The 2003 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 32nd CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament in conference history. It was played between March 14 and March 22, 2003. First round games were played at campus sites, while all 'super six' games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2003 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 14–22, 2003 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan |
| Champions | Michigan (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Red Berenson[1] (6th title) |
| MVP | Dwight Helminen (Michigan) |
CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editThe tournament featured four rounds of play. In the First Round, the first and twelfth seeds, the second and eleventh seeds, the third and tenth seeds, the fourth and ninth seeds, the fifth and eighth seeds and the sixth and seventh seeds played a best-of-three series. All six victors in the first round advance as the newly minted 'Super Six' and play only single-elimination for the duration of the tournament. The top two ranked winners receive byes into the semifinals while the four other teams play in the quarterfinals to determine the other qualifiers. In the semifinals, the remaining highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winners advancing to the finals. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
editNote: 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 | ||
| #6 Ferris State† | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 121 | 64 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 188 | 100 | |
| #4 Michigan* | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 111 | 72 | 43 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 167 | 103 | |
| #12 Ohio State | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 90 | 63 | 43 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 129 | 95 | |
| #15 Michigan State | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 113 | 83 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 154 | 118 | |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 91 | 83 | 41 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 144 | 120 | |
| Miami | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 86 | 66 | 41 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 132 | 101 | |
| Notre Dame | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 90 | 90 | 40 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 122 | 123 | |
| Western Michigan | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 92 | 101 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 122 | 147 | |
| Alaska-Fairbanks | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 78 | 104 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 111 | 130 | |
| Nebraska-Omaha | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 64 | 97 | 40 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 98 | 135 | |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 71 | 116 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 94 | 143 | |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 108 | 38 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 60 | 146 | |
| Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
editTeams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals
| First Round[2] March 14–16 | Quarterfinals[3] March 20 | Semifinals March 21 | Championship March 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ferris State | 6 | 6 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Lake Superior State | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 3 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ferris State | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan State | 5 | 5 | Northern Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ohio State | 4 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ferris State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Nebraska-Omaha | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan State | 11 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 3 | Third Place | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Alaska-Fairbanks | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 | Ohio State | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | Ohio State | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 8 | 6 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Michigan | 3 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Miami | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
edit(1) Ferris State vs. (12) Lake Superior State
edit| March 14[4] | Ferris State | 6 – 1 | Lake Superior State | Ewigleben Arena | Recap | |||
| (Scheible, Thomson) Trevor Large - 11:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Milam, Kunitz) Derek Nesbitt - GW PP - 09:45 (Nesbitt) Jeff Legue - 14:04 |
Second period | 19:00 - PP - Jon Booras (Peterson, Cheesman) | ||||||
| (York, Scherlnick) Mike Kinnie - PP - 07:35 (Smith, McIver) Kevin Caudill - 14:17 (Legue, Nesbitt) Chris Kunitz - PP - 19:29 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Brown ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Matt Violin ( 32 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15[5] | Ferris State | 6 – 1 | Lake Superior State | Ewigleben Arena | Recap | |||
| (Mangos, Kunitz) Derek Nesbitt - 08:50 (Lewandowski, Scherlnick) Greg Rallo - GW - 15:08 (Kunitz, Legue) Derek Nesbitt - PP - 16:12 |
First period | 05:21 - PP - Jon Booras (Peterson, Fauci) | ||||||
