2013–14 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2013–14 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia hosted the 2014 Frozen Four
Duration	October 2013– April 2014
NCAA tournament	2014
National championship	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NCAA champions	Union
Hobey Baker Award	Johnny Gaudreau (Boston College)
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons ← 2012–13  2014–15 →

The 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 2013 and ended with the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game in April 2014. This was the 67th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held, and the 119th year overall in which an NCAA school fielded a team.

Conference realignment

The March 2011 announcement that the Big Ten Conference would start sponsoring men's ice hockey in the 2013–14 season, which came shortly after Penn State had announced that it would upgrade its team from club to full varsity status effective in 2012–13, led to a major wave of conference realignment in that sport. Once the Big Ten took the ice with six teams, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) faced the loss of three of its mainstays (Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State), while the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) was set to lose two prominent members (Minnesota and Wisconsin).

Several CCHA and WCHA members then entered into talks to break away from their current leagues to form a new conference; six of these schools would soon form the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), which would also take the ice in 2013–14. Further moves by both the NCHC and WCHA would eventually lead to the demise of the CCHA after the 2012–13 season. The upheaval also gave Hockey East its first non-New England member in Notre Dame.

In the end, the only conferences that neither gained nor lost members for 2013–14 were Atlantic Hockey and ECAC Hockey. The former conference would go on to lose Connecticut to Hockey East, which was already home to the school's women's team, for the 2014–15 season.

Membership changes

School	Former Conference	New Conference
Alabama–Huntsville Chargers	Independent	WCHA
Alaska Nanooks	CCHA	WCHA
Bowling Green Falcons	CCHA	WCHA
Colorado College Tigers	WCHA	NCHC
Denver Pioneers	WCHA	NCHC
Ferris State Bulldogs	CCHA	WCHA
Lake Superior State Lakers	CCHA	WCHA
Miami RedHawks	CCHA	NCHC
Michigan Wolverines	CCHA	Big Ten
Michigan State Spartans	CCHA	Big Ten
Minnesota Golden Gophers	WCHA	Big Ten
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	WCHA	NCHC
North Dakota (no nickname)	WCHA	NCHC
Northern Michigan Wildcats	CCHA	WCHA
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	CCHA	Hockey East
Ohio State Buckeyes	CCHA	Big Ten
Omaha Mavericks	WCHA	NCHC
Penn State Nittany Lions	Independent	Big Ten
St. Cloud State Huskies	WCHA	NCHC
Western Michigan Broncos	CCHA	NCHC
Wisconsin Badgers	WCHA	Big Ten

Pre-season polls

The top 20 from USCHO.com, September 30, 2013, and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, September 23, 2013. First place votes are in parentheses.

USCHO.com Ranking Team 1 UMass Lowell (19) 2 Miami (OH) (14) 3 Wisconsin (2) 4 Boston College 5 Minnesota (1) 6 Yale (8) 7 North Dakota 8 Notre Dame 9 St. Cloud State 10 Quinnipiac (1) 11 Michigan 11 Minnesota State 13 New Hampshire 14 Providence 15 RPI 16 Union 17 Denver 18 Western Michigan 19 Boston University 20 Niagara

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Ranking Team 1 UMass Lowell (20) 2 Miami (OH) (9) 3 Wisconsin (1) 4 Boston College 5 Minnesota 6 North Dakota 7 Notre Dame 8 Yale (4) 9 St. Cloud State 10 Michigan 11 Quinnipiac 12 Union 13 New Hampshire 14 Minnesota State 15 Providence

Regular season

Standings

2013–14 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Mercyhurst	27	17	4	6	40	107	65		40	21	12	7	144	119
Bentley	27	16	7	4	36	100	67		37	19	14	4	127	99
Air Force	27	15	9	3	33	81	73		39	21	14	4	115	106
Connecticut	27	15	9	3	33	75	61		36	18	14	4	91	86
Robert Morris*	27	13	9	5	31	95	78		39	17	17	5	130	115
Niagara	27	11	11	5	27	89	78		39	15	19	5	109	117
Canisius	27	11	13	3	25	81	78		39	16	20	3	111	114
Holy Cross	27	11	13	3	25	68	72		39	14	22	3	97	114
RIT	27	10	14	3	23	67	84		37	12	20	5	94	124
Sacred Heart	27	11	16	0	22	75	99		36	12	24	0	82	137
American International	27	9	17	1	19	74	107		36	10	25	1	90	151
Army	27	5	22	0	10	60	110		34	6	28	0	73	146
Championship: Robert Morris indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

