2010 CHA men's ice hockey tournament

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 received 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 would disband its men's division after the season.^[2]

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 13, 2010, received 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 v t e
	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*
3	Robert Morris	0

2	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

^ Baldwin, Thomas (March 13, 2010). "Desmet Scores in OT as Alabama-Huntsville Captures Final CHA Crown". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
^ Baldwin, Thomas (March 6, 2010). "Mironov Scores Two as Niagara Sweeps Robert Morris". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "CHA All-Tournament Team Announced". College Hockey America. March 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2010.

External links

Official tournament website

[final_report-1] Baldwin, Thomas (March 13, 2010). "Desmet Scores in OT as Alabama-Huntsville Captures Final CHA Crown". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2010.

[2] Baldwin, Thomas (March 6, 2010). "Mironov Scores Two as Niagara Sweeps Robert Morris". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2010.

[awards-3] "CHA All-Tournament Team Announced". College Hockey America. March 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2010.

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