2018 College Hockey America women's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 1–3, 2018 |
Teams | 6 |
Finals site | Harborcenter Buffalo, New York |
Champions | Mercyhurst (12th title) |
Winning coach | Michael Sisti (12th title) |
College Hockey America women's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 College Hockey America Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 16th tournament in league history played between March 1 and March 3, 2018, at the Harborcenter in Buffalo, New York. Mercyhurst won their 12th tournament and earned College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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]
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#10 Robert Morris † | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 75 | 30 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 122 | 70 | ||
Mercyhurst * | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 58 | 24 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 94 | 74 | ||
Syracuse | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 53 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 76 | 98 | ||
Penn State | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 65 | 69 | ||
Lindenwood | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 37 | 57 | 31 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 61 | 92 | ||
RIT | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 95 | 35 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 42 | 141 | ||
Championship: † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com |
Round | Match | Name | Team 1 | Team 2 | |
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1 | March 1 | Quarterfinal 1 (#3 v. #6) | Syracuse 5 | v | RIT 1 |
2 | March 1 | Quarterfinal 2 (#4 v. #5) | Penn State 2 | v | Lindenwood 1 |
3 | March 2 | Semifinal 1 (#1 v. #4) | Robert Morris 7 | v | Penn State 2 |
4 | March 2 | Semifinal 2 (#2 v. #3) | Mercyhurst 3 | v | Syracuse 2* |
5 | March 3 | Championship Game | Robert Morris 3 | v | Mercyhurst 5 |
Tournament Champion: Mercyhurst
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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