2014 NCHC Tournament

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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.

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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 recordOverall record
GPWLTSOWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#8 St. Cloud State †24156304887643822115136107
#13 North Dakota 24159004576634225143127102
Omaha 24139214282693717182117120
Minnesota–Duluth 241111223769703616164104104
Western Michigan 241111223766694019165103106
#17 Denver*24101132356058422016611298
Colorado College 246135124527237724674121
Miami 24617112056803815203111115
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 —
8Miami5* 4—
2 North Dakota 0
8Miami3
2North Dakota42 4
7 Colorado College 2 3* 3
6Denver4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
8 Miami 3
3 Omaha 41 0
6Denver2 52
5 Western Michigan 3 Third Place
6Denver4
4 Minnesota-Duluth 2 3 — 2North Dakota5
5Western Michigan34— 5 Western Michigan 0

* denotes overtime periods

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Results

Quarterfinals

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

March 14 [8] St. Cloud State4 – 5OTMiami Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Recap  
(Murray, Tedesco) Tim Daly - 08:29First period02:40 - Kevin Morris (Wideman, Doherty)
No scoringSecond period04:07 - SH - Chris Joyaux (Kuraly, Barber)
(Daly, Morley) Kevin Gravel - 00:31
(Murray, Prow) Nic Dowd - 10:39
(Dowd, Kossila) Kevin Gravel - EA PP - 19:59		Third period06:49 - PP - Cody Murphy (Czarnik, Greenberg)
11:06 - Sean Kuraly (Louis Barber)
No scoringFirst overtime period10:10 - GW - Riley Barber (Kuraly, Kossila)
( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Ryan Faragher / ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) Charlie Lindgren Goalie statsRyan McKay ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
March 15 [9] St. Cloud State3 – 4Miami Herb Brooks National Hockey Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(unassisted) Kevin Gravel - 10:30
(Morley, Prow) Jimmy Murray - 17:22		Second periodNo scoring
(Gravel, Kossila) Nic Dowd - PP - 09:20Third period03:59 - Sean Kuraly (Barber, Joyaux)
07:42 - Austin Czarnik (Coleman, Murphy)
12:08 - PP - Anthony Louis (Barber, Kuraly)
19:57 - GW - Justin Greenberg (Louis, Joyaux)
( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Ryan Faragher Goalie statsRyan McKay ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
Miami won series 2–0

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

March 14 [10] North Dakota4 – 2Colorado College Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(MacMillan, LaDue) Drake Caggiula - 12:11First period01:15 - Sam Rothstein (Stoykewych, Olofsson)
07:05 - Aaron Harstad (Slavin, Rothstein)
(MacMillan, Caggiula) Michael Parks - PP - 07:14
(unassisted) Bryn Chyzyk - GW - 18:07		Second periodNo scoring
(Schmaltz, Rodwell) Brendan O'Donnell - 08:08Third periodNo scoring
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie stats Josh Thorimbert ( 18 saves / 22 shots )
March 15 [11] North Dakota2 – 3OTColorado College Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period16:43 - Peter Stoykewych (unassisted)
(Mattson) Drake Caggiula - 03:45Second period01:17 - Scott Wamsganz (Stoykewych)
(Caggiula, MacMillan) Jordan Schmaltz - 16:04Third periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period07:00 - GW - Alex Roos (Rothstein, Wamsganz)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie stats Josh Thorimbert ( 44 saves / 46 shots )
March 16 [12] North Dakota4 – 3Colorado College Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Pattyn, Rodwell) Nick Mattson - 03:41
(Thompson, Grimaldi) Troy Stecher - 10:06
(Gaarder, Rodwell) Stephane Pattyn - 12:22		First period06:41 - Alexander Krushelnyski (Bradley, Slavin)
No scoringSecond period17:17 - Michael Morin (Collett)
(Grimaldi) Brendan O'Donnell - GW - 02:29Third period18:31 - EA - Alex Roos (Slavin, Skalbeck)
( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie stats Josh Thorimbert ( 27 saves / 30 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–1