2013–14 Big Ten ice hockey standings
	Conference record									Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Minnesota	20	14	3	3	0	45	59	37		36	25	5	6	125	72
#4 Wisconsin*	20	13	6	1	0	40	63	46		34	22	10	2	111	85
#15 Michigan	20	10	8	2	1	33	68	59		34	18	12	4	106	87
#20 Ohio State	20	6	9	5	4	27	53	55		34	16	13	5	109	93
Michigan State	20	5	9	6	4	25	42	55		35	11	17	7	78	91
Penn State	20	3	16	1	0	10	42	75		34	7	25	2	77	126
Championship: Wisconsin indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

2013–14 ECAC Hockey men's standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Union*	22	18	3	1	37	83	42		42	32	6	4	160	90
#12 Colgate	22	13	6	3	29	72	59		39	20	14	5	108	104
#7 Quinnipiac	22	12	6	4	28	78	43		40	24	10	6	141	81
#16 Cornell	22	11	7	4	26	51	50		32	17	10	5	77	74
Clarkson	22	11	9	2	24	57	64		42	21	17	4	101	102
Yale	22	10	8	4	24	71	56		33	17	11	5	106	82
Rensselaer	22	8	9	5	21	57	57		37	15	16	6	104	100
St. Lawrence	22	7	11	4	18	70	78		38	15	19	4	122	131
Brown	22	8	13	1	17	48	62		31	11	17	3	75	87
Dartmouth	22	7	13	2	16	51	72		34	10	20	4	84	115
Harvard	22	6	12	4	16	44	52		31	10	17	4	69	83
Princeton	22	4	18	0	8	44	91		32	6	26	0	60	126
Championship: Union indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

2013–14 Hockey East men's standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Boston College	20	16	2	2	34	75	40		37	26	7	4	150	84
#5 UMass Lowell*	20	11	6	3	25	54	43		37	23	10	4	103	72
#10 Providence	20	11	7	2	24	50	49		36	21	9	6	109	82
#18 New Hampshire	20	11	9	0	22	64	51		39	21	17	1	123	101
#19 Northeastern	20	10	8	2	22	52	51		37	19	14	4	117	103
Maine	20	9	8	3	21	59	48		35	16	15	4	102	83
#14 Vermont	20	10	10	0	20	49	48		37	20	14	3	103	84
#9 Notre Dame	20	9	9	2	20	43	40		38	23	13	2	117	78
Boston University	20	5	12	3	13	43	66		35	10	21	4	81	113
UMass	20	4	13	3	11	42	61		34	8	22	4	76	106
Merrimack	20	3	15	2	8	32	66		33	8	22	3	62	97
Championship: UMass Lowell indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

2013–14 National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings
	Conference record									Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#8 St. Cloud State	24	15	6	3	0	48	87	64		36	21	10	5	132	100
#13 North Dakota	24	15	9	0	0	45	76	63		37	22	12	3	114	94
Nebraska–Omaha	24	13	9	2	1	42	82	69		37	17	18	2	117	120
Minnesota–Duluth	24	11	11	2	2	37	69	70		36	16	16	4	104	104
Western Michigan	24	11	11	2	2	37	66	69		38	19	14	5	100	97
#17 Denver*	24	10	11	3	2	35	60	58		39	18	15	6	102	86
Colorado College	24	6	13	5	1	24	52	72		37	7	24	6	74	121
Miami (OH)	24	6	17	1	1	20	56	80		36	14	19	3	105	111
Championship: Denver indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

2013–14 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Ferris State	28	20	6	2	42	92	62		39	27	9	3	130	84
#11 Minnesota State*	28	20	7	1	41	95	58		38	24	13	1	121	92
Alaska	28	14	12	2	30	97	77		37	18	15	4	126	103
Bowling Green	28	13	11	4	30	89	73		38	18	14	6	119	100
Michigan Tech	28	12	11	5	29	78	78		40	14	19	7	99	108
Alaska–Anchorage	28	12	12	4	28	74	77		38	18	16	4	105	107
Northern Michigan	28	13	14	1	27	77	75		38	15	21	2	102	108
Bemidji State	28	10	14	4	24	72	76		38	10	21	7	92	118
Lake Superior State	28	12	16	0	24	70	84		36	16	19	1	94	114
Alabama–Huntsville	28	2	25	1	5	30	114		38	2	35	1	41	166
Championship: Minnesota State indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 17, 2014.

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

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gaudreau, JohnnyJohnny Gaudreau	Junior	Boston College	37	32	37	69	14
Carey, GregGreg Carey	Senior	St. Lawrence	38	18	39	57	39
Hayes, KevinKevin Hayes	Senior	Boston College	37	24	32	56	16
Gensler, BrettBrett Gensler	Senior	Bentley	37	21	32	53	10
Goumas, KevinKevin Goumas	Senior	New Hampshire	38	17	33	50	42
Arnold, BillBill Arnold	Senior	Boston College	37	12	36	48	47
Grieve, AlexAlex Grieve	Junior	Bentley	37	25	22	47	28
Wydo, CodyCody Wydo	Junior	Robert Morris	39	26	21	47	15
Roy, KevinKevin Roy	Sophomore	Northeastern	37	19	27	46	30
Czarnik, AustinAustin Czarnik	Junior	Miami (OH)	35	12	33	45	28

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average at the conclusion of games played on March 17, 2014 while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.

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
Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck	Sophomore	UMass Lowell	25	1508:58	15	8	2	47	4	.938	1.87
Garteig, MichaelMichael Garteig	Sophomore	Quinnipiac	38	2268:43	24	8	6	71	6	.912	1.88
Wilcox, AdamAdam Wilcox	Sophomore	Minnesota	33	1982:46	23	4	6	63	3	.934	1.91
Summerhays, StevenSteven Summerhays	Senior	Notre Dame	36	2096:33	21	12	2	68	7	.928	1.95
Stevens, ColinColin Stevens	Junior	Union	30	1720:16	22	4	2	56	6	.931	1.95

Awards

Big Ten Award Recipient Player of the Year Adam Wilcox, Minnesota Defensive Player of the Year Mike Reilly, Minnesota Goaltender of the Year Adam Wilcox, Minnesota Freshman of the Year J. T. Compher, Michigan Coach of the Year Don Lucia, Minnesota All-Big Ten Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Adam Wilcox, Minnesota G Joel Rumpel, Wisconsin Jake McCabe, Wisconsin D Mac Bennett, Michigan Mike Reilly, Minnesota D Frankie Simonelli, Wisconsin Ryan Dzingel, Ohio State F J. T. Compher, Michigan Michael Mersch, Wisconsin F Nic Kerdiles, Wisconsin Mark Zengerle, Wisconsin F Kyle Rau, Minnesota Honorable Mention   Position   Freshman Team Jake Hildebrand, Michigan State G Christian Frey, Ohio State Jake Chelios, Michigan State D Drew Brevig, Ohio State Ben Marshall, Minnesota D Michael Downing, Michigan Brady Skjei, Minnesota D – Andrew Copp, Michigan F J. T. Compher, Michigan Hudson Fasching, Minnesota F Hudson Fasching, Minnesota Alex Guptill, Michigan F Nick Schilkey, Ohio State Sam Warning, Minnesota F – Greg Wolfe, Michigan State F –

