2014 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2014
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 13–22, 2014
Teams:8
Finalarena:Van Andel Arena
Finalcity:Grand Rapids, Michigan
Champions:Minnesota State
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Mike Hastings
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Cole Huggins
Mvpteam:Minnesota State
Prevseason Year:2013
Prevseason Link:2013 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2015
Nextseason Link:2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2014 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 22, 2014, at four conference arenas and the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight or ten conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advance to the Van Andel Arena for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[1]

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first roundNote: * denotes overtime periods

Results

First round

All times are local.

(4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Michigan Tech

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−4).

(1) Ferris State vs. (6) Alaska–Anchorage

Championship

All times are local (UTC−4).

(1) Ferris State vs. (2) Minnesota State

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)]]

[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WCHA First Round Playoffs Get Underway Thursday; Best-of-Three Series Set for March 13–16. WCHA. 11 March 2014. 10 March 2014.
  2. News: Minnesota State returns to the NCAA tournament after beating Ferris State for WCHA title. WCHA. 2014-03-22. 2014-06-26.