2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2008 CHA Tournament Logo.jpg
2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
DatesMarch 14–16, 2008
Teams5
Finals siteDwyer Arena
Lewiston, New York
ChampionsNiagara (3rd title)
Winning coachDave Burkholder (2nd title)
MVPTed Cook (Niagara)
CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 16, 2008 at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, New York. By winning the tournament, Niagara received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the first round, the fourth and fifth ranked seeds, Wayne State and Alabama-Huntsville, played for entry into the semifinals, to which the top three seeds received byes. The winners of the two semifinal games then played for the championship on March 16, 2008, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[]

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

2007–08 College Hockey America standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bemidji State† 20 13 4 3 29 71 39 36 17 16 3 102 82
Niagara* 20 12 6 2 26 71 51 37 22 11 4 128 98
Robert Morris 20 10 7 3 23 67 67 34 15 15 4 114 127
Wayne State 20 6 14 0 12 54 71 38 11 25 2 90 132
Alabama–Huntsville 20 3 13 4 10 40 75 31 6 21 4 60 117
Championship: Niagara
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

Quarterfinal
March 14, 2008 		Semifinals
March 15, 2008 		Championship
March 16, 2008
         
1 Bemidji State 4
4 Wayne State 1
4 Wayne State 4
5 Alabama-Huntsville 0
1 Bemidji State 2
2 Niagara 3
2 Niagara 6
3 Robert Morris 3

Quarterfinal[]

(4) Wayne State vs. (5) Alabama-Huntsville[]

March 14 Wayne State 4 – 0 Alabama-Huntsville Dwyer Arena Recap  
- 11:40 First period No scoring
Stavros Paskaris - pp - 08:47
- 14:22 		Second period No scoring
Dylan Exton - 04:34 Third period No scoring
( 21 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats ( 25 saves / 29 shots )


Semifinals[]

(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Wayne State[]

March 15 Bemidji State 4 – 1 Wayne State Dwyer Arena Recap  
Matt Pope - pp - 04:00
- pp - 16:26 		First period No scoring
Matt Read - 05:19 Second period 12:13 - Chris Kushneriuk
- en pp - 19:28 Third period No scoring
Matt Climie ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) Goalie stats ( 26 saves / 29 shots )


(2) Niagara vs. (3) Robert Morris[]

March 15 Niagara 6 – 3 Robert Morris Dwyer Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 16:57 -
- 05:36
- 17:42 		Second period 16:59 -
Ted Cook - 01:21
- pp - 10:29
- 12:44
Matt Caruana - en - 19:02 		Third period 07:39 - pp -
( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats Christian Boucher ( 22 saves / 27 shots )


Championship[]

(1) Bemidji State vs. (2) Niagara[]

March 16 Bemidji State 2 – 3 Niagara Dwyer Arena Recap  
Brandon Marino - pp - 02:55 First period 10:19 - pp - Ted Cook
- 12:33 Second period 16:28 -
19:15 - pp - Kyle Rogers
No scoring Third period No scoring
Matt Climie ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats ( 27 saves / 29 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Star team[]

  • Goaltender: (Niagara)
  • Defensemen: (Bemidji State), (Niagara)
  • Forwards: (Robert Morris), Kyle Rogers (Niagara), (Bemidji State)[1]

MVP[]

  • Ted Cook (Niagara)[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2008 College Hockey America All-Tournament Team announced" (PDF) (Press release). College Hockey America. 2008-03-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-01-27.

External links[]

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