2004 CHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 12–14, 2004 |
Teams | 6 |
Finals site | Tri-City Arena Kearney, Nebraska |
Champions | Niagara (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Dave Burkholder (1st title) |
MVP | Jeff Van Nynatten (Niagara) |
CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
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.
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.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bemidji State† | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 90 | 48 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 131 | 94 | |
Niagara* | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 72 | 52 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 124 | 120 | |
Alabama–Huntsville | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 65 | 60 | 31 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 92 | 94 | |
Findlay | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 58 | 60 | 38 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 95 | 114 | |
Air Force | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 78 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 101 | 131 | |
Wayne State | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 80 | 36 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 83 | 144 | |
Championship: Niagara † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
Quarterfinal March 12, 2004 | Semifinals March 13, 2004 | Championship March 14, 2004 | ||||||||||||
1 | Bemidji State | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | Findlay | 9 | 4 | Findlay | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | Bemidji State | 3 | |||||||||
2 | Niagara | 4* | ||||||||||||
2 | Niagara | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alabama-Huntsville | 3 | 6 | Wayne State | 1 | |||||||||
6 | Wayne State | 5 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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