2014 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

NCAA women's ice hockey postseason tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament

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.^[1] 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

Minnesota

Cornell

Clarkson

Wisconsin

Harvard

Boston College

Mercyhurst

Boston University

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2014 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

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]

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Minnesota	WCHA	36–1–1	Tournament champion	12th	2013
2	Cornell	ECAC	24–5–4	Tournament champion	5th	2013
3	Clarkson	ECAC	28–5–5	At-large bid	3rd	2013
4	Wisconsin	WCHA	27–7–2	At-large bid	8th	2012
	Harvard	ECAC	23–6–4	At-large bid	10th	2013
	Boston College	Hockey East	27–6–3	At-large bid	5th	2013
	Mercyhurst	CHA	23–8–4	At-large bid	10th	2013
	Boston University	Hockey East	24–12–1	Tournament champion	5th	2013

Bracket

^[1]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals March 15			National Semifinals March 21			National Championship March 23

1	Minnesota	5

	Boston University	1
			1	Minnesota	5

			4	Wisconsin	3
4	Wisconsin	2

	Harvard	1
						1	Minnesota	4

						3	Clarkson	5
2	Cornell	2

	Mercyhurst	3
				Mercyhurst	1

			3	Clarkson	5
3	Clarkson	3

	Boston College	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Minnesota vs. Boston University

March 15
4:07

Boston University

1–5
(1–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 2,606

Game reference

Kerrin Sperry

Goalies

Amanda Leveille

Referees:
David Lick
David Spivey
Linesmen:
Joe Oberg
Mike Diebole

	0–1	12:56 – Terry (McMillen)
Lefort (Braga) – 13:17	1–1
	1–2	28:01 – pp – Ramsey (McMillen, Terry)
	1–3	42:46 – Terry (Ramsey)
	1–4	47:56 – Terry (Ramsey)
	1–5	52:51 – Menefee (Brandt)

10 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

(4) Wisconsin vs. Harvard

March 15
7:07

Harvard

1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,273

Game reference

Emerance Maschmeyer

Goalies

Alex Rigsby

Referees:
Leah Wrazidlo
Krissy Langley
Linesmen:
Casey Enge
Dan Fitzsimons

	0–1	16:56 – Turnbull (Ammerman, Channell)
	0–2	36:24 Josephs (Jaminski, Turnbull)
Crugnale (D'Oench) – 56:37	1–2

8 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

(2) Cornell vs. Mercyhurst

March 15
3:00

Mercyhurst

3–2
(0–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Cornell

Lynah Rink
Attendance: 1,646

Game reference

Amanda Makela

Goalies

Lauren Slebodnick

Referees:
Tim Quinn
Chris Leavitt
Linesmen:
Tim Daley
Bob Sloper

	0–1	7:39 – pp – Fulton (Saulnier, Gagliardi)
Byrne (Bestland, Chippy) – pp – 30:59	1–1
Bestland (Janiga) – 34:42	2–1
Bestland (Dingeldein, Cicero) – pp – 48:08	3–1
	3–2	55:31 – Fulton (Poudrier, Slebodnick)

8 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

(3) Clarkson vs. Boston College

March 15
4:00

Boston College

1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Clarkson

Cheel Arena
Attendance: 640

Game reference

Corinne Boyles

Goalies

Erica Howe

Referee:
Dina Allen
Linesmen:
Bryan Hicks
Peter Terreri

	0–1	16:02 – Gagnon (Rattray, Fast)
	0–2	31:44 – Styner (Plante, Rattray)
	0–3	40:23 – Gagnon (Styner, Rattray)
Trivigno (Capizzano, Field) – pp – 56:15	1–3

10 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

National Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Wisconsin

March 21
5:04

Wisconsin

3–5
(1–0, 2–2, 0–3)

Minnesota

TD Bank Sports Center
Attendance: 3,171

Game reference

Alex Rigsby

Goalies

Amanda Leveille

Referees:
Leah Wrazidlo
Krissy Langley
Linesmen:
Mike Diebold
Joe Oberg

Ammerman – 18:38	1–0
	1–1	20:33 – Terry (Cameranesi, Brausen)
	1–2	22:12 – pp – Menefee (Terry)
Josephs (Zgraja) – 36:20	2–2
Sylvester (Packer) – 39:29	3–2
	3–3	45:37 – pp – Brandt (McMillen, Cameranesi)
	3–4	48:06 – Bona (Davis)
	3–5	57:32 – Gillanders (Brandt)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

Mercyhurst vs (3) Clarkson

March 21
8:04

Mercyhurst

1–5
(1–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Clarkson

TD Bank Sports Center
Attendance: 3,171

Game reference

Amanda Makela

Goalies

Erica Howe

Referee:
Tom Quinn
Linesmen:
Chris Leavitt
Bob Sloper

Arbour (Bram) – 8:02	1–0
	1–1	25:00 – Fast (Gagnon)
	1–2	29:16 – Gagnon (Rattray)
	1–3	36:24 – Lambert (Fast, Nisbet)
	1–4	46:39 – Styner (Rattray)
	1–5	59:46 – MacAulay (Nisbet, O. Howe)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

National Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Clarkson

March 23
3:00

Clarkson

5–4
(2–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Minnesota

TD Bank Sports Center
Attendance: 3,573

Game reference

Erica Howe

Goalies

Amanda Leveille

Referee:
Tom Quinn
Linesmen:
Chris Leavitt
Bob Sloper

	0–1	9:40 – Davis (Bona)
Lambert (MacAulay) – 18:37	1–1
Nisbet (Shields, Mercer) – 19:40	2–1
Rattray (MacAulay, Styner) – pp – 20:38	3–1
	3–2	26:09 – pp – Menefee (Cameranesi, Terry)
	3–3	27:57 – Bona (Wolfe, Schippper)
Plante (Gagnon, Rattray) – 51:32	4–3
MacAulay – 55:44	5–3
	5–4	56:19 – Gillanders (Terry)

10 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Erica Howe, Clarkson
D: Baylee Gillanders, Minnesota
D: Renata Fast, Clarkson
F: Rachel Bona, Minnesota
F: Maryanne Menefee, Minnesota
F: Jamie Lee Rattray*, Clarkson

* Most Outstanding Player^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^ "Shannon Desrosiers to Step Down as Clarkson Women's Hockey Co-Head Coach". ClarksonAthletics.com (Press release). Clarkson Athletics. April 21, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
^ "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
^ "NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. March 19, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

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