2008 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2008 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 6 and March 22, 2008. Opening round and quarterfinal games were played at campus sites, while the semifinals, third place, and championship 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 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2008 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 6–22, 2008
Teams	12
Finals site	Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Michigan (8th title)
Winning coach	Red Berenson (8th title)
MVP	Tim Miller (Michigan)
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Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2007–08 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Michigan†*	28	20	4	4	44	107	62		43	33	6	4	170	89
#5 Miami	28	21	6	1	43	114	56		42	33	8	1	169	78
#7 Michigan State	28	19	6	3	41	92	58		42	25	12	5	135	98
#3 Notre Dame	28	15	9	4	34	74	57		47	27	16	4	136	100
Ferris State	28	12	12	4	28	77	72		39	18	16	5	109	98
Northern Michigan	28	12	13	3	27	76	78		44	20	20	4	116	120
Bowling Green	28	13	15	0	26	73	84		39	18	21	0	105	120
Nebraska–Omaha	28	11	13	4	26	87	99		40	17	19	4	125	142
Alaska	28	0^	28^	0^	20	61	80		35	0^	35^	0^	80	104
Lake Superior State	28	7	15	6	20	65	101		37	10	20	7	91	125
Ohio State	28	7	18	3	17	61	93		41	12	25	4	98	136
Western Michigan	28	4	22	2	10	53	100		38	8	27	3	82	126
Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll ^ Alaska was retroactively required to forfeit all wins and ties due to player ineligibilities.^[1]

Bracket

	First round March 6–9							Quarterfinals March 14–16							Semifinals March 21					Championship March 22
								1	Michigan	10	2	—
	5	Ferris State	4*	6	—			8	Nebraska-Omaha	1	1	—
	12	Western Michigan	3	3	—										1	Michigan	6
															6	Northern Michigan	4
								2	Miami	4	4	—
	6	Northern Michigan	3	4	6			7	Bowling Green	1	2	—
	11	Ohio State	4	2	1															1	Michigan	2
																				2	Miami	1
								3	Michigan State	5	1	2
	7	Bowling Green	4	1	4*			6	Northern Michigan	1	2	3*
	10	Lake Superior State	3	6	3										2	Miami	2*			Third place
															4	Notre Dame	1
								4	Notre Dame	1	6	2								4	Notre Dame	1
	8	Nebraska-Omaha	4	3	2***			5	Ferris State	2	3	1								6	Northern Michigan	2
	9	Alaska	3	5	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Ferris State vs. (12) Western Michigan

March 7	Ferris State		4 – 3	OT	Western Michigan	Ewigleben Arena	Recap
Cody Chupp - pp - 18:51		First period			13:38 - pp - Jeff Pierce
Blair Riley - pp - 08:48		Second period			15:37 - Cam Watson
Adam Miller - pp - 08:58		Third period			10:40 - Kevin O'Connor
Cody Chupp - 12:28		First overtime period			No scoring
Mitch O'Keefe ( 28 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Riley Gill ( 40 saves / 44 shots )

March 8	Ferris State		6 – 3		Western Michigan	Ewigleben Arena	Recap
Justin Lewandowski - pp - 12:49 Aaron Lewicki - 18:06		First period			05:44 - Nathan Ansell
Blair Riley - 02:10 Casey Haines - 06:45		Second period			No scoring
Brendan Connolly - 01:11 Brendan Connolly - en - 19:40		Third period			00:59 - Jeff Pierce 04:00 - Travis Paeth
Pat Nagle ( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Riley Gill ( 39 saves / 44 shots )

Ferris State won series 2–0

(6) Northern Michigan vs. (11) Ohio State

March 7	Northern Michigan		3 – 4		Ohio State	Berry Events Center	Recap
Jared Brown - pp - 15:39		First period			06:34 - Tommy Goebel 18:39 - Patrick Schafer
No scoring		Second period			10:47 - Jason DeSantis 13:54 - pp - Todd Rudasill
Matt Siddall - 16:07 T. J. Miller - 18:04		Third period			No scoring
Brian Stewart ( 14 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Palmer ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

March 8	Northern Michigan		4 – 2		Ohio State	Berry Events Center	Recap
Nick Sirota - 03:00		First period			07:03 - Jason DeSantis
Phil Fox - 01:28 Mark Olver - pp - 19:58		Second period			No scoring
Nick Sirota - 06:18		Third period			19:44 - Kyle Reed
Brian Stewart ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Palmer ( 23 saves / 27 shots )

March 9	Northern Michigan		6 – 1		Ohio State	Berry Events Center	Recap
Mark Olver - 19:04		First period			No scoring
Mark Olver - pp - 14:48		Second period			No scoring
Phil Fox - 01:24 Jared Brown - pp - 02:06 Matt Siddall - pp - 07:41 Billy Smith - en - 19:07		Third period			03:24 - Peter Boyd
Brian Stewart ( 35 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Palmer ( 24 saves / 29 shots )

