# 2014 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2014 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 22, 2014, at four conference arenas and the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight or ten conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.
The winners of the first round series advance to the Van Andel Arena for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.

### Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2013–14 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall 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 | 43 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 138 | 94 |
| #11 Minnesota State* | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 95 | 58 | 41 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 130 | 95 |
| Alaska | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 97 | 77 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 126 | 103 |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 89 | 73 | 39 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 119 | 104 |
| 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 |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 13–15 | First round March 13–15 | First round March 13–15 | First round March 13–15 | First round March 13–15 | | | Semifinals March 21 | Semifinals March 21 | Semifinals March 21 | Championship March 22 | Championship March 22 | Championship March 22 |
| 1 | Ferris State | 8 | 3** | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bemidji State | 0 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bemidji State | 0 | 2 | — | | | 1 | Ferris State | 5* | | | |
| | | | | | | | 6 | Alaska–Anchorage | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Minnesota State | 3 | 5* | — | | | 6 | Alaska–Anchorage | 4 | | | |
| 7 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 4 | — | | | | | | 1 | Ferris State | 1 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | Ferris State | 1 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 2 | Minnesota State | 4 |
| 3 | Alaska | 3* | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota State | 4 |
| 6 | Alaska–Anchorage | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Alaska–Anchorage | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | 2 | Minnesota State | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Bowling Green | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 2 | 5 | — | | | 4 | Bowling Green | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Results
### First round

All times are local.

#### (1) Ferris State vs. (8) Bemidji State

* Ferris State wins series 2–0

#### (2) Minnesota State vs. (7) Northern Michigan

* Minnesota State wins series 2–0

#### (3) Alaska vs. (6) Alaska–Anchorage

* Alaska–Anchorage wins series 2–1

#### (4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Michigan Tech

* Bowling Green wins series 2–0

### Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−4).

#### (1) Ferris State vs. (6) Alaska–Anchorage
### Championship

All times are local (UTC−4).

#### (1) Ferris State vs. (2) Minnesota State
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Teodors Bļugers (Minnesota State)
* F Bryce Gervais (Minnesota State)
* F Gerald Mayhew (Ferris State)
* D Austin Coldwell (Alaska-Anchorage)
* D Brett Stern (Minnesota State)
* G Cole Huggins* (Minnesota State)
* Most Valuable Player(s)