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2002 CHA men's ice hockey tournament
The 2002 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 16, 2002 at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, New York. Wayne State defeated Alabama-Huntsville 5–4 in overtime in the championship game to win the tournament for the second consecutive year.
| 2002 CHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 14–16, 2002 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Dwyer Arena Lewiston, New York |
| Champions | Wayne State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Bill Wilkinson (2nd title) |
| MVP | Dustin Kingston (Wayne State) |
CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format edit
The tournament featured six team for the first time. The top two teams from the regular season received byes to the semifinals where they played the winners from the quarterfinal games. The two semifinal winners met in the championship game on March 16, 2002.
Conference standings edit
Note: 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 | ||
| Wayne State†* | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 84 | 48 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 124 | 112 | |
| Bemidji State | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 65 | 61 | 35 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 116 | 146 | |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 75 | 77 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 128 | 140 | |
| Niagara | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 61 | 65 | 35 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 120 | 118 | |
| Air Force | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 53 | 63 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 123 | 119 | |
| Findlay | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 57 | 81 | 35 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 105 | 140 | |
| Championship: Wayne State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinal March 14, 2002 | Semifinals March 15, 2002 | Championship March 16, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wayne State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Niagara | 3 | 5 | Air Force | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Air Force | 5 | 1 | Wayne State | 5* | |||||||||
| 3 | Alabama-Huntsville | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Bemidji State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Alabama-Huntsville | 4 | 3 | Alabama-Huntsville | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | Findlay | 1 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Tournament awards edit
All-Star team edit
- Goaltender: Mark Byrne (Alabama-Huntsville)
- Defensemen: Tyler Butler (Alabama-Huntsville), Tyler Kindle (Wayne State)
- Forwards: Andy Berg (Air Force), Steve Charlebois (Alabama-Huntsville), Jason Durbin (Wayne State)[1]
MVP edit
- Dustin Kingston (Wayne State)[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Phelps, Mekye (2007). (PDF). College Hockey America. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2009.