2014 in ice sports
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- World Championship
- January 26–2 February XXXIVth Bandy World Championship for men in Irkutsk, Russia –
Russia wins.
- February 19–22 VIIth Bandy World Championship for women in Lappeenranta, Finland – Russia wins
- World Cup
- Final game, 2013 Bandy World Cup, October: Dynamo Moscow (Russia) defeats Dynamo Kazan (Russia), 3–0
- Final game, 2013 Bandy World Cup Women, October 13: Kareby IS (Sweden) defeats Rekord Irkutsk (Russia), 4–3
- National championships
- March 1 –
Minneapolis Bandolier becomes United States champion for men - March 15 –
AIK becomes Swedish champion for women - March 15 –
Oulun Luistinseura becomes Finnish champion for men - March 16 – Sandvikens AIK becomes Swedish champion for men
- March 17 – Sudet becomes Finnish champion for women
- March 30 – Yenisey becomes Russian champion for men
- March –
Nordre Sande IL/Drammen Bandy becomes Norwegian champion for women - March – Stabæk IF becomes Norwegian champion for men
- May 6 – The Gothenburg-based club GAIS decides to withdraw from next season's Swedish top-tier Elitserien in spite of being qualified.[1]
Bobsleigh and skeleton
- November 30, 2013 – January 26, 2014: 2013–14 Bobsleigh World Cup and 2013–14 Skeleton World Cup together
- Overall two-man bobsleigh winner: Steven Holcomb / Steven Langton[2]
- Overall four-man bobsleigh winner:
Maximilian Arndt / Marko Hübenbecker / Alexander Rödiger / Martin Putze[3] - Overall two-women bobsleigh winner:
Kaillie Humphries / Heather Moyse[4] - Overall combined two-man and four-man overall winner: Steven Holcomb (driver)[5]
- Overall men's skeleton winner:
Martins Dukurs[6] - Overall women's skeleton winner:
Lizzy Yarnold[7]
- Overall two-man bobsleigh winner:
- February 13 – 15: 2014 Winter Olympics (Skeleton)
- Men:
Aleksandr Tretyakov; 
Martins Dukurs; 
Matthew Antoine - Women: Lizzy Yarnold; Noelle Pikus-Pace; Elena Nikitina
- Men:
- February 16 – 23: 2014 Winter Olympics (Bobsleigh)
- Two-man: Alexandr Zubkov / Alexey Voyevoda;
Beat Hefti / Alex Baumann; Steven Holcomb / Steven Langton - Four-man: Russia;
Latvia; United States - Two-women: Kaillie Humphries / Heather Moyse; Elana Meyers / Lauryn Williams; Jamie Greubel / Aja Evans
- Two-man:
Curling
- 2013 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic (Calgary, Alberta, October 11–14)
- Winner:
Eve Muirhead (skip)
- Winner:
- 2013 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Women's Classic (Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 25–28)
- Winner:
Jennifer Jones (skip)
- Winner:
- 2013 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling (Abbotsford, British Columbia, October 29–November 3)
- Men's winner:
Glenn Howard (skip) - Women's winner: Rachel Homan (skip)
- Men's winner:
- 2013 Canadian Open of Curling (Medicine Hat, Alberta, November 13–17)
- Winner:
Kevin Koe (skip)
- Winner:
- 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, November 15–18)
- Winner: Jennifer Jones (skip)
- Winner:
- 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (Winnipeg, Manitoba, December 1–8)
- Men's winner: Brad Jacobs (skip)
- Women's winner: Jennifer Jones (skip)
- Men's winner:
- January 16 – 19: 2014 Continental Cup of Curling in Paradise
- Team North America (/) defeated Team World 36–24.
- Team North America (
- February 10 – 21: 2014 Winter Olympics (Men) and (Women)
- Men: Canada; Great Britain; Sweden
- Women: Canada; Sweden; Great Britain
- Men:
- February 26 – March 5: 2014 World Junior Curling Championships in Flims
- Men's winner: Yannick Schwaller (skip)
- Women's winner: Kelsey Rocque (skip)
- Men's winner:
- 2014 The National (Fort McMurray, Alberta, March 12–16)
- March 15 – 23: 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Saint John, New Brunswick
- Winner: Binia Feltscher (skip)
- Winner:
- March 29 – April 6: 2014 World Men's Curling Championship in
Beijing
- Winner: Thomas Ulsrud (skip)
- Winner:
- 2014 Players' Championship (Summerside, Prince Edward Island, April 15–20)
- April 23 – 30: 2014 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and 2014 World Senior Curling Championships together in Dumfries
- Mixed doubles winners: Michelle and Reto Gribi
- Men's seniors winner: Wayne Tallon (skip)
- Women's seniors winner: Christine Cannon (skip)
- Mixed doubles winners:
Figure skating
- October 18 – November 24, 2013: 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
- Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- December 5 – 8, 2013: 2013–14 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final at
Fukuoka - Senior
- Men: Yuzuru Hanyu
- Ladies: Mao Asada
- Pairs: Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
- Ice dance: Meryl Davis / Charlie White
- Men:
- Junior
- Men: Jin Boyang
- Ladies: Maria Sotskova
- Pairs: Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang
- Ice dance: Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov
- Men:
- January 13 – 19: 2014 European Figure Skating Championships at
Budapest
- Men:
Javier Fernández - Ladies: Yulia Lipnitskaya
- Pairs: Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
- Ice dance:
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
- Men:
- January 20 – 26: 2014 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at
Taipei
- Men: Takahito Mura
- Ladies: Kanako Murakami
- Pairs: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
- Ice dance: Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
- Men:
- February 6 – 22: 2014 Winter Olympics
- Men: Yuzuru Hanyu
- Ladies: Adelina Sotnikova
- Pairs: Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
- Ice Dance: Meryl Davis / Charlie White
- Team: Russia; Canada; United States
- Men:
- March 10 – 16: 2014 World Junior Figure Skating Championships at
Sofia
- Men: Nam Nguyen
- Ladies: Elena Radionova
- Pairs: Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang
- Ice dance: Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
- Men:
- March 24 – 30: 2014 World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama
- Men: Yuzuru Hanyu
- Ladies: Mao Asada
- Pairs: Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
- Ice Dance: Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
- Men:
Ice hockey
- September 4, 2013 – March 3, 2014: 2013–14 KHL season
- KHL Continental Cup winner: Dynamo Moscow
- Sergei Mozyakin, of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk team, was the top scorer for this season.
