2023 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 44th tournament in the history of the men's Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It began on March 3 and ended on March 18, 2023. All games were played at home campus sites. Minnesota State won the tournament and received the CCHA's automatic bid for the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2023 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 3–18, 2023
Teams8
Finals siteMayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Mankato, Minnesota
ChampionsMinnesota State (2nd title)
Winning coachMike Hastings (2nd title)
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Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format, while the semifinals and final are single games held at the campus sites of the highest remaining seeds. All eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher-seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower-seeded teams.[1] The teams that advance out of the quarterfinals are reseeded according to the regular season standings. The semifinals and final are single-elimination games. The winners of the semifinals play one another to determine the conference tournament champion.

Conference standings
2022–23 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Minnesota State †*261691241528356392513112681
#13 Michigan Tech261574010506854392411410388
Bowling Green26121220214189763615192114114
Northern Michigan26141203003982773821170123103
Bemidji State261211331239736336141759497
Ferris State269143123346291371419492131
St. Thomas2610142110326981361123286117
Lake Superior State26817121125528036925271118
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 3–5 		Semifinals
March 11 		Championship
March 18
           
1 Minnesota State 6 2 –
8 Lake Superior State 1 1 –
1 Minnesota State 7
6 Ferris State 2
2 Michigan Tech 1 5 –
7 St. Thomas 0 4 –
1 Minnesota State 3*
4 Northern Michigan 2
3 Bowling Green 3 1 –
6 Ferris State 4* 2* –
2 Michigan Tech 0
4 Northern Michigan 4
4 Northern Michigan 7 2* –
5 Bemidji State 3 1 –

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

(1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Lake Superior State
March 3, 2023
7:07 PM		Minnesota State6–1
(2–0, 1–1, 3–0)		Lake Superior StateMayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 3,948
Game reference
Keenan RancierGoaliesEthan LangeneggerReferees:
Stephen McInchak
Rick Nelson
Linesmen:
Matt Tyree
Eric Standke
(Carroll) – David Silye – 03:131–0
(Bellini, Furry) – Andy Carroll – PP, GW – 10:382–0
2–122:14 – Brandon Puricelli (Borshyov, Boudon)
(Fitzgerald, Silye) – Akito Hirose – PP – 22:583–1
(Fitzgerald, Pavel) – Zach Krajnik4–1
(Eisele) – Simon Tassy – 46:145–1
(unassisted) Christian Fitzgerald – 50:516–1
9 minPenalties10 min
32Shots18
March 4, 2023
6:07 PM		Minnesota State2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		Lake Superior StateMayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 3,798
Game reference
Keenan RancierGoaliesSeth Eisele
Ethan Langenegger		Referees:
Stephen McInchak
Rick Nelson
Linesmen:
Matt Tyree
Eric Standke
(Livingstone, Hirose) Christian Fitzgerald – PP – 28:301–0
1–130:31 – Jack Jeffers (Tritt)
(Livingstone, Fitzgerald) Ryan Sandelin – GW, PP – 58:432–1
4 minPenalties8 min
40Shots18
Minnesota State wins series 2–0

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) St. Thomas
March 3, 2023
7:07 PM		Michigan Tech1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		St. ThomasMacInnes Student Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,338
Game reference
Blake PietilaGoaliesAaron TrotterReferees:
Scott Roth
Michael Forys
Linesmen:
Tyler Landman
Nathan Voll
(J. Pietila, Kukkonen) Brett Thorne – GW – 51:281–0
10 minPenalties8 min
32Shots30
March 4, 2023
6:07 PM		Michigan Tech5–4
(3–1, 1–1, 1–2)		St. ThomasMacInnes Student Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,587
Game reference
Blake PietilaGoaliesAaron TrotterReferees:
Scott Roth
Micheal Froys
Linesmen:
Tyler Landman
Nathan Voll
0–108:25 – Mack Byers (Braccini)
(Orr, Lipe) Tristan Ashbrook – 09:361–1
(J. Pietila, Ashbrook) Jack Works – 17:322–1
(Saretsky, O'Connell) Tristan Ashbrook – 19:413–1
(L. Pietila, J. Pietila) Kyle Kukkonen – SH – 38:124–1
4–239:18 – PP – Luc Laylin (Recchi)
(J. Pietila, Crespi) Kyle Kukkonen – GW – 47:495–2
5–349:22 – Matthew Jennings (Pepper)
5–458:51 – PP – Mack Byers (Braccini, Lee)
13 minPenalties8 min
34Shots34
Michigan Tech wins series 2–0

