2013 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 42nd Central Collegiate Hockey Association men's ice hockey tournament, and also the last for the original version of the conference. The tournament was played between March 8 and March 24, 2012, at campus locations and at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament was won by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish winning the Mason Cup and earning the CCHA's automatic bid into the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Contents

The CCHA was revived in the 2021–22 season with eight members, and the tournament resumed at the end of that season. [1] [2] [3]

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds played a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game.

Regular season standings

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

Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTSWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 Miami2817744597550422512510673
#8 Notre Dame *2817832569064412513311991
#16 Western Michigan 281576354635538191188778
Ohio State 2813105145716340161779596
Ferris State 2813123143676337161659689
Alaska 2812133140737937171649597
#20 Michigan 281015333681964018193129130
Lake Superior State 28111611356577391721192109
Bowling Green 281015313465754115215100105
Northern Michigan 2891541326479381519490109
Michigan State 2891810285770421425387115
Championship: March 24, 2013
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

First round
March 8–10
Quarterfinals
March 15–17
Semifinals
March 23
Championship
March 24
1 Miami0 44
6 Alaska 1 43 11 Michigan State 31 1
11 Michigan State2*1 41 Miami 2
7 Michigan6
4 Ohio State2 33
5 Ferris State 41 2
7 Michigan 1
2 Notre Dame3
3 Western Michigan 3 1
7 Michigan367 Michigan45
10 Northern Michigan 2 2 2 Notre Dame3
4 Ohio State 1
2 Notre Dame1* 4
8 Lake Superior State 23 0 9 Bowling Green 0 3
9 Bowling Green0 67

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s) [4]

[5]

References

  1. Johnson, Randy (February 18, 2020). "CCHA will be new name for seven teams leaving WCHA in 2021-22". Star Tribune . Minneapolis . Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. "New Central Collegiate Hockey Association Welcomes the University of St. Thomas" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. July 29, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  3. "Famed Mason Cup to be awarded to CCHA playoff champion" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  4. "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  5. "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.