2014 NCHC Tournament

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The 2014 NCHC Tournament was the 1st tournament in league history. It was played between March 13 and March 22, 2014. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Denver received the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[4]

The tournament features three rounds of play. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the semifinals. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest remaining seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds are matched against one another with the winners advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SOW = Shootout Wins; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 St. Cloud Statedagger 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
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket[5]

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

  Quarterfinals[6]
March 13-16
Semifinals[7]
March 21
Championship
March 22
                               
  1  St. Cloud State 4 3 2  North Dakota 0  
8  Miami 5* 4 8  Miami 3  
  2  North Dakota 4 2 4
7  Colorado College 2 3* 3     6  Denver 4
  8  Miami 3
  3  Nebraska-Omaha 4 1 0
6  Denver 2 5 2
Third Place
  4  Minnesota-Duluth 2 3 5  Western Michigan 3
5  Western Michigan 3 4 6  Denver 4   2  North Dakota 5
5  Western Michigan 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Miami

Miami won series 2–0


(2) North Dakota vs. (7) Colorado College

North Dakota won series 2–1


(3) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (6) Denver

Denver won series 2–1


(4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Western Michigan

Western Michigan won series 2–0


Semifinals

(2) North Dakota vs. (8) Miami


(5) Western Michigan vs. (6) Denver


Third place

(2) North Dakota vs. (5) Western Michigan


Championship

(6) Denver vs. (8) Miami


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[22]

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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