2024 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2024 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 45th tournament in the history of the men's Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It began on March 8 and ended on March 22, 2024. All games were played at home campus sites. Michigan Tech won the tournament and received the CCHA's automatic bid for the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format, while the semifinals and final are single games held at the campus sites of the highest remaining seeds. All eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher-seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower-seeded teams. [1] The teams that advance out of the quarterfinals are reseeded according to the regular season standings. The semifinals and final are single-elimination games. The winners of the semifinals play one another to determine the conference tournament champion.

Conference standings

2023–24 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTLSWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Bemidji State †2415722124882643820162117111
St. Thomas 2412111020396862371520297105
#19 Michigan Tech *24121021203963544019156109102
Minnesota State 2412102211387362371815411196
Northern Michigan 2410104112365767341216683105
Bowling Green 2411121111356069361322186116
Lake Superior State 24111212203479733817201114113
Ferris State 246171321194980361024283125
Augustana ^0000000000341218490105
Championship: March 22, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
^ Augustana is playing a transition schedule of 16 games against conference opponents that are not counted in the standings
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 8–10 		Semifinals
March 16 		Championship
March 22
           
1 Bemidji State 5* 4 -
8 Ferris State 4 0 -
1 Bemidji State 4
7 Lake Superior State 1
2 St. Thomas 1 4 2
7 Lake Superior State 4 2 3
1 Bemidji State 1
3 Michigan Tech 2
3 Michigan Tech 5 6 -
6 Bowling Green 0 5 -
3 Michigan Tech 4
4 Minnesota State 3
4 Minnesota State 2 6 -
5 Northern Michigan 1 1 -

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

Quarterfinals

(1) Bemidji State vs. (8) Ferris State

March 8, 2024
7:07 pm		Bemidji State5–4 (OT)
(1–2, 2–2, 1–0, 1–0)		Ferris State Sanford Center
Attendance: 1,725
Game reference
Mattias Sholl Goalies Noah Giesbrecht Referees:
Brady Johnson
Robert Lukkason
Linesmen:
Tyler Landman
Nathan Voll
0–18:58 – PP – Austin McCarthy (2) (Ergang, Hale)
0–29:56 – Austin McCarthy (3) (Nardecchia, Taulien)
(Roed, Wolfe) Eric Martin (7) – 11:301–2
(Vaisanen, Pohlkamp) Donte Lawson (4) – 26:042–2
2–328:32 – Emerson Goode (2) (Ergang, Hale)
2–435:14 – Andrew Noel (1) (Pokorny, Taulien)
(Flammang, Jones) Kasper Magnussen (6) – PP – 39:043–4
(Looft, Pohlkamp) Eric Martin (8) – EA – 59:214–4
(Looft, Jouppi) Eric Pohlkamp (8) – GW – 60:375–4
2 minPenalties8 min
51Shots27
March 9, 2024
6:07 pm		Bemidji State4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)		Ferris State Sanford Center
Attendance: 2,176
Game reference
Mattias Sholl Goalies Logan Stein Referees:
Brady Johnson
Robert Lukkason
Linesmen:
Tyler Landman
Nathan Voll
(Flammang, Vaisanen) Carter Jones (6) – GW – 23:501–0
(Looft, Jutting) Eric Pohlkamp (9) – PP – 35:242–0
(Looft, Roed) Eric Pohlkamp (10) – PP – 39:093–0
(Lawson, Magnuson) Jake McLean (5) – 43:354–0
2 minPenalties4 min
39Shots25
Bemidji State wins series 2–0

