The 2004 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 33rd CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament in conference history. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004. 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, Ohio State won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2004 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 12–20, 2004 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan |
| Champions | Ohio State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | John Markell[1] (1st title) |
| MVP | Paul Caponigri (Ohio State) |
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 2004 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 | ||
| #7 Michigan† | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 101 | 66 | 43 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 151 | 104 | |
| #10 Miami | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 99 | 74 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 137 | 106 | |
| #14 Michigan State | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 91 | 62 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 136 | 105 | |
| #9 Ohio State* | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 89 | 70 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 134 | 106 | |
| #12 Notre Dame | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 84 | 71 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 108 | 99 | |
| Alaska-Fairbanks | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 92 | 92 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 117 | 127 | |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 66 | 79 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 105 | 113 | |
| Western Michigan | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 87 | 101 | 39 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 123 | 136 | |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 69 | 83 | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 92 | 112 | |
| Ferris State | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 71 | 97 | 38 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 108 | 126 | |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 60 | 83 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 72 | 102 | |
| Nebraska-Omaha | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 60 | 91 | 39 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 91 | 135 | |
| Championship: Ohio State † 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 12–14 | Quarterfinals[3] March 18 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Miami | 4 | 2* | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Lake Superior State | 0 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan State | 1 | 7 | Northern Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Northern Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan State | 6 | 5 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Ferris State | 4 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 3 | 5 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Miami | 3 | Third Place | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 6* | 4 | Ohio State | 4* | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | Miami | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 | 5* | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Northern Michigan | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Michigan | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Alaska-Fairbanks | 1 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Northern Michigan | 3 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
edit(1) Michigan vs. (12) Nebraska-Omaha
edit| March 12[4] | Michigan | 2 – 0 | Nebraska-Omaha | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Tambellini) David Rohlfs - GW PP - 12:06 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Nystrom, Hunwick) Dwight Helminen - 15:38 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Al Montoya | Goalie stats | Chris Holt ( 40 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[5] | Michigan | 1 – 3 | Nebraska-Omaha | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Nystrom, Dest) Mike Brown - 02:55 | First period | 14:00 - PP - Scott Parse (Gabinet, Wong) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:40 - GW - Andrew Wong (Betts) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:55 - Anthony Adams (Nikiforuk) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Al Montoya | Goalie stats | Chris Holt ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14[6] | Michigan | 5 – 2 | Nebraska-Omaha | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Hunwick, Moss) Jeff Tambellini - 12:52 | First period | 16:12 - PP - Alex Nikiforuk (Lefley) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:29 - Scott Parse (Betts, Wong) | ||||||
| (Brown) Dwight Helminen - 06:55 (Ebbett) Eric Werner - GW - 07:54 (Nystrom, Rohlfs) Jeff Tambellini - PP - 09:38 Dwight Helminen - EN - 18:31 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Al Montoya | Goalie stats | Chris Holt ( 30 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan won series 2–1 | |
(2) Miami vs. (11) Lake Superior State
