2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 9 and March 11, 2007 at the 95KGGO Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. By winning the tournament, Alabama-Huntsville received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 9–11, 2007
Teams5
Finals site95KGGO Arena
Des Moines, Iowa
ChampionsAlabama-Huntsville (1st title)
Winning coachDoug Ross (1st title)
MVPDavid Nimmo (Alabama-Huntsville)
CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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 11, 2007, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Niagara†209562470623718136126128
Bemidji State20965235654331414597109
Robert Morris2091011967723514192110129
Wayne State208102186463351221297125
Alabama–Huntsville*2071121663693613203112137
Championship: Alabama–Huntsville
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket
  Quarterfinal

March 9, 2007

 Semifinals

March 10, 2007

 Championship

March 11, 2007

                           
       
  1 Niagara 3  
    5 Alabama-Huntsville 5  
4 Wayne State 3
  5 Alabama-Huntsville 4*  
    3 Robert Morris 4
  5 Alabama-Huntsville 5*
         
       
2 Bemidji State 5
    3 Robert Morris 7  
     

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Star team
  • Goaltender: Blake MacNicol (Alabama-Huntsville)
  • Defensemen: Rob Cowan (Robert Morris), Mike Salekin (Alabama-Huntsville)
  • Forwards: Sean Berkstresser (Robert Morris), Chris Margott (Robert Morris), Kevin Morrison (Alabama-Huntsville)[1]

MVP
  • David Nimmo (Alabama-Huntsville)[1]
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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 2009-02-06.
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