(2) St. Thomas vs. (7) Lake Superior State

March 8, 2024
7:07 pm		St. Thomas1–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)		Lake Superior State St. Thomas Ice Arena
Attendance: 506
Game reference
Aaron Trotter Goalies Ethan Langenegger Referees:
Stephen McInchak
Bruce Vida
Linesmen:
Kyle Domin
Patrick Giles
0–116:19 – Connor Milburn (14) (Kungle)
(Piechowski, Laylin) Matthew Gleason (5) – 19:551–1
1–233:38 – GW – Jared Westcott (18) (C. Milburn)
1–356:18 – Timo Bakos (8) (Herrington, Roy)
1–456:45 – EN – Artyom Borshyov (2) (unassisted)
6 minPenalties4 min
22Shots28
March 9, 2024
6:07 pm		St. Thomas4–2
(2–0, 2–1, 0–1)		Lake Superior State St. Thomas Ice Arena
Attendance: 495
Game reference
Aaron Trotter Goalies Ethan Langenegger out 40:00
Easton Hesse in 40:00		Referees:
Stephen McInchak
Bruce Vida
Linesmen:
Kyle Domin
Patrick Giles
(Wahlin, Gleason) Liam Malmquist (10) – 05:461–0
(Malmquist, Poolman) Lucas Wahlin (12) – 11:092–0
(unassisted) Jase Sofo (1) – GW – 23:123–0
3–132:18 – Timo Bakos (9) (Blanchett, Roy)
(Wahlin, Laylin) Noah Prokop (3) – 35:004–1
4–253:02 – EA – Connor Milburn (15) (Schweitzer, Piku)
16 minPenalties25 min
35Shots31
March 10, 2024
5:07 pm		St. Thomas2–3
(1–0, 1–1, 0–2)		Lake Superior State St. Thomas Ice Arena
Attendance: 437
Game reference
Aaron Trotter Goalies Ethan Langenegger Referees:
Stephen McInchak
Bruce Vida
Linesmen:
Kyle Domin
Patrick Giles
(O'Neill, Gauer) Luc Laylin (9) – 13:341–0
1–125:10 – Connor Milburn (16) (Tritt)
(Poolman, Malmquist) Chase Cheslock (1) – PP – 36:162–1
2–250:23 – Reagan Milburn (2) (Hindman)
2–359:54 – GW – Dawson Tritt (13) (Levandowski, C. Milburn)
6 minPenalties23 min
30Shots31
Lake Superior State wins series 2–1

(3) Michigan Tech vs. (6) Bowling Green

March 8, 2024
7:07 pm		Michigan Tech5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		Bowling Green MacInnes Student Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,718
Game reference
Blake Pietila Goalies Cole Moore Referees:
Nicholas Kresbach
Sterling Egan
Linesmen:
Eric Froberg
Jamie Grace
(Gordon, Mosley) Logan Pietila (3) – GW – 11:441–0
(L. Pietila, Russell) Isaac Gordon (17) – 30:142–0
(Richartz, Nordstrom) Henry Bartle (1) – 33:093–0
(Gordon, L. Pietila) Ryland Mosley (15) – 40:544–0
(Koskipirtti, Works) Arvid Caderoth (7) – 43:575–0
6 minPenalties6 min
44Shots21
March 9, 2024
6:07 pm		Michigan Tech6–5
(1–2, 4–2, 1–1)		Bowling Green MacInnes Student Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,889
Game reference
Blake Pietila Goalies Christian Stoever Referees:
Nicholas Kresbach
Sterling Egan
Linesmen:
Eric Froberg
Jamie Grace
0–13:38 – Ethan Scardina (6) (Santa Juana, Waters)
0–27:26 – PP – Spencer Kersten (9) (Scardina, Pfoh)
(Williams, C. Pietila) Blais Richartz (3) – 13:361–2
(Bronte, L. Pietila) Isaac Gordon (18) – PP – 20:322–2
(Koskipirtti, Caderoth) Ryland Mosley (16) – 20:403–2
3–328:49 – Brett Pfoh (8) (Grant, Pasanen)
3–430:53 – PP – Ben Doran (3) (Bevilacqua, Parker)
(L. Pietila, Gordon) Tyrone Bronte (6) – PP – 37:394–4
(Gordon, Campbell) Jack Works (9) – PP – 38:405–4
5–542:00 – Brett Pfoh (14) (Grant)
(C. Pietila, Williams) Ryland Mosley (6) – GW PP – 58:576–5
4 minPenalties12 min
40Shots15
Michigan Tech wins series 2–0

