2014 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

2014 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
	2014 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals site	Wells Fargo Center; Philadelphia;
Champions	Union Dutchmen (1st title)
Runner-up	Minnesota Golden Gophers (12th title game)
Semifinalists	Boston College Eagles (24th Frozen Four); University of North Dakota (20th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Rick Bennett (1st title)
MOP	Shayne Gostisbehere (Union)
Attendance	18,742 (Championship); 53,364 (Frozen Four); 135,453 (Tournament)
	← 2013 ; NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments; 2015 →;

The 2014 NCAA Division I men's 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 – was hosted by ECAC Hockey at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.^[1]

Union defeated Minnesota 7–4 to win the program's first NCAA title.

Tournament procedure

Bridgeport

Worcester

Cincinnati

St. Paul

Philadelphia

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2014 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The tournament will consist of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2014 regionals:^[2]^[3]

March 28 and 29: East Regional, Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut (Hosts: Yale University and Fairfield University); Midwest Regional, US Bank Arena – Cincinnati (Host: Miami University)
March 29 and 30: Northeast Regional, DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: College of the Holy Cross); West Regional, Xcel Energy Center – Saint Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)

The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:

April 10 and 12: Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia (Host: ECAC Hockey)

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 23.^[4] Hockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, ECAC Hockey and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) each had three teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and Big Ten Conference each had two teams receive a berth, and one team from Atlantic Hockey received a berth.

West Regional – St. Paul							Northeast Regional – Worcester
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Minnesota (1)	Big Ten	25–6–6	At-large bid	35th	2013	1	Boston College (2)	Hockey East	26–7–4	At-large bid	33rd	2013
2	Notre Dame	Hockey East	23–14–2	At-large bid	7th	2013	2	UMass Lowell	Hockey East	25–10–4	Tournament champion	6th	2013
3	St. Cloud State	NCHC	21–10–5	At-large bid	10th	2013	3	Minnesota State	WCHA	26–13–1	Tournament champion	3rd	2013
4	Robert Morris	Atlantic Hockey	19–17–5	Tournament champion	1st	Never	4	Denver	NCHC	20–15–6	Tournament champion	24th	2013
Midwest Regional – Cincinnati							East Regional – Bridgeport
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Wisconsin (4)	Big Ten	24–10–2	Tournament champion	26th	2013	1	Union (3)	ECAC Hockey	28–6–4	Tournament champion	4th	2013
2	Ferris State	WCHA	28–10–3	At-large bid	3rd	2012	2	Quinnipiac	ECAC Hockey	24–9–6	At-large bid	3rd	2013
3	Colgate	ECAC Hockey	20–13–5	At-large bid	5th	2005	3	Providence	Hockey East	21–10–6	At-large bid	10th	2001
4	North Dakota	NCHC	23–13–3	At-large bid	29th	2013	4	Vermont	Hockey East	20–14–3	At-large bid	6th	2010

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Tournament bracket

First round March 28–29			Second round March 29–30			Semifinals April 10			Championship April 12

1	Minnesota (1)	7

4	Robert Morris	3
			1	Minnesota	4
Saint Paul, Minnesota – Sat/Sun
			3	St. Cloud State	0
2	Notre Dame	3

3	St. Cloud State	4*
						W1	Minnesota	2

						MW4	North Dakota	1
1	Wisconsin (4)	2

4	North Dakota	5
			4	North Dakota	2**
Cincinnati – Fri/Sat
			2	Ferris State	1
2	Ferris State	1

3	Colgate	0
									W1	Minnesota	4

									E1	Union	7
1	Boston College (2)	6

4	Denver	2
			1	Boston College	4
Worcester, Massachusetts – Sat/Sun
			2	UMass Lowell	3
2	UMass Lowell	2

3	Minnesota State	1
						NE1	Boston College	4

						E1	Union	5
1	Union (3)	5

4	Vermont	2
			1	Union	3
Bridgeport, Connecticut – Fri/Sat
			3	Providence	1
2	Quinnipiac	0

3	Providence	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Results

West Region – Saint Paul, Minnesota

Regional semifinal

March 29, 2014
5:30 pm
ESPN2

(4) Robert Morris

3 – 7
(0–3, 2–1, 1–3)

