2009 CHA men's ice hockey tournament

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.

2009 CHA Men's ice hockey tournament
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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Format

The tournament featured two rounds of play. In the first round, the first and fourth seeds and second and third seeds each played for a berth in the championship game. The winners of the championship, played on March 14, 2009, received 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

2008–09 College Hockey America standings
	Conference								Overall
	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

Bracket

	Semifinals March 13					Championship March 14
	1	Bemidji State	4
	4	Alabama-Huntsville	1
						1	Bemidji State	3*
						3	Robert Morris	2
	3	Niagara	1
	2	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)

MVP

• Matt Read (Bemidji State)

External links

• Official tournament website