The 2014 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2013–14 season, the 31st such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with St. Norbert defeating Wisconsin–Stevens Point in the championship game 3-1. All first round and quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine.
For the first time since its inception in 1984, no team from ECAC West made the tournament.
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 Bid1 Babson (2) ECAC East 22–4–2 Tournament Champion 14th 20131 St. Norbert (1) NCHA 25–3–1 Tournament Champion 15th 20132 Geneseo State (4) SUNYAC 21–6–0 At–Large 4th 20062 St. Thomas (3) MIAC 21–4–2 Tournament Champion 16th 20123 Norwich ECAC East 19–6–3 At–Large 15th 20133 Wisconsin–Stevens Point WIAC 22–5–2 At–Large 10th 19984 Oswego State SUNYAC 20–6–2 Tournament Champion 13th 20134 Adrian NCHA 22–2–4 At–Large 4th 20135 Bowdoin NESCAC 17–8–2 Tournament Champion 6th 20136 Salem State MASCAC 16–9–2 Tournament Champion 7th 19957 Nichols ECAC Northeast 18–6–3 Tournament Champion 2nd 2009
Format The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. The top four ranked teams were arranged so that were they all to reach the national semifinal the first seed would play the fourth seed and the second seed would play the third seed.
Because the fifth- and sixth-ranked teams were both western schools, all four western teams were advanced to the quarterfinal round with the first western seed playing the fourth western seed and the second western seed playing the third western seed. With the remaining quarterfinal brackets made up entirely of eastern teams, they were matched according to their seedings. The first eastern team was advanced to the quarterfinal round, the second eastern seed played the seventh eastern seed, the third eastern seed played the sixth eastern seed and fourth eastern seed played the fifth eastern seed. The winner between the fourth- and fifth-seeded teams advanced to play the top eastern seed while the winner of the other two first round games met in the remaining quarterfinal match.
In the first round and quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host.
Tournament Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Semifinals
All-Tournament Team G: David Jacobson (St. Norbert) D: Marian Fiala (St. Norbert) D: Kyle Brodie (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) F: Joe Perry* (St. Norbert) F: Joe Kalisz (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) F: Shawn Hulshof (Oswego State) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NCHA 2 3–1 1 1 1 SUNYAC 2 4–2 2 - - ECAC East 2 1–2 - - - WIAC 1 2–1 1 1 - NESCAC 1 0–1 - - - MIAC 1 0–1 - - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 - - - MASCAC 1 0–1 - - -
References
External links Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book