2011 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2011 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 4–19, 2010
Teams	11
Finals site	Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Miami (1 title)
Winning coach	Enrico Blasi (1 title)
MVP	Andy Miele (Miami)
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The 2011 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 40th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2011 at campus locations and at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The Miami Redhawks won the tournament and was awarded the Mason Cup. They will earn the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2011 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 2011 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

2010–11 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference									Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Michigan †	28	20	7	1	0	61	92	57		44	29	11	4	146	98
#4 Notre Dame	28	18	7	3	2	59	95	69		44	25	14	5	151	121
#8 Miami*	28	16	7	5	2	55	103	58		39	23	10	6	146	85
#13 Western Michigan	28	10	9	9	5	44	77	71		42	19	13	10	116	104
Ferris State	28	12	12	4	4	43	59	62		39	18	16	5	94	86
Northern Michigan	28	12	13	3	0	39	61	87		39	15	19	5	91	117
Alaska	28	10	13	5	3	38	64	66		38	16	17	5	89	91
Lake Superior State	28	8	12	8	5	37	59	78		39	13	17	9	93	115
Ohio State	28	10	14	4	2	36	66	72		37	15	18	4	95	92
Michigan State	28	11	15	2	0	35	65	75		38	15	19	4	98	107
Bowling Green	28	3	21	4	2	15	41	87		41	10	27	4	74	123
Championship: Miami † Conference regular season champion * Conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Bracket

	First round March 4–6							Quarterfinals March 11–13							Semifinals March 18					Championship March 19
								1	Michigan	5	4	—			1	Michigan	2
	8	Lake Superior	4	3	—			11	Bowling Green	1	1	—			4	Western Michigan	5
	9	Ohio State	0	2	—
								4	Western Michigan	1	3	5*
	6	Northern Michigan	6	0	1			5	Ferris State	3	1	4								4	Western Michigan	2
	11	Bowling Green	3	2	2**															3	Miami	5
								3	Miami	4	4	—
	7	Alaska	3*	4**	—			7	Alaska	1	1	—
	10	Michigan State	2	3	—															Third place
								2	Notre Dame	3*	3	4			3	Miami	6
								8	Lake Superior	2	4	2			2	Notre Dame	2			1	Michigan	4
																				2	Notre Dame	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(6) Northern Michigan vs. (11) Bowling Green

March 4	Northern Michigan		6 – 3		Bowling Green	Berry Events Center	Recap
Tyler Gron – pp – 15:45 Stephan Vigier – pp – 16:27		First period			Mike Fink – pp – 07:03
Erik Higby – 05:12 Brian Nugent – 06:01 Stephan Vigier – 08:38		Second period			Cameron Sinclair – 06:32 Bryce Williamson – pp – 09:04
Justin Florek – en – 18:01		Third period			No scoring
Reid Ellingson – ( 25 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Andrew Hammond – ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Nick Eno – ( 15 saves / 16 shots )

March 5	Northern Michigan		0 – 2		Bowling Green	Berry Events Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Jordan Samuels-Thomas – 07:44
No scoring		Third period			Ryan Viselli – en – 18:57
Reid Ellingson – ( 18 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Andrew Hammond – ( 29 saves / 29 shots )

March 6	Northern Michigan		1 – 2	2OT	Bowling Green	Berry Events Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Chad Sumsion – 18:25
Andrew Cherniwchan – 06:40		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			Bryce Williamson – 00:34
Reid Ellingson – ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Andrew Hammond – ( 44 saves / 45 shots )

Bowling Green wins series 2–1

(7) Alaska vs. (10) Michigan State

March 4	Alaska		3 – 2	OT	Michigan State	Carlson Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Michael Quinn – 17:07		Second period			Jake Chelios – pp – 08:07
Jarret Granberg – 12:45		Third period			Tim Buttery – 08:26
Nik Yaremchuk – 19:40		First overtime period			No scoring
Scott Greenham – ( 23 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Drew Palmisano – ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

March 5	Alaska		4 – 3	2OT	Michigan State	Carlson Center	Recap
Andy Taranto – pp – 07:54		First period			Dean Chelios – 15:43 Dustin Gazley – pp – 17:12
Derek Klassen – 12:46 Cody Kunyk – pp – 15:59		Second period			Brett Perlini – 19:19
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Nik Yaremchuk – 03:18		Second overtime period			No scoring
Scott Greenham – ( 33 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Will Yanakeff – ( 30 saves / 34 shots )

Alaska wins series 2–0

(8) Lake Superior vs. (9) Ohio State

March 4	Lake Superior		4 – 0		Ohio State	Taffy Abel Arena	Recap
Dan Radke – 07:05		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Kellan Lain – 09:44 Rick Schofield – en – 18:21 Nick McParland – en – 19:20		Third period			No scoring
Kevin Kapalka – ( 48 saves / 48 shots )		Goalie stats			Cal Heeter – ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

March 5	Lake Superior		3 – 2		Ohio State	Taffy Abel Arena	Recap
Ben Power – pp – 11:15		First period			No scoring
Will Acton – 06:14 Rick Schofield – pp – 19:32		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Sergio Somma – 02:59 Danny Dries – 05:47
Kevin Kapalka – ( 28 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Cal Heeter – ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Lake Superior wins series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Michigan vs. (11) Bowling Green

March 11	Michigan		5 – 1		Bowling Green	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
David Wohlberg – 09:54 Chris Brown – pp – 12:25		First period			No scoring
Scooter Vaughan – 13:27		Second period			No scoring
Lindsay Sparks – 00:42 Luke Moffatt – 12:05		Third period			Bryce Williamson – 04:27
Shawn Hunwick – ( 23 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Andrew Hammond – ( 36 saves / 41 shots )

