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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Wayne State†*2015233384483621114124112
Bemidji State198742265613512185116146
Alabama–Huntsville2010912175773718181128140
Niagara1981011961653517171120118
Air Force1861021453633416162123119
Findlay2051411157813511222105140
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. 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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