2009 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2009 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 13–14, 2009
Teams	4
Finals site	John S. Glas Field House Bemidji, Minnesota
Champions	Bemidji State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Tom Serratore (3rd title)
MVP	Matt Read (Bemidji State)
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The 2009 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played on March 13 and March 14, 2009 at the John S. Glas Field House in Bemidji, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Bemidji State received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

The tournament will featured two rounds of play. In the first round, the first and fourth seeds and second and third seeds will each play for a berth in the championship game. The winners of the championship, played on March 14, 2009, will receive an automatic bid to the 2009 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

2008–09 College Hockey America standings v t
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#9 Bemidji State†*	18	12	5	1	25	55	38		37	20	16	1	106	97
Niagara	18	9	5	4	22	53	44		36	16	14	6	98	92
Robert Morris	18	5	8	5	15	46	57		36	10	19	7	93	121
Alabama–Huntsville	18	3	11	4	10	43	58		30	5	20	5	63	99
Championship: Bemidji State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

	Semifinals March 13					Championship March 14
	1	Bemidji State	4
	4	Alabama-Huntsville	1
						1	Bemidji State	3*
						3	Robert Morris	2
	2	Niagara	1
	3	Robert Morris	2			Third place
						2	Niagara	1
						4	Alabama-Huntsville	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals[]

(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Alabama-Huntsville[]

March 13	Bemidji State		4 – 1		Alabama-Huntsville	John S. Glas Field House	Recap
Matt Read - 04:40		First period			No scoring
Matt Francis - pp - 01:06		Second period			05:51 -
Brandon Marino - 02:22 Matt Read - en - 19:16		Third period			No scoring
Matt Dalton ( 25 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Cameron Talbot ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

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

March 13	Niagara		1 – 2		Robert Morris	John S. Glas Field House	Recap
No Scoring		First period			11:53 - pp - Denny Urban
No scoring		Second period			14:09 -
- 05:49		Third period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			( 27 saves / 28 shots )

Third place[]

(2) Niagara vs. (4) Alabama-Huntsville[]

March 14	Niagara		1 – 1	OT	Alabama-Huntsville	John S. Glas Field House	Recap
- 09:20		First period			03:07 -
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No Scoring		First overtime period			No scoring
( 46 saves / 47 shots )		Goalie stats			( 38 saves / 39 shots )

Championship[]

(1) Bemidji State vs. (3) Robert Morris[]

March 14	Bemidji State		3 – 2	OT	Robert Morris	John S. Glas Field House	Recap
- pp - 19:30		First period			03:53 -
Matt Read - 14:08		Second period			18:47 - pp -
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Matt Read - 08:05		First overtime period			No scoring
Matt Dalton ( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			( 37 saves / 40 shots )

Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

• Goaltender: Matt Dalton (Bemidji State)
• Defensemen: Brad Hunt (Bemidji State), (Niagara)
• Forwards: Matt Francis (Bemidji State), (Robert Morris), Matt Read (Bemidji State)^[1]

MVP[]

• Matt Read (Bemidji State)^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Official tournament website