2013 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament
The 2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 42nd Central Collegiate Hockey Association men's ice hockey tournament, and also the last for the original version of the conference. The tournament was played between March 8 and March 24, 2012, at campus locations and at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament was won by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish—winning the Mason Cup and earning the CCHA's automatic bid into the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2013 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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 2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo | |
| Dates | March 8–24, 2013 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Finals site | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan |
| Champions | Notre Dame (3rd title) |
CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The CCHA was revived in the 2021–22 season with eight members, and the tournament resumed at the end of that season.[1][2][3]
Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds played a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game.
Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #5 Miami † | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 75 | 50 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 106 | 73 | |
| #8 Notre Dame * | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 90 | 64 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 119 | 91 | |
| #16 Western Michigan | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 63 | 55 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 87 | 78 | |
| Ohio State | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 71 | 63 | 40 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 95 | 96 | |
| Ferris State | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 67 | 63 | 37 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 96 | 89 | |
| Alaska | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 73 | 79 | 37 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 95 | 97 | |
| #20 Michigan | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 81 | 96 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 129 | 130 | |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 65 | 77 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 92 | 109 | |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 65 | 75 | 41 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 100 | 105 | |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 64 | 79 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 90 | 109 | |
| Michigan State | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 57 | 70 | 42 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 87 | 115 | |
| Championship: March 24, 2013 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
| First round March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 23 | Championship March 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Miami | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Alaska | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Michigan State | 2* | 1 | 4 | 1 | Miami | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Michigan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ferris State | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Notre Dame | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Michigan | 3 | 6 | — | 7 | Michigan | 4 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | Notre Dame | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Notre Dame | 1* | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | Bowling Green | 0 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Bowling Green | 0 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F T. J. Tynan* (Notre Dame)
- F Andrew Copp (Michigan)
- F Austin Wuthrich (Notre Dame)
- D Jacob Trouba (Michigan)
- D Stephen Johns (Notre Dame)
- G Steven Racine (Michigan)
References
- Johnson, Randy (February 18, 2020). "CCHA will be new name for seven teams leaving WCHA in 2021-22". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- "New Central Collegiate Hockey Association Welcomes the University of St. Thomas" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. July 29, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- "Famed Mason Cup to be awarded to CCHA playoff champion" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.