edit| March 12[7] | Miami | 4 – 0 | Lake Superior State | Goggin Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Edwardson, Dennis) Matt Christie - GW - 05:29 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Christie, Dennis) Greg Hogeboom - 07:59 (Edwardson, Greene) Marty Guerin - PP - 08:3359 (Edwardson, Greene) Todd Grant - 19:09 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 9 saves / 9 shots ) Brandon Crawford-West | Goalie stats | Jeff Jakaitis ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) / Matt Violin ( 16 saves / 16 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[8] | Miami | 2 – 1 | OT | Lake Superior State | Goggin Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Edwardson, Guerin) Matt Christie - 05:47 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:03 - Colin Nicholson (McJannett, Adamek) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Smith) Todd Grant - GW - 12:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Brandon Crawford-West | Goalie stats | Jeff Jakaitis ( 40 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| Miami won series 2–0 | |
(3) Michigan State vs. (10) Ferris State
edit| March 12[9] | Michigan State | 6 – 4 | Ferris State | Munn Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Estrada, Potter) Adam Nightingale - PP - 06:56 (Markusen, Snavely) Drew Miller - PP - 19:57 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Goebel, Lalonde) Jim Slater - 18:02 | Second period | 12:06 - Joe Van Culin (Thomson) 12:19 - Simon Mangos (Smith) | ||||||
| (Snavely, Lalonde) Tom Goebel - 02:48 (Goebel, Lalonde) Jim Slater - GW - 08:24 (Estrada, Vicari) Colton Fretter - 18:43 |
Third period | 03:48 - Jeff Legue (Rallo, Flamminio) 06:06 - Greg Rallo (Nesbitt) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Dominic Vicari | Goalie stats | Mike Brown ( 34 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[10] | Michigan State | 5 – 3 | Ferris State | Munn Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Miller) Ethan Graham - 12:06 | Second period | 00:37 - PP - Simon Mangos (Legue, Nesbitt) 01:38 - SH - Jeff Legue 05:34 - Carter Thomson (Mangos) | ||||||
| Ethan Graham - 02:57 (Snavely, Slater) Mike Lalonde - 06:52 (Falardeau, Markusen) Drew Miller - GW - 12:08 Lee Falardeau - EN - 19:41 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Dominic Vicari | Goalie stats | Mike Brown ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan State won series 2–0 | |
(4) Ohio State vs. (9) Bowling Green
edit| March 12[11] | Ohio State | 3 – 2 | Bowling Green | Value City Arena | Recap | |||
| (Steckel, Andress) Matt Beaudoin - 09:04 Paul Caponigri - 19:20 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Steckel, Collins) Bryce Anderson - GW - 04:04 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:51 - Mark Wires (Pilkington, Bieksa) 05:02 - Ryan Barnett (Escobedo, Rogosheske) | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Mike Betz | Goalie stats | Jordan Sigalet ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[12] | Ohio State | 5 – 2 | Bowling Green | Value City Arena | Recap | |||
| (Pelley, Bencharski) Sean Collins - 07:54 (Bittner, Andress) Dave Steckel - 16:42 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:27 - Mike Falk (Pilkington) | ||||||
| (Collins, Beaudoin) Dave Steckel - GW - 06:44 Scott May - EN SH - 15:44 Doug Andress - EN - 19:07 |
Third period | 16:07 - PP - Steve Brudzewski (Minnabarriet, Meloche) | ||||||
| ( 13 saves / 15 shots ) Mike Betz / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Kelly Holowaty | Goalie stats | Jordan Sigalet ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| Ohio State won series 2–0 | |
(5) Notre Dame vs. (8) Western Michigan
edit| March 12[13] | Notre Dame | 4 – 2 | Western Michigan | Joyce Center | Recap | |||
| (Gill) Brett Lebda - 18:24 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (O'Neill, Lebda) Matt Amado - 04:25 | Second period | 10:02 - Paul Davies (Yantzi, Bellissimo) | ||||||
| Josh Sciba - GW PP - 01:13 T.J. Jindra - EN SH - 19:30 |
Third period | 17:06 - Brent Walton (Drake, Lattery) | ||||||
| ( 40 saves / 42 shots ) Morgan Cey | Goalie stats | Scott Foster ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[14] | Notre Dame | 0 – 4 | Western Michigan | Joyce Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:15 - GW - Jeremy Cheyne (Bellissimo, McNamara) 18:50 - Dana Lattery (Bellissimo) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:32 - Dana Lattery (Davies) 19:39 - Jeff Campbell (Lattery, Walton) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Morgan Cey | Goalie stats | Eric Marvin ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14[15] | Notre Dame | 5 – 4 | OT | Western Michigan | Joyce Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 17:57 - Dana Lattery (Bellissimo, Yantzi) | ||||||
| (Globke, Lebda) Aaron Gill - 01:42 (Walsh, Trick) Tim Wallace - 13:56 (McLean, O'Neill) Tim Wallace - 17:08 |
Second period | 08:14 - PP - Jeremy Cheyne (Drake, Walton) | ||||||
| (Walsh, Lebda) Rob Globke - 03:28 | Third period | 9:24 - PP - Vince Bellissimo (Jarmuth, Walton) 11:31 - Patrick Dwyer | ||||||