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

March 13 [13] Nebraska-Omaha4 – 3Denver CenturyLink Center  
(Montpetit, Parizek) Ryan Walters - 18:14
(Brady, Guentzel) Dominic Zombo - PP - 19:22		First period07:27 - David Makowski (Butcher, Marcinew)
(Walters, Cooper) Brock Montpetit - PP - 18:19Second period02:34 - Ty Loney (Doremus)
(Walters, Megna) Brock Montpetit - GW PP - 10:57Third period02:41 - Joey LaLeggia (Moore, Zajac)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Ryan Massa Goalie stats Sam Brittain ( 26 saves / 30 shots )
March 14 [14] Nebraska-Omaha1 – 5Denver CenturyLink Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period13:38 - Evan Janssen (Loney, Marcinew)
18:43 - GW - Trevor Moore (Loney, Doremus)
(Guentzel, Zombo) Brian Cooper - 01:10Third period06:15 - Matt Tabrum (Arnold)
07:04 - Matt Marcinew (Makowski, Loney)
13:25 - PP - Will Butcher (unassisted)
( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Ryan Massa / ( 4 saves / 5 shots ) Kirk Thompson Goalie stats Sam Brittain ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) / Evan Cowley ( 2 saves / 2 shots )
March 15 [15] Nebraska-Omaha0 – 2Denver CenturyLink Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period06:16 - GW - Ty Loney (Doremus, Didier)
18:09 - EN - Zac Larraza (Makowski)
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Ryan Massa Goalie stats Sam Brittain ( 34 saves / 34 shots )
Denver won series 2–1

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

March 14 [16] Minnesota-Duluth2 – 3Western Michigan AMSOIL Arena  
No ScoringFirst period17:25 - PP - Sam Mellor (Oesterle, LaPorte)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Corrin, Molenaar) Cal Decowski - 18:30
(Crandall) Max Tardy - EA - 19:44		Third period00:25 - Colton Hargrove (LaPorte, Kessel)
18:18 - GW EN - Will Kessel (Dries)
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Aaron Crandall Goalie stats Lukas Hafner ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 15 [17] Minnesota-Duluth3 – 4Western Michigan AMSOIL Arena  
(Crandall) Tony Cameranesi - 01:21
(Molenaar, Toninato) Adam Krause - 14:47		First period15:35 - PP - Shane Berschbach (Balisy, Brown)
(Herbert, Farley) Joe Bassaraba - 12:00Second period05:25 - Chase Balisy (Dries, Cichy)
No scoringThird period06:22 - Justin Kovacs (Berschbach, Balisy)
07:49 - GW - Kenney Morrison (Brown, Balisy)
( 7 saves / 11 shots ) Aaron Crandall Goalie stats Frank Slubowski ( 34 saves / 37 shots )
Western Michigan won series 2–0

Semifinals

(2) North Dakota vs. (8) Miami

March 21 [18] North Dakota0 – 3Miami Target Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period11:24 - GW PP - Blake Coleman (Caito)
No scoringSecond period19:33 - Austin Czarnik (Coleman)
No scoringThird period06:13 - Anthony Louis (Barber)
( 25 saves / 28 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie statsRyan McKay ( 32 saves / 32 shots )

(5) Western Michigan vs. (6) Denver

March 21 [19] Western Michigan3 – 4Denver Target Center Recap  
(Oesterle, Hargrove) Nolan LaPorte - 00:42First period08:34 - Daniel Doremus (Didier)
13:03 - Grant Arnold (Moore)
(Kovacs, Nitsche) Shane Berschbach - 06:11
(Dienes) Will Kessel - 18:06		Second period19:56 - Joey LaLeggia (Didier, Doremus)
No scoringThird period15:07 - GW - Ty Loney (unassisted)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Sam Brittain Goalie stats Frank Slubowski ( 19 saves / 23 shots )

Third place

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

March 22 [20] North Dakota5 – 0Western Michigan Target Center Recap  
(Thompson, O'Donnell) Connor Gaarder - GW - 01:42
(Pattyn, Stecher) Connor Gaarder - 10:27		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Simpson, Johnson) Jordan Schmaltz - 11:00
(Pattyn, Mattson) Rocco Grimaldi - 13:30
(Mattson, O'Donnell) Paul LaDue - PP - 14:53		Third periodNo scoring
( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie stats Frank Slubowski ( 24 saves / 29 shots )

Championship

(6) Denver vs. (8) Miami

March 22 [21] Denver4 – 3Miami Target Center Recap  
(Larraza, Butcher) Nolan Zajac - PP - 03:13
(Zajac, Loney) Daniel Doremus - 13:48		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period13:08 - PP - Anthony Louis (Kuraly, Wideman)
16:08 - Sean Kuraly (unassisted)
(unassisted) Zac Larraza - 01:06
(Marcinew) Emil Romig - GW - 06:47		Third period18:27 - EA - Anthony Louis (Coleman, Czarnik)
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Sam Brittain Goalie statsRyan McKay ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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