The 2014 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 15, 2014. The Frozen Four was played on March 21 and 23, 2014 at TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Connecticut, with Quinnipiac University as the host.

Clarkson University defeated the University of Minnesota 5–4 in the national championship game, in the process becoming the fourth school to have won a National Collegiate championship. This championship was the first by a team not from the WCHA as well as the first by a team from the Eastern United States. It also proved to be the final game for Clarkson's co-head coach Shannon Desrosiers, who had finished her sixth season sharing head coaching duties with her husband Matt. About a month after the championship game, Shannon stepped down, leaving Matt in sole charge. Shannon cited a wish to spend more time raising the couple's young daughter and soon-to-be-born second child.

Qualifying teams

The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1MinnesotaWCHA36–1–1Tournament champion12th20132CornellECAC24–5–4Tournament champion5th20133ClarksonECAC28–5–5At-large bid3rd20134WisconsinWCHA27–7–2At-large bid8th2012HarvardECAC23–6–4At-large bid10th2013Boston CollegeHockey East27–6–3At-large bid5th2013MercyhurstCHA23–8–4At-large bid10th2013Boston UniversityHockey East24–12–1Tournament champion5th2013

Bracket Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Minnesota vs. Boston University

(4) Wisconsin vs. Harvard

(2) Cornell vs. Mercyhurst

(3) Clarkson vs. Boston College

National Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Wisconsin

Mercyhurst vs (3) Clarkson

National Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Clarkson

Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G: Erica Howe, Clarkson D: Baylee Gillanders, Minnesota D: Renata Fast, Clarkson F: Rachel Bona, Minnesota F: Maryanne Menefee, Minnesota F: Jamie Lee Rattray*, Clarkson * Most Outstanding Player

See also 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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