2014 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
March 13–22, 2014 8 Van Andel ArenaGrand Rapids, Michigan Minnesota State (1st title) Mike Hastings (1st title) Cole Huggins (Minnesota State) WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2013 2015 →
The 2014 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 55th conference playoff in league history and 60th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2014 tournament was played between March 13 and March 22, 2014, at four conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota . By winning the tournament, Minnesota State received the Broadmoor Trophy and was awarded the Western Collegiate Hockey Association 's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
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.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Teams are reseeded after the first round
Note: * denotes overtime periods
All times are local.
Justin Buzzeo (12) - (Thompson, Czarnowczan) - 10:47Kyle Schempp (9) - (DeMartino) - 12:33 First period No scoring Travis White (3) - (Babinski, Robertson) - 10:59Justin Buzzeo (13) - (Thompson, Kane) - 16:15 Second period No scoring Kyle Schempp (10) - (White, Czarnowczan) - 5:23Cory Kane (13) - (Huff, Mayhew) - 5:58Kenny Babinski (9) - (Robertson, McDonald) - 12:47Andy 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 )
Brandon Anselmini (5) - (Binkley, Buzzeo) - 3:50 First period No scoring No scoring Second period Phil Brewer (2) - (Ward) - 1:17Nate 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 )
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Ferris State wins series 2–0
Matt Leitner (10) - (Nelson, Gervais) - 3:44 First period No scoring Bryce Gervais (13) - pp - (Bļugers, Stepan) - 4:24Sean 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 )
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) - 7:22Bryce Gervais (15) - pp - (Palmquist, Stepan) - 15:37 Third period Stephan Vigier (16) - pp - (Maschmeyer, Sooth) - 4:44Brock 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 )
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Minnesota State wins series 2–0
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 )
Colton Parayko (5) - (Beck, Quinn) - 19:31 First period No scoring No scoring Second period Matt Bailey (19) - (Allen) - 2:59Brad 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 )
No scoring First period No scoring Colton Parayko (6) - PP - (Kunyk, Beck) - 16:04 Second period Jordan Kwas (13) - (Cameron, Tatchell) - 1:09Matt Bailey (20) - (Allen) - 5:00Scott Allen (17) - (Matt Bailey) - 19:46 Alec Hajdukovich (3) - (Morley, Quinn) - 5:04Colton Parayko (7) - (Woods, Perry) - 10:19Alec Hajdukovich (4) - (Quinn, Perry) - 14:47 Third period Austin Coldwell (5) - (Cameron, Tatchell) - 13:23Brad Duwe (7) - (Tatchell, Kwas) - 17:15 Sean Cahill ( 17 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Rob Gunderson ( 24 saves / 28 shots )
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Alaska–Anchorage wins series 2–1
Bryce Williamson (12) - pp - (Freibergs, DeSalvo) - 5:55Ryan 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 )
Matt Pohlkamp (9) - (Carpenter, Sullivan) - 14:35Adam 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) - 2:11Adam Berkle (10) - en - (Carpenter, DeSalvo) - 18:26 Third period Reid Sturos (8) - pp - (Petan, Pietila) - 0:29Malcolm Gould (6) - (Johnstone) - 8:42 Tommy Burke ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Pheonix Copley ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
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Bowling Green wins series 2–0
All times are local (UTC−4 ).
No scoring First period No scoring Chase Grant (9) - (Leitner, Gervais) - 3:52Bryce Gervais (16) - sh - (unassisted) - 12:47 Second period No scoring Johnny McInnis (21) - (Bļugers)) - 10:47Matt Leitner (12) - en - (Gervais) - 18:28 Third period No scoring Cole Huggins ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Tommy Burke ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
Gerald Mayhew (5) - pp - (Kane) - 4:41Justin Buzzeo (14) - (Thompson, Anselmini) - 6:31 First period Brett Cameron (10) - (Coldwell, Leask) - 8:54 Garrett Thompson (16) - (Buzzeo, Czarnowczan) - 12:50Andy Huff (11) - (Binkley, Lowney) - 15:29 Second period Austin Coldwell (6) - (Kwas, Tatchell) - 7:16Zack Rassell (3) - (Hubbs, Pettitt) - 8:56Hudson 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 )
All times are local (UTC−4 ).
No scoring First period Michael Huntebrinker (2) - (Lehrke, Lafontaine) - 9:13Brett 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) - 8:38Teodors Bļugers (4) - en - (Leitner) - 19:56 C.J. Motte ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Cole Huggins ( 25 saves / 26 shots )
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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