Northern Michigan won series 2–1

(7) Bowling Green vs. (10) Lake Superior State

March 7	Bowling Green		4 – 3		Lake Superior State	BGSU Ice Arena	Recap
Andrew Krelove 05:03 John Mazzei - 06:26 Tommy Dee - 16:32		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			08:53 - Steven Kaunisto 14:50 - pp - Steven Kaunisto
Todd McIlrath - 09:10		Third period			13:59 - Nathan Perkovich
Nick Eno ( 20 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Brian Mahoney-Wilson ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

March 8	Bowling Green		1 – 6		Lake Superior State	BGSU Ice Arena	Recap
Jacob Cepis - pp - 11:12		First period			04:59 - Will Acton 07:50 - Pat Aubry 08:51 - Simon Gysbers 14:19 - pp - Dan Eves
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			09:19 - sh - Will Acton 13:39 - Dan Eves
Nick Eno ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Jimmy Spratt ( 6 saves / 8 shots )		Goalie stats			Pat Inglis ( 34 saves / 35 shots )

March 9	Bowling Green		4 – 3	OT	Lake Superior State	BGSU Ice Arena	Recap
Tomas Petruska - pp - 06:03		First period			01:05 - Will Acton
Derek Whitmore - pp - 12:02		Second period			06:15 - pp - Troy Schwab 08:45 - pp - Nathan Perkovich
Todd McIlrath - 17:00		Third period			No scoring
Jacob Cepis - 01:34		First overtime period			No scoring
Jimmy Spratt ( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Pat Inglis ( 49 saves / 53 shots )

Bowling Green won series 2–1

(8) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (9) Alaska

March 6	Nebraska-Omaha		4 – 3		Alaska	Qwest Center Omaha	Recap
Brandon Scero - pp - 11:55		First period			No scoring
J. J. Koehler - 08:48 Tomas Klempa - 16:24 Jeric Agosta - sh - 17:39		Second period			06:37 - pp - Dustin Sather 19:40 - pp - Jeff Penner
No scoring		Third period			00:50 - pp - Jeff Penner
Jerad Kaufmann ( 28 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Wylie Rogers ( 22 saves / 26 shots )

March 8	Nebraska-Omaha		3 – 5		Alaska	Qwest Center Omaha	Recap
Eric Olimb - 15:41		First period			07:43 - pp - Landon Novotney 18:31 - pp - Ryan Hohl
No scoring		Second period			04:03 - pp - Dion Knelsen 18:03 - Tyler Eckford
Brandon Scero - pp - 05:43 Joey Martin - 17:12		Third period			19:51 - en - Derek Klassen
Jerad Kaufmann ( 22 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Wylie Rogers ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

March 9	Nebraska-Omaha		2 – 1	3OT	Alaska	Qwest Center Omaha	Recap
No Scoring		First period			11:06 - sh - Trevor Hyatt
Matt Ambroz - pp - 14:19		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
J. P. Platisha - 04:22		Third overtime period			No scoring
Jerad Kaufmann ( 64 saves / 66 shots )		Goalie stats			Wylie Rogers ( 51 saves / 52 shots )

Nebraska-Omaha won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

(1) Michigan vs. (8) Nebraska-Omaha

March 14	Michigan		10 – 1		Nebraska-Omaha	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
Brandon Naurato - pp - 04:53 Chad Kolarik - 10:29 Chad Kolarik - 18:05		First period			No scoring
Carl Hagelin - sh - 10:37 Travis Turnbull - 18:47		Second period			No scoring
Chad Kolarik - 00:30 Louie Caporusso - 01:25 Mark Mitera - 04:21 Kevin Porter - 11:44 Danny Fardig - 14:07		Third period			02:50 - pp - Tomas Klempa
Billy Sauer ( 12 saves / 13 shots ) Shawn Hunwick ( 2 saves / 2 shots )		Goalie stats			Jerad Kaufmann ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) Jeremie Dupont ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) Eric Aarnio ( 6 saves / 7 shots )

March 15	Michigan		2 – 1		Nebraska-Omaha	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
Brandon Naurato - 03:14 Carl Hagelin - 18:57		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			05:25 - pp - Dan Charleston
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Billy Sauer ( 26 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Jerad Kaufmann ( 34 saves / 36 shots )

Michigan won series 2–0

(2) Miami vs. (7) Bowling Green

March 14	Miami		4 – 1		Bowling Green	Steve Cady Arena	Recap
Pat Cannone - 03:51 Nathan Davis - 14:44		First period			03:35 - John Mazzei
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Pat Cannone - pp - 06:14 Tommy Wingels - pp - 16:55		Third period			No scoring
Jeff Zatkoff ( 27 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Jimmy Spratt ( 25 saves / 29 shots )

March 15	Miami		4 – 2		Bowling Green	Steve Cady Arena	Recap
Justin Mercier - 05:57 Carter Camper - 13:22		First period			14:35 - Tommy Dee
Nathan Davis - pp - 13:41 Ryan Jones - 18:54		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			16:48 - pp - Brandon Svendsen
Jeff Zatkoff ( 41 saves / 43 shots )		Goalie stats			Nick Eno ( 18 saves / 22 shots )

Miami won series 2–0

(3) Michigan State vs. (6) Northern Michigan

March 14	Michigan State		5 – 1		Northern Michigan	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
Bryan Lerg - pp - 05:08		First period			04:32 - sh - Mark Olver 14:50 - pp - Steven Kaunisto
Justin Abdelkader - pp - 16:29		Second period			No scoring
Nick Sucharski - 05:42 Tim Crowder - pp - 11:04 Tim Kennedy - 13:44		Third period			No scoring
Jeff Lerg ( 24 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Brian Stewart ( 35 saves / 40 shots ) Derek Janzen ( 3 saves / 3 shots )

March 15	Michigan State		1 – 2		Northern Michigan	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Tim Crowder - pp - 18:53		Second period			03:56 - Mark Olver
No scoring		Third period			08:13 - Ray Kaunisto
Jeff Lerg ( 28 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Brian Stewart ( 41 saves / 42 shots )

March 16	Michigan State		2 – 3	OT	Northern Michigan	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			17:51 - Andrew Sarauer
Bryan Lerg - 03:48		Second period			14:45 - Phil Fox
Nick Sucharski - 17:02		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			11:04 - pp - Matt Butcher
Jeff Lerg ( 34 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats			Brian Stewart ( 41 saves / 43 shots )

Northern Michigan won series 2–1

(4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Ferris State

March 14	Notre Dame		1 – 2		Ferris State	Joyce Center	Recap
Ben Ryan - 19:49		First period			04:08 - Cody Chupp 08:32 - pp - Justin Menke
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jordan Pearce ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Mitch O'Keefe ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

March 15	Notre Dame		6 – 3		Ferris State	Joyce Center	Recap
Calle Ridderwall - 09:53		First period			No scoring
Ian Cole - 07:15 Ian Cole - 16:54		Second period			11:11 - pp - Mike Fillinger 13:29 - pp - Corey Couturier
Erik Condra - pp - 04:50 Ben Ryan - pp - 13:28 Kyle Lawson - en - 18:24		Third period			16:45 - pp - Zach Redmond
Jordan Pearce ( 22 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Mitch O'Keefe ( 30 saves / 35 shots )

March 16	Notre Dame		2 – 1		Ferris State	Joyce Center	Recap
Dan Kissel - 02:31		First period			04:16 - Adam Miller
Ian Cole - pp - 00:52		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jordan Pearce ( 24 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Mitch O'Keefe ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

Notre Dame won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Michigan vs. (6) Northern Michigan

March 21	Michigan		6 – 4		Northern Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Chad Kolarik - 07:19		First period			15:05 - Matt Butcher
Travis Turnbull = 09:31		Second period			14:54 - Mark Olver 16:47 - Matt Siddall
Tim Miller - 01:19 Travis Turnbull - pp - 06:30 Tim Miller - 16:00 Ben Winnett - en - 19:48		Third period			12:44 - Jared Brown
Billy Sauer ( 18 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Brian Stewart ( 36 saves / 41 shots )

(2) Miami vs. (4) Notre Dame

March 21	Miami		2 – 1	OT	Notre Dame	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Mitch Ganzak - 19:56		Third period			15:30 - Evan Rankin
Alec Martinez - 06:06		First overtime period			No scoring
Jeff Zatkoff ( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Jordan Pearce ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

Third place

(4) Notre Dame vs. (6) Northern Michigan

March 22	Notre Dame		1 – 2		Northern Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Christian Hanson - 07:32		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			01:15 - Tim Hartung 03:31 - Matt Siddall
Jordan Pearce ( 19 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Reid Ellingson ( 14 saves / 15 shots ) Derek Janzen ( 25 saves / 25 shots )

Championship

(1) Michigan vs. (2) Miami

March 22	Michigan		2 – 1		Miami	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Aaron Palushaj - 07:38		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Brandon Naurato - 10:00		Third period			19:21 - pp - Alec Martinez
Billy Sauer ( 27 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Jeff Zatkoff ( 24 saves / 26 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Matt Siddall (Northern Michigan)
• F Tim Miller* (Michigan)
• F Ryan Jones (Miami)
• D Mark Mitera (Michigan)
• D Alec Martinez (Miami)
• G Jeff Zatkoff (Miami)

* Most Valuable Player(s)^[2]

^[3]

References

1. "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. November 5, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
2. "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
3. "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

External links

• 2008 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament