2005 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2005 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 11 and March 19, 2005. Opening round games were played at campus sites, while all "super six" games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2005 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 11–19, 2005
Teams	12
Finals site	Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Michigan (9th title)
Winning coach	Red Berenson[1] (9th title)
MVP	Jeff Tambellini (Michigan)
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Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round, the first and twelfth seeds, the second and eleventh seeds, the third seed and tenth seeds, the fourth seed and ninth seeds, the fifth seed and eighth seeds, and the sixth seed and seventh seeds played a best-of-three series, with the two highest-seeded winners advancing to the semifinals and the remaining four winners playing in the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives 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

2004–05 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Michigan†*	28	23	3	2	48	128	70		42	31	8	3	178	103
#9 Ohio State	28	21	5	2	44	100	62		42	27	11	4	142	96
Northern Michigan	28	17	7	4	38	82	57		40	22	11	7	120	91
Nebraska-Omaha	28	13	11	4	30	101	84		39	19	16	4	133	124
Bowling Green	28	13	12	3	29	92	87		36	16	16	4	117	116
Michigan State	28	12	13	3	27	87	74		41	20	17	4	121	100
Miami	28	11	13	4	26	80	76		38	15	18	5	120	104
Alaska-Fairbanks	28	11	14	3	25	74	99		37	17	16	4	110	122
Lake Superior State	28	8	14	6	22	64	84		38	9	22	7	84	118
Western Michigan	28	8	18	2	18	78	112		37	14	21	2	105	134
Ferris State	28	7	17	4	18	73	97		39	13	22	4	114	131
Notre Dame	28	3	20	5	11	48	105		38	5	27	6	60	138
Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

	First round[2] March 11–13							Quarterfinals[3] March 17					Semifinals March 18					Championship March 19
	1	Michigan	10	1*	—								1	Michigan	3
	12	Notre Dame	1	0	—			3	Northern Michigan	3			8	Alaska-Fairbanks	1
								8	Alaska-Fairbanks	6
	2	Ohio State	4	0	5*
	11	Ferris State	2	1*	4
	3	Northern Michigan	1	4	4													1	Michigan	4
	10	Western Michigan	2	2	1													2	Ohio State	2
	4	Nebraska-Omaha	4	4*	—
	9	Lake Superior State	3	3	—
	5	Bowling Green	3	3	—								2	Ohio State	4
	8	Alaska-Fairbanks	6	6	—			4	Nebraska-Omaha	0			6	Michigan State	1			Third Place
								6	Michigan State	5
	6	Michigan State	2	5*	—													6	Michigan State	2
	7	Miami	1	4	—													8	Alaska-Fairbanks	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Michigan vs. (12) Notre Dame

March 11[4]	Michigan		10 – 1		Notre Dame	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			15:38 - Evan Rankin
Eric Nystrom - 01:48 Jeff Tambellini - GW PP - 02:28 Michael Woodford - 06:51 Milan Gajic - 07:41 Brandon Rogers - PP - 14:46 Chad Kolarik - PP - 16:21 Chad Kolarik - PP - 19:53		Second period			No scoring
Brandon Rogers - 05:43 Kevin Porter - 06:49 Milan Gajic - 19:09		Third period			No scoring
Al Montoya ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) / Noah Ruden ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) / Mike Mayhew ( 1 saves / 1 shots )		Goalie stats			Morgan Cey ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) / David Brown (13 saves / 18 shots ) / Rory Walsh ( 4 saves / 5 shots )

March 12[5]	Michigan		1 – 0	OT	Notre Dame	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Eric Werner - GW - 19:53		First overtime period			No scoring
Al Montoya ( 19 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Morgan Cey ( 43 saves / 44 shots )

Michigan won series 2–0

(2) Ohio State vs. (11) Ferris State

March 11[6]	Ohio State		4 – 2		Ferris State	Value City Arena	Recap
Dan Knapp - PP - 05:36 Matt Beaudoin - PP - 14:50		First period			08:47 - PP - Jeff Legue
Rod Pelley - GW - 04:59		Second period			No scoring
Matt Beaudoin - 15:48		Third period			19:35 - PP - Matt York
Dave Caruso ( 21 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Brown ( 40 saves / 44 shots )

March 12[7]	Ohio State		0 - 1	OT	Ferris State	Value City Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			01:09 - Zac Pearson
Dave Caruso ( 18 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Brown ( 36 saves / 36 shots )