(3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Ferris State
March 3, 2023
7:07 PM		Bowling Green3–4 (OT)
(2–1, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		Ferris StateSlater Family Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,686
Game reference
Christian StoeverGoaliesNoah GiesbrechtReferees:
Derek Berkebile
Brady Johnson
Linesmen:
Kyle Bushee
Pat Giles
(Burke) Dalton Norris – PP – 04:441–0
(Gresock, O'Hara) Austen Swankler – 08:492–0
2–117:22 – Jacob Badal (Schleppe, Cooper)
2–220:29 – Jason Brancheau (MacLaren, Venuto)
2–354:54 – Travis Shoudy (Marek)
(Burke, Vinnell) Taylor Schneider – 58:383–3
3–474:04 – GW – Nick Nardecchia (Schultheis, Deelstra)
14 minPenalties14 min
42Shots40
March 4, 2023
7:07 PM		Bowling Green1–2 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)		Ferris StateSlater Family Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,638
Game reference
Christian StoeverGoaliesNoah GiesbrechtReferees:
Derek Berkebile
Brady Johnson
Linesmen:
Kyle Bushee
Pat Giles
0–147:13 – Brenden MacLaren (Dirks, Slick)
(Swankler, Vinnell) Chase Gresock – 58:431–1
1–264:04 – GW – Jason Brancheau (Venuto)
6 minPenalties14 min
33Shots30
Ferris State wins series 2–0

(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Bemidji State
March 3, 2023
7:07 PM		Northern Michigan7–3
(2–2, 1–0, 4–1)		Bemidji StateBerry Events Center
Attendance: 3,116
Game reference
Béni HalászGoaliesMattias ShollReferees:
Bruce Vida Jr
TJ Likens
Linesmen:
Jamie Grace
Eric Froberg
0–104:35 – Kyle Looft (Corcoran, Martan)
(Vanderbeck, Funk) Rylan Van Unen – 11:361–1
(Shlaine, Papp) Joey Larson – 12:132–1
2–213:20 – Carter Jones (unassisted)
(Enns, Vescio) Michael Colella – 36:593–2
3–346:32 – Ross Armour (Pickering, Roed)
(Shlaine, Ghantous) Joey Larson – PP, GW – 49:434–3
(Ghantous, Kjellberg) Michael Colella – 50:475–3
(Eddy) Andre Ghantous – 56:046–3
(Frye, Keefer) Michael Van Unen – EN – 57:097–3
6 minPenalties6 min
24Shots31
March 4, 2023
6:07 PM		Northern Michigan2–1 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		Bemidji StateBerry Events Center
Attendance: 2,269
Game reference
Béni HalászGoaliesMattias ShollReferees:
Bruce Vida Jr
TJ Likens
Linesmen:
Jamie Grace
Eric Froberg
(M. Van Unen, Vanderbeck) Alex Frye – 30:001–0
1–136:16 – PP – Ross Armour (Jones, Zmolek)
(Papp, Enns) David Keefer – GW – 61:072–1
12 minPenalties6 min
23Shots36
Northern Michigan wins series 2–0

(1) Minnesota State vs. (6) Ferris State
March 11, 2023
6:07 PM		Minnesota State7–2
(2–1, 2–1, 3–0)		Ferris StateMayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 4,468
Game reference
Keenan RancierGoaliesNoah GiesbrechtReferees:
Scott Roth
Michael Forys
Linesmen:
Nathan Voll
Tyler Landman
0–115:32 – Connor McGrath (Marek, Slick)
(Silye, Sandelin) Christian Fitzgerald – 18:321–1
(Livingstone, Fitzgerald) David Silye – PP – 19:002–1
(Sowder, Carroll) Brendan Furry – GW, PP – 23:273–1
(Sowder, Furry) Cade Borchardt – 29:074–1
4–230:51 – PP – Stepan Pokorny (Slick, Brancheau)
(Livingstone) Ondrej Pavel – 52:175–2
(Furry, Livingstone) Lucas Sowder - 55:146–2
(Sandelin, Fitzgerald ) Jake Livingstone – PP – 56:427–2
4 minPenalties8 min
39Shots21

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Northern Michigan
March 11, 2023
6:07 PM		Michigan Tech0–4
(0–3, 0–0, 0–1)		Northern MichiganMacInnes Student Ice Arena
Attendance: 3,930
Game reference
Blake PietilaGoaliesBéni HalászReferees:
TJ Likens
Brude Vida
Linesmen:
Matt Tyree
Eric Standke
0–104:44 - GW – Rylan Van Unen (unassisted)
0–207:45 – PP – Andre Ghantous (Larson, Zinger)
0–311:07 – Michael Van Unen (unassisted)
0–458:00 – EN – Simon Kjellberg (unassisted)
10 minPenalties10 min
44Shots25

(1) Minnesota State vs. (4) Northern Michigan
March 18, 2023
6:07 PM		Minnesota State3–2 (OT)
(0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 1-0)		Northern MichiganMayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 4,805
Game reference
Keenan RancierGoaliesBéni HalászReferees:
Scott Roth
Michael Forys
Linesmen:
Nathan Voll
Tyler Landman
0–136:21 – Alex Frye (Keefer)
0–247:27 – Alex Frye (Gallacher, Vescio)
(Tassy, Carroll) Ondrej Pavel – 57:411–2
(Livingstone, Furry) Christian Fitzgerald – 59:022–2
(Borchardt) Zach Krajnik – GW – 61:083–2
4 minPenalties10 min
33Shots25

Tournament awards

References
  1. "2023 CCHA Mason Cup Playoffs". CCHA. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
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