March 12	Michigan		4 – 1		Bowling Green	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
Lee Moffie – sh – 07:28		First period			No scoring
Lindsay Sparks – 14:05 Lee Moffie – pp – 18:27		Second period			No scoring
A.J. Treais – pp – 01:12		Third period			Camden Wojtala – 10:10
Shawn Hunwick – ( 12 saves / 12 shots ) Bryan Hogan – ( 6 saves / 7 shots ) Adam Janecyk – ( 1 saves / 1 shots )		Goalie stats			Andrew Hammond – ( 30 saves / 34 shots ) Nick Eno – ( 1 saves / 1 shots )

Michigan Wins Series 2–0

(2) Notre Dame vs. (8) Lake Superior

March 11	Notre Dame		3 – 2	OT	Lake Superior	Joyce Center Rink	Recap
T.J. Tynan – pp – 06:48		First period			No scoring
Anders Lee – 17:42		Second period			Chad Nehring – pp – 09:28 Rick Schofield – 11:14
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jeff Costello – 04:52		First overtime period			No scoring
Mike Johnson – ( 24 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Kevin Kapalka – ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

March 12	Notre Dame		3 – 4		Lake Superior	Joyce Center Rink	Recap
T. J. Tynan – 09:12 Nick Larson – 10:12		First period			Kellan Lain – pp – 18:37
Calle Ridderwall – 16:30		Second period			Fred Cassiani – 16:07 Chad Nehring – 18:55
No scoring		Third period			Fred Cassiani – 07:40
Mike Johnson – ( 35 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats			Kevin Kapalka – ( 37 saves / 40 shots )

Series Tied 1–1

(3) Miami vs. (7) Alaska

March 11	Miami		4 – 1		Alaska	Steve Cady Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Bryant Molle – 10:02
Chris Wideman – pp – 05:06		Second period			No scoring
Patrick Tiesling – 03:15 Andy Miele – 11:11 Reilly Smith – 17:35		Third period			No scoring
Cody Reichard – ( 17 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Greenham – ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

March 12	Miami		4 – 1		Alaska	Steve Cady Arena	Recap
Cameron Schilling – 13:23		First period			Chad Gehon – 04:31
Andy Miele – 00:16 Vincent LoVerde – sh – 09:59 Reilly Smith – pp – 11:29		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Connor Knapp – ( 14 saves / 15 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Greenham – ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

Miami Wins Series 2–0

(4) Western Michigan vs. (5) Ferris State

March 11	Western Michigan		1 – 3		Ferris State	Lawson Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Cory Kane – 11:31
Mike Leone – 05:21		Second period			Travis Ouellette – pp – 16:30
No scoring		Third period			Travis Ouellette – en – 19:21
Jerry Kuhn – ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle – ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

March 12	Western Michigan		3 – 1		Ferris State	Lawson Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Shane Berschbach – 10:00 Danny DeKeyser – pp – 15:14		Second period			Mike Fillinger – 17:02
Trevor Elias – en – 19:05		Third period			No scoring
Jerry Kuhn – ( 30 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Pat Nagle – ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

Series Tied 1–1

Semifinals

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Western Michigan

March 18	Michigan		2 – 5		Western Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Mike Leone (5) – pp – 09:25
Lee Moffie (7) – pp – 14:21		Second period			Dane Walters (8) – pp – 06:28 Matt Tennyson (9) – pp – 13:53 Derek Roehl (3) – 15:01 Kyle O'Kane (6) – 17:27
Lindsay Sparks (4) – 08:33		Third period			No scoring
Shawn Hunwick – (18 saves / 23 shots) Bryan Hogan – (4 saves / 4 shots)		Goalie stats			Jerry Kuhn – (29 saves / 31 shots)

(2) Notre Dame vs. (3) Miami

March 18	Notre Dame		2 – 6		Miami	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Carter Camper (18) – pp – 04:52 Bryon Paulazzo (2) – 05:53 Alden Hirschfeld (12) – pp – 09:47 Carter Camper (19) – sh – 13:32
Billy Maday (8) – pp – 06:46 Calle Ridderwall (14) – 18:05		Second period			Andy Miele (22) – 12:01
No scoring		Third period			Andy Miele (23) – 03:35
Mike Johnson – ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) Steven Summerhays – ( 6 saves / 6 shots )		Goalie stats			Cody Reichard – ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

Third place

(1) Michigan vs. (2) Notre Dame

March 19	Michigan		4 – 2		Notre Dame	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Louie Caporusso (10) – pp – 16:07 Carl Hagelin (18) – 16:22		First period			Riley Sheahan (5) – 04:34
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Jeff Rohrkemper (2) – 04:37 Luke Glendening (8) – en – 19:55		Third period			T.J. Tynan (22) – 18:38
Shawn Hunwick – ( 42 saves / 44 shots )		Goalie stats			Steven Summerhays – ( 19 saves / 22 shots )

Championship

(3) Miami vs. (4) Western Michigan

March 19	Miami		5 – 2		Western Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Bryon Paulazzo (3) – 12:03 Reilly Smith (27) – pp – 18:53		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Mike Leone (6) – pp – 18:22
Andy Miele (24) – 08:13 Curtis McKenzie (7) – pp – 10:10 Reilly Smith (28) – 16:30		Third period			Dane Walters (9) – pp – 02:38
Cody Reichard – ( 14 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats			Jerry Kuhn – ( 30 saves / 35 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team^[1]

• F Dane Walters (Western Michigan)
• F Reilly Smith (Miami)
• F Andy Miele* (Miami)
• D Danny DeKeyser (Western Michigan)
• D Will Weber (Miami)
• G Cody Reichard (Miami)

* Most Valuable Player(s)^[2]

References

1. "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
2. "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

External links

• 2010 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament