2004 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2004 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2004 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 12–20, 2004
Teams	12
Finals site	Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Ohio State (2nd title)
Winning coach	John Markell (1st title)
MVP	(Ohio State)
	CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 33rd CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament in conference history. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004. First round games were played at campus sites, while all 'super six' games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Ohio State won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the First Round, the first and twelfth seeds, the second and eleventh seeds, the third and tenth seeds, the fourth and ninth seeds, the fifth and eighth seeds and the sixth and seventh seeds played a best-of-three series. All six victors in the first round advance as the newly minted 'Super Six' and play only single-elimination for the duration of the tournament. The top two ranked winners receive byes into the semifinals while the four other teams play in the quarterfinals to determine the other qualifiers. In the semifinals, the remaining highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winners advancing to the finals. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[]

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2003–04 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#7 Michigan†	28	18	8	2	38	101	66	43	27	14	2	151	104
#10 Miami	28	17	8	3	37	99	74	41	23	14	4	137	106
#14 Michigan State	28	17	9	2	36	91	62	42	23	17	2	136	105
#9 Ohio State*	28	16	12	0	32	89	70	42	26	16	0	134	106
#12 Notre Dame	28	14	11	3	31	84	71	39	20	15	4	108	99
Alaska-Fairbanks	28	14	13	1	29	92	92	36	16	19	1	117	127
Northern Michigan	28	13	13	2	28	66	79	41	21	16	4	105	113
Western Michigan	28	12	13	3	27	87	101	39	17	18	4	123	136
Bowling Green	28	9	13	6	24	69	83	38	11	18	9	92	112
Ferris State	28	10	17	1	21	71	97	38	15	20	3	108	126
Lake Superior State	28	7	16	5	19	60	83	36	9	20	7	72	102
Nebraska-Omaha	28	5	19	4	14	60	91	39	8	26	5	91	135
Championship: Ohio State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals

First Round^[2] March 12–14					Quarterfinals^[3] March 18			Semifinals March 19			Championship March 20

1	Michigan	2	1	5				1	Michigan	5
12	Nebraska-Omaha	0	3	2	3	Michigan State	1	7	Northern Michigan	1
					7	Northern Michigan	2
2	Miami	4	2*	–
11	Lake Superior State	0	1	–

3	Michigan State	6	5	–							1	Michigan	2
10	Ferris State	4	3	–							4	Ohio State	4

4	Ohio State	3	5	–
9	Bowling Green	2	2	–

5	Notre Dame	4	0	5*				2	Miami	3
8	Western Michigan	2	4	4	4	Ohio State	6*	4	Ohio State	4*		Third Place
					5	Notre Dame	5
6	Alaska-Fairbanks	1	2	–							2	Miami	4
7	Northern Michigan	3	3	–							7	Northern Michigan	0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First Round[]

(1) Michigan vs. (12) Nebraska-Omaha[]

March 12^[4]	Michigan		2 – 0	Nebraska-Omaha	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
(Tambellini) - GW PP - 12:06		First period		No scoring
(Nystrom, Hunwick) Dwight Helminen - 15:38		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Al Montoya		Goalie stats		Chris Holt ( 40 saves / 42 shots )

March 13^[5]	Michigan		1 – 3	Nebraska-Omaha	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
(Nystrom, Dest) Mike Brown - 02:55		First period		14:00 - PP - Scott Parse (Gabinet, Wong)
No scoring		Second period		09:40 - GW - (Betts)
No scoring		Third period		13:55 - (Nikiforuk)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Al Montoya		Goalie stats		Chris Holt ( 29 saves / 30 shots )

March 14^[6]	Michigan		5 – 2	Nebraska-Omaha	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
(Hunwick, Moss) Jeff Tambellini - 12:52		First period		16:12 - PP - (Lefley)
No scoring		Second period		18:29 - Scott Parse (Betts, Wong)
(Brown) Dwight Helminen - 06:55 (Ebbett) Eric Werner - GW - 07:54 (Nystrom, Rohlfs) Jeff Tambellini - PP - 09:38 Dwight Helminen - EN - 18:31		Third period		No scoring
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Al Montoya		Goalie stats		Chris Holt ( 30 saves / 34 shots )

