The 2010 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played on March 12 and March 13, 2010 at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, New York. The winner received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Alabama–Huntsville defeated hosts Niagara, 3–2, in overtime to win their second CHA Tournament title.[1]

2010 marked the final men's tournament for the CHA, as the conference would disband its men's division after the season.[2]

Format

The tournament will featured two rounds of play. In the first round, the first and fourth seeds and second and third seeds will each play for a berth in the championship game. The winners of the championship, played on March 13, 2010, will receive an automatic bid to the 2010 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

2009–10 College Hockey America standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Bemidji State†181431297140372310412887
Robert Morris18693154760351019694121
Alabama–Huntsville*18610214425433121837389
Niagara1861021453593612204107118
Championship: Alabama–Huntsville
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Semifinals
March 12 		Championship
March 13
      
1 Bemidji State 4
4 Niagara 5
4 Niagara 2
3 Alabama–Huntsville 3*
3 Robert Morris 0
2 Alabama–Huntsville 1 Third place
1 Bemidji State 3
2 Robert Morris 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All times are local (EST).

Semifinals

March 12, 2010
3:00 PM		(2) Robert Morris0 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		(3) Alabama–HuntsvilleDwyer Arena, Lewiston, New York
Attendance: 380
Game reference
Brooks OstergardGoaliesCameron TalbotReferees:
Mike Baker
Chris Foote
0 – 137:57 - Ruffini (Barker, Desmet) (PP)
22 minPenalties14 min
29Shots24
March 12, 2010
7:00 PM		(1) Bemidji State4 – 5
(1–2, 1–2, 2–1)		(4) NiagaraDwyer Arena, Lewiston, New York
Attendance: 1,003
Game reference
Dan BakalaGoaliesChris NoonanReferees:
Kevin Langseth
John Philo
0 – 14:29 - Gotto (Ross)
Peluso (Lehrke, McKelvie) - 5:121 – 1
1 – 219:27 - Olidis (Moran, Chartrain)
Cramer (Walters) - 31:312 – 2
2 – 335:46 - Gotto (Matthews, Haczyk) (PP)
2 – 438:34 - Haczyk (Zanette) (SH)
Walters - 50:253 – 4
3 – 551:40 - Mironov (Olidis, Moran)
Cramer (Hunt) - 52:454 – 5
8 minPenalties14 min
36Shots25

Third place

March 13, 2010
4:00 PM		(1) Bemidji State3 – 3 (OT)
(1–0, 0–0, 2–3, 0–0)		(2) Robert MorrisDwyer Arena, Lewiston, New York
Attendance: 425
Game reference
Dan Bakala (out 45:49)
Mathieu Dugas (in 45:49)		GoaliesEric LevineReferees:
Mike Baker
Chris Foote
Cramer (Peluso, Lehrke) (PP) - 12:491 – 0
1 – 143:43 - Velasquez (Lyle, Cramer)
1 – 244:31 - Blandina (Cramer)
1 – 345:49 - Longpre (Meadows, Salituro)
Kinne (MacQueen) - 54:032 – 3
Lowe (Hunt, George) - 54:563 – 3
16 minPenalties14 min
36Shots32

Championship

March 13, 2010
8:00 PM		(4) Niagara2 – 3 (OT)
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0, 0–1)		(3) Alabama–HuntsvilleDwyer Arena, Lewiston, New York
Attendance: 1,818
Game reference
Chris NoonanGoaliesCameron TalbotReferees:
Kevin Langseth
John Philo
0 – 127:33 - Barker (Roshko, Campbell) (PP)
Moran (Olidis) - 27:531 – 1
1 – 236:31 - Campbell (Coburn, Järvinen) (PP)
Zanette (Haczyk, Weiss) - 44:002 – 2
2 – 361:34 - Desmet (Ruffini, deBruyn) (PP)
14 minPenalties14 min
45Shots24

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • Goaltender: Cameron Talbot (Alabama–Huntsville)
  • Defensemen: Tyler Gotto (Niagara)
  • Forwards: Cody Campbell (UAH), Ron Cramer (Robert Morris), Ryan Cramer (Bemidji St.), Chris Moran (Niagara) [3]

MVP

References

  1. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas (March 13, 2010). "Desmet Scores in OT as Alabama-Huntsville Captures Final CHA Crown". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
  2. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas (March 6, 2010). "Mironov Scores Two as Niagara Sweeps Robert Morris". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "CHA All-Tournament Team Announced". College Hockey America. March 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
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