(1) Minnesota

Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul
Attendance: 9,232

Game reference

Dalton Izyk
Brandon Lane

Goalies

Adam Wilcox

Referees:
Butch Mousseaux
Peter Friesema
Linesmen:
Paul Tunison
Eric Froberg

	0–1	16:13 – Nate Condon (8) (Brodzinski)
	0–2	17:50 – Michael Brodzinski (6) (Marshall, Rau)
	0–3	19:43 – Justin Kloos (13) (Skjei, Cammarata)
	0–4	28:12 – GW – Kyle Rau (13) (Holl, Warning)
Cody Wydo (31) (Lynch, Jacklin) – 33:48	1–4
Zac Lynch (19) (Wydo, Jacklin) – 39:16	2–4
	2–5	54:22 – PP – Hudson Fasching (13) (Cammarata, M. Reilly)
David Friedmann (11) (South) – 54:47	3–5
	3–6	58:12 – SH EN – Nate Condon (9) (Ambroz, Skjei)
	3–7	58:53 – Mike Reilly (9) (Boyd)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

25

Shots

50

March 29, 2014
9:00 pm
ESPNU

(3) St. Cloud State

4 – 3 (OT)
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 1–0)

(2) Notre Dame

Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul
Attendance: 9,232

Game reference

Ryan Faragher

Goalies

Steven Summerhays

Referees:
Bob St. Lawrence
Chip McDonald
Linesmen:
Dave Brown
Jim Briggs

Ryan Papa (6) (Kossila, Brodzinski) – 6:54	1–0
	1–1	10:30 – Bryan Rust (17) (Ryan, Tynan)
Brooks Bertsch (3) (Thorson, Benik) – 19:25	2–1
	2–2	28:18 – Kevin Lind (3) (Lucia, Schneider)
Jonny Brodzinski (21) (Kossila, Prow) – PP – 39:35	3–2
	3–3	49:35 – Thomas Di Pauli (3) (Rust, Johnson)
Nic Dowd (22) (Morley) – GW – 77:21	4–3

2 min

Penalties

10 min

28

Shots

42

Regional Final

March 30, 2014
7:30 pm
ESPNU

(3) St. Cloud State

0 – 4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

(1) Minnesota

Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul
Attendance: 8,893

Game reference

Ryan Faragher
Charlie Lindgren

Goalies

Adam Wilcox

Referees:
Bob St. Lawrence
Chip McDonald
Linesmen:
Dave Brown
Jim Briggs

	0–1	11:09 – GW – Justin Kloos (14) (Condon, Holl)
	0–2	23:48 – Seth Ambroz (14) (Parenteau, Boyd)
	0–3	29:53 – Justin Kloos (15) (Cammarata, Condon)
	0–4	48:16 – PP – Kyle Rau (14) (M. Reilly, Boyd)

8 min

Penalties

2 min

24

Shots

35

Northeast Region – Worcester, Massachusetts

Regional semifinal

March 29, 2014
4:00 pm
ESPNU

(4) Denver

2 – 6
(0–3, 1–3, 1–0)

(1) Boston College

DCU Center, Worcester
Attendance: 6,522

Game reference

Sam Brittain
Evan Cowley

Goalies

Thatcher Demko

Referees:
Scott Whittemore
Peter Feola
Linesmen:
Glen Cooke
Mike Emanation

	0–1	00:25 – Johnny Gaudreau (33) (Hayes, Savage)
	0–2	5:30 – Kevin Hayes (25) (Arnold, J. Gaudreau)
	0–3	9:34 – GW – Johnny Gaudreau (34) (Matheson)
	0–4	25:29 – Kevin Hayes (26) (Arnold, J. Gaudreau)
	0–5	28:13 – Johnny Gaudreau (36) (Matheson, Demko)
	0–6	35:35 – Bill Arnold (13) (Hayes, J. Gaudreau)
Trevor Moore (14) (Loney, LaLeggia) – 39:08	1–6
Evan Janssen (2) (Romig, LaLeggia) – 59:47	2–6