Michigan won series 2–1

(2) Miami vs. (11) Lake Superior State[]

March 12^[7]	Miami		4 – 0	Lake Superior State	Goggin Ice Arena	Recap
(Edwardson, Dennis) - GW - 05:29		First period		No scoring
(Christie, Dennis) Greg Hogeboom - 07:59 (Edwardson, Greene) - PP - 08:3359 (Edwardson, Greene) - 19:09		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 9 saves / 9 shots )		Goalie stats		Jeff Jakaitis ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) / ( 16 saves / 16 shots )

March 13^[8]	Miami		2 – 1	OT	Lake Superior State	Goggin Ice Arena	Recap
(Edwardson, Guerin) - 05:47		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			09:03 - Colin Nicholson (McJannett, Adamek)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Smith) - GW - 12:05		First overtime period			No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Jeff Jakaitis ( 40 saves / 42 shots )

Miami won series 2–0

(3) Michigan State vs. (10) Ferris State[]

March 12^[9]	Michigan State		6 – 4	Ferris State	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
(Estrada, Potter) - PP - 06:56 (Markusen, Snavely) Drew Miller - PP - 19:57		First period		No scoring
(Goebel, Lalonde) Jim Slater - 18:02		Second period		12:06 - (Thomson) 12:19 - Simon Mangos (Smith)
(Snavely, Lalonde) - 02:48 (Goebel, Lalonde) Jim Slater - GW - 08:24 (Estrada, Vicari) Colton Fretter - 18:43		Third period		03:48 - (Rallo, Flamminio) 06:06 - Greg Rallo (Nesbitt)
( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Dominic Vicari		Goalie stats		Mike Brown ( 34 saves / 40 shots )

March 13^[10]	Michigan State		5 – 3	Ferris State	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Miller) - 12:06		Second period		00:37 - PP - Simon Mangos (Legue, Nesbitt) 01:38 - SH - 05:34 - (Mangos)
- 02:57 (Snavely, Slater) - 06:52 (Falardeau, Markusen) Drew Miller - GW - 12:08 - EN - 19:41		Third period		No scoring
( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Dominic Vicari		Goalie stats		Mike Brown ( 35 saves / 39 shots )

Michigan State won series 2–0

(4) Ohio State vs. (9) Bowling Green[]

March 12^[11]	Ohio State		3 – 2	Bowling Green	Value City Arena	Recap
(Steckel, Andress) Matt Beaudoin - 09:04 - 19:20		First period		No scoring
(Steckel, Collins) - GW - 04:04		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		03:51 - (Pilkington, Bieksa) 05:02 - Ryan Barnett (Escobedo, Rogosheske)
( 28 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Jordan Sigalet ( 37 saves / 40 shots )

March 13^[12]	Ohio State		5 – 2	Bowling Green	Value City Arena	Recap
(Pelley, Bencharski) Sean Collins - 07:54 (Bittner, Andress) Dave Steckel - 16:42		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		15:27 - (Pilkington)
(Collins, Beaudoin) Dave Steckel - GW - 06:44 - EN SH - 15:44 - EN - 19:07		Third period		16:07 - PP - (Minnabarriet, Meloche)
( 13 saves / 15 shots ) / ( 2 saves / 2 shots )		Goalie stats		Jordan Sigalet ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

Ohio State won series 2–0

(5) Notre Dame vs. (8) Western Michigan[]

March 12^[13]	Notre Dame		4 – 2	Western Michigan	Joyce Center	Recap
(Gill) Brett Lebda - 18:24		First period		No scoring
(O'Neill, Lebda) - 04:25		Second period		10:02 - (Yantzi, Bellissimo)
- GW PP - 01:13 - EN SH - 19:30		Third period		17:06 - (Drake, Lattery)
( 40 saves / 42 shots )		Goalie stats		Scott Foster ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