| (Legue, Scherlnick) Chris Kunitz - PP - 00:37 (Nesbitt, Legue) Simon Mangos - 18:44 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Scherlnick, Legue) Troy Milam - 08:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Brown ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) / Matt Swanson ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) | Goalie stats | Matt Violin ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) / Terry Denike ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
| Ferris State won series 2–0 | |
(2) Michigan vs. (11) Bowling Green
edit| March 14[6] | Michigan | 3 – 1 | Bowling Green | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 12:01 - Mike Falk (Pedota, McConvey) | ||||||
| (Tambellini, Rogers) John Shouneyia - PP - 00:56 (Tambellini, Shouneyia) Jed Ortmeyer - GW - 08:13 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Burnes, Tambellini) Dwight Helminen - 03:07 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Al Montoya ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jordan Sigalet ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15[7] | Michigan | 4 – 3 | Bowling Green | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Shouneyia, Rogers) Jed Ortmeyer - PP - 05:01 (Ebbett, Rogers) Milan Gajic - PP - 16:45 (Gajic, Ryznar) David Moss - 18:57 |
First period | 07:08 - Brett Pilkington (Knight, Wires) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mink) Dwight Helminen - GW EN - 18:40 | Third period | 18:51 - Ryan Barnett (Bieksa) 19:47 - EA - Tyler Knight (Morrison, Bieksa) | ||||||
| Al Montoya ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tyler Masters ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan won series 2–0 | |
(3) Ohio State vs. (10) Nebraska-Omaha
edit| March 14[8] | Ohio State | 4 – 1 | Nebraska-Omaha | Value City Arena | Recap | |||
| (Lafleche, Palvas) Scott May - 05:35 (Bencharski, Umberger) Scott May - GW PP - 14:12 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Bencharski) R.J. Umberger - 01:35 Ryan Kesler - SH - 14:41 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:16 - David Brisson (Zanon) | ||||||
| Mike Betz ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Ellis ( 53 saves / 57 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15[9] | Ohio State | 3 – 1 | Nebraska-Omaha | Value City Arena | Recap | |||
| (Spector, Broccoli) Chris Olsgard - 06:49 | First period | 17:22 - PP - Joe Pereira (Blanshan, Wong) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Caponigri, Pelley) R.J. Umberger - GW PP - 05:07 (Skaug, Titus) Miguel Lafleche - 09:36 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Betz ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Ellis ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| Ohio State won series 2–0 | |
(4) Michigan State vs. (9) Alaska-Fairbanks
edit| March 14[10] | Michigan State | 11 – 1 | Alaska-Fairbanks | Munn Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Potter, Maloney) Brock Radunske - 06:32 Kevin Estrada - GW - 07:39 (Falardeau, Maloney) Brock Radunske - 08:59 (Liles) Ash Goldie - PP - 12:58 (Estrada, Goldie) Colton Fretter - 15:10 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Slater) David Booth - 07:51 (Lalonde, Fast) Jim Slater - 13:46 |
Second period | 03:09 - Scott Vockeroth (Schmidt) | ||||||
| (Liles) Brock Radunske - 00:35 (Fast, Lalonde) Jim Slater - PP - 03:48 (Fretter, Estrada) Ash Goldie - 11:11 (Maloney) Lee Falardeau - 17:21 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Migliaccio ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Keith Bartusch ( 3 saves / 6 shots ) / Lance Mayes ( 17 saves / 23 shots ) / Preston McKay ( 8 saves / 10 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15[11] | Michigan State | 3 – 1 | Alaska-Fairbanks | Munn Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Liles, Maloney) Lee Falardeau - 17:45 | First period | 14:14 - Ryan Lang (Rask, Larranaga) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Radunske) Brian Maloney - GW - 04:08 (Markusen) Tim Hearon - 12:52 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Migliaccio ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lance Mayes ( 14 saves / 15 shots ) / Preston McKay ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan State won series 2–0 | |
(5) Northern Michigan vs. (8) Western Michigan
edit| March 14[12] | Northern Michigan | 8 – 3 | Western Michigan | Berry Events Center | Recap | |||
| (Donnette, Michelutti) Justin Kinnunen - 05:27 | First period | 15:59 - Vince Bellissimo (Dwyer, Yamashita) | ||||||
| (Contois, Miller) Chris Gobert - 06:51 (Milam, Harrison) Andrew Contois - PP - 09:15 (Bianchin, Gardner) Alan Swanson - GW - 17:01 |
Second period | 05:13 - Shaun Rose (Rumble, Cooke) | ||||||
| (Michelutti, Waugh) Justin Kinnunen - 00:43 (Michelutti, Donnette) Justin Kinnunen - 12:30 (Gobert) Terry Harrison - SH - 19:09 Jim Jackson - SH - 19:59 |
Third period | 11:07 - Brent Rumble (Campbell, Cooke) | ||||||
| Craig Kowalski ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Scott Foster ( 26 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15[13] | Northern Michigan | 6 – 4 | Western Michigan | Berry Events Center | ||||
| (Alen, Jackson) Terry Harrison - PP - 05:48 (Contois, Harrison) Juha Alen - PP - 08:52 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Gobert, Contois) Terry Harrison - 05:01 | Second period | 04:13 - Brent Rumble (Rose) 07:15 - PP - Dave Cousineau (Bellissimo, Walton) 11:19 - Patrick Dwyer (Lattery, Bellissimo) | ||||||
| (Gobert, Cockburn) Jim Jackson - PP - 12:52 (Cockburn, Alen) Mike Stutzel - GW EN - 18:41 (Alen, Gobert) Mike Stutzel - EN PP - 19:58 |
Third period | 19:06 - SH - Vince Bellissimo (Walton Lattery) | ||||||