- March 7 – April 30: 2014 Gagarin Cup playoffs
- Champions: Metallurg Magnitogorsk (first KHL title)
- Champions:
- March 7 – April 6: 2014 Nadezhda Cup[8]
- Champions: Avangard Omsk
- Champions:
- March 7 – April 30: 2014 Gagarin Cup playoffs
- KHL Continental Cup winner:
- October 1, 2013 – April 13, 2014: 2013–14 NHL season
- Presidents' Trophy and Eastern Conference regular season winner:
Boston Bruins - Western Conference regular season winner:
Anaheim Ducks 
Sidney Crosby, of the 
Pittsburgh Penguins, was the top scorer for this season.
- April 16 – June 13: 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs
- The Los Angeles Kings defeated the
New York Rangers, 4–1 (in games won), to claim its second NHL title. - 2014 Conn Smythe Trophy winner: Justin Williams (Los Angeles Kings)
- The
- April 16 – June 13: 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs
- Presidents' Trophy and Eastern Conference regular season winner:
- December 26, 2013 – January 5, 2014: 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Malmö
- January 1: 2014 NHL Winter Classic (Toronto vs. Detroit) at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor
- The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the
Detroit Red Wings 3–2 in a shootout.
- January 11: 2014 KHL All-Star Game at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in
Bratislava
- Team West defeated Team East 18–16.
- January 25 – March 1: 2014 NHL Stadium Series (debut)
- January 25: Anaheim Ducks versus the Los Angeles Kings at Dodger Stadium
- Anaheim Ducks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3–0.
- January 26: New Jersey Devils versus the New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium
- New York Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils 7–3.
- January 29: New York Islanders versus the New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium
- New York Rangers defeated the New York Islanders 2–1.
- March 1: Pittsburgh Penguins versus the Chicago Blackhawks at Soldier Field
- Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1.
- January 25: Anaheim Ducks versus the Los Angeles Kings at Dodger Stadium
- February 8 – 20: 2014 Winter Olympics (Women)
- Canada; United States; Switzerland. Canada defeated the United States, 3–2, in overtime, to claim its fourth consecutive Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal.
- February 12 – 23: 2014 Winter Olympics (Men)
- March 2: 2014 Heritage Classic (NHL) (Ottawa vs. Vancouver) at BC Place
- Ottawa Senators defeated the
Vancouver Canucks 4–2.
- March 14 – 23: 2014 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament (Frozen Four at TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Connecticut)[9]
- The Clarkson Golden Knights defeated the
Minnesota Golden Gophers 5–4 to win their first NCAA title. It was also the first top-level NCAA women's title won by a school from outside the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, which had claimed all 13 previous titles.[10]
- The
- March 23 – 30: 2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship at Budapest
- Canada defeated the United States, 5–1, to claim its fourth title. The
Czech Republic claimed the bronze medal.
- March 28 – April 12: 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament (Frozen Four at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia)
- The Union Dutchmen defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers 7–4 to claim their first NCAA title.
- The
- April 14 – 19: 2014 Allan Cup at Dundas, Ontario
- The Dundas Real McCoys defeated the
Clarenville Caribous, 3–2, to win their first title.
- The
- April 17 – 27: 2014 IIHF World U18 Championships at Lappeenranta and Imatra
- The United States defeated the Czech Republic, 5–2, to claim its eighth title. Canada took the bronze medal.
- The
- May 9 – 25: 2014 IIHF World Championship in
Minsk
- May 16 – 25: 2014 Memorial Cup at London, Ontario
- The Edmonton Oil Kings defeated the Guelph Storm in the final, 6–3, to win their first title since 1966.
- The
Luge
- November 16, 2013 – January 26, 2014: 2013–14 Luge World Cup[11]
- Men's singles overall winner: Felix Loch
- Men's doubles overall winner: Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt
- Women's singles overall winner: Natalie Geisenberger
- Team Relay overall winner: Germany
- Men's singles overall winner:
- February 8 – 13: 2014 Winter Olympics
- Men's singles: Felix Loch; Albert Demchenko; Armin Zöggeler
- Women's singles: Natalie Geisenberger; Tatjana Hüfner; Erin Hamlin
- Men's doubles: Tobias Arlt/Tobias Wendl;
Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger; Andris Šics/Juris Šics - Team relay: Germany; Russia; Latvia
- Men's singles:
