| 2006 CHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11–13, 2006 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum Detroit, Michigan |
| Champions | Bemidji State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Tom Serratore (2nd title) |
| MVP | Jean-Guy Gervais (Bemidji State) |
CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2006 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 7th tournament in conference history and was played between March 11 and March 13, 2006, at the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Bemidji State received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I 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 13, 2006, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
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 | ||
| Niagara† | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 78 | 62 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 126 | 121 | |
| Bemidji State* | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 72 | 46 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 125 | 97 | |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 66 | 57 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 105 | 103 | |
| Robert Morris | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 51 | 66 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 94 | 119 | |
| Air Force | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 60 | 74 | 32 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 92 | 114 | |
| Wayne State | 20 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 59 | 81 | 35 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 87 | 140 | |
| Championship: Bemidji State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinal March 11, 2006 | Semifinals March 12, 2006 | Championship March 13, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Niagara | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Robert Morris | 4 | 4 | Robert Morris | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Air Force | 3 | 1 | Niagara | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Bemidji State | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Bemidji State | 4* | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Alabama-Huntsville | 3 | 3 | Alabama-Huntsville | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Wayne State | 1 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)