2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Season	2013–14
Teams	16
Finals Site	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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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:

Regional Semifiinals

East Regional Semifinals (March 28th)

Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut (co-hosted by Fairfield University and Yale University)

(#1) Union vs (#4) Vermont

• Union defeated Vermont 5 to 2

(#2) Quinnipiac vs (#3) Providence

• 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

• North Dakota defeated Wisconsin 5 to 2

(#2) Ferris State vs (#3) Colgate

• 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

Regional Finals

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

Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Hosted by ECAC Hockey)

National Semifinals (April 10)

Union vs Boston College

• Union defeated Boston College, 5 to 4

Minnesota vs North Dakota

• 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