2004 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2004 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 12 and March 14, 2004 at Tri-City Arena in Kearney, Nebraska. By winning the tournament, Niagara received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured six teams. The top two teams from the regular season received byes to the semifinals where they played the winners from the quarterfinal games. The two semifinal winners met in the championship game on March 14, 2004, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2003–04 College Hockey America standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bemidji State201631339048362013313194
Niagara*2014602872523921153124120
Alabama–Huntsville20109121656031111649294
Findlay207112165860381122595114
Air Force2061311349783714212101131
Wayne State2041519448036924383144
Championship: Niagara
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

  Quarterfinal

March 12, 2004

    Semifinals

March 13, 2004

    Championship

March 14, 2004

                           
        1 Bemidji State 6  
  4 Findlay 9     4 Findlay 2    
  5 Air Force 1         1 Bemidji State 3
      2 Niagara 4*
        2 Niagara 2    
  3 Alabama-Huntsville 3     6 Wayne State 1  
  6 Wayne State 5  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Star team

  • Goaltender: Matt Kelly (Wayne State)
  • Defensemen: John Haider (Bemidji State), Andrew Lackner (Niagara)
  • Forwards: Aaron Clarke (Niagara), Billy Collins (Wayne State), Kris Wiebe (Findlay)[1]

MVP

  • Jeff Van Nynatten (Niagara)[1]

References

  1. Phelps, Mekye (2007). 2007–08 College Hockey America media guide (PDF). College Hockey America. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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