All six CHA teams participated in the tournament. On the first day of the tournament, the top two seeds received a bye, while the #3 seed played the #6 seed, and the #4 seed played the #5 seed in the quarterfinal round. On the second day, the semifinal games featured the #1 seed against the lower remaining seed, while the #2 seed played the higher remaining seed. On the third and final day, the CHA championship was played between the two semifinal winners. There was a total of five games.[1]
The tournament MVP was Mercyhurst goaltender Kennedy Blair,[2] making 31 saves in the overtime championship game.
Syracuse junior forward Victoria Klimek, Penn State junior Natalie Heising, Mercyhurst junior forward Summer-Rae Dobson, Robert Morris senior defender Sarah Lecavalier, and Mercyhurst freshman defender Jordan Mortlock joined Blair on the 2020 all-tournament team.
The tournament champion earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament to determine the national champion. The Mercyhurst Lakers were the number 8 seed out of 8 in the tournament and were set to face #1 seed Cornell on March 14 in Ithaca, New York, prior to the cancellation.