WCHA Award Recipient Player of the Year Cody Kunyk, Alaska Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year Chad Brears, Alabama–Huntsville Defensive Player of the Year Colton Parayko, Alaska Rookie of the Year Alex Globke, Lake Superior State Scoring Champion Cody Kunyk, Alaska Goaltending Champion Cole Huggins, Minnesota State Coach of the Year Bob Daniels, Ferris State All-WCHA Teams First Team   Position   Second Team C. J. Motte, Ferris State G Cole Huggins, Minnesota State Zach Palmquist, Minnesota State D Scott Czarnowczan, Ferris State Colton Parayko, Alaska D Kevin Czuczman, Lake Superior State Matt Bailey, Alaska Anchorage F Colton Beck, Alaska Cody Kunyk, Alaska F Jean-Paul Lafontaine, Minnesota State Matt Leitner, Minnesota State F Garrett Thompson, Ferris State Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Kevin Kapalka, Lake Superior State G Cole Huggins, Minnesota State Jason Binkley, Ferris State D Sean Flanagan, Minnesota State Matt Prapavessis, Bemidji State D Shane Hanna, Michigan Tech – D Ruslan Pedan, Bemidji State Zach Lehrke, Minnesota State F Marcus Basara, Alaska Johnny McInnis, Minnesota State F Alex Globke, Lake Superior State Tyler Morley, Alaska F Kyle Schempp, Ferris State

ECAC Award Recipient Player of the Year Greg Carey, St. Lawrence Shayne Gostisbehere, Union Best Defensive Forward Jesse Root, Yale Best Defensive Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, Union Dennis Robertson, Brown Rookie of the Year Sam Anas, Quinnipiac Gavin Beyreuther, St. Lawrence Goaltender of the Year Colin Stevens, Union Tim Taylor Award (Coach of the Year) Don Vaughan, Colgate All-ECAC Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Colin Stevens, Union G Andy Iles, Cornell Shayne Gostisbehere, Union D Gavin Beyreuther, St. Lawrence Mathew Bodie, Union D Joakim Ryan, Cornell Greg Carey, St. Lawrence F Sam Anas, Quinnipiac Daniel Carr, Union F Kellen Jones, Quinnipiac Ryan Haggerty, Rensselaer F Jesse Root, Yale Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Charlie Finn, Colgate G Charlie Finn, Colgate Spiro Goulakas, Colgate D Gavin Beyreuther, St. Lawrence Dennis Robertson, Brown D James de Haas, Clarkson Kenny Agostino, Yale F Sam Anas, Quinnipiac Daniel Ciampini, Union F Matt Carey, St. Lawrence Brian Ferlin, Cornell F Mike Vecchione, Union

NCHC Award Recipient Player of the Year Josh Archibald, Nebraska–Omaha Rookie of the Year Jaccob Slavin, Colorado College Goaltender of the Year Sam Brittain, Denver Forward of the Year Josh Archibald, Nebraska–Omaha Defenseman of the Year Joey LaLeggia, Denver Offensive Defenseman of the Year Joey LaLeggia, Denver Defensive Forward of the Year Nic Dowd, St. Cloud State Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nic Dowd, St. Cloud State Sportsmanship Award Eamonn McDermott, Colorado College Herb Brooks Coach of the Year Bob Motzko, St. Cloud State All-NCHC Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Sam Brittain, Denver G Ryan Faragher, St. Cloud State Joey LaLeggia, Denver D Jordan Schmaltz, North Dakota Dillon Simpson, North Dakota D Jaccob Slavin, Colorado College Josh Archibald, Nebraska–Omaha F Chase Balisy, Western Michigan Nic Dowd, St. Cloud State F Riley Barber, Miami (OH) Austin Czarnik, Miami (OH) F Michael Parks, North Dakota Honorable Mention   Position   Rookie Team Zane Gothberg, North Dakota G Charlie Lindgren, St. Cloud State David Makowski, Denver D Paul LaDue, North Dakota Andrew Prochno, St. Cloud State D Jaccob Slavin, Colorado College Jonny Brodzinski, St. Cloud State F Jake Guentzel, Nebraska–Omaha Rocco Grimaldi, North Dakota F Alex Iafallo, Minnesota–Duluth Ryan Walters, Nebraska–Omaha F Trevor Moore, Denver

