockey East 21–10–6 At-large bid10th20014 North Dakota NCHC 23–13–3 At-large bid29th20134 Vermont Hockey East 20–14–3 At-large bid6th2010
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Tournament bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).
Results
West Region – Saint Paul, Minnesota
Regional semifinal
Regional Final
Northeast Region – Worcester, Massachusetts
Regional semifinal
Regional Final
East Region – Bridgeport, Connecticut
Regional semifinal
Regional Final
Midwest Region – Cincinnati
Regional semifinal
Regional Final
Frozen Four – Philadelphia
Semifinal
National Championship – Philadelphia
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MINJustin Kloos (16)Condon and Cammarata 02:37 1–0 MINUNIShayne Gostisbehere (9)Taylor and Lichtenwald 09:26 1–1 MINSam Warning (14)Rau and Parenteau 10:03 2–1 MINUNIMike Vecchione (14)Carr and Ciampini 15:09 2–2UNIEli Lichtenwald (9)Gostisbehere 16:06 3–2 UNIUNIDaniel Ciampini (23)Novak and Hatch 17:03 4–2 UNI 2nd MINTaylor Cammarata (10)Kloos and Parenteau 21:13 4–3 UNI 3rdUNIMax Novak (15) – GWSullivan and Gingras 45:31 5–3 UNI MINHudson Fasching (14) – PPBoyd and M. Reilly 56:20 5–4 UNIUNIKevin Sullivan (9)Bodie and Gostisbehere 58:38 6–4 UNIUNIMat Bodie (8) – ENunassisted 59:15 7–4 UNI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MINBrady SkjeiRoughing 00:19 2:00 MINSam WarningHooking 03:11 2:00UNIShayne GostisbehereHolding 06:42 2:00UNIKevin SullivanRoughing 18:44 2:00 MINTom SerratoreRoughing 18:44 2:00 2ndUNIDaniel CiampiniTripping 22:25 2:00 MINBrady SkjeiRoughing 29:33 2:00 MINJake ParenteauSlashing 35:39 2:00UNISam CoattaHolding the Stick 38:06 2:00 3rd MINNate CondonTripping 41:36 2:00 MINTom SerratoreHolding 49:00 2:00 MINBench (Served by Justin Kloos)Too many men on ice 51:57 2:00UNICharlie VasaturoRoughing 55:25 2:00
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 TUnion 20 14 15 49 Minnesota 15 18 7 40
Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on iceUNI Colin Stevens 36 4 59:57 MIN Adam Wilcox 41 6 58:54 MIN Michael Shibrowski 1 0 00:45
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional FinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions Hockey East 5 4–5 3 1 - - ECAC Hockey 3 4–2 1 1 1 1 NCHC 3 3–3 2 1 - - Big Ten 2 3–2 1 1 1 - WCHA 2 1–2 1 - - - Atlantic Hockey 1 0–1 .000 - - - -
Media
Television ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the tenth consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, and ESPN3. They also streamed them online via WatchESPN.
Broadcast Assignments Regionals East Regional: John Buccigross, Barry Melrose & Quint Kessenich – Bridgeport, Connecticut Midwest Regional: Joe Beninati & Darren Eliot – Cincinnati, Ohio Northeast Regional: Joe Davis & Billy Jaffe – Worcester, Massachusetts West Regional: Clay Matvick & Sean Ritchlin – St. Paul, Minnesota
Frozen Four & Championship John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, & Quint Kessenich – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Radio Westwood One used exclusive radio rights to air both of the semifinal games and the national championship game, all together referred to as the "Frozen Four." Sean Grande, Cap Raeder, & Adam Wodon
All-Tournament team
Frozen Four G: Colin Stevens (Union) D: Mat Bodie (Union) D: Shayne Gostisbehere* (Union) F: Daniel Ciampini (Union) F: Kyle Rau (Minnesota) F: Sam Warning (Minnesota) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
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