March 13[8]	Ohio State		5 – 4	OT	Ferris State	Value City Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			04:56 - PP - Derek Nesbitt
Matt Beaudoin - PP - 02:48		Second period			12:58 - PP - Derek Nesbitt
Tom Fritsche - 09:55 Matt Beaudoin - SH - 01:58 Jason DeSantis - 19:10		Third period			03:18 - Matt Stefanishion 06:18 - Jeff Legue
John Dingle - GW - 04:40		First overtime period			No scoring
Dave Caruso ( 20 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Brown ( 30 saves / 35 shots )

Ohio State won series 2–1

(3) Northern Michigan vs. (10) Western Michigan

March 11[9]	Northern Michigan		1 – 2		Western Michigan	Berry Events Center	Recap
Rob Lehtinen - 12:33		First period			19:11 - Nathan Ansell
Brent Walton - GW PP - 04:21		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Tuomas Tarkki ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Daniel Bellissimo ( 23 saves / 24 shots )

March 12[10]	Northern Michigan		4 – 2		Western Michigan	Berry Events Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			14:50 - Pat Dwyer
No Scoring		Second period			15:56 - Paul Szczechura
Andrew Contois - SH - 02:08 Jamie Milam - PP - 05:20 Dirk Southern - GW - 06:26 Kevin Gardner - EN - 19:35		Third period			No scoring
Tuomas Tarkki ( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Daniel Bellissimo ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

March 13[11]	Northern Michigan		4 – 1		Western Michigan	Berry Events Center	Recap
Kevin Gardner - SH - 14:09 Tim Hartung - GW - 15:51		First period			No scoring
Pat Bateman - 04:49		Second period			15:11 - PP - Jeff Pierce
Kevin Gardner - 17:21		Third period			No scoring
Tuomas Tarkki ( 29 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Daniel Bellissimo ( 17 saves / 21 shots )

Northern Michigan won series 2–1

(4) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (9) Lake Superior State

March 11[12]	Nebraska-Omaha		4 – 3		Lake Superior State	Qwest Center Omaha	Recap
Bill Thomas - PP - 18:46 Dan Hacker - 18:56		First period			No scoring
Brandon Scero - 15:11		Second period			15:42 - PP - Trent Campbell 17:06 - PP - Ren Fauci
Joe Grimaldi - GW - 19:53		Third period			00:25 - Colin Nicholson
Chris Holt ( 16 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Jeff Jakaitis ( 31 saves / 35 shots )

March 12[13]	Nebraska-Omaha		4 – 3	OT	Lake Superior State	Qwest Center Omaha	Recap
Brandon Scero - PP - 18:04		First period			07:38 - Colin Nicholson 08:04 - Jeffrey Rainville
Rob Chappell - 01:18		Second period			No scoring
Brandon Scero - PP - 03:15		Third period			05:02 - Jon Booras
Scott Parse - GW - 05:24		First overtime period			No scoring
Chris Holt ( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Jeff Jakaitis ( 39 saves / 43 shots )

Nebraska-Omaha won series 2–0

(5) Bowling Green vs. (8) Alaska-Fairbanks

March 11[14]	Bowling Green		3 – 6		Alaska-Fairbanks	BGSU Ice Arena	Recap
Alex Foster - 06:56		First period			00:05 - Ryan McLeod 00:13 - Ryan McLeod 03:19 - Kelly Czuy
No Scoring		Second period			03:34 - GW PP - Jared Sylvestre 17:03 - Lucas Burnett
Jon Matsumoto - 04:37 Ben Geelan - 06:21		Third period			03:37 - PP - Curtis Fraser
Jordan Sigalet ( 24 saves / 29 shots ) / Jon Horrell ( 8 saves / 9 shots )		Goalie stats			Wylie Rogers ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

March 12[15]	Bowling Green		3 – 6		Alaska-Fairbanks	BGSU Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			15:44 - PP - Aaron Lee 19:08 - Ryan Muspratt
James Unger - 07:50		Second period			16:17 - Kyle Greentree
Mike Nesdill - PP - 02:02 Jon Matsumoto - PP - 12:55		Third period			11:00 - GW - Aaron Lee 18:58 - Curtis Fraser 19:40 - EN - Jason Grinevitch
Jordan Sigalet ( 27 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Wylie Rogers ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

