2009 CHA men's ice hockey tournament

Format

The tournament featured two rounds of play. In the first round, the first and fourth seeds and second and third seeds each played for a berth in the championship game. The winners of the championship, played on March 14, 2009, received an automatic bid to the 2009 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

Bracket

March 13 | RD1-team1=Bemidji State | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-team2=Alabama-Huntsville | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-team3=Niagara | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-team4=Robert Morris | RD1-score4=2 March 14 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Bemidji State | RD2-score1=3* | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Robert Morris | RD2-score2=2 | RD2b-seed1=2 | RD2b-team1=Niagara | RD2b-score1=1 | RD2b-seed2=4 | RD2b-team2=Alabama-Huntsville | RD2b-score2=1}}

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Alabama-Huntsville

|1-1-1 = Matt Read - 04:40 |1-2-1 = Matt Francis - pp - 01:06 |1-2-2 = 05:51 - Joe Federoff |1-3-1 = Brandon Marino - 02:22 Matt Read - en - 19:16 |goalie1-1 = Matt Dalton ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Cameron Talbot ( 29 saves / 32 shots )}}

(2) Niagara vs. (3) Robert Morris

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 11:53 - pp - Denny Urban |1-2-2 = 14:09 - Trevor Lewis |1-3-1 = Derek Foam - 05:49 |goalie1-1 = Juliano Pagliero ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Brooks Ostergard ( 27 saves / 28 shots )}}

Third place

(2) Niagara vs. (4) Alabama-Huntsville

|1-1-1 = Dan Sullivan - 09:20 |1-1-2 = 03:07 - Kevin Morrison |1-4-1 = No Scoring |goalie1-1 = Adam Avramenko ( 46 saves / 47 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Blake MacNicol ( 38 saves / 39 shots )}}

Championship

(1) Bemidji State vs. (3) Robert Morris

|1-1-1 = Tyler Scofield - pp - 19:30 |1-1-2 = 03:53 - Ron Cramer |1-2-1 = Matt Read - 14:08 |1-2-2 = 18:47 - pp - Chris Margott |1-4-1 = Matt Read - 08:05 |goalie1-1 = Matt Dalton ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Brooks Ostergard ( 37 saves / 40 shots )}}

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• Goaltender: Matt Dalton (Bemidji State)
• Defensemen: Brad Hunt (Bemidji State), Dan Sullivan (Niagara)
• Forwards: Matt Francis (Bemidji State), Chris Margott (Robert Morris), Matt Read (Bemidji State)

[[List of CHA Most Valuable Player in Tournament|MVP]]

• Matt Read (Bemidji State)

References

References

1. Kozireski, Warren. (2009-03-14). "Bemidji State advances to third NCAA Tourney". Inside College Hockey.