8 min

Penalties

14 min

20

Shots

33

March 29, 2014
7:30 pm
ESPN3

(3) Minnesota State

1 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

(2) Massachusetts–Lowell

DCU Center, Worcester
Attendance: 6,522

Game reference

Cole Huggins

Goalies

Connor Hellebuyck

Referees:
CJ Beaureline
Brian Aaron
Linesmen:
Joe Hutek
Tony Czech

	0–1	12:54 – SH – Joseph Pendenza (14) (unassisted)
	0–2	59:19 – GW EN – Zack Kamrass (4) (unassisted)
Zach Stepan (9) (McInnis, Leitner) – PP EA – 59:49	1–2

8 min

Penalties

8 min

36

Shots

35

Regional Final

March 30, 2014
5:00 pm
ESPNU

(2) Massachusetts–Lowell

3 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)

(1) Boston College

DCU Center, Worcester
Attendance: 5,474

Game reference

Connor Hellebuyck

Goalies

Thatcher Demko

Referees:
Scott Whittemore
Peter Feola
Linesmen:
Glen Cooke
Mike Emanation

	0–1	12:57 – Kevin Hayes (27) (J. Gaudreau, Matheson)
Michael Kapla (3) (Arnold, McGrath) – PP – 18:08	1–1
	1–2	7:34 – Bill Arnold (14) (J. Gaudreau, Hayes)
Josh Holmstrom (7) (Wilson, Folin) – 38:44	2–2
Evan Campbell (9) (unassisted) – 40:43	3–2
	3–3	41:04 – Ryan Fitzgerald (12) (Brown, Cangelosi)
	3–4	51:16 – GW – Ian McCoshen (5) (Doherty, Hayes)

2 min

Penalties

8 min

32

Shots

29

East Region – Bridgeport, Connecticut

Regional semifinal

March 28, 2014
2:00 pm
ESPNU

(4) Vermont

2 – 5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2)

(1) Union

Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport
Attendance: 6,529

Game reference

Brody Hoffman

Goalies

Colin Stevens

Referees:
Todd Anderson
Joe Sullivan
Linesmen:
Andy Dokken
Justin Hills

	0–1	4:15 – SH – Matt Hatch (11) (unassisted)
Chris McCarthy (17) (Puskarich, Bradley) – 13:18	1–1
	1–2	14:27 – Max Novak (12) (Sullivan, Carr) (PP)
	1–3	34:22 – GW – Max Novak (13) (Carr, Bodie) (PP)
	1–4	51:25 – Mat Bodie (5) (Sullivan)
Chris McCarthy (18) (Bradley) – 53:19	2–4
	2–5	57:17 – EN – Matt Hatch (12) (Sullivan)

16 min

Penalties

10 min

25

Shots

39

March 28, 2014
5:30 pm
ESPNU

(3) Providence

4 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

(2) Quinnipiac

Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport
Attendance: 6,529

Game reference

Jon Gillies

Goalies

Michael Garteig

Referees:
Marco Hunt
Steve Mcinchak
Linesmen:
Nick Bradshaw
Sam Shikowsky

Mark Jankowski (13) (MacPhee, Mingoia) – GW – 3:37	1–0
Anthony Florentino (5) (Tanev) – 25:10	2–0
Shane Luke (10) (Hart, Mauermann) – 28:06	3–0
Trevor Mingoia (5) (Saracino, Parisi) – PP – 34:19	4–0

6 min

Penalties

33 min

26

Shots

37

Regional Final

March 29, 2014
3:00 pm
ESPN2

(3) Providence

1 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

(1) Union

Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport
Attendance: 6,655

Game reference

Jon Gillies

Goalies

Colin Stevens

Referees:
Todd Anderson
Joe Sullivan
Linesmen:
Andy Dokken
Justin Hills

	0–1	2:42 – Mat Bodie (6) (Carr, Ciampini)
	0–2	20:58 – GW – Max Novak (14) (Sullivan)
Nick Saracino (10) (Mauermann) – 54:55	1–2
	1–3	56:13 – Matt Hatch (13) (Novak, Sullivan)

2 min

Penalties

2 min

26

Shots

31

Midwest Region – Cincinnati

Regional semifinal

March 28, 2014
4:30 pm
ESPN3

(3) Colgate

0 – 1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

(2) Ferris State

U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati
Attendance: 5,390

Game reference

Charlie Finn

Goalies

C. J. Motte

Referees:
Ryan Sweeney
James Troup
Linesmen:
William McGoldrick
Brendan Blanchard

0–1

10:01 – GW PP – Gerald Mayhew (8) (Huff, Kane)

20 min

Penalties

20 min

35

Shots

27

March 28, 2014
8:00 pm
ESPNU

(4) North Dakota

5 – 2
(1–1, 1–0, 3–1)

(1) Wisconsin

U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati
Attendance: 5,390

Game reference

Zane McIntyre

Goalies

Joel Rumpel

Referees:
Geoff Miller
Ryan Hersey
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Tom George

Michael Parks (12) (Caggiula, MacMillan) – 05:06	1–0
	1–1	11:41 – PP – Jedd Soleway (1) (LaBate, Schulze)
Rocco Grimaldi (15) (unassisted) – 26:45	2–1
	2–2	49:32 – Tyler Barnes (14) (Kerdiles, Zengerle)
Mark MacMillan (10) (O'Donnell, Parks) – GW – 58:16	3–2
Rocco Grimaldi (16) (LaDue, MacMillan) – EN – 59:02	4–2
Rocco Grimaldi (17) (unassisted) – EN – 59:32	5–2

10 min

Penalties

14 min

35

Shots

24

Regional Final

March 29, 2014
6:30 pm
ESPNU

(4) North Dakota

2 – 1 (2OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

(2) Ferris State

U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati
Attendance: 5,721

Game reference

Zane McIntyre

Goalies

C. J. Motte

Referees:
Geoff Miller
Ryan Hersey
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Tom George

	0–1	27:31 – PP – Cory Kane (14) (Huff, Motte)
Stephane Pattyn (7) (LaDue, Mattson) – PP – 30:40	1–1
Connor Gaarder (8) (LaDue, Mattson) – GW – 82:28	2–1

12 min

Penalties

12 min

26

Shots

45

Frozen Four – Philadelphia

Semifinal

April 10, 2014
8:30 pm
ESPN2

(4) North Dakota

1 – 2
(0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

(1) Minnesota

Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia
Attendance: 17,311

Game reference

Zane McIntyre

Goalies

Adam Wilcox

Referees:
Geoff Miller
Ryan Hersey
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Tom George

	0–1	50:51 – Sam Warning (13) (Rau)
Connor Gaarder (9) (Simpson, Schmaltz) – 51:23	1–1
	1–2	59:59 – GW SH – Justin Holl (1) (Rau, Skjei)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

37

Shots

28

April 10, 2014
5:00 pm
ESPN2

(1) Union

5 – 4
(0–1, 2–1, 3–2)

(1) Boston College

Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia
Attendance: 17,311

Game reference

Colin Stevens

Goalies

Thatcher Demko

Referees:
Marco Hunt
Steve McInchak
Linesmen:
Nick Bradshaw
Sam Shikowsky

	0–1	02:08 – Johnny Gaudreau (36) (Hayes, Arnold)
Mat Bodie (7) (Gingras) – 22:39	1–1
Daniel Ciampini (20) (Gostisbehere, Carr) – 30:45	2–1
	2–2	35:53 – Steve Santini (1) (Calnan, Gilmour)
Daniel Ciampini (21) (Gostisbehere, Vecchione) – 46:31	3–2
Mike Vecchione (13) (Sullivan) – 51:53	4–2
	4–3	58:15 – EA – Ryan Fitzgerald (13) (Matheson, Gaudreau)
Daniel Ciampini (22) (Bodie) – GW EN – 58:51	5–3
	5–4	59:55 – EA – Patrick Brown (15) (Gaudreau, Hayes)

