2017 CHA women's ice hockey tournament

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The 2017 College Hockey America Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 15th tournament in league history played between March 2 and March 4, 2017, at the Harborcenter in Buffalo, New York. Robert Morris won their second tournament and earned College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The 2017 format was the first single week-end format, with a single game quarterfinal round.

All six CHA Teams participated in the Tournament. On the first day of the Tournament, the top two seeds received a bye, while the #3 seed played the #6 seed, and the #4 seed played the #5 seed in the Quarterfinal round. On the second day, the Semifinal games featured the #1 seed against the lowest remaining seed, while the #2 seed played the highest remaining seed. On the third and final day, the CHA Championship was played between the two Semifinal winners. There was a total of five games. [1]

Standings

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#8 Robert Morris†*20153232603734245610674
Syracuse 20144230632434161358559
Mercyhurst 20118123584535151829285
Penn State 20810218475435921574104
RIT 20414210315936727249116
Lindenwood 2031617185833625236100
Championship: Robert Morris
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll
RoundMatchNameTeam 1Team 2
1March 2Quarterfinal 1 (#3 v. #6) Mercyhurst 2v Lindenwood 3
2March 2Quarterfinal 2 (#4 v. #5) Penn State 1v RIT 2
3March 3Semifinal 1 (#1 v. #6) Robert Morris 2vLindenwood 1
4March 3Semifinal 2 (#2 v. #5) Syracuse 4vRIT 0
5March 4Championship GameRobert Morris 2vSyracuse 0

Tournament Champion: Robert Morris

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

RMU Goaltender Jessica Dodds was named the Tournament MVP [2]

The Tournament Champion earned a berth in the 2017 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament to determine the national champion. The Robert Morris Colonials were the number 8 seed out of 8 in the tournament, and lost to #1 seed Wisconsin 7–0 on March 11, in Madison, Wisconsin.

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References

  1. "2020 CHA Tournament - College Hockey America".
  2. "Robert Morris Wins Second CHA Title Behind Dodds Shutout". College Hockey America. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2020.