2004 CHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2004
Conference:CHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 12–14, 2004
Teams:6
Finalarena:Tri-City Arena
Finalcity:Kearney, Nebraska
Champions:Niagara
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Dave Burkholder
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Jeff Van Nynatten
Mvpteam:Niagara
Prevseason Year:2003
Prevseason Link:2003 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2005
Nextseason Link:2005 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2004 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 12 and March 14, 2004 at Tri-City Arena in Kearney, Nebraska. By winning the tournament, Niagara received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured six teams. The top two teams from the regular season received byes to the semifinals where they played the winners from the quarterfinal games. The two semifinal winners met in the championship game on March 14, 2004, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2004 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

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Star team

MVP

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Phelps, Mekye. 2007. 2007–08 College Hockey America media guide. College Hockey America. 2009-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175200/http://www.collegehockeyamerica.com/2005/media_guides/0708/0708MensMG.pdf. 2011-07-08. dead.