(4) Minnesota State vs. (5) Northern Michigan

March 8, 2024
7:07 pm		Minnesota State2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)		Northern Michigan Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 3,084
Game reference
Alex Tracy Goalies Béni Halász Referees:
Derek Berkebile
Rick Nelson
Linesmen:
Andrew Dokken
Nicholas Bradshaw
(unassisted) Jordan Power (1) – 17:201–0
(Morton, Koch) Lucas Sowder (12) – GW PP – 36:592–0
2–144:17 – Rylan Van Unen (14) (Perbix, M. Van Unen)
2 minPenalties4 min
21Shots33
March 9, 2024
6:07 pm		Minnesota State6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)		Northern Michigan Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center
Attendance: 3,494
Game reference
Alex Tracy Goalies Béni Halász Referees:
Derek Berkebile
Rick Nelson
Linesmen:
Andrew Dokken
Nicholas Bradshaw
0–14:08 – SH – Andre Ghantous (9) (unassisted)
(unassisted) Brian Carrabes (9) – 12:151–1
(Murr, Koch) Sam Morton (23) – GW – 27:012–1
(unassisted) Luc Wilson (7) – 35:283–1
(Murr, Koch) Sam Morton (24) – 42:514–1
(Krajnik) Tyler Haskins (4) – EN – 58:185–1
(Wilson, Steinmetz) Brian Carrabes (10) – 59:366–1
6 minPenalties8 min
23Shots27
Minnesota State wins series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Bemidji State vs. (7) Lake Superior State

March 16, 2024
7:07 pm		Bemidji State4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)		Lake Superior State Sanford Center
Attendance: 3,048
Game reference
Mattias Sholl Goalies Ethan Langenegger Referees:
Stephen McInchak
Rick Nelson
Linesmen:
Patrick Giles
Nick Bradshaw
(Väisänen) Eric Pohlkamp (11) – 1:481–0
(Lawson, Wolfe) Jake McLean (6) – GW – 27:322–0
(Martin, Follmer) Kirklan Irey (8) – 28:303–0
3–132:37 – Branden Piku (7) (Levandowski, Westcott)
(Jones, Flammang) Jere Väisänen (9) – EN – 59:504–1
4 minPenalties4 min
38Shots14

(3) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Minnesota State

March 16, 2024
5:07 pm		Michigan Tech4–3
(0–1, 1–1, 3–1)		Minnesota State MacInnes Student Ice Arena
Attendance: 3,527
Game reference
Blake Pietila Goalies Alex Tracy Referees:
Bruce Vida
Brady Johnson
Linesmen:
Tyler Landman
Nathan Voll
0–17:08 – Lucas Sowder (13) (unassisted)
(Koskipirtti, Bronte) Jack Works (10) – 23:001–1
1–229:13 – Will Hillman (2) (Haskins, Wheeler)
(Koskipirtti, Mosley) Kash Rasmussen (3) – PP – 41:342–2
2–345:57 – Adam Eisele (8) (Wilson)
(unassisted) Logan Pietila (8) – PS – 55:273–3
(Mosley) Logan Pietila (9) – GW – 59:514–3
4 minPenalties4 min
38Shots32

Championship

(1) Bemidji State vs. (3) Michigan Tech

March 22, 2024
7:07 pm		Bemidji State1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)		Michigan Tech Sanford Center
Attendance: 4,373
Game reference
Mattias Sholl Goalies Blake Pietila Referees:
Brady Johnson
Bruce Vida Jr.
Linesmen:
Tyler Landman
Nathan Voll
(Jouppi, Jutting) Kasper Magnussen (7) – 14:071–0
1–114:59 – Chase Pietila (3) (Nordstrom, Bartle)
1–229:20 – GW – Ryland Mosley (18) (Campbell)
0 minPenalties2 min
35Shots27

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

References

  1. ↑ "Composite Schedule". CCHA. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
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