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

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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

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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 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

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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

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

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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 )


Semifinals

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

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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

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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 )


Championship

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(1) Bemidji State vs. (2) Niagara

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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

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All-Star team

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  • Ted Cook (Niagara)[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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