2025 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2025 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 46th tournament in the history of the men's Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It began on March 7 and ended on March 21, 2024. All games were played at home campus sites. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State received the CCHA's automatic bid for the 2025 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

2025 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 7–21, 2025
Teams	8
Finals site	Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Mankato, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota State (3 title)
Winning coach	Luke Strand (1 title)
MVP	Evan Murr (Minnesota State)
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Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format, while the semifinals and final are single games held at the campus sites of the highest remaining seeds. The top eight conference teams in the standings participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher-seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower-seeded teams.^[1] The teams that advance out of the quarterfinals are reseeded according to the regular season standings. The semifinals and final are single-elimination games. The winners of the semifinals play one another to determine the conference tournament champion.

Conference standings

2024–25 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference record												Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	PCT ^	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#14 Minnesota State †*	26	18	5	3	3	1	1	56	.718	77	37		39	27	9	3	113	58
Augustana	16	9	5	2	1	1	1	30	.625	48	37		35	18	13	4	97	75
St. Thomas	26	13	9	4	1	1	1	42	.564	76	66		38	19	14	5	111	101
Bowling Green	26	12	10	4	2	3	2	43	.551	69	63		36	18	14	4	90	85
Michigan Tech	26	12	11	3	1	1	1	40	.513	75	69		36	16	17	3	95	96
Ferris State	26	12	13	1	1	0	0	36	.462	74	81		36	13	20	3	89	128
Bemidji State	26	10	12	4	3	1	4	36	.462	63	78		38	15	18	5	93	114
Lake Superior State	26	10	15	1	0	4	0	35	.449	71	76		36	12	22	2	93	115
Northern Michigan	26	4	20	2	1	1	2	16	.205	42	88		34	5	27	2	55	115
Championship: March 21, 2025 † indicates conference regular-season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup) ^ Because Augustana is playing a transition schedule of 16 games against conference opponents, winning percentage is used to determine conference position. Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

	Quarterfinals March 7–9							Semifinals March 15					Championship March 21
	1	Minnesota State	4	3	–
	8	Lake Superior State	1	2	–
								1	Minnesota State	4
								7	Bemidji State	0
	2	Augustana	3	3	2
	7	Bemidji State	1	4	3*
													1	Minnesota State	4
													3	St. Thomas	2
	3	St. Thomas	7	4	–
	6	Ferris State	3	1	–
								3	St. Thomas	3
								4	Bowling Green	1
	4	Bowling Green	2**	4	–
	5	Michigan Tech	1	0	–

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

Quarterfinals

(1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Lake Superior State

March 7, 2025 7:07 pm

Minnesota State

4–1 (2–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Lake Superior State

Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Attendance: —

Game reference
	Alex Tracy	Goalies	Rorke Applebee	Referees: Brady Johnson Bobby Lukkason Linesmen: Tyler Landman Nathan Voll
	(Benincasa, Bohlsen) Zach Krajnik (2) – 05:12 1–0 (Benincasa, Carrabes) Zach Krajnik (3) – GW – 13:28 2–0 2–1 16:15 – Timo Bakos (10) (Levandowski) (Murr, Bergmanis) Brian Carrabes (10) – 43:10 3–1 (Cichosz, Wheeler) Zach Krajnik (4) – EN – 58:04 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	21

March 8, 2025 6:07 pm

Minnesota State

3–2 (1–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Lake Superior State

Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Attendance: 3,627

Game reference
	Alex Tracy	Goalies	Rorke Applebee	Referees: Brady Johnson Bobby Lukkason Linesmen: Tyler Landman Nathan Voll
	0–1 02:58 – Blake Humphrey (2) (Milburn) (Hillman, Power) Luc Wilson (7) – 04:05 1–1 1–2 22:32 – Grant Hindman (3) (Herrington, Venegoni) (Benincasa, Ashton) Zach Krajnik (5) – 22:47 2–2 (Carrabes) Evan Murr (6) – GW – 26:04 3–2
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	22

Minnesota State wins series 2–0

(2) Augustana vs. (7) Bemidji State

March 7, 2025 7:07 pm

Augustana

3–1 (0–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Bemidji State

Midco Arena Attendance: 3,116

Game reference
	Josh Kotai	Goalies	Mattias Sholl	Referees: Rich Nelson Sterling Egan Linesmen: Kyle Domin Andrew Dokken
	0–1 33:53 – SH – Kirklan Irey (11) (Jutting) (Baumgartner, Friesen) Simon Falk (4) – 43:50 1–1 (Hennen) Owen Baumgartner (2) – GW – 46:57 2–1 (Langus, DelGreco) Colton Friesen (7) – 47:41 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	28 min
	28	Shots	19

March 8, 2025 6:07 pm

Augustana

3–4 (0–0, 2–2, 1–2)

Bemidji State

Midco Arena Attendance: 3,085

Game reference
	Josh Kotai	Goalies	Mattias Sholl	Referees: Rich Nelson Sterling Egan Linesmen: Kyle Domin Andrew Dokken
	0–1 22:43 – PP – Reilly Funk (7) (Martin, Corcoran) 0–2 26:45 – Jackson Jutting (13) (Corcoran, Quinn) (Falk, Friesen) Quinn Rudrud (6) – 27:37 1–2 (Friesen, McIntyre) Simon Falk (5) – 39:41 2–2 2–3 44:05 – Tony Follmer (2) (Jutting) 2–4 44:56 – GW – Adam Flammang (4) (Panzer, Satosaari) (DelGreco, Mobley) Nace Langus (6) – 49:20 3–4
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	34

March 9, 2025 5:07 pm

Augustana

2–3 (OT) (1–1, 1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Bemidji State

Midco Arena Attendance: 2,895

Game reference
	Josh Kotai	Goalies	Mattias Sholl	Referees: Rich Nelson Sterling Egan Linesmen: Kyle Domin Andrew Dokken
	0–1 04:28 – PP – Jackson Jutting (14) (Magnussen, Flammang) (Meerman, McIntyre) Hunter Bischoff (9) – 11:35 1–1 (Baumgartner, Meerman) Hunter Bischoff (10) – 29:12 2–1 2–2 53:41 – Noah Quinn (6) (Corcoran, Funk) 2–3 64:13 – GW – Adam Flammang (5) (Vaisanen, Satosaari)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	30

Bemidji State wins series 2–1

(3) St. Thomas vs. (6) Ferris State

March 7, 2025 7:00 pm

St. Thomas

7–3 (4–3, 1–0, 2–0)

Ferris State

St. Thomas Ice Arena Attendance: 447

Game reference
	Jake Sibell	Goalies	Noah West	Referees: Michael Forys Andrew Rasky Linesmen: Eric Froberg Jamie Grace
	0–1 01:31 – Jack Silich (3) (Badal, DeVita) (Gauer, Foley) Liam Malmquist (14) – 05:47 1–1 (O'Neill, Gay) Jake Braccini (9) – 05:59 2–1 2–2 09:53 – Zach Faremouth (8) (Gault, Ergang) (Gleason, Wahlin) Liam Malmquist (15) – 14:27 3–2 3–3 18:16 – PP – Logan Heroux (3) (Silich, Schleppe) (Sterzer, Laylin) Quinton Pepper (1) – GW – 19:11 4–3 (unassisted) Lucas Wahlin (17) – SH – 35:56 5–3 (Braccini, Elias) Cooper Gay (17) – 50:12 6–3 (O'Neill, Miller) Cooper Gay (18) – 54:05 7–3
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	31

March 8, 2025 6:00 pm

St. Thomas

4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Ferris State

St. Thomas Ice Arena Attendance: 462

Game reference
	Jake Sibell	Goalies	Noah West	Referees: Michael Forys Andrew Rasky Linesmen: Eric Froberg Jamie Grace
	(Gleason, Malmquist) Grant Docter (2) – 24:54 1–0 (Wahlin) Liam Malmquist (16) – GW SH – 32:32 2–0 (Wahlin, Gleason) Liam Malmquist (17) – 55:01 3–0 3–1 57:57 – Caiden Gault (3) (Silich, Schleppe) (Cheslock, Foley) Liam Malmquist (18) – EN – 59:35 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	26

St. Thomas wins series 2–0

(4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Michigan Tech

March 7, 2025 7:07 pm

Bowling Green

2–1 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Michigan Tech

Slater Family Ice Arena Attendance: 1,750

Game reference
	Christian Stoever	Goalies	Ryan Manzella	Referees: Steve McInchak Bruce Vida Jr. Linesmen: Patrick Giles Nick Huff
	(Waters) Jaden Grant (5) – 19:40 1–0 1–1 41:32 – Stiven Sardarian (11) (Morrell, Pietila) (Doran, Parker) Quinn Emerson (5) – GW – 65:01 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	21

March 8, 2025 7:07 pm

Bowling Green

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Michigan Tech

Slater Family Ice Arena Attendance: 2,605

Game reference
	Christian Stoever	Goalies	Ryan Manzella	Referees: Steve McInchak Bruce Vida Jr. Linesmen: Patrick Giles Nick Huff
	(O'Hara, Doran) Quinn Emerson (6) – GW – 12:12 1–0 (Grant, Doran) Ethan Scardina (6) – PP – 14:11 2–0 (Grant) Maxwell Martin (6) – 48:40 3–0 (Scardina) Ben Doran (10) – EN – 55:38 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	27

Bowling Green wins series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota State vs. (7) Bemidji State

March 15, 2025 7:07 pm

Minnesota State

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Bemidji State

Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Attendance: 3,557

Game reference
	Alex Tracy	Goalies	Mattias Sholl	Referees: Stephen McInchak Bruce Vida Jr. Linesmen: Patrick Giles Nick Huff
	(Benincasa) Zach Krajnik (6) – GW – 08:06 1–0 (Bergmanis, Groll) Adam Eisele (12) – 36:39 2–0 (Pitlick) Adam Eisele (13) – 46:51 3–0 (Cichosz) Kaden Bohlsen (10) – EN – 58:17 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	23	Shots	27

(3) St. Thomas vs. (4) Bowling Green

March 15, 2025 4:07 pm

St. Thomas

3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Bowling Green

St. Thomas Ice Arena Attendance: 575

Game reference
	Jake Sibell	Goalies	Christian Stoever	Referees: Brady Johnson Bobby Lukkason Linesmen: Tyler Landman Nathan Voll
	(Gauer, Peters) Casy Laylin (4) – 25:40 1–0 1–1 37:45 – Ethan Scardina (7) (Norris, Stjernberg) (Wahlin) Liam Malmquist (19) – GW – 47:47 2–1 (Malmquist) Cooper Gay (19) – EN – 59:25 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	33

Championship

(1) Minnesota State vs. (3) St. Thomas

March 21, 2025 7:07 pm

Minnesota State

4–2 (0–0, 2–2, 2–0)

St. Thomas

Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Attendance: 4,538

Game reference
	Alex Tracy	Goalies	Jake Sibell	Referees: Brady Johnson Bobby Lukkason Linesmen: Tyler Landman Nathan Voll
	0–1 26:56 – Matthew Gleason (11) (unassisted) (Pitlick) Luigi Benincasa (6) – PP – 30:40 1–1 (Benincasa, Krajnik) Kaden Bohlsen (19) – 33:14 2–1 2–2 33:14 – Liam Malmquist (20) (O'Neill, Wahlin) (Bergmanis, Pitlick) Evan Murr (7) – GW – 50:13 3–2 (unassisted) Josh Groll (14) – EN – 59:17 4–2
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	35	Shots	31

Tournament awards

Three Stars

• 1st Evan Murr* (Minnesota State)
• 2nd Luigi Benincasa (Minnesota State)
• 3rd Liam Malmquist (St. Thomas)

* Most Valuable Player(s) ^[2]