2014 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2014
Gender:men's
Division:Division III
Teams:11
Frozenfourarena:Androscoggin Bank Colisée
Frozenfourcity:Lewiston, Maine
Champions:St. Norbert Green Knights
Titlecount:4th
Champgamecount:7th
Champffcount:9th
Runnerup:Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers
Gamecount:7th
Runnerffcount:7th
Semifinal1:Geneseo State Knights
Frozenfourcount:1st
Semifinal2:Oswego State Lakers
Frozenfourcount2:8th
Coach:Tim Coghlin
Coachcount:4th
Mop:Joe Perry
Mopteam:St. Norbert
Attendance:10,575

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).

EastWest
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid Seed School Conference Record Berth Type Appearance Last Bid
1Babson (2)ECAC East22–4–2Tournament Champion14th20131St. Norbert (1)NCHA25–3–1Tournament Champion15th2013
2Geneseo State (4)SUNYAC21–6–0At–Large4th20062St. Thomas (3)MIAC21–4–2Tournament Champion16th2012
3NorwichECAC East19–6–3At–Large15th20133Wisconsin–Stevens PointWIAC22–5–2At–Large10th1998
4Oswego StateSUNYAC20–6–2Tournament Champion13th20134AdrianNCHA22–2–4At–Large4th2013
5BowdoinNESCAC17–8–2Tournament Champion6th2013
6Salem StateMASCAC16–9–2Tournament Champion7th1995
7NicholsECAC Northeast18–6–3Tournament Champion2nd2009

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions
NCHA23–1111
SUNYAC24–22--
ECAC East21–2---
WIAC12–111-
NESCAC10–1---
MIAC10–1---
ECAC Northeast10–1---
MASCAC10–1---

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