2014 NCHC Tournament

The 2014 NCHC Tournament was the first 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

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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

2013–14 National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 St. Cloud State24156304887643822115136107
#13 North Dakota24159004576634225143127102
Omaha24139214282693717182117120
Minnesota–Duluth241111223769703616164104104
Western Michigan241111223766694019165103106
#17 Denver*24101132356058422016611298
Colorado College246135124527237724674121
Miami24617112056803815203111115
Championship: Denver
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

  Quarterfinals[5]
March 13–16
Semifinals[6]
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 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

* denotes overtime periods

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Results

(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

(2) North Dakota vs. (8) Miami

(5) Western Michigan vs. (6) Denver

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

(6) Denver vs. (8) Miami

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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  16. "Western Michigan 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2". USCHO.com. 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  17. "Western Michigan 4, Minnesota-Duluth 3". USCHO.com. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  18. "Miami 3, North Dakota 0". USCHO.com. 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
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  20. "North Dakota 5, Western Michigan 0". USCHO.com. 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  21. "Denver 4, Miami 3". USCHO.com. 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
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