The 2003 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 16, 2003 at Tri-City Arena in Kearney, Nebraska. By winning the tournament, Wayne State received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 16, 2003, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2003 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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Alabama–Huntsville2013522888593518143135121
Niagara2011452777603715175126133
Wayne State*2011722462564021172131131
Bemidji State20106424584636141489598
Findlay203134104177351021493120
Air Force20215374573371024398146
Championship: Wayne State
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinal

March 14, 2003

Semifinals

March 15, 2003

Championship

March 16, 2003

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Star team

  • Goaltender: David Guerrera (Wayne State)
  • Defensemen: Bryce Methven (Bemidji State), Marc St. Jean (Wayne State)
  • Forwards: Jason Durbin (Wayne State), Dustin Kingston (Wayne State), Barret Ehgoetz (Niagara), Andrew Murray (Bemidji State)[1]

MVP

  • Marc St. Jean (Wayne State)[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Phelps, Mekye (2007). 2007–08 College Hockey America media guide (PDF). College Hockey America. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
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