2008 CHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th tournament in conference history and was played between March 14 and March 16, 2008 at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, New York. By winning the tournament, Niagara received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2008 CHA Men's ice hockey tournament
2008 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
Dates	March 14–16, 2008
Teams	5
Finals site	Dwyer Arena Lewiston, New York
Champions	Niagara (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dave Burkholder (2nd title)
MVP	Ted Cook (Niagara)
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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the first round, the fourth and fifth ranked seeds, Wayne State and Alabama-Huntsville, played for entry into the semifinals, to which the top three seeds received byes. The winners of the two semifinal games then played for the championship on March 16, 2008, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 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

2007–08 College Hockey America standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Bemidji State†	20	13	4	3	29	71	39		36	17	16	3	102	82
Niagara*	20	12	6	2	26	71	51		37	22	11	4	128	98
Robert Morris	20	10	7	3	23	67	67		34	15	15	4	114	127
Wayne State	20	6	14	0	12	54	71		38	11	25	2	90	132
Alabama–Huntsville	20	3	13	4	10	40	75		31	6	21	4	60	117
Championship: Niagara † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

	Quarterfinal March 14, 2008					Semifinals March 15, 2008					Championship March 16, 2008
						1	Bemidji State	4
						4	Wayne State	1
	4	Wayne State	4
	5	Alabama-Huntsville	0
											1	Bemidji State	2
											2	Niagara	3
						2	Niagara	6
						3	Robert Morris	3

Quarterfinal

(4) Wayne State vs. (5) Alabama-Huntsville

March 14	Wayne State		4 – 0		Alabama-Huntsville	Dwyer Arena	Recap
Brock Meadows - 11:40		First period			No scoring
Stavros Paskaris - pp - 08:47 Mike Forgie - 14:22		Second period			No scoring
Dylan Exton - 04:34		Third period			No scoring
Brett Bothwell ( 21 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Blake MacNicol ( 25 saves / 29 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Wayne State

March 15	Bemidji State		4 – 1		Wayne State	Dwyer Arena	Recap
Matt Pope - pp - 04:00 Cody Bostock - pp - 16:26		First period			No scoring
Matt Read - 05:19		Second period			12:13 - Chris Kushneriuk
Tyler Scofield - en pp - 19:28		Third period			No scoring
Matt Climie ( 10 saves / 11 shots )		Goalie stats			Brett Bothwell ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

(2) Niagara vs. (3) Robert Morris

March 15	Niagara		6 – 3		Robert Morris	Dwyer Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			16:57 - Chris Margott
David Ross - 05:36 Dan Sullivan - 17:42		Second period			16:59 - Chris Margott
Ted Cook - 01:21 Egor Mironov - pp - 10:29 Egor Mironov - 12:44 Matt Caruana - en - 19:02		Third period			07:39 - pp - Chris Margott
Juliano Pagliero ( 34 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats			Christian Boucher ( 22 saves / 27 shots )

Championship

(1) Bemidji State vs. (2) Niagara

March 16	Bemidji State		2 – 3		Niagara	Dwyer Arena	Recap
Brandon Marino - pp - 02:55		First period			10:19 - pp - Ted Cook
Tyler Lehrke - 12:33		Second period			16:28 - Chris Moran 19:15 - pp - Kyle Rogers
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Matt Climie ( 22 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Juliano Pagliero ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Star team

• Goaltender: Juliano Pagliero (Niagara)
• Defensemen: Cody Bostock (Bemidji State), Dan Sullivan (Niagara)
• Forwards: Chris Margott (Robert Morris), Kyle Rogers (Niagara), Tyler Scofield (Bemidji State)^[1]

MVP

• Ted Cook (Niagara)^[1]