Hockey East Award Recipient Player of the Year Johnny Gaudreau, Boston College Best Defensive Forward Bill Arnold, Boston College Ross Mauermann, Providence Best Defensive Defenseman Josh Manson, Northeastern Rookie of the Year Mario Puskarich, Vermont Goaltender of the Year Thatcher Demko, Boston College Len Ceglarski Sportmanship Award Ross Mauermann, Providence Three Stars Award Clay Witt, Northeastern Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award New Hampshire Bob Kullen Award (Coach of the Year) Jerry York, Boston College Hockey East All-Star Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Connor Hellebuyck, UMass Lowell G Clay Witt, Northeastern Ben Hutton, Maine D Stephen Johns, Notre Dame Mike Matheson, Boston College D Eric Knodel, New Hampshire — D Josh Manson, Northeastern Johnny Gaudreau, Boston College F Kevin Goumas, New Hampshire Kevin Hayes, Boston College F Chris McCarthy, Vermont Devin Shore, Maine F Kevin Roy, Northeastern Honorable Mention   Position   Rookie Team Thatcher Demko, Boston College G Thatcher Demko, Boston College Garrett Noonan, Boston University D Michael Kapla, UMass Lowell Michael Paliotta, Vermont D Steven Santini, Boston College Bill Arnold, Boston College F Robbie Bailargeon, Boston University Ross Mauermann, Providence F Vince Hinostroza, Notre Dame — F Mario Puskarich, Vermont — F Mike Szmatula, Northeastern

Atlantic Hockey Award Recipient Player of the Year Jimmy Sarjeant, Mercyhurst Rookie of the Year Justin Danforth, Sacred Heart Best Defensive Forward Daniel O'Donoghue, Mercyhurst Best Defenseman Nick Jones, Mercyhurst Individual Sportmanship Award Jason Fabian, Air Force Nick Jones, Mercyhurst Scoring Trophy Brett Gensler, Bentley Goaltending Trophy Jimmy Sarjeant, Mercyhurst Team Sportsmanship Award American International Coach of the Year Rick Gotkin, Mercyhurst Atlantic Hockey All-Conference Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Jimmy Sarjeant, Mercyhurst G Branden Komm, Bentley Nick Jones, Mercyhurst D Matt Blomquist, Bentley Steve Weinstein, Bentley D Adam McKenzie, Air Force Brett Gensler, Bentley F Alex Grieve, Bentley Matthew Zay, Mercyhurst F Cole Gunner, Air Force Cody Wydo, Robert Morris F Daniel O'Donoghue, Mercyhurst Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Terry Shafer, Robert Morris G Chris Truehl, Air Force Ben Danford, Canisius D Vince Muto, Niagara Kevin Ryan, Niagara D Mitch Nylen, Sacred Heart Andrew Gladiuk, Bentley F Justin Danforth, Sacred Heart Brant Harris, Connecticut F David Norris, American International Jon Puksar, American International F C. J. Reuschlein, Army

Hober Baker Award

Hobey Baker Award Finalists

Player	Position	School
Archibald, JoshJosh Archibald	Forward	Nebraska–Omaha
Carey, GregGreg Carey	Forward	St. Lawrence
Dowd, NicNic Dowd	Forward	St. Cloud State
Dzingel, RyanRyan Dzingel	Forward	Ohio State
Gaudreau, JohnnyJohnny Gaudreau	Forward	Boston College
Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere	Defenceman	Union
Hayes, KevinKevin Hayes	Forward	Boston College
Motte, C. J.C. J. Motte	Goaltender	Ferris State
Rumpel, JoelJoel Rumpel	Goaltender	Wisconsin
Wilcox, AdamAdam Wilcox	Goaltender	Minnesota

Team Photos

Army Black Knights (Atlantic Hockey)

Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (NCHC)

Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC)

Robert Morris Colonials (Atlantic Hockey champions)

Brown Bears (ECAC)

Holy Cross Crusaders (Atlantic Hockey)

Maine Black Bears (Hockey East)

Vermont Catamounts (Hockey East)

Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (WCHA)

Cornell Big Red (ECAC)

RPI Engineers (ECAC)

Merrimack Warriors (Hockey East)

Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (NCHC)

Niagara Purple Eagles (Atlantic Hockey)

Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)

Mercyhurst Lakers (Atlantic Hockey)

Miami RedHawks (NCHC)

Colgate Raiders (ECAC)

Union Dutchmen (ECAC)

RIT Tigers (Atlantic Hockey)

Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten)