2014 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

2014 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
2014 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 13–22, 2014
Teams	8
Finals site	Van Andel Arena; Grand Rapids, Michigan
Champions	Minnesota State (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike Hastings (1st title)
MVP	Cole Huggins (Minnesota State)
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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

2013–14 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Ferris State^†	28	20	6	2	42	92	62	43	29	11	3	138	94
#11 Minnesota State*	28	20	7	1	41	95	58	41	26	14	1	130	95
Alaska	28	14	12	2	30	97	77	37	18	15	4	126	103
Bowling Green	28	13	11	4	30	89	73	39	18	15	6	119	104
Michigan Tech	28	12	11	5	29	78	78	40	14	19	7	99	108
Alaska–Anchorage	28	12	12	4	28	74	77	38	18	16	4	105	107
Northern Michigan	28	13	14	1	27	77	75	38	15	21	2	102	108
Bemidji State	28	10	14	4	24	72	76	38	10	21	7	92	118
Lake Superior State	28	12	16	0	24	70	84	36	16	19	1	94	114
Alabama–Huntsville	28	2	25	1	5	30	114	38	2	35	1	41	166
Championship: Minnesota State † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First round March 13–15					Semifinals March 21			Championship March 22

1	Ferris State	8	3**	—

8	Bemidji State	0	2	—
					1	Ferris State	5*

					6	Alaska–Anchorage	4
2	Minnesota State	3	5*	—

7	Northern Michigan	2	4	—
								1	Ferris State	1
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
								2	Minnesota State	4
3	Alaska	3*	1	4

6	Alaska–Anchorage	2	2	5
					2	Minnesota State	4

					4	Bowling Green	0
4	Bowling Green	2	5	—

5	Michigan Tech	1	2	—

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

First round

All times are local.

(1) Ferris State vs. (8) Bemidji State

March 14	Ferris State		8–0	Bemidji State	Ewigleben Arena	Recap
Justin Buzzeo (12) - (Thompson, Czarnowczan) - 10:47 Kyle Schempp (9) - (DeMartino) - 12:33		First period		No scoring
Travis White (3) - (Babinski, Robertson) - 10:59 Justin Buzzeo (13) - (Thompson, Kane) - 16:15		Second period		No scoring
Kyle Schempp (10) - (White, Czarnowczan) - 5:23 Cory Kane (13) - (Huff, Mayhew) - 5:58 Kenny Babinski (9) - (Robertson, McDonald) - 12:47 Andy Huff (10) - (Kane, White) - 13:49		Third period		No scoring
C. J. Motte ( 26 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Andrew Walsh ( 15 saves / 23 shots ) / Jesse Wilkins ( 0 saves / 0 shots )

March 15	Ferris State		3–2	2OT	Bemidji State	Ewigleben Arena	Recap
Brandon Anselmini (5) - (Binkley, Buzzeo) - 3:50		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Phil Brewer (2) - (Ward) - 1:17 Nate Arentz (3) - (Illo, Harms) - 6:17
Matt Robertson (12) - en - (Lowney, McDonald) - 19:15		Third period			No scoring
Scott Czarnowczan (6) - sh - (White, Thompson) - 5:15		Second overtime period			No scoring
C. J. Motte ( 34 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Jesse Wilkins ( 38 saves / 41 shots )

Ferris State wins series 2–0

(2) Minnesota State vs. (7) Northern Michigan

March 14	Minnesota State		3–2	Northern Michigan	Verizon Wireless Center	Recap
Matt Leitner (10) - (Nelson, Gervais) - 3:44		First period		No scoring
Bryce Gervais (13) - pp - (Bļugers, Stepan) - 4:24 Sean Flanagan (6) - pp - (Stepan, Bļugers) - 8:23		Second period		Shane Sooth (4) - (Shine, Maschmeyer) - 15:01
No scoring		Third period		Brock Maschmeyer (5) - pp - (Vigier) - 3:32
Cole Huggins ( 16 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats		Mathias Dahlstrom ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

March 15	Minnesota State		5–4	OT	Northern Michigan	Verizon Wireless Center	Recap
Matt Leitner (11) - (Gervais, Huggins) - 19:59		First period			Jake Johnson (3) - (Kesti) - 7:18
Johnny McInnis (20) - pp - (Bļugers, Stepan) - 14:00		Second period			Ryan Kesti (4) - (Shine) - 3:21
Bryce Gervais (14) - (Leitner, Grant) - 7:22 Bryce Gervais (15) - pp - (Palmquist, Stepan) - 15:37		Third period			Stephan Vigier (16) - pp - (Maschmeyer, Sooth) - 4:44 Brock Maschmeyer (6) - pp - (Jones, Vigier) - 12:11
Zach Stepan (8) - (Palmquist, McInnis) - 16:32		First overtime period			No scoring
Cole Huggins ( 28 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Mathias Dahlstrom ( 53 saves / 58 shots )

Minnesota State wins series 2–0

(3) Alaska vs. (6) Alaska–Anchorage

March 13	Alaska		3–2	OT	Alaska–Anchorage	Carlson Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Justin Woods (1) (Youngmun, Hochhausen) - 11:59		Second period			Tanner Dusyk (2) - (unassisted) - 2:44
Marcus Basara (12) - PP - (Atkinson) - 13:54		Third period			Blake Tatchell (8) - (unassisted) - 6:24
Colton Beck (14) - (Basara, Woods) - 3:40		First overtime period			No scoring
Sean Cahill ( 20 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Rob Gunderson ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

