2025 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2025 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 46th tournament in the history of the men's Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It began on March 7 and ended on March 21, 2024. All games were played at home campus sites.

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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. The top eight conference teams in the standings 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

Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTLSWPTSPCT ^GFGAGPWLTGFGA
#14 Minnesota State 26185331156.71877373423839751
Augustana 1695211130.625483732171148967
St. Thomas 26139411132.564766634161359592
Bowling Green 261210423243.551696333161348381
Michigan Tech 261211311140.513756934161539490
Ferris State 261213110036.4627481341318385117
Bemidji State 261012431436.4626378341316585102
Lake Superior State 261015104035.4497176341220290108
Northern Michigan 26420211216.205428834527255115
Championship: March 21, 2025
† indicates conference regular-season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
^ Because Augustana is playing a transition schedule of 16 games against conference opponents, point percentage is used to determine conference position.
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: March 2, 2025

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 7–9
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 21
           
1 Minnesota State 4 3
8 Lake Superior State 1 2
1 Minnesota State
 
2 Augustana 3 3
7 Bemidji State 1 4
 
 
3 St. Thomas 7 4
6 Ferris State 3 1
 
 
4 Bowling Green 2** 4
5 Michigan Tech 1 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

Quarterfinals

(1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Lake Superior State

March 7, 2025
7:07 pm
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March 8, 2025
6:07 pm
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March 9, 2025
5:07 pm
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(2) Augustana vs. (7) Bemidji State

March 7, 2025
TBA
AugustanavBemidji State Midco Arena
March 8, 2025
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AugustanavBemidji State Midco Arena
March 9, 2025
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(3) St. Thomas vs. (6) Ferris State

March 7, 2025
TBA
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March 8, 2025
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March 9, 2025
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(4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Michigan Tech

March 7, 2025
TBA
Bowling GreenvMichigan Tech Slater Family Ice Arena
March 8, 2025
TBA
Bowling GreenvMichigan Tech Slater Family Ice Arena
March 9, 2025
TBA
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Semifinals

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

References

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