2008 CHA men's ice hockey tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Ice Hockey Conference Tournament
| Year = 2008
| Conference = CHA
| Gender = Men's
| Image = 2008 CHA Tournament Logo.jpg
| ImageSize = 275px
| Caption = 2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
| Dates = March 14–16, 2008
| Teams = 5
| FinalArena = Dwyer Arena
| FinalCity = Lewiston, New York
| Champions = Niagara
| TitleCount = 3rd
| Coach = Dave Burkholder
| CoachCount = 2nd
| MVP = Ted Cook
| MVPTeam = Niagara
| prevseason_year = 2007
| prevseason_link = 2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| nextseason_year = 2009
| nextseason_link = 2009 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
}}
The 2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 16, 2008 at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, New York. By winning the tournament, Niagara received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the first round, the fourth and fifth ranked seeds, Wayne State and Alabama-Huntsville, played for entry into the semifinals, to which the top three seeds received byes. The winners of the two semifinal games then played for the championship on March 16, 2008, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 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
{{2007–08 CHA standings (men)}}
Bracket
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=Quarterfinal
March 14, 2008
| RD2=Semifinals
March 15, 2008
| RD3=Championship
March 16, 2008
| RD1-seed3=4
| RD1-team3=Wayne State
| RD1-score3=4
| RD1-seed4=5
| RD1-team4=Alabama-Huntsville
| RD1-score4=0
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=Bemidji State
| RD2-score1=4
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-team2=Wayne State
| RD2-score2=1
| RD2-seed3=2
| RD2-team3=Niagara
| RD2-score3=6
| RD2-seed4=3
| RD2-team4=Robert Morris
| RD2-score4=3
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=Bemidji State
| RD3-score1=2
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-team2=Niagara
| RD3-score2=3
}}
=Quarterfinal=
==(4) Wayne State vs. (5) Alabama-Huntsville==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Wayne State
|team2 = Alabama-Huntsville
|stadium1 = Dwyer Arena
|date1 = March 14
|score1 = 4 – 0
|recap1 = www.uscho.com/recaps/20072008/m/03/14/uah-waynest.php
|won1 = 1
|1-1-1 = Brock Meadows - 11:40
|1-2-1 = Stavros Paskaris - pp - 08:47
Mike Forgie - 14:22
|1-3-1 = Dylan Exton - 04:34
|goalie1-1 = Brett Bothwell ( 21 saves / 21 shots )
|goalie1-2 = Blake MacNicol ( 25 saves / 29 shots )}}
=Semifinals=
==(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Wayne State==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Bemidji State
|team2 = Wayne State
|stadium1 = Dwyer Arena
|date1 = March 15
|score1 = 4 – 1
|recap1 = www.uscho.com/recaps/20072008/m/03/15/waynest-bsu.php
|won1 = 1
|1-1-1 = Matt Pope - pp - 04:00
Cody Bostock - pp - 16:26
|1-2-1 = Matt Read - 05:19
|1-2-2 = 12:13 - Chris Kushneriuk
|1-3-1 = Tyler Scofield - en pp - 19:28
|goalie1-1 = Matt Climie ( 10 saves / 11 shots )
|goalie1-2 = Brett Bothwell ( 26 saves / 29 shots )}}
==(2) Niagara vs. (3) Robert Morris==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Niagara
|team2 = Robert Morris
|stadium1 = Dwyer Arena
|date1 = March 15
|score1 = 6 – 3
|recap1 = www.uscho.com/recaps/20072008/m/03/15/rm-niag.php
|won1 = 1
|1-1-1 = No Scoring
|1-1-2 = 16:57 - Chris Margott
|1-2-1 = David Ross - 05:36
Dan Sullivan - 17:42
|1-2-2 = 16:59 - Chris Margott
|1-3-1 = Ted Cook - 01:21
Egor Mironov - pp - 10:29
Egor Mironov - 12:44
Matt Caruana - en - 19:02
|1-3-2 = 07:39 - pp - Chris Margott
|goalie1-1 = Juliano Pagliero ( 34 saves / 37 shots )
|goalie1-2 = Christian Boucher ( 22 saves / 27 shots )}}
=Championship=
==(1) Bemidji State vs. (2) Niagara==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Bemidji State
|team2 = Niagara
|stadium1 = Dwyer Arena
|date1 = March 16
|score1 = 2 – 3
|recap1 = www.uscho.com/recaps/20072008/m/03/16/bsu-niag.php
|won1 = 2
|1-1-1 = Brandon Marino - pp - 02:55
|1-1-2 = 10:19 - pp - Ted Cook
|1-2-1 = Tyler Lehrke - 12:33
|1-2-2 = 16:28 - Chris Moran
19:15 - pp - Kyle Rogers
|goalie1-1 = Matt Climie ( 22 saves / 25 shots )
|goalie1-2 = Juliano Pagliero ( 27 saves / 29 shots )}}
Tournament awards
=All-Star team=
- Goaltender: Juliano Pagliero (Niagara)
- Defensemen: Cody Bostock (Bemidji State), Dan Sullivan (Niagara)
- Forwards: Chris Margott (Robert Morris), Kyle Rogers (Niagara), Tyler Scofield (Bemidji State){{cite press release|title=2008 College Hockey America All-Tournament Team announced|url=http://www.chahockey.com/archives/2005/awards/200708/08MensTournamentTeam.pdf|publisher=College Hockey America|date=2008-03-16|accessdate=2009-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708133418/http://www.chahockey.com/archives/2005/awards/200708/08MensTournamentTeam.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-08|url-status=dead}}
=[[List of CHA Most Valuable Player in Tournament|MVP]]=
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080918211939/http://www.collegehockeyamerica.com/2005/tournament/08tournament/08tourninfo.htm Official tournament website]
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