2014 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2014
Gender:women's
Ncaadiv:Division I
Division:National Collegiate
Teams:8
Frozenfourarena:TD Bank Sports Center
Frozenfourcity:Hamden, Connecticut
Champions:Clarkson Golden Knights
Titlecount:1st
Champgamecount:1st
Champffcount:1st
Runnerup:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Gamecount:6th
Runnerffcount:10th
Semifinal1:Wisconsin Badgers
Frozenfourcount:7th
Semifinal2:Mercyhurst Lakers
Frozenfourcount2:4th
Coach:Shannon Desrosiers and Matt Desrosiers
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Jamie Lee Rattray
Mopteam:Clarkson
Attendance:6,744

The 2014 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 15, 2014. The Frozen Four was played on March 21 and 23, 2014 at TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Connecticut, with Quinnipiac University as the host.[1]

Clarkson University defeated the University of Minnesota 5–4 in the national championship game, in the process becoming the fourth school to have won a National Collegiate championship. This championship was the first by a team not from the WCHA as well as the first by a team from the Eastern United States. It also proved to be the final game for Clarkson's co-head coach Shannon Desrosiers, who had finished her sixth season sharing head coaching duties with her husband Matt. About a month after the championship game, Shannon stepped down, leaving Matt in sole charge. Shannon cited a wish to spend more time raising the couple's young daughter and soon-to-be-born second child.[2]

Qualifying teams

The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.[3]

SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1MinnesotaWCHA36–1–1Tournament champion12th2013
2CornellECAC24–5–4Tournament champion5th2013
3ClarksonECAC28–5–5At-large bid3rd2013
4WisconsinWCHA27–7–2At-large bid8th2012
HarvardECAC23–6–4At-large bid10th2013
Boston CollegeHockey East27–6–3At-large bid5th2013
MercyhurstCHA23–8–4At-large bid10th2013
Boston UniversityHockey East24–12–1Tournament champion5th2013

Bracket


Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

Results

National Quarterfinals

(3) Clarkson vs. Boston College

National Semifinals

Mercyhurst vs (3) Clarkson

National Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Clarkson

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Ice Hockey Bracket. . NCAA.com. NCAA. March 11, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155631/http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/icehockey-women/nc/2013. April 13, 2014. dead.
  2. Shannon Desrosiers to Step Down as Clarkson Women's Hockey Co-Head Coach. April 21, 2014 . ClarksonAthletics.com. Clarkson Athletics. April 23, 2014.
  3. Web site: Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament. . March 10, 2014. NCAA.com. NCAA. March 11, 2014.
  4. Web site: NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book . NCAA.org . March 19, 2023 . March 19, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230320053602/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_frozen4/2023.pdf . March 20, 2023 . live.