March 13^[14]	Notre Dame		0 – 4	Western Michigan	Joyce Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		06:15 - GW - Jeremy Cheyne (Bellissimo, McNamara) 18:50 - Dana Lattery (Bellissimo)
No scoring		Third period		12:32 - Dana Lattery (Davies) 19:39 - Jeff Campbell (Lattery, Walton)
( 27 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		( 30 saves / 30 shots )

March 14^[15]	Notre Dame		5 – 4	OT	Western Michigan	Joyce Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			17:57 - Dana Lattery (Bellissimo, Yantzi)
(Globke, Lebda) - 01:42 (Walsh, Trick) Tim Wallace - 13:56 (McLean, O'Neill) Tim Wallace - 17:08		Second period			08:14 - PP - Jeremy Cheyne (Drake, Walton)
(Walsh, Lebda) Rob Globke - 03:28		Third period			9:24 - PP - Vince Bellissimo (Jarmuth, Walton) 11:31 - Patrick Dwyer
(Wallace, McLean) - GW - 12:35		First overtime period			No scoring
( 33 saves / 37 shots ) David Brown		Goalie stats			( 21 saves / 26 shots )

Notre Dame won series 2–1

(6) Alaska-Fairbanks vs. (7) Northern Michigan[]

March 12^[16]	Alaska-Fairbanks		1 – 3	Northern Michigan	Carlson Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		13:01 - (Selden, Hunter)
No scoring		Second period		12:50 - GW - Jamie Milam (Southern) 15:34 - (Murphy, Hunter)
(Hickey, Fraser) - 04:05		Third period		No scoring
( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Tuomas Tarkki ( 39 saves / 40 shots )

March 13^[17]	Alaska-Fairbanks		2 – 3	Northern Michigan	Carlson Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		15:40 - (Olver, Lehtinen)
(Fraser) - 11:05 (Larranaga) Ryan Campbell - PP - 15:34		Second period		15:58 - Nathan Oystrick (Gardner)
No scoring		Third period		03:44 - GW - (Southern, Waugh)
( 28 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Tuomas Tarkki ( 29 saves / 31 shots )

Northern Michigan won series 2–0

Quarterfinals[]

(3) Michigan State vs. (7) Northern Michigan[]

March 18^[18]	Michigan State		1 – 2	Northern Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		01:11 - (Gardner) 06:05 - GW - (Miller, Swanson)
(Goldie) Brock Radunske - 02:44		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 15 saves / 17 shots ) Dominic Vicari		Goalie stats		Tuomas Tarkki ( 35 saves / 36 shots )

(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Notre Dame[]

March 18^[19]	Ohio State		6 – 5	OT	Notre Dame	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Beaudoin, Steckel) Rod Pelley - PP - 13:59 (Beaudoin, Andress) Dave Steckel - PP - 17:30		First period			05:32 - Rob Globke 06:56 - 18:40 - PP - (Globke, Komadoski)
(Waddell) - 00:16 (Strachan, Welsh) Matt Beaudoin - PP - 16:28		Second period			04:43 - (Globke) 10:14 - Mike Walsh (Gill, Globke)
(Andress) Matt Beaudoin - 17:34		Third period			No scoring
(Andress, Schembri) Tyson Strachan - GW - 09:49		First overtime period			No scoring
( 14 saves / 19 shots ) / ( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Dave Caruso		Goalie stats			David Brown ( 43 saves / 49 shots )

Semifinals[]

(1) Michigan vs. (7) Northern Michigan[]

March 19^[20]	Michigan		5 – 1	Northern Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Werner, Gajic) - 10:14		Second period		No scoring
(Hensick, Gajic) - GW PP - 00:28 (Hensick, Rohlfs) Jeff Tambellini - 08:42 (Ryznar) David Moss - 09:23 (Tambellini, Rohlfs) T. J. Hensick - 11:15		Third period		18:26 - EA - (Hunter, Selden)
( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Al Montoya		Goalie stats		Tuomas Tarkki ( 29 saves / 34 shots )

(2) Miami vs. (4) Ohio State[]

