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2014 NCHC Tournament

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The 2014 NCHC Tournament was the first 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.

Format

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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.

Regular season standings

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

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 St. Cloud State 24 15 6 3 0 48 87 64 38 22 11 5 136 107
#13 North Dakota 24 15 9 0 0 45 76 63 42 25 14 3 127 102
Omaha 24 13 9 2 1 42 82 69 37 17 18 2 117 120
Minnesota–Duluth 24 11 11 2 2 37 69 70 36 16 16 4 104 104
Western Michigan 24 11 11 2 2 37 66 69 40 19 16 5 103 106
#17 Denver* 24 10 11 3 2 35 60 58 42 20 16 6 112 98
Colorado College 24 6 13 5 1 24 52 72 37 7 24 6 74 121
Miami 24 6 17 1 1 20 56 80 38 15 20 3 111 115
Championship: Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals[5]
March 13–16
Semifinals[6]
March 21
Championship
March 22
           
1 St. Cloud State 4 3
8 Miami 5* 4
2 North Dakota 0
8 Miami 3
2 North Dakota 4 2 4
7 Colorado College 2 3* 3
6 Denver 4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
8 Miami 3
3 Omaha 4 1 0
6 Denver 2 5 2
5 Western Michigan 3 Third Place
6 Denver 4
4 Minnesota-Duluth 2 3 2 North Dakota 5
5 Western Michigan 3 4 5 Western Michigan 0

* denotes overtime periods

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Results

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Quarterfinals

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(1) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Miami

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March 14[8] St. Cloud State 4 – 5 OT Miami Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Recap  
(Murray, Tedesco) Tim Daly - 08:29 First period 02:40 - Kevin Morris (Wideman, Doherty)
No scoring Second period 04:07 - SH - Chris Joyaux (Kuraly, Barber)
(Daly, Morley) Kevin Gravel - 00:31
(Murray, Prow) Nic Dowd - 10:39
(Dowd, Kossila) Kevin Gravel - EA PP - 19:59
Third period 06:49 - PP - Cody Murphy (Czarnik, Greenberg)
11:06 - Sean Kuraly (Louis Barber)
No scoring First overtime period 10:10 - GW - Riley Barber (Kuraly, Kossila)
( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Ryan Faragher / ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) Charlie Lindgren Goalie stats Ryan McKay ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
March 15[9] St. Cloud State 3 – 4 Miami Herb Brooks National Hockey Center  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(unassisted) Kevin Gravel - 10:30
(Morley, Prow) Jimmy Murray - 17:22
Second period No scoring
(Gravel, Kossila) Nic Dowd - PP - 09:20 Third period 03:59 - Sean Kuraly (Barber, Joyaux)
07:42 - Austin Czarnik (Coleman, Murphy)
12:08 - PP - Anthony Louis (Barber, Kuraly)
19:57 - GW - Justin Greenberg (Louis, Joyaux)
( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Ryan Faragher Goalie stats Ryan McKay ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
Miami won series 2–0


(2) North Dakota vs. (7) Colorado College

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March 14[10] North Dakota 4 – 2 Colorado College Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(MacMillan, LaDue) Drake Caggiula - 12:11 First period 01:15 - Sam Rothstein (Stoykewych, Olofsson)
07:05 - Aaron Harstad (Slavin, Rothstein)
(MacMillan, Caggiula) Michael Parks - PP - 07:14
(unassisted) Bryn Chyzyk - GW - 18:07
Second period No scoring
(Schmaltz, Rodwell) Brendan O'Donnell - 08:08 Third period No scoring
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie stats Josh Thorimbert ( 18 saves / 22 shots )
March 15[11] North Dakota 2 – 3 OT Colorado College Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 16:43 - Peter Stoykewych (unassisted)
(Mattson) Drake Caggiula - 03:45 Second period 01:17 - Scott Wamsganz (Stoykewych)
(Caggiula, MacMillan) Jordan Schmaltz - 16:04 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 07:00 - GW - Alex Roos (Rothstein, Wamsganz)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie stats Josh Thorimbert ( 44 saves / 46 shots )
March 16[12] North Dakota 4 – 3 Colorado College Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Pattyn, Rodwell) Nick Mattson - 03:41
(Thompson, Grimaldi) Troy Stecher - 10:06
(Gaarder, Rodwell) Stephane Pattyn - 12:22
First period 06:41 - Alexander Krushelnyski (Bradley, Slavin)
No scoring Second period 17:17 - Michael Morin (Collett)
(Grimaldi) Brendan O'Donnell - GW - 02:29 Third period 18:31 - EA - Alex Roos (Slavin, Skalbeck)
( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie stats Josh Thorimbert ( 27 saves / 30 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–1


