2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2014 Frozen Four logo
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| Teams | 16 |
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| Finals Site | |
| Champions | Union (1st title) |
| Runner-Up | Minnesota (12th title game) |
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| Winning coach | Rick Bennett (1st title) |
| MOP | Shayne Gostisbehere Union |
| Attendance | 18,742 |
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.
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:
The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:
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 (NCHC) each had three teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) 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.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).
ESPN 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.
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