2008 CHA men's ice hockey tournament

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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.

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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

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Bemidji State201343297139361716310282
Niagara*201262267151372211412898
Robert Morris 2010732367673415154114127
Wayne State 206140125471381125290132
Alabama–Huntsville 20313410407531621460117
Championship: Niagara
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinal
March 14, 2008
Semifinals
March 15, 2008
Championship
March 16, 2008
         
1 Bemidji State4
4 Wayne State 1
4 Wayne State4
5 Alabama-Huntsville 0
1 Bemidji State 2
2 Niagara3
2 Niagara6
3 Robert Morris 3

Quarterfinal

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

March 14Wayne State4 – 0Alabama-Huntsville Dwyer Arena Recap  
Brock Meadows - 11:40First periodNo scoring
Stavros Paskaris - pp - 08:47
Mike Forgie - 14:22
Second periodNo scoring
Dylan Exton - 04:34Third periodNo scoring
Brett Bothwell ( 21 saves / 21 shots )Goalie stats Blake MacNicol ( 25 saves / 29 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Wayne State

March 15Bemidji State4 – 1Wayne State Dwyer Arena Recap  
Matt Pope - pp - 04:00
Cody Bostock - pp - 16:26
First periodNo scoring
Matt Read - 05:19Second period12:13 - Chris Kushneriuk
Tyler Scofield - en pp - 19:28Third periodNo scoring
Matt Climie ( 10 saves / 11 shots )Goalie stats Brett Bothwell ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

(2) Niagara vs. (3) Robert Morris

March 15Niagara6 – 3Robert Morris Dwyer Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period16:57 - Chris Margott
David Ross - 05:36
Dan Sullivan - 17:42
Second period16:59 - Chris Margott
Ted Cook - 01:21
Egor Mironov - pp - 10:29
Egor Mironov - 12:44
Matt Caruana - en - 19:02
Third period07:39 - pp - Chris Margott
Juliano Pagliero ( 34 saves / 37 shots )Goalie statsChristian Boucher ( 22 saves / 27 shots )

Championship

(1) Bemidji State vs. (2) Niagara

March 16Bemidji State2 – 3Niagara Dwyer Arena Recap  
Brandon Marino - pp - 02:55First period10:19 - pp - Ted Cook
Tyler Lehrke - 12:33Second period16:28 - Chris Moran
19:15 - pp - Kyle Rogers
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Matt Climie ( 22 saves / 25 shots )Goalie stats Juliano Pagliero ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Star team

MVP

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References

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