| (Wallace, McLean) Jason Paige - GW - 12:35 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) David Brown | Goalie stats | Eric Marvin ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| Notre Dame won series 2–1 | |
(6) Alaska-Fairbanks vs. (7) Northern Michigan
edit| March 12[16] | Alaska-Fairbanks | 1 – 3 | Northern Michigan | Carlson Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:01 - Pat Murphy (Selden, Hunter) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:50 - GW - Jamie Milam (Southern) 15:34 - Dave Bonk (Murphy, Hunter) | ||||||
| (Hickey, Fraser) Cory Rask - 04:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Preston McKay | Goalie stats | Tuomas Tarkki ( 39 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[17] | Alaska-Fairbanks | 2 – 3 | Northern Michigan | Carlson Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 15:40 - Pat Bateman (Olver, Lehtinen) | ||||||
| (Fraser) Cory Rask - 11:05 (Larranaga) Ryan Campbell - PP - 15:34 |
Second period | 15:58 - Nathan Oystrick (Gardner) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:44 - GW - Justin Kinnunen (Southern, Waugh) | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Keith Bartusch | Goalie stats | Tuomas Tarkki ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| Northern Michigan won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals
edit(3) Michigan State vs. (7) Northern Michigan
edit| March 18[18] | Michigan State | 1 – 2 | Northern Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 01:11 - Alex Sawruk (Gardner) 06:05 - GW - Kevin Gardner (Miller, Swanson) | ||||||
| (Goldie) Brock Radunske - 02:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) Dominic Vicari | Goalie stats | Tuomas Tarkki ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Notre Dame
edit| March 18[19] | Ohio State | 6 – 5 | OT | Notre Dame | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| (Beaudoin, Steckel) Rod Pelley - PP - 13:59 (Beaudoin, Andress) Dave Steckel - PP - 17:30 |
First period | 05:32 - Rob Globke 06:56 - Aaron Gill 18:40 - PP - Aaron Gill (Globke, Komadoski) | ||||||
| (Waddell) Scott May - 00:16 (Strachan, Welsh) Matt Beaudoin - PP - 16:28 |
Second period | 04:43 - Aaron Gill (Globke) 10:14 - Mike Walsh (Gill, Globke) | ||||||
| (Andress) Matt Beaudoin - 17:34 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Andress, Schembri) Tyson Strachan - GW - 09:49 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 14 saves / 19 shots ) Mike Betz / ( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Dave Caruso | Goalie stats | David Brown ( 43 saves / 49 shots ) | ||||||
Semifinals
edit(1) Michigan vs. (7) Northern Michigan
edit| March 19[20] | Michigan | 5 – 1 | Northern Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Werner, Gajic) Brandon Kaleniecki - 10:14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Hensick, Gajic) Brandon Kaleniecki - GW PP - 00:28 (Hensick, Rohlfs) Jeff Tambellini - 08:42 (Ryznar) David Moss - 09:23 (Tambellini, Rohlfs) T. J. Hensick - 11:15 |
Third period | 18:26 - EA - Dave Bonk (Hunter, Selden) | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Al Montoya | Goalie stats | Tuomas Tarkki ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Miami vs. (4) Ohio State
edit| March 19[21] | Miami | 3 – 4 | OT | Ohio State | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Mike Kompon - PP - 16:36 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Michael, Greene) Todd Grant - 15:51 | Second period | 06:36 - Rod Pelley (Caponigri) | ||||||
| (Hogeboom) Mike Kompon - 09:46 | Third period | 05:28 - Paul Caponigri (Bittner, Pelley) 12:54 - Dan Knapp | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:23 - GW - JB Bittner (Caponigri, Pelley) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Brandon Crawford-West | Goalie stats | Dave Caruso ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
Third Place
edit(2) Miami vs. (7) Northern Michigan
edit| March 20[22] | Miami | 4 – 0 | Northern Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| (Edwardson, Christie) Andy Greene - GW - 03:11 (Greene) Andy Nelson - 08:06 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Hustead) Todd Grant - 08:27 (Christie, Kompon) Greg Hogeboom - 15:52 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Brandon Crawford-West | Goalie stats | Tuomas Tarkki ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) / Craig Kowalski ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
edit(1) Michigan vs. (4) Ohio State
edit| March 20[23] | Michigan | 2 – 4 | Ohio State | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:50 - Paul Caponigri (Pelley) 04:04 - Doug Andress (Beaudoin) 19:27 - GW PP - Dan Knapp (Andress, Caponigri) | ||||||
| (Nartens, Ebbett) Milan Gajic - 10:40 (Tambellini, Hensick) Brandon Rogers - 13:06 |
Third period | 19:29 - EN - Doug Andress | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Al Montoya | Goalie stats | Dave Caruso ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
edit- F Brandon Kaleniecki (Michigan)
- F Rod Pelley (Ohio State)
- F Paul Caponigri* (Ohio State)
- D Andy Greene (Miami)
- D Doug Andress (Ohio State)
- G Dave Caruso (Ohio State)
References
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