2008 CHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2008
Conference:CHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 14–16, 2008
Teams:5
Finalarena:Dwyer Arena
Finalcity:Lewiston, New York
Champions:Niagara
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Dave Burkholder
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Ted Cook
Mvpteam:Niagara
Prevseason Year:2007
Prevseason Link:2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2009
Nextseason Link:2009 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

Bracket

Quarterfinal

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

Semifinals

(2) Niagara vs. (3) Robert Morris

Championship

(1) Bemidji State vs. (2) Niagara

Tournament awards

All-Star team

MVP

External links

Notes and References

  1. 2008 College Hockey America All-Tournament Team announced. College Hockey America. 2008-03-16. 2009-01-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708133418/http://www.chahockey.com/archives/2005/awards/200708/08MensTournamentTeam.pdf. 2011-07-08. dead.