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.
| 2008 CHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
 2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo | |
| Dates | March 14–16, 2008 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Finals site | Dwyer Arena Lewiston, New York |
| Champions | Niagara (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Dave Burkholder (2nd title) |
| MVP | Ted Cook (Niagara) |
CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format edit
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 edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
(4) Wayne State vs. (5) Alabama-Huntsville edit
| 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 edit
(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Wayne State edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
(1) Bemidji State vs. (2) Niagara edit
| 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 edit
All-Star team edit
- Goaltender: Juliano Pagliero (Niagara)
- Defensemen: Cody Bostock (Bemidji State), Dan Sullivan (Niagara)
- Forwards: Chris Margott (Robert Morris), Kyle Rogers (Niagara), Tyler Scofield (Bemidji State)[1]
MVP edit
- Ted Cook (Niagara)[1]
References edit
- ^ 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.