2014 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

2014 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams11
Finals site
ChampionsSt. Norbert Green Knights (4th title)
Runner-upWisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (7th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachTim Coghlin (4th title)
MOPJoe Perry (St. Norbert)
Attendance10,575

The 2014 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2013–14 season, the 31st such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with St. Norbert defeating Wisconsin–Stevens Point in the championship game 3-1. All first round and quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine.

For the first time since its inception in 1984, no team from ECAC West made the tournament.

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. Four at-large bids were available for the highest-ranked non-automatic qualifiers (overall seed in parentheses).

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid
1 Babson (2) ECAC East 22–4–2 Tournament Champion 14th 2013 1 St. Norbert (1) NCHA 25–3–1 Tournament Champion 15th 2013
2 Geneseo State (4) SUNYAC 21–6–0 At–Large 4th 2006 2 St. Thomas (3) MIAC 21–4–2 Tournament Champion 16th 2012
3 Norwich ECAC East 19–6–3 At–Large 15th 2013 3 Wisconsin–Stevens Point WIAC 22–5–2 At–Large 10th 1998
4 Oswego State SUNYAC 20–6–2 Tournament Champion 13th 2013 4 Adrian NCHA 22–2–4 At–Large 4th 2013
5 Bowdoin NESCAC 17–8–2 Tournament Champion 6th 2013
6 Salem State MASCAC 16–9–2 Tournament Champion 7th 1995
7 Nichols ECAC Northeast 18–6–3 Tournament Champion 2nd 2009

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. The top four ranked teams were arranged so that were they all to reach the national semifinal the first seed would play the fourth seed and the second seed would play the third seed.

Because the fifth- and sixth-ranked teams were both western schools, all four western teams were advanced to the quarterfinal round with the first western seed playing the fourth western seed and the second western seed playing the third western seed. With the remaining quarterfinal brackets made up entirely of eastern teams, they were matched according to their seedings. The first eastern team was advanced to the quarterfinal round, the second eastern seed played the seventh eastern seed, the third eastern seed played the sixth eastern seed and fourth eastern seed played the fifth eastern seed. The winner between the fourth- and fifth-seeded teams advanced to play the top eastern seed while the winner of the other two first round games met in the remaining quarterfinal match.

In the first round and quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host.

Tournament Bracket

First Round
March 12–13 		Quarterfinals
March 15–16 		Semifinals
March 21 		National Championship
March 22
            
W1 St. Norbert (1) 7
W4 Adrian 2
W1 St. Norbert (1) 6
E2 Geneseo State (4) 2
E2 Geneseo State (4) 3
E7 Nichols 2
E2 Geneseo State (4) 3
E3 Norwich 2
E3 Norwich 8
E6 Salem State 2
W1 St. Norbert (1) 3
W3 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1
W2 St. Thomas (3) 0
W3 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 3
W3 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 2
E4 Oswego State 1
E4 Oswego State 4
E5 Bowdoin 3
E1 Babson (2) 0
E4 Oswego State 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All-Tournament Team

  • G: David Jacobson (St. Norbert)
  • D: Marian Fiala (St. Norbert)
  • D: Kyle Brodie (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
  • F: Joe Perry* (St. Norbert)
  • F: Joe Kalisz (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
  • F: Shawn Hulshof (Oswego State)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
NCHA 2 3–1 .750 1 1 1
SUNYAC 2 4–2 .667 2 - -
ECAC East 2 1–2 .333 - - -
WIAC 1 2–1 .667 1 1 -
NESCAC 1 0–1 .000 - - -
MIAC 1 0–1 .000 - - -
ECAC Northeast 1 0–1 .000 - - -
MASCAC 1 0–1 .000 - - -

References

  • "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2019.