2009 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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| 2009 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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| Dates | March 13–14, 2009 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Finals site | John S. Glas Field House Bemidji, Minnesota |
| Champions | Bemidji State (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Tom Serratore (3rd title) |
| MVP | Matt Read (Bemidji State) |
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The 2009 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played on March 13 and March 14, 2009 at the John S. Glas Field House in Bemidji, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Bemidji State received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The tournament will featured two rounds of play. In the first round, the first and fourth seeds and second and third seeds will each play for a berth in the championship game. The winners of the championship, played on March 14, 2009, will receive an automatic bid to the 2009 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
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #9 Bemidji State†* | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 55 | 38 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 106 | 97 | |
| Niagara | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 53 | 44 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 98 | 92 | |
| Robert Morris | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 46 | 57 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 93 | 121 | |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 58 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 63 | 99 | |
| Championship: Bemidji State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
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Bracket
| Semifinals March 13 |
Championship March 14 |
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| 1 | Bemidji State | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | Alabama-Huntsville | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | Bemidji State | 3* | ||||||
| 3 | Robert Morris | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | Niagara | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Robert Morris | 2 | Third place | |||||
| 2 | Niagara | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | Alabama-Huntsville | 1 | ||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Semifinals
(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Alabama-Huntsville
| March 13 | Bemidji State | 4 – 1 | Alabama-Huntsville | John S. Glas Field House | Recap | |||
| Matt Read - 04:40 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Francis - pp - 01:06 | Second period | 05:51 - Joe Federoff | ||||||
| Brandon Marino - 02:22 Matt Read - en - 19:16 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Dalton ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cameron Talbot ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Niagara vs. (3) Robert Morris
| March 13 | Niagara | 1 – 2 | Robert Morris | John S. Glas Field House | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 11:53 - pp - Denny Urban | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:09 - Trevor Lewis | ||||||
| Derek Foam - 05:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Juliano Pagliero ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Brooks Ostergard ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
Third place
(2) Niagara vs. (4) Alabama-Huntsville
| March 14 | Niagara | 1 – 1 | OT | Alabama-Huntsville | John S. Glas Field House | Recap | ||
| Dan Sullivan - 09:20 | First period | 03:07 - Kevin Morrison | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Avramenko ( 46 saves / 47 shots ) | Goalie stats | Blake MacNicol ( 38 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(1) Bemidji State vs. (3) Robert Morris
| March 14 | Bemidji State | 3 – 2 | OT | Robert Morris | John S. Glas Field House | Recap | ||
| Tyler Scofield - pp - 19:30 | First period | 03:53 - Ron Cramer | ||||||
| Matt Read - 14:08 | Second period | 18:47 - pp - Chris Margott | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Read - 08:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Dalton ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Brooks Ostergard ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- Goaltender: Matt Dalton (Bemidji State)
- Defensemen: Brad Hunt (Bemidji State), Dan Sullivan (Niagara)
- Forwards: Matt Francis (Bemidji State), Chris Margott (Robert Morris), Matt Read (Bemidji State)[1]
