The tournament featured three rounds of play. The three teams that finish below eighth place in the standings were not eligible for postseason play. In the quarterfinals, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. 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 champions received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standingsedit
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll
^"Michigan Men's Team History". Retrieved April 23, 2014.
^"Red Berenson Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved April 23, 2014.
^"CCHA Tournament MVP". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
^ ab"2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
^"CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
External linksedit
CCHA Champions
1995–96 CCHA Standings
1995–96 NCAA Standings
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The 1996 CCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournament was the 25th CCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournament It was played between March 8 and March 16 1996 Opening round games were played at campus sites while all final four games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit Michigan By winning the tournament Michigan received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association s automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Men s Ice Hockey Tournament 1996 CCHA Men s ice hockey tournamentDatesMarch 8 16 1996Teams8Finals siteJoe Louis ArenaDetroit MichiganChampionsMichigan 1 2nd title Winning coachRed Berenson 2 2nd title MVPJohn Madden 3 Michigan CCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournaments 19951997 Contents 1 Format 2 Conference standings 3 Bracket 3 1 Quarterfinals 3 1 1 1 Lake Superior State vs 8 Ohio State 3 1 2 2 Michigan vs 7 Miami 3 1 3 3 Michigan State vs 6 Ferris State 3 1 4 4 Western Michigan vs 5 Bowling Green 3 2 Semifinals 3 2 1 1 Lake Superior State vs 5 Bowling Green 3 2 2 2 Michigan vs 3 Michigan State 3 3 Championship 3 3 1 1 Lake Superior State vs 2 Michigan 4 Tournament awards 4 1 All Tournament Team 5 References 6 External linksFormat editThe tournament featured three rounds of play The three teams that finish below eighth place in the standings were not eligible for postseason play In the quarterfinals the first and eighth seeds the second and seventh seeds the third seed and sixth seeds and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best of three series with the winners advancing to the semifinals 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 champions received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Men s Ice Hockey Tournament Conference standings editNote GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties PTS Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against 1995 96 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvteConference OverallGP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GALake Superior State 30 22 6 2 46 136 89 40 30 8 2 184 109Michigan 30 22 6 2 46 178 71 43 34 7 2 239 93Michigan State 30 22 7 1 45 115 86 42 28 13 1 154 129Western Michigan 30 21 6 3 45 125 71 41 27 11 3 172 111Bowling Green 30 18 11 1 37 126 106 41 26 14 1 172 138Ferris State 30 10 17 3 23 101 120 38 13 22 3 126 196Miami 30 9 17 4 22 99 142 36 10 22 4 119 168Ohio State 30 8 17 5 21 82 105 34 10 19 5 94 118Alaska Fairbanks 30 8 22 0 16 101 142 34 10 23 1 114 152Notre Dame 30 6 20 4 16 87 136 36 9 23 4 110 159Illinois Chicago 30 6 23 1 13 73 155 36 9 24 3 97 177Championship Michigan indicates conference regular season champion indicates conference tournament championFinal rankings USA Today American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll 4 Bracket editQuarterfinalsMarch 8 10SemifinalsMarch 14ChampionshipMarch 16 1Lake Superior State4 8 8Ohio State32 1Lake Superior State75Bowling Green02Michigan53 7Miami10 1Lake Superior State3 Pairings are reseeded after the first round 2Michigan43Michigan State3 336Ferris State2512Michigan63Michigan State24Western Michigan11 5Bowling Green83 Note denotes overtime period s Quarterfinals edit 1 Lake Superior State vs 8 Ohio State edit Lake Superior State 4 3 OT Ohio State Taffy Abel ArenaLake Superior State 8 2 Ohio State Taffy Abel ArenaLake Superior State won series 2 0 2 Michigan vs 7 Miami edit Michigan 5 1 Miami Yost Ice ArenaMichigan 3 0 Miami Yost Ice ArenaMichigan won series 2 0 3 Michigan State vs 6 Ferris State edit Michigan State 3 2 OT Ferris State Munn Ice ArenaMichigan State 1 5 Ferris State Munn Ice ArenaMichigan State 3 1 Ferris State Munn Ice ArenaMichigan State won series 2 1 4 Western Michigan vs 5 Bowling Green edit Western Michigan 1 8 Bowling Green Lawson ArenaWestern Michigan 1 3 Bowling Green Lawson ArenaBowling Green won series 2 0 Semifinals edit 1 Lake Superior State vs 5 Bowling Green edit March 14 Lake Superior State 7 0 Bowling Green Joe Louis Arena 2 Michigan vs 3 Michigan State edit March 14 Michigan 6 2 Michigan State Joe Louis Arena Championship edit 1 Lake Superior State vs 2 Michigan edit March 16 Lake Superior State 3 4 Michigan Joe Louis ArenaTournament awards editAll Tournament Team edit F Bobby Hayes Michigan F Gerald Tallaire Lake Superior State F John Madden Michigan D Keith Aldridge Lake Superior State D Harold Schock Michigan G John Grahame Lake Superior State Most Valuable Player s 5 4 References edit Michigan Men s Team History Retrieved April 23 2014 Red Berenson Year by Year Coaching Record Retrieved April 23 2014 CCHA Tournament MVP eliteprospects com Retrieved April 23 2014 a b 2012 13 CCHA Media Guide ISSUU com Retrieved April 23 2014 CCHA Awards College Hockey Historical Archive Retrieved April 23 2014 External links editCCHA Champions 1995 96 CCHA Standings 1995 96 NCAA Standings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 CCHA men 27s ice hockey tournament amp oldid 1171223815, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,