2005 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2005 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 13, 2005 at the IRA Civic Center in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Bemidji State received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament featured six teams. 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 13, 2005, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

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
#15 Bemidji State†* 20 16 4 0 32 69 45 37 23 13 1 123 95
Alabama-Huntsville 20 14 5 1 29 71 43 32 18 10 4 106 79
Niagara 20 9 9 2 20 61 62 36 15 19 2 110 114
Wayne State 20 7 9 4 18 55 54 35 14 17 4 107 107
Air Force 20 5 14 1 11 41 64 36 14 19 3 82 107
Robert Morris 20 4 14 2 10 35 64 33 8 21 4 62 107
Championship: Bemidji State
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

  Quarterfinal

March 11, 2005

    Semifinals

March 12, 2005

    Championship

March 13, 2005

                           
        1  Bemidji State 6  
  4  Wayne State 3     5  Air Force 0    
  5  Air Force 4*         1  Bemidji State 3
      2  Alabama-Huntsville 0
        2  Alabama-Huntsville 4    
  3  Niagara 5     3  Niagara 2  
  6  Robert Morris 1  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Star team

MVP

References

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