March 14	Alaska		1–2	Alaska–Anchorage	Carlson Center	Recap
Colton Parayko (5) - (Beck, Quinn) - 19:31		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Matt Bailey (19) - (Allen) - 2:59 Brad Duwe (6) - (Tatchell, Kwas) - 4:27
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Sean Cahill ( 22 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Rob Gunderson ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

March 15	Alaska		4–5	Alaska–Anchorage	Carlson Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Colton Parayko (6) - PP - (Kunyk, Beck) - 16:04		Second period		Jordan Kwas (13) - (Cameron, Tatchell) - 1:09 Matt Bailey (20) - (Allen) - 5:00 Scott Allen (17) - (Matt Bailey) - 19:46
Alec Hajdukovich (3) - (Morley, Quinn) - 5:04 Colton Parayko (7) - (Woods, Perry) - 10:19 Alec Hajdukovich (4) - (Quinn, Perry) - 14:47		Third period		Austin Coldwell (5) - (Cameron, Tatchell) - 13:23 Brad Duwe (7) - (Tatchell, Kwas) - 17:15
Sean Cahill ( 17 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Rob Gunderson ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Alaska–Anchorage wins series 2–1

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

March 14	Bowling Green		2–1	Michigan Tech	BGSU Ice Arena	Recap
Bryce Williamson (12) - pp - (Freibergs, DeSalvo) - 5:55 Ryan Carpenter (7) - (Pohlkamp, Mercier) - 11:52		First period		David Johnstone (11) - pp - (Hanna, Petan) - 10:12
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Tommy Burke ( 24 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Pheonix Copley ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

March 15	Bowling Green		5–2	Michigan Tech	BGSU Ice Arena	Recap
Matt Pohlkamp (9) - (Carpenter, Sullivan) - 14:35 Adam Berkle (9) - pp - (Carpenter, DeSalvo) - 19:01		First period		No scoring
Marcus Perrier (2) - (DeSalvo, Mercier) - 13:30		Second period		No scoring
Ryan Carpenter (8) - (Williamson, Murphy) - 2:11 Adam Berkle (10) - en - (Carpenter, DeSalvo) - 18:26		Third period		Reid Sturos (8) - pp - (Petan, Pietila) - 0:29 Malcolm Gould (6) - (Johnstone) - 8:42
Tommy Burke ( 28 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Pheonix Copley ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

Bowling Green wins series 2–0

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−4).

(2) Minnesota State vs. (4) Bowling Green

March 21	Minnesota State		4–0	Bowling Green	Van Andel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Chase Grant (9) - (Leitner, Gervais) - 3:52 Bryce Gervais (16) - sh - (unassisted) - 12:47		Second period		No scoring
Johnny McInnis (21) - (Bļugers)) - 10:47 Matt Leitner (12) - en - (Gervais) - 18:28		Third period		No scoring
Cole Huggins ( 36 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats		Tommy Burke ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

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

March 21	Ferris State		5–4	OT	Alaska–Anchorage	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Gerald Mayhew (5) - pp - (Kane) - 4:41 Justin Buzzeo (14) - (Thompson, Anselmini) - 6:31		First period			Brett Cameron (10) - (Coldwell, Leask) - 8:54
Garrett Thompson (16) - (Buzzeo, Czarnowczan) - 12:50 Andy Huff (11) - (Binkley, Lowney) - 15:29		Second period			Austin Coldwell (6) - (Kwas, Tatchell) - 7:16 Zack Rassell (3) - (Hubbs, Pettitt) - 8:56 Hudson Friesen (3) - (Dusyk, Trupp) - 11:22
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Gerald Mayhew (6) - (Kane) - 2:38		First overtime period			No scoring
C.J. Motte ( 34 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats			Rob Gunderson ( 8 saves / 12 shots ) Chris Kamal ( 10 saves / 11 shots )

Championship

All times are local (UTC−4).

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

March 22	Ferris State		1–4	Minnesota State	Van Andel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Michael Huntebrinker (2) - (Lehrke, Lafontaine) - 9:13 Brett Stern (1) - (Bļugers, Nelson) - 13:50
Gerald Mayhew (7) - (Huff, Kane) - 19:14		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Brett Knowles (1) - (Bļugers) - 8:38 Teodors Bļugers (4) - en - (Leitner) - 19:56
C.J. Motte ( 28 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Cole Huggins ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Teodors Bļugers (Minnesota State)
F Bryce Gervais (Minnesota State)
F Gerald Mayhew (Ferris State)
D Austin Coldwell (Alaska-Anchorage)
D Brett Stern (Minnesota State)
G Cole Huggins* (Minnesota State)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

^ "WCHA First Round Playoffs Get Underway Thursday; Best-of-Three Series Set for March 13–16". WCHA. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^ "Minnesota State returns to the NCAA tournament after beating Ferris State for WCHA title". WCHA. March 22, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.

External links

[1] "WCHA First Round Playoffs Get Underway Thursday; Best-of-Three Series Set for March 13–16". WCHA. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.

[2] "Minnesota State returns to the NCAA tournament after beating Ferris State for WCHA title". WCHA. March 22, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.

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