2007 CHA men's ice hockey tournament

2007 CHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 9–11, 2007
Teams	5
Finals site	95KGGO Arena Des Moines, Iowa
Champions	Alabama-Huntsville (1st title)
Winning coach	Doug Ross (1st title)
MVP	David Nimmo (Alabama-Huntsville)
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The 2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th tournament in conference history and was played between March 9 and March 11, 2007 at the 95KGGO Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. By winning the tournament, Alabama-Huntsville received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I 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 11, 2007, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2006–07 College Hockey America standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Niagara†	20	9	5	6	24	70	62		37	18	13	6	126	128
Bemidji State	20	9	6	5	23	56	54		33	14	14	5	97	109
Robert Morris	20	9	10	1	19	67	72		35	14	19	2	110	129
Wayne State	20	8	10	2	18	64	63		35	12	21	2	97	125
Alabama–Huntsville*	20	7	11	2	16	63	69		36	13	20	3	112	137
Championship: Alabama–Huntsville † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

	Quarterfinal March 9, 2007					Semifinals March 10, 2007					Championship March 11, 2007
						1	Niagara	3
						5	Alabama-Huntsville	5
	4	Wayne State	3
	5	Alabama-Huntsville	4*
											3	Robert Morris	4
											5	Alabama-Huntsville	5*
						2	Bemidji State	5
						3	Robert Morris	7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Star team

• Goaltender: Blake MacNicol (Alabama-Huntsville)
• Defensemen: Rob Cowan (Robert Morris), Mike Salekin (Alabama-Huntsville)
• Forwards: Sean Berkstresser (Robert Morris), Chris Margott (Robert Morris), Kevin Morrison (Alabama-Huntsville) ^[1]

MVP

• David Nimmo (Alabama-Huntsville) ^[1]

References

1. Phelps, Mekye (2007). 2007–08 College Hockey America media guide (PDF). College Hockey America. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2009.

External links

• College Hockey America tournament history