2002 CHA men's ice hockey tournament

2002 CHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 14–16, 2002
Teams	6
Finals site	Dwyer Arena Lewiston, New York
Champions	Wayne State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Bill Wilkinson (2nd title)
MVP	Dustin Kingston (Wayne State)
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The 2002 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 16, 2002 at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, New York. Wayne State defeated Alabama-Huntsville 5–4 in overtime in the championship game to win the tournament for the second consecutive year.

Format

The tournament featured six team for the first time. 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, 2002.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2001–02 College Hockey America standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Wayne State†*	20	15	2	3	33	84	48		36	21	11	4	124	112
Bemidji State	19	8	7	4	22	65	61		35	12	18	5	116	146
Alabama–Huntsville	20	10	9	1	21	75	77		37	18	18	1	128	140
Niagara	19	8	10	1	19	61	65		35	17	17	1	120	118
Air Force	18	6	10	2	14	53	63		34	16	16	2	123	119
Findlay	20	5	14	1	11	57	81		35	11	22	2	105	140
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, 2002					Semifinals March 15, 2002					Championship March 16, 2002
						1	Wayne State	3
	4	Niagara	3			5	Air Force	1
	5	Air Force	5								1	Wayne State	5*
											3	Alabama-Huntsville	4
						2	Bemidji State	2
	3	Alabama-Huntsville	4			3	Alabama-Huntsville	5
	6	Findlay	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Star team

• Goaltender: Mark Byrne (Alabama-Huntsville)
• Defensemen: Tyler Butler (Alabama-Huntsville), Tyler Kindle (Wayne State)
• Forwards: Andy Berg (Air Force), Steve Charlebois (Alabama-Huntsville), Jason Durbin (Wayne State)[1]

MVP

• Dustin Kingston (Wayne State)[1]

References

1. 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.

External links

• College Hockey America tournament history