2010 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2010 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 12–13, 2010
Teams	4
Finals site	Dwyer Arena Lewiston, New York
Champions	Alabama–Huntsville (2nd title)
Winning coach	Danton Cole (1st title)
MVP	Cameron Talbot (Alabama–Huntsville)
CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2009

The 2010 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played on March 12 and March 13, 2010 at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, New York. The winner will receive College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Alabama–Huntsville defeated hosts Niagara, 3–2, in overtime to win their second CHA Tournament title.^[1]

2010 marked the final men's tournament for the CHA, as the conference will disband its men's division after the season.^[2]

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 13, 2010, will receive an automatic bid to the 2010 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

2009–10 College Hockey America standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#12 Bemidji State†	18	14	3	1	29	71	40		37	23	10	4	128	87
Robert Morris	18	6	9	3	15	47	60		35	10	19	6	94	121
Alabama–Huntsville*	18	6	10	2	14	42	54		33	12	18	3	73	89
Niagara	18	6	10	2	14	53	59		36	12	20	4	107	118
Championship: Alabama–Huntsville † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

	Semifinals March 12					Championship March 13
	1	Bemidji State	4
	4	Niagara	5
						4	Niagara	2
						3	Alabama–Huntsville	3*
	2	Robert Morris	0
	3	Alabama–Huntsville	1			Third place
						1	Bemidji State	3
						2	Robert Morris	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All times are local (EST).

Semifinals

March 12, 2010 3:00 PM

(2) Robert Morris

0 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

(3) Alabama–Huntsville

Dwyer Arena, Lewiston, New York Attendance: 380

Game reference
	Brooks Ostergard	Goalies	Cameron Talbot	Referees: Mike Baker Chris Foote
	0 – 1 37:57 - Ruffini (Barker, Desmet) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	24

March 12, 2010 7:00 PM

(1) Bemidji State

4 – 5 (1–2, 1–2, 2–1)

(4) Niagara

Dwyer Arena, Lewiston, New York Attendance: 1,003

Game reference
	Dan Bakala	Goalies	Chris Noonan	Referees: Kevin Langseth John Philo
	0 – 1 4:29 - Gotto (Ross) Peluso (Lehrke, McKelvie) - 5:12 1 – 1 1 – 2 19:27 - Olidis (Moran, Chartrain) Cramer (Walters) - 31:31 2 – 2 2 – 3 35:46 - Gotto (Matthews, Haczyk) (PP) 2 – 4 38:34 - Haczyk (Zanette) (SH) Walters - 50:25 3 – 4 3 – 5 51:40 - Mironov (Olidis, Moran) Cramer (Hunt) - 52:45 4 – 5
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	25

Third place

March 13, 2010 4:00 PM

(1) Bemidji State

3 – 3 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 2–3, 0–0)

(2) Robert Morris

Dwyer Arena, Lewiston, New York Attendance: 425

Game reference
	Dan Bakala (out 45:49) Mathieu Dugas (in 45:49)	Goalies	Eric Levine	Referees: Mike Baker Chris Foote
	Cramer (Peluso, Lehrke) (PP) - 12:49 1 – 0 1 – 1 43:43 - Velasquez (Lyle, Cramer) 1 – 2 44:31 - Blandina (Cramer) 1 – 3 45:49 - Longpre (Meadows, Salituro) Kinne (MacQueen) - 54:03 2 – 3 Lowe (Hunt, George) - 54:56 3 – 3
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	32

Championship

March 13, 2010 8:00 PM

(4) Niagara

2 – 3 (OT) (0–0, 1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

(3) Alabama–Huntsville

Dwyer Arena, Lewiston, New York Attendance: 1,818

Game reference
	Chris Noonan	Goalies	Cameron Talbot	Referees: Kevin Langseth John Philo
	0 – 1 27:33 - Barker (Roshko, Campbell) (PP) Moran (Olidis) - 27:53 1 – 1 1 – 2 36:31 - Campbell (Coburn, Järvinen) (PP) Zanette (Haczyk, Weiss) - 44:00 2 – 2 2 – 3 61:34 - Desmet (Ruffini, deBruyn) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	45	Shots	24

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• Goaltender: Cameron Talbot (Alabama–Huntsville)
• Defensemen: Tyler Gotto (Niagara)
• Forwards: Cody Campbell (UAH), Ron Cramer (Robert Morris), Ryan Cramer (Bemidji St.), Chris Moran (Niagara) ^[3]

MVP

• Cameron Talbot (Alabama–Huntsville)^[3]

References

1. Baldwin, Thomas (March 13, 2010). "Desmet Scores in OT as Alabama-Huntsville Captures Final CHA Crown". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
2. Baldwin, Thomas (March 6, 2010). "Mironov Scores Two as Niagara Sweeps Robert Morris". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
3. "CHA All-Tournament Team Announced". College Hockey America. March 14, 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.

External links

• Official tournament website