2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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
===Frozen Four (April 10 and 12)===
===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
==References==
Category:2014 in hockey
Category:NCAA Tournaments