(3) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (6) Denver

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March 13[13] Nebraska-Omaha 4 – 3 Denver CenturyLink Center  
(Montpetit, Parizek) Ryan Walters - 18:14
(Brady, Guentzel) Dominic Zombo - PP - 19:22
First period 07:27 - David Makowski (Butcher, Marcinew)
(Walters, Cooper) Brock Montpetit - PP - 18:19 Second period 02:34 - Ty Loney (Doremus)
(Walters, Megna) Brock Montpetit - GW PP - 10:57 Third period 02:41 - Joey LaLeggia (Moore, Zajac)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Ryan Massa Goalie stats Sam Brittain ( 26 saves / 30 shots )
March 14[14] Nebraska-Omaha 1 – 5 Denver CenturyLink Center  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 13:38 - Evan Janssen (Loney, Marcinew)
18:43 - GW - Trevor Moore (Loney, Doremus)
(Guentzel, Zombo) Brian Cooper - 01:10 Third period 06:15 - Matt Tabrum (Arnold)
07:04 - Matt Marcinew (Makowski, Loney)
13:25 - PP - Will Butcher (unassisted)
( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Ryan Massa / ( 4 saves / 5 shots ) Kirk Thompson Goalie stats Sam Brittain ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) / Evan Cowley ( 2 saves / 2 shots )
March 15[15] Nebraska-Omaha 0 – 2 Denver CenturyLink Center  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 06:16 - GW - Ty Loney (Doremus, Didier)
18:09 - EN - Zac Larraza (Makowski)
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Ryan Massa Goalie stats Sam Brittain ( 34 saves / 34 shots )
Denver won series 2–1


(4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Western Michigan

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March 14[16] Minnesota-Duluth 2 – 3 Western Michigan AMSOIL Arena  
No Scoring First period 17:25 - PP - Sam Mellor (Oesterle, LaPorte)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Corrin, Molenaar) Cal Decowski - 18:30
(Crandall) Max Tardy - EA - 19:44
Third period 00:25 - Colton Hargrove (LaPorte, Kessel)
18:18 - GW EN - Will Kessel (Dries)
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Aaron Crandall Goalie stats Lukas Hafner ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 15[17] Minnesota-Duluth 3 – 4 Western Michigan AMSOIL Arena  
(Crandall) Tony Cameranesi - 01:21
(Molenaar, Toninato) Adam Krause - 14:47
First period 15:35 - PP - Shane Berschbach (Balisy, Brown)
(Herbert, Farley) Joe Bassaraba - 12:00 Second period 05:25 - Chase Balisy (Dries, Cichy)
No scoring Third period 06:22 - Justin Kovacs (Berschbach, Balisy)
07:49 - GW - Kenney Morrison (Brown, Balisy)
( 7 saves / 11 shots ) Aaron Crandall Goalie stats Frank Slubowski ( 34 saves / 37 shots )
Western Michigan won series 2–0


Semifinals

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(2) North Dakota vs. (8) Miami

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March 21[18] North Dakota 0 – 3 Miami Target Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 11:24 - GW PP - Blake Coleman (Caito)
No scoring Second period 19:33 - Austin Czarnik (Coleman)
No scoring Third period 06:13 - Anthony Louis (Barber)
( 25 saves / 28 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie stats Ryan McKay ( 32 saves / 32 shots )


(5) Western Michigan vs. (6) Denver

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March 21[19] Western Michigan 3 – 4 Denver Target Center Recap  
(Oesterle, Hargrove) Nolan LaPorte - 00:42 First period 08:34 - Daniel Doremus (Didier)
13:03 - Grant Arnold (Moore)
(Kovacs, Nitsche) Shane Berschbach - 06:11
(Dienes) Will Kessel - 18:06
Second period 19:56 - Joey LaLeggia (Didier, Doremus)
No scoring Third period 15:07 - GW - Ty Loney (unassisted)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Sam Brittain Goalie stats Frank Slubowski ( 19 saves / 23 shots )


Third place

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(2) North Dakota vs. (5) Western Michigan

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March 22[20] North Dakota 5 – 0 Western Michigan Target Center Recap  
(Thompson, O'Donnell) Connor Gaarder - GW - 01:42
(Pattyn, Stecher) Connor Gaarder - 10:27
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Simpson, Johnson) Jordan Schmaltz - 11:00
(Pattyn, Mattson) Rocco Grimaldi - 13:30
(Mattson, O'Donnell) Paul LaDue - PP - 14:53
Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Zane Gothberg Goalie stats Frank Slubowski ( 24 saves / 29 shots )


Championship

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(6) Denver vs. (8) Miami

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March 22[21] Denver 4 – 3 Miami Target Center Recap  
(Larraza, Butcher) Nolan Zajac - PP - 03:13
(Zajac, Loney) Daniel Doremus - 13:48
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 13:08 - PP - Anthony Louis (Kuraly, Wideman)
16:08 - Sean Kuraly (unassisted)
(unassisted) Zac Larraza - 01:06
(Marcinew) Emil Romig - GW - 06:47
Third period 18:27 - EA - Anthony Louis (Coleman, Czarnik)
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Sam Brittain Goalie stats Ryan McKay ( 24 saves / 28 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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  2. ^ "Jim Montgomery Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
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