19 min

Penalties

6 min

41

Shots

38

National Championship – Philadelphia

April 12, 2014
7:30 pm
ESPN

(1) Union

7 – 4
(4–2, 0–1, 3–1)

(1) Minnesota

Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia
Attendance: 18,742

Game reference
				Referees: Geoff Miller Ryan Hersey Linesmen: Bob Bernard Tom George

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	MIN	Justin Kloos (16)	Condon and Cammarata	02:37	1–0 MIN
	UNI	Shayne Gostisbehere (9)	Taylor and Lichtenwald	09:26	1–1
	MIN	Sam Warning (14)	Rau and Parenteau	10:03	2–1 MIN
	UNI	Mike Vecchione (14)	Carr and Ciampini	15:09	2–2
	UNI	Eli Lichtenwald (9)	Gostisbehere	16:06	3–2 UNI
	UNI	Daniel Ciampini (23)	Novak and Hatch	17:03	4–2 UNI
2nd	MIN	Taylor Cammarata (10)	Kloos and Parenteau	21:13	4–3 UNI
3rd	UNI	Max Novak (15) – GW	Sullivan and Gingras	45:31	5–3 UNI
	MIN	Hudson Fasching (14) – PP	Boyd and M. Reilly	56:20	5–4 UNI
	UNI	Kevin Sullivan (9)	Bodie and Gostisbehere	58:38	6–4 UNI
	UNI	Mat Bodie (8) – EN	unassisted	59:15	7–4 UNI
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	MIN	Brady Skjei	Roughing	00:19	2:00
	MIN	Sam Warning	Hooking	03:11	2:00
	UNI	Shayne Gostisbehere	Holding	06:42	2:00
	UNI	Kevin Sullivan	Hitting after the Whistle	18:44	2:00
	MIN	Tom Serratore	Hitting after the Whistle	18:44	2:00
2nd	UNI	Daniel Ciampini	Tripping	22:25	2:00
	MIN	Brady Skjei	Roughing	29:33	2:00
	MIN	Jake Parenteau	Slashing	35:39	2:00
	UNI	Sam Coatta	Holding the Stick	38:06	2:00
3rd	MIN	Nate Condon	Tripping	41:36	2:00
	MIN	Tom Serratore	Holding	49:00	2:00
	MIN	Bench (Served by Justin Kloos)	Too Many Players	51:57	2:00
	UNI	Charlie Vasaturo	Roughing	55:25	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Union	20	14	15	49
Minnesota	15	18	7	40

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
UNI	Colin Stevens	36	4	59:57
MIN	Adam Wilcox	41	6	58:54
MIN	Michael Shibrowski	1	0	00:45

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
Hockey East	5	4–5	.444	3	1	-	-
ECAC Hockey	3	4–2	.667	1	1	1	1
NCHC	3	3–3	.500	2	1	-	-
Big Ten	2	3–2	.600	1	1	1	-
WCHA	2	1–2	.333	1	-	-	-
Atlantic Hockey	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-	-

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament.^[5] For the tenth consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, and ESPN3. They also streamed them online via WatchESPN.^[6]

Broadcast Assignments

Regionals

East Regional: John Buccigross, Barry Melrose & Quint Kessenich – Bridgeport, Connecticut
Midwest Regional: Joe Beninati & Darren Eliot – Cincinnati, Ohio
Northeast Regional: Joe Davis & Billy Jaffe – Worcester, Massachusetts
West Regional: Clay Matvick & Sean Ritchlin – St. Paul, Minnesota

Frozen Four & Championship

John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, & Quint Kessenich – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Radio

Westwood One used exclusive radio rights to air both of the semifinal games and the national championship game, all together referred to as the "Frozen Four."^[7]