| 2012 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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 2012 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Logo | |||
| Dates | March 2–17, 2012 | ||
| Teams | 11 | ||
| First round site | Campus sites | ||
| Quarterfinals site | Campus sites | ||
| Semifinals site | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan | ||
| Finals site | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan | ||
| Champions | Western Michigan (2nd title) | ||
| Winning coach | Andy Murray (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Frank Slubowski (Western Michigan) | ||
| Attendance | 60,741 (all games) | ||
| Top scorer | Dan DeSalvo (Bowling Green) (13 points) | ||
| CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2012 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 41st CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It will be played between March 2 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Western Michigan won the Mason Cup and they earned the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[]
The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and second lowest ranked first round winner, the third seed and second highest ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
Regular season standings[]
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 Ferris State
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28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 80 | 62 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 124 | 94 | |
| #7 Michigan | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 85 | 60 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 132 | 89 | |
| #14 Western Michigan* | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 72 | 61 | 41 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 114 | 92 | |
| #8 Miami (OH) | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 74 | 55 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 122 | 86 | |
| #15 Michigan State | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 80 | 68 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 111 | 103 | |
| #20 Northern Michigan | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 76 | 79 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 106 | 102 | |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 71 | 79 | 40 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 102 | 108 | |
| #19 Notre Dame | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 65 | 73 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 101 | 107 | |
| Ohio State | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 74 | 79 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 91 | 92 | |
| Alaska | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 63 | 76 | 36 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 84 | 94 | |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 40 | 88 | 44 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 85 | 129 | |
| Championship: Michigan 2, Western Michigan 3 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
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Bracket[]
| First round March 2–4 |
Quarterfinals March 9–11 |
Semifinals March 16 |
Championship March 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ferris State | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | Western Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Notre Dame | 2 | 4 | — | 11 | Bowling Green | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Miami (OH) | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ohio State | 0 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Northern Michigan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Michigan State | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Bowling Green | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Western Michigan | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Western Michigan | 4 | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Lake Superior St. | 4 | 2 | — | 7 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Alaska | 3 | 0 | — | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | Michigan | 3* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | Miami (OH) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Bowling Green | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Semifinals[]
(3) Western Michigan vs. (4) Miami[]
| March 16 @ 4:35 pm | Western Michigan | 6 - 2 | Miami | Joe Louis Arena | Recap |
(2) Michigan vs. (11) Bowling Green[]
| March 16 @ 8:05 pm | Michigan | 3 - 2 (OT) | Bowling Green | Joe Louis Arena | Recap |
Third place[]
(4) Miami vs. (11) Bowling Green[]
| March 17 @ 3:35 pm | Miami | 4 - 1 | Bowling Green | Joe Louis Arena | Recap |
Championship[]
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Western Michigan[]
| March 17 @ 7:35 pm | Michigan | 2 - 3 | Western Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | Recap |
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[1][]
- F Reilly Smith (Miami)
- F Greg Squires (Western Michigan)
- F Luke Moffatt (Michigan)
- D Danny DeKeyser (Western Michigan)
- D Lee Moffie (Michigan)
- G Frank Slubowski* (Western Michigan)
References[]
- ↑ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide", ISSUU.com. Retrieved on 2014-04-23.
- ↑ "CCHA Awards", College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved on 2014-04-23.
External links[]
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