The 2013–14 Union Dutchmen ice hockey team represented Union College in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Dutchmen were coached by Rick Bennett, who was in his third season as head coach. His assistant coaches were Joe Dumais, Jason Tapp, and John Ronan. The team captain was Mat Bodie and the assistant captains were Daniel Carr and Shayne Gostisbehere. The Dutchmen played their home games at Frank L. Messa Rink at Achilles Center and were members of the ECAC Hockey conference.
Season Union finished the regular season with a record of 32 wins, 6 losses, and 1 tie, winning the ECAC regular season title. Seeded first in the 2014 ECAC Tournament, the Dutchmen received a bye into the quarterfinals, where they defeated Dartmouth in a two-game series. In the final rounds in Lake Placid, Union defeated Cornell in the semifinals and Colgate in the final to win the ECAC championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
In the NCAA Tournament, the Dutchmen were the third overall seed and top seed in the East Regional. Union easily beat Vermont in the first round, 5–2, and defeated Providence the next day, 3–1, to advance to the Frozen Four. In the national semifinal in Philadelphia, the Dutchmen fell behind early to Boston College, before taking the lead in the second period and holding off a late push by the Eagles to win, 5–4. Union faced Minnesota in the national title game. After falling behind 2–1 early in the first period, the Dutchmen scored three goals within 1:54 late in the first period to take the lead. Union won the game, 7–4, to clinch the school's first national championship. Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player; goalie Colin Stevens, defenseman Mat Bodie, and forward Daniel Ciampini were also named to the All-Tournament Team.
Roster
Standings
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Regular Season
!colspan=12 style=""| ECAC Tournament
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2014 national championship Minnesota vs. Union
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MINJustin Kloos (16)Condon and Cammarata 02:37 1–0 MINUNIShayne Gostisbehere (9)Taylor and Lichtenwald 09:26 1–1 MINSam Warning (14)Rau and Parenteau 10:03 2–1 MINUNIMike Vecchione (14)Carr and Ciampini 15:09 2–2UNIEli Lichtenwald (9)Gostisbehere 16:06 3–2 UNIUNIDaniel Ciampini (23)Novak and Hatch 17:03 4–2 UNI 2nd MINTaylor Cammarata (10)Kloos and Parenteau 21:13 4–3 UNI 3rdUNIMax Novak (15) – GWSullivan and Gingras 45:31 5–3 UNI MINHudson Fasching (14) – PPBoyd and M. Reilly 56:20 5–4 UNIUNIKevin Sullivan (9)Bodie and Gostisbehere 58:38 6–4 UNIUNIMat Bodie (8) – ENunassisted 59:15 7–4 UNI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MINBrady SkjeiRoughing 00:19 2:00 MINSam WarningHooking 03:11 2:00UNIShayne GostisbehereHolding 06:42 2:00UNIKevin SullivanHitting after the Whistle 18:44 2:00 MINTom SerratoreHitting after the Whistle 18:44 2:00 2ndUNIDaniel CiampiniTripping 22:25 2:00 MINBrady SkjeiRoughing 29:33 2:00 MINJake ParenteauSlashing 35:39 2:00UNISam CoattaHolding the Stick 38:06 2:00 3rd MINNate CondonTripping 41:36 2:00 MINTom SerratoreHolding 49:00 2:00 MINBench (Served by Justin Kloos)Too Many Players 51:57 2:00UNICharlie VasaturoRoughing 55:25 2:00
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 TUnion 20 14 15 49 Minnesota 15 18 7 40
Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on iceUNI Colin Stevens 36 4 59:57 MIN Adam Wilcox 41 6 58:54 MIN Michael Shibrowski 1 0 00:45
Statistics
Skaters F Sr 39 22 28 50 28 7 0 2 F Jr 41 23 18 41 26 4 2 5 D Sr 40 8 31 39 57 1 0 0 F Sr 39 9 29 38 6 2 0 1 F Fr 38 14 20 34 32 1 0 1 D Jr 42 9 25 34 26 4 1 0 F Jr 32 15 16 31 12 4 0 8 F Fr 39 10 13 23 6 6 0 4 F Sr 42 13 9 22 39 0 1 3 F Fr 31 9 12 21 25 4 0 1 F So 40 6 14 20 46 1 0 3 D Fr 41 3 13 16 18 0 0 0 F Jr 40 5 6 11 20 0 0 1 D So 38 2 9 11 12 1 0 0 F So 35 6 1 7 12 1 0 2 F Jr 22 2 4 6 6 0 0 0 F So 20 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 D Jr 42 0 5 5 55 0 0 0 F Sr 32 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 F So 7 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 D Fr 18 0 2 2 19 0 0 0 F Fr 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 D Fr 30 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 G Jr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Fr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G Fr 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G Jr 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 42 160 265 425 459 36 4 32
Goaltenders Jr 36 2080 28 4 2 71 2.05 928 0.929 6 Fr 8 426 4 2 2 17 2.40 158 0.903 1 Jr 1 26 0 0 0 0 0.00 6 1.000 0
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.com16-16NRNRNRNR1715111065463443333 3 2 1 1 USA Today121515NRNRNRNR15NR1497-5634633333 2 2 1 Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 1, USA Today did not release a poll in week 12.
Players drafted into the NHL 2014 NHL entry draft = NHL All-Star team= NHL All-StarPlayers are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career. = NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star team= Did not play in the NHL 7 203 Jeff Taylor Pittsburgh Penguins
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