2014 NCHC Tournament
| 2014 NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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| Dates | March 13–22, 2014 |
| Teams | 8 |
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Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Champions | Denver(1st title) |
| Winning coach | Jim Montgomery(1st title) |
| MVP | Daniel Doremus(Denver) |
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NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2014 NCHC Tournament was the 1st 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.
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.
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SOW = Shootout Wins; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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