2023 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament
2023 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 3–18, 2023 |
Teams | 8 |
Finals site | Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Mankato, Minnesota |
Champions | Minnesota State (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Mike Hastings (2nd title) |
CCHA men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2023 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 44th tournament in the history of the men's Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It began on March 3 and ended on March 18, 2023. All games were played at home campus sites. Minnesota State won the tournament and received the CCHA's automatic bid for the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
[edit]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
[edit]Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#12 Minnesota State †* | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 83 | 56 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 126 | 81 | |
#13 Michigan Tech | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 68 | 54 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 103 | 88 | |
Bowling Green | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 89 | 76 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 114 | 114 | |
Northern Michigan | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 82 | 77 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 123 | 103 | |
Bemidji State | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 73 | 63 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 94 | 97 | |
Ferris State | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 62 | 91 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 92 | 131 | |
St. Thomas | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 69 | 81 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 86 | 117 | |
Lake Superior State | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 52 | 80 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 71 | 118 | |
Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Bracket
[edit]Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 6 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||
8 | Lake Superior State | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 7 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Ferris State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 5 | – | ||||||||||||
7 | St. Thomas | 0 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 3* | ||||||||||||||
4 | Northern Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||
6 | Ferris State | 4* | 2* | – | ||||||||||||
2 | Michigan Tech | 0 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Northern Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Northern Michigan | 7 | 2* | – | ||||||||||||
5 | Bemidji State | 3 | 1 | – |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
[edit]Note: All game times are local.
Quarterfinals
[edit](1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Lake Superior State
[edit]March 3, 2023 7:07 PM | Minnesota State | 6–1 (2–0, 1–1, 3–0) | Lake Superior State | Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Attendance: 3,948 |
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Keenan Rancier | Goalies | Ethan Langenegger | Referees: Stephen McInchak Rick Nelson Linesmen: Matt Tyree Eric Standke | ||||||||||||||||||||
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9 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 18 |
March 4, 2023 6:07 PM | Minnesota State | 2–1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0) | Lake Superior State | Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Attendance: 3,798 |
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Keenan Rancier | Goalies | Seth Eisele Ethan Langenegger | Referees: Stephen McInchak Rick Nelson Linesmen: Matt Tyree Eric Standke | ||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
40 | Shots | 18 |
Minnesota State wins series 2–0 |
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(2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) St. Thomas
[edit]March 3, 2023 7:07 PM | Michigan Tech | 1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0) | St. Thomas | MacInnes Student Ice Arena Attendance: 2,338 |
Game reference | |||||
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Blake Pietila | Goalies | Aaron Trotter | Referees: Scott Roth Michael Forys Linesmen: Tyler Landman Nathan Voll | ||
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10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||
32 | Shots | 30 |
March 4, 2023 6:07 PM | Michigan Tech | 5–4 (3–1, 1–1, 1–2) | St. Thomas | MacInnes Student Ice Arena Attendance: 2,587 |
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Blake Pietila | Goalies | Aaron Trotter | Referees: Scott Roth Micheal Froys Linesmen: Tyler Landman Nathan Voll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 34 |
Michigan Tech wins series 2–0 |
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(3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Ferris State
[edit]March 3, 2023 7:07 PM | Bowling Green | 3–4 (OT) (2–1, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1) | Ferris State | Slater Family Ice Arena Attendance: 1,686 |
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Christian Stoever | Goalies | Noah Giesbrecht | Referees: Derek Berkebile Brady Johnson Linesmen: Kyle Bushee Pat Giles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Shots | 40 |
March 4, 2023 7:07 PM | Bowling Green | 1–2 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1) | Ferris State | Slater Family Ice Arena Attendance: 1,638 |
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Christian Stoever | Goalies | Noah Giesbrecht | Referees: Derek Berkebile Brady Johnson Linesmen: Kyle Bushee Pat Giles | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||
33 | Shots | 30 |
Ferris State wins series 2–0 |
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(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Bemidji State
[edit]March 3, 2023 7:07 PM | Northern Michigan | 7–3 (2–2, 1–0, 4–1) | Bemidji State | Berry Events Center Attendance: 3,116 |
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Béni Halász | Goalies | Mattias Sholl | Referees: Bruce Vida Jr TJ Likens Linesmen: Jamie Grace Eric Froberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 31 |
March 4, 2023 6:07 PM | Northern Michigan | 2–1 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0) | Bemidji State | Berry Events Center Attendance: 2,269 |
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Béni Halász | Goalies | Mattias Sholl | Referees: Bruce Vida Jr TJ Likens Linesmen: Jamie Grace Eric Froberg | ||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
23 | Shots | 36 |
Northern Michigan wins series 2–0 |
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Semifinals
[edit](1) Minnesota State vs. (6) Ferris State
[edit]March 11, 2023 6:07 PM | Minnesota State | 7–2 (2–1, 2–1, 3–0) | Ferris State | Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Attendance: 4,468 |
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Keenan Rancier | Goalies | Noah Giesbrecht | Referees: Scott Roth Michael Forys Linesmen: Nathan Voll Tyler Landman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 21 |
(2) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Northern Michigan
[edit]March 11, 2023 6:07 PM | Michigan Tech | 0–4 (0–3, 0–0, 0–1) | Northern Michigan | MacInnes Student Ice Arena Attendance: 3,930 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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Blake Pietila | Goalies | Béni Halász | Referees: TJ Likens Brude Vida Linesmen: Matt Tyree Eric Standke | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
44 | Shots | 25 |
Championship
[edit](1) Minnesota State vs. (4) Northern Michigan
[edit]March 18, 2023 6:07 PM | Minnesota State | 3–2 (OT) (0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 1-0) | Northern Michigan | Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Attendance: 4,805 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Keenan Rancier | Goalies | Béni Halász | Referees: Scott Roth Michael Forys Linesmen: Nathan Voll Tyler Landman | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 25 |
Tournament awards
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2023 CCHA Mason Cup Playoffs". CCHA. Retrieved February 27, 2023.