Alaska-Fairbanks won series 2–0

(6) Michigan State vs. (7) Miami

March 11[16]	Michigan State		2 – 1		Miami	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			08:52 - PP - Nathan Davis
Chad Hontvet - PP - 07:35 Chad Hontvet - GW PP - 13:24		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Dominic Vicari ( 25 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Brandon Crawford-West ( 32 saves / 34 shots )

March 12[17]	Michigan State		5 – 4	OT	Miami	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			13:44 - PP - Matt Davis
Bryan Lerg - 16:46 Jim Slater - 19:46		Second period			03:27 - Mitch Ganzak 18:30 - Marty Guerin
Tom Goebel - 13:25 Colton Fretter - 14:54		Third period			12:44 - Ryan Jones
Colton Fretter - GW PP - 07:45		First overtime period			No scoring
Dominic Vicari ( 34 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats			Brandon Crawford-West ( 31 saves / 36 shots )

Michigan State won series 2–0

(3) Northern Michigan vs. (8) Alaska-Fairbanks

March 17[18]	Northern Michigan		3 – 6		Alaska-Fairbanks	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Rob Lehtinen - 10:18 Tim Hartung - PP - 12:21		First period			07:15 - PP - Ryan McLeod 18:17 - PP - Ryan McLeod
Nathan Oystrick - PP - 19:04		Second period			02:18 - Aaron Lee 11:54 - GW PP - Jason Grinevitch
No Scoring		Third period			08:36 - SH - Nathan Fornataro 19:58 - EN - Kyle Greentree
Tuomas Tarkki ( 24 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			Wylie Rogers ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

(4) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (6) Michigan State

March 17[19]	Nebraska-Omaha		0 – 5		Michigan State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			03:28 - GW PP - Colton Fretter 10:31 - PP - Jim McKenzie
No Scoring		Second period			06:17 - Tom Goebel 11:12 - Daniel Vukovic
No Scoring		Third period			18:42 - EN - Chris Mueller
Chris Holt ( 37 saves / 41 shots )		Goalie stats			Dominic Vicari ( 33 saves / 33 shots )

(1) Michigan vs. (8) Alaska-Fairbanks

March 18[20]	Michigan		3 – 1		Alaska-Fairbanks	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Brandon Kaleniecki - 12:13 Jeff Tambellini - GW - 19:41		Second period			No scoring
Chad Kolarik - PP - 05:37		Third period			02:43 - Ryan McLeod
Al Montoya ( 12 saves / 13 shots )		Goalie stats			Wylie Rogers ( 43 saves / 46 shots )

(2) Ohio State vs. (6) Michigan State

March 18[21]	Ohio State		4 – 1		Michigan State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Andrew Schembri - PP - 08:25		First period			17:44 - Ash Goldie
Sean Collins - GW - 07:38		Second period			No scoring
Jason DeSantis - 07:35 Tom Fritsche - PP - 15:59		Third period			No scoring
Dave Caruso ( 24 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Dominic Vicari ( 35 saves / 39 shots )

(6) Michigan State vs. (8) Alaska-Fairbanks

March 19[22]	Michigan State		2 – 3		Alaska-Fairbanks	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			14:19 - SH - Jared Sylvestre
Tom Goebel - 02:15		Second period			01:08 - PP - Adam Powell 15:10 - GW - Aaron Lee
Adam Nightingale - 11:54		Third period			No scoring
Dominic Vicari ( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Wylie Rogers ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

(1) Michigan vs. (2) Ohio State

March 19[23]	Michigan		4 – 2		Ohio State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Milan Gajic - PP - 02:54		First period			No scoring
Milan Gajic - PP - 06:46		Second period			05:32 - Tom Fritsche 06:57 - JB Bittner
Jeff Tambellini - GW - 05:27 Jason Ryznar - EN - 19:59		Third period			No scoring
Al Montoya ( 27 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			Dave Caruso ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Ryan McLeod (Alaska-Fairbanks)
• F Tom Fritsche (Ohio State)
• F Jeff Tambellini* (Michigan)
• D Sean Collins (Ohio State)
• D Brandon Rogers (Michigan)
• G Wylie Rogers (Alaska-Fairbanks)

* Most Valuable Player(s)[24]

[25]

Three Stars of the Tournament

• 3 Wylie Rogers (Alaska-Fairbanks)
• 2 Tom Fritsche (Ohio State)
• 1 Jeff Tambellini (Michigan)

[26]

References

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External links

• 2006 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament