College ice hockey tournament
| 2005 CHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11–13, 2005 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | IRA Civic Center Grand Rapids, Minnesota |
| Champions | Bemidji State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Tom Serratore (1st title) |
| MVP | Matt Climie (Bemidji State) |
| CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2004 2006 → | |
The 2005 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 13, 2005, at the IRA Civic Center in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Bemidji State received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2005 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 13, 2005, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2005 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
| 2004–05 College Hockey America standings | ||||||||||||||
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #15 Bemidji State†* | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 69 | 45 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 123 | 95 | |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 71 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 106 | 79 | |
| Niagara | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 61 | 62 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 110 | 114 | |
| Wayne State | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 55 | 54 | 35 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 107 | 107 | |
| Air Force | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 41 | 64 | 36 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 82 | 107 | |
| Robert Morris | 20 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 64 | 33 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 62 | 107 | |
| Championship: Bemidji State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinal
March 11, 2005 | Semifinals
March 12, 2005 | Championship
March 13, 2005 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bemidji State | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wayne State | 3 | 5 | Air Force | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Air Force | 4* | 1 | Bemidji State | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | Alabama-Huntsville | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alabama-Huntsville | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Niagara | 5 | 3 | Niagara | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Robert Morris | 1 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Tournament awards
All-Star team
- Goaltender: Scott Munroe (Alabama-Huntsville)
- Defensemen: Brian Gineo (Air Force), Peter Jonsson (Bemidji State)
- Forwards: Brendan Cook (Bemidji State), Brett McConnachie (Alabama-Huntsville), Ryan Miller (Bemidji State)
MVP
- Matt Climie (Bemidji State)
References
- ^ Phelps, Mekye (2007). 2007–08 College Hockey America media guide (PDF). College Hockey America. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
External links
| CHA men's ice hockey tournaments | |
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| 2005 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments | |
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| Conference | |
| National | |