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 – was hosted by ECAC Hockey at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Union defeated Minnesota 7–4 to win the program's first NCAA title.

Tournament procedure

The tournament will consist of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2014 regionals:
;March 28 and 29
;March 29 and 30
The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:
;April 10 and 12

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 23. Hockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, ECAC Hockey and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference each had three teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and Big Ten Conference each had two teams receive a berth, and one team from Atlantic Hockey received a berth.
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Tournament bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period
All times are Eastern Daylight Time.

Results

West Region – Saint Paul, Minnesota">Xcel Energy Center">Saint Paul, Minnesota

Regional Semifinal

Regional Final

Northeast Region – Worcester, Massachusetts">DCU Center">Worcester, Massachusetts

Regional Semifinal

Regional Final

East Region – Bridgeport, Connecticut">Webster Bank Arena">Bridgeport, Connecticut

Regional Semifinal

Regional Final

Midwest Region – Cincinnati">U.S. Bank Arena">Cincinnati

Regional Semifinal

Regional Final

Frozen Four – Philadelphia">Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Philadelphia

Semifinal

National Championship – Philadelphia">Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Philadelphia

Record by conference

Media

Television

had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the tenth consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, and ESPN3. They also streamed them online via WatchESPN.

Broadcast Assignments

Regionals
Frozen Four & Championship
used exclusive radio rights to air both of the semifinal games and the national championship game, all together referred to as the "Frozen Four."

[Frozen Four]

* Most Outstanding Player