2014 NCAA National Collegiate women's 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]

2014 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament

2014 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	8
Finals site	TD Bank Sports Center Hamden, Connecticut
Champions	Clarkson Golden Knights (1st title)
Runner-up	Minnesota Golden Gophers (6th title game)
Semifinalists	Wisconsin Badgers (7th Frozen Four) Mercyhurst Lakers (4th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Shannon Desrosiers and Matt Desrosiers (1st title)
MOP	Jamie Lee Rattray (Clarkson)
Attendance	6,744
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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

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
	29	Shots	46

(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
	24	Shots	44

(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
	37	Shots	31

(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
	24	Shots	32

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
	37	Shots	28

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
	19	Shots	35

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
	28	Shots	38

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]

See also

• 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

References

1. "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
2. "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.
3. "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
4. "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.