2008 CHA men's ice hockey tournament

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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bemidji State201343297139361716310282
Niagara*201262267151372211412898
Robert Morris2010732367673415154114127
Wayne State206140125471381125290132
Alabama–Huntsville20313410407531621460117
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

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

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

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

March 15 Bemidji State 4 – 1 Wayne State Dwyer Arena Recap  
Matt Pope - pp - 04:00
Cody Bostock - pp - 16:26
First period No scoring
Matt Read - 05:19 Second period 12:13 - Chris Kushneriuk
Tyler Scofield - en pp - 19:28 Third period No scoring
Matt Climie ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) Goalie stats Brett Bothwell ( 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 - Chris Margott
David Ross - 05:36
Dan Sullivan - 17:42
Second period 16:59 - Chris Margott
Ted Cook - 01:21
Egor Mironov - pp - 10:29
Egor Mironov - 12:44
Matt Caruana - en - 19:02
Third period 07:39 - pp - Chris Margott
Juliano Pagliero ( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats Christian Boucher ( 22 saves / 27 shots )

(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
Tyler Lehrke - 12:33 Second period 16:28 - Chris Moran
19:15 - pp - Kyle Rogers
No scoring Third period No scoring
Matt Climie ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Juliano Pagliero ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Star team

  • Goaltender: Juliano Pagliero (Niagara)
  • Defensemen: Cody Bostock (Bemidji State), Dan Sullivan (Niagara)
  • Forwards: Chris Margott (Robert Morris), Kyle Rogers (Niagara), Tyler Scofield (Bemidji State)[1]

MVP

  • Ted Cook (Niagara)[1]

References

  1. "2008 College Hockey America All-Tournament Team announced" (PDF) (Press release). College Hockey America. March 16, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
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