2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2014 NCAA Men's Division I 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 – were hosted by ECAC Hockey at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Automatic Bids

 * 2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament champion: Robert Morris Colonials
 * 2014 Big Ten Tournament champion: Wisconsin Badgers
 * 2014 ECAC Tournament champion: Union Dutchmen
 * 2014 Hockey East Tournament champion: UMass-Lowell River Hawks
 * 2014 NCHC Tournament champion: Denver Pioneers
 * 2014 WCHA Tournament champion: Minnesota State Mavericks

At Large Bids

 * Boston College Eagles
 * Colgate Raiders
 * Ferris State Bulldogs
 * Minnesota Golden Gophers
 * North Dakota
 * Notre Dame Fighting Irish
 * Providence Friars
 * Quinnipiac Bobcats
 * St. Cloud State Huskies
 * Vermont Catamounts

Tournament procedure
The tournament consisted of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The winner of each regional advanced to the Frozen Four:

East Regional Semifinals (March 28th)
Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut (co-hosted by Fairfield University and Yale University)

(#1) Union vs (#4) Vermont (#2) Quinnipiac vs (#3) Providence
 * Union defeated Vermont 5 to 2
 * Providence defeated Quinnipiac 4 to 0

Northeast Regional Semifinals (March 29th)
DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts (hosted by College of the Holy Cross)

(#1) Boston College vs(#4) Denver
 * Boston College defeated Denver, 6 to 2

(#2) UMass-Lowell vs (#3) Minnesota State
 * UMass-Lowell defeated Minnesota State, 2 to 1

Midwest Regional Semifinals (March 29th)
US Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio (hosted by Miami University)

(#1) Wisconsin vs (#4) North Dakota (#2) Ferris State vs (#3) Colgate
 * North Dakota defeated Wisconsin 5 to 2
 * Ferris State defeated Colgate 1 to 0

West Regional Semifinals (March 29th)
Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minnesota (hosted by University of Minnesota)

(#1) Minnesota vs (#4) Robert Morris
 * Minnesota defeated Robert Morris, 7 to 3

(#2) Notre Dame vs (#3) St Cloud State
 * St Clouid State defeated Notre Dame, 4 to 3 in overtime

East Regional Final (March 29)
(#1) Union vs (#3) Providence
 * Union defeated Providence,  3 to 1

Northeast Regional Final (March 30)
(#1) Boston College vs (#2) UMass-Lowell
 * Boston College defeated UMass-Lowell, 4 to 3

Midwest Regional Final (March 29)
(#2) Ferris State vs (#4) North Dakota
 * North Dakota defeated Ferris State, 2 to 1 in double overtime

West Regional Final (March 30)
(#1) Minnesota vs (#3) St Clouis State
 * Minnesota defeated St Cloud State,  4 to 0

National Semifinals (April 10)
Union vs Boston College

Minnesota vs North Dakota
 * Union defeated Boston College, 5 to 4


 * Minnesota defeated North Dakota, 2 to 1

National Championship Game (April 12)

 * Union vs Minnesota
 * Union defeated Minnesota 7 to 4, to win their first National Championship