March 19^[21]	Miami		3 – 4	OT	Ohio State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
- PP - 16:36		First period			No scoring
(Michael, Greene) - 15:51		Second period			06:36 - Rod Pelley (Caponigri)
(Hogeboom) - 09:46		Third period			05:28 - (Bittner, Pelley) 12:54 -
No scoring		First overtime period			00:23 - GW - (Caponigri, Pelley)
( 24 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Dave Caruso ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

Third Place[]

(2) Miami vs. (7) Northern Michigan[]

March 20^[22]	Miami		4 – 0	Northern Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Edwardson, Christie) Andy Greene - GW - 03:11 (Greene) - 08:06		First period		No scoring
(Hustead) - 08:27 (Christie, Kompon) Greg Hogeboom - 15:52		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Tuomas Tarkki ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) / Craig Kowalski ( 0 saves / 0 shots )

Championship[]

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Ohio State[]

March 20^[23]	Michigan		2 – 4	Ohio State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		02:50 - (Pelley) 04:04 - (Beaudoin) 19:27 - GW PP - (Andress, Caponigri)
(Nartens, Ebbett) Milan Gajic - 10:40 (Tambellini, Hensick) Brandon Rogers - 13:06		Third period		19:29 - EN -
( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Al Montoya		Goalie stats		Dave Caruso ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

F (Michigan)
F Rod Pelley (Ohio State)
F * (Ohio State)
D Andy Greene (Miami)
D (Ohio State)
G Dave Caruso (Ohio State)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References[]

^ "Ohio State Men's Team History". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "CCHA men's 2003-04 Results Week 25". Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "CCHA men's 2003-04 Results Week 26". Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Michigan 2, Nebraska-Omaha 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Nebraska-Omaha 3, Michigan 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Michigan 5, Nebraska-Omaha 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Miami 4, Lake Superior State 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Miami 2, Lake Superior State 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Michigan State 6, Ferris State 4". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Michigan State 5, Ferris State 3". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Ohio State 3, Bowling Green 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Ohio State 5, Bowling Green 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Notre Dame 4, Western Michigan 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Western Michigan 4, Notre Dame 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Notre Dame 5, Western Michigan 4". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Northern Michigan 3, Alaska-Fairbanks 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Northern Michigan 3, Alaska-Fairbanks 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Northern Michigan 2, Michigan State 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-18. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Ohio State 6, Notre Dame 5". USCHO.com. 2004-03-18. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Michigan 5, Northern Michigan 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-19. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Ohio State 4, Miami 3". USCHO.com. 2004-03-19. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Miami 4, Northern Michigan 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-20. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "Ohio State 4, Michigan 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-20. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

External links[]

[1] "Ohio State Men's Team History". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[2] "CCHA men's 2003-04 Results Week 25". Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[3] "CCHA men's 2003-04 Results Week 26". Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[4] "Michigan 2, Nebraska-Omaha 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[5] "Nebraska-Omaha 3, Michigan 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[6] "Michigan 5, Nebraska-Omaha 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[7] "Miami 4, Lake Superior State 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[8] "Miami 2, Lake Superior State 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[9] "Michigan State 6, Ferris State 4". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[10] "Michigan State 5, Ferris State 3". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[11] "Ohio State 3, Bowling Green 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[12] "Ohio State 5, Bowling Green 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[13] "Notre Dame 4, Western Michigan 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[14] "Western Michigan 4, Notre Dame 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[15] "Notre Dame 5, Western Michigan 4". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[16] "Northern Michigan 3, Alaska-Fairbanks 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[17] "Northern Michigan 3, Alaska-Fairbanks 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[18] "Northern Michigan 2, Michigan State 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-18. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[19] "Ohio State 6, Notre Dame 5". USCHO.com. 2004-03-18. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[20] "Michigan 5, Northern Michigan 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-19. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[21] "Ohio State 4, Miami 3". USCHO.com. 2004-03-19. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[22] "Miami 4, Northern Michigan 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-20. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[23] "Ohio State 4, Michigan 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-20. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[media-24] "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

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