| Craig Kowalski ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Scott Foster ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) Mike Mantua ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) | ||||||
| Northern Michigan won series 2–0 | |
(6) Miami vs. (7) Notre Dame
edit| March 14[14] | Miami | 4 – 2 | Notre Dame | Goggin Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Hustead, Stewart) Chris Michael - 04:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kompon, Michael) Gregory Hogeboom - PP - 08:05 (Kompon) Gregory Hogeboom - GW - 11:07 (Kompon) Gregory Hogeboom - 15:25 |
Third period | 00:39 - Aaron Gill (Nielsen) 08:19 - Cory McLean (Amado, Galvin) | ||||||
| David Burleigh ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Morgan Cey ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15[15] | Miami | 0 – 1 | Notre Dame | Goggin Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:18 - GW - Tim Wallace (Lebda, Wiegand) | ||||||
| David Burleigh ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Morgan Cey ( 37 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16[16] | Miami | 0 – 5 | Notre Dame | Goggin Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:33 - GW - Rob Globke (Zurenko, Komadoski) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:28 - Brett Lebda | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:52 - Aaron Gill (Globke, Dunlop) 10:55 - PP - Aaron Gill (McLean, Komadoski) 15:06 - Brad Wanchulak (Wiegand) | ||||||
| David Burleigh ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Morgan Cey ( 32 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| Notre Dame won series 2–1 | |
Quarterfinals
edit(3) Ohio State vs. (7) Notre Dame
edit| March 20[17] | Ohio State | 3 – 2 | Notre Dame | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Olsgard, Steckel) T.J. Latorre - 02:44 (Caponigri, Skaug) Ryan Kesler - 17:54 |
Second period | 08:59 - Brad Wanchulak 13:58 - Rob Globke (Dunlop) | ||||||
| (Caponigri, Andress) Nate Guenin - GW - 06:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Betz ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Morgan Cey ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Michigan State vs. (5) Northern Michigan
edit| March 20[18] | Michigan State | 5 – 7 | Northern Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Brian Maloney - 12:03 (Liles) Brian Maloney - PP - 19:25 |
First period | 10:17 - PP - Bryce Cockburn (Jackson) 11:30 - Mike Stutzel (Cockburn) | ||||||
| (Liles, Fast) Brock Radunske - PP - 02:53 | Second period | 08:20 - Terry Harrison (Oystrick, Contois) | ||||||
| (Fast, Gajic) Kevin Estrada - 08:19 (Slater) Brian Maloney - 13:58 |
Third period | 10:32 - PP - Kevin Gardner 12:16 - Dirk Southern (Cockburn, Jackson) 16:11 - GW - Nathan Oystrick (Swanson) 19:40 - EN - Chris Gobert | ||||||
| Matt Migliaccio ( 22 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Craig Kowalski ( 41 saves / 46 shots ) | ||||||
Semifinals
edit(1) Ferris State vs. (5) Northern Michigan
edit| March 21[19] | Ferris State | 4 – 2 | Northern Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Chris Kunitz - 05:25 (Legue, Scherlnick) Chris Kunitz - 11:49 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kunitz, Nesbitt) Jeff Legue - GW - 18:04 | Second period | 03:47 - Jamie Milam (Alen) 10:51 - Chris Gobert (Contois, Harrison) | ||||||
| Phil Lewandowski - 07:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Brown ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Craig Kowalski ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Ohio State
edit| March 21[20] | Michigan | 3 – 0 | Ohio State | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Nystrom, Richmond) Dwight Helminen - GW - 08:06 (Swistak) Dwight Helminen - 10:43 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Martens) Dwight Helminen - SH - 09:37 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Al Montoya ( 31 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Betz ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
Third Place
edit(3) Ohio State vs. (5) Northern Michigan
edit| March 22[21] | Ohio State | 1 – 4 | Northern Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| R.J. Umberger - PP - 12:06 | First period | 15:23 - Dirk Southern (Milam, Jackson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:37 - GW PP - Jamie Milam (Alen, Sawruk) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:20 - Bryce Cockburn (Jackson) 12:14 - PP - Mike Stutzel (Cockburn, Michelutti) | ||||||
| Mike Betz ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Craig Kowalski ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
edit(1) Ferris State vs. (2) Michigan
edit| March 22[22] | Ferris State | 3 – 5 | Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| (Legue, Mangos) Chris Kunitz - PP - 10:47 | First period | 04:25 - Jeff Tambellini (Rogers, Shouneyia) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:45 - Jed Ortmeyer (Shouneyia, Rogers) 18:41 - PP - Jed Ortmeyer (Tambellini, Rogers) | ||||||
| (Legue) Simon Mangos - PP - 03:34 (Rallo, Kinnie) Matt York - 17:00 |
Third period | 05:27 - GW - Michael Woodford (Ebbett) 19:55 - EN - Dwight Helminen | ||||||
| Mike Brown ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Al Montoya ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
edit- F Jed Ortmeyer (Michigan)
- F Chris Kunitz (Ferris State)
- F Dwight Helminen* (Michigan)
- D Simon Mangos (Ferris State)
- D Brandon Rogers (Michigan)
- G Al Montoya (Michigan)
Tournament Three Stars
edit- 3 Craig Kowalski (Northern Michigan)
- 2 Chris Kunitz (Ferris State)
- 1 Dwight Helminen (Michigan)
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