2023 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament
College ice hockey tournament
The 2023 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 44th tournament in the history of the men's Central Collegiate Hockey Association . It began on March 3 and ended on March 18, 2023. All games were played at home campus sites. Minnesota State won the tournament and received the CCHA's automatic bid for the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format, while the semifinals and final are single games held at the campus sites of the highest remaining seeds. All eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher-seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower-seeded teams.[ 1]
Conference standings
Bracket
Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1
Minnesota State
6
2
–
8
Lake Superior State
1
1
–
1
Minnesota State
7
6
Ferris State
2
2
Michigan Tech
1
5
–
7
St. Thomas
0
4
–
1
Minnesota State
3*
4
Northern Michigan
2
3
Bowling Green
3
1
–
6
Ferris State
4*
2*
–
2
Michigan Tech
0
4
Northern Michigan
4
4
Northern Michigan
7
2*
–
5
Bemidji State
3
1
–
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
Note: All game times are local.
Quarterfinals
Game reference Keenan Rancier Goalies Ethan Langenegger Referees: Linesmen: (Carroll) – David Silye – 03:131–0 (Bellini, Furry) – Andy Carroll – PP, GW – 10:382–0 2–1 22:14 – Brandon Puricelli (Borshyov, Boudon) (Fitzgerald, Silye) – Akito Hirose – PP – 22:583–1 (Fitzgerald, Pavel) – Zach Krajnik4–1 (Eisele) – Simon Tassy – 46:145–1 (unassisted) Christian Fitzgerald – 50:516–1
9 min Penalties 10 min 32 Shots 18
Game reference Keenan Rancier Goalies Seth Eisele Referees: Linesmen: (Livingstone , Hirose ) Christian Fitzgerald – PP – 28:301–0 1–1 30:31 – Jack Jeffers (Tritt) (Livingstone, Fitzgerald) Ryan Sandelin – GW, PP – 58:432–1
4 min Penalties 8 min 40 Shots 18
Minnesota State wins series 2–0
Game reference Blake Pietila Goalies Aaron Trotter Referees: Linesmen: (J. Pietila, Kukkonen) Brett Thorne – GW – 51:281–0
10 min Penalties 8 min 32 Shots 30
Game reference Blake Pietila Goalies Aaron Trotter Referees: Linesmen: 0–1 08:25 – Mack Byers (Braccini) (Orr, Lipe) Tristan Ashbrook – 09:361–1 (J. Pietila, Ashbrook) Jack Works – 17:322–1 (Saretsky, O'Connell) Tristan Ashbrook – 19:413–1 (L. Pietila, J. Pietila) Kyle Kukkonen – SH – 38:124–1 4–2 39:18 – PP – Luc Laylin (Recchi) (J. Pietila, Crespi) Kyle Kukkonen – GW – 47:495–2 5–3 49:22 – Matthew Jennings (Pepper) 5–4 58:51 – PP – Mack Byers (Braccini, Lee)
13 min Penalties 8 min 34 Shots 34
Michigan Tech wins series 2–0
Game reference Christian Stoever Goalies Noah Giesbrecht Referees: Linesmen: (Burke) Dalton Norris – PP – 04:441–0 (Gresock, O'Hara) Austen Swankler – 08:492–0 2–1 17:22 – Jacob Badal (Schleppe, Cooper) 2–2 20:29 – Jason Brancheau (MacLaren, Venuto) 2–3 54:54 – Travis Shoudy (Marek) (Burke, Vinnell) Taylor Schneider – 58:383–3 3–4 74:04 – GW – Nick Nardecchia (Schultheis, Deelstra)
14 min Penalties 14 min 42 Shots 40
Game reference Christian Stoever Goalies Noah Giesbrecht Referees: Linesmen: 0–1 47:13 – Brenden MacLaren (Dirks, Slick) (Swankler, Vinnell) Chase Gresock – 58:431–1 1–2 64:04 – GW – Jason Brancheau (Venuto)
6 min Penalties 14 min 33 Shots 30
Ferris State wins series 2–0
March 3, 2023 Northern Michigan 7–3 (2–2, 1–0, 4–1) Bemidji State Berry Events Center Attendance: 3,116
Game reference Béni Halász Goalies Mattias Sholl Referees: Linesmen: 0–1 04:35 – Kyle Looft (Corcoran, Martan) (Vanderbeck, Funk) Rylan Van Unen – 11:361–1 (Shlaine, Papp) Joey Larson – 12:132–1 2–2 13:20 – Carter Jones (unassisted) (Enns, Vescio) Michael Colella – 36:593–2 3–3 46:32 – Ross Armour (Pickering, Roed) (Shlaine, Ghantous) Joey Larson – PP, GW – 49:434–3 (Ghantous, Kjellberg) Michael Colella – 50:475–3 (Eddy) Andre Ghantous – 56:046–3 (Frye, Keefer) Michael Van Unen – EN – 57:097–3
6 min Penalties 6 min 24 Shots 31
March 4, 2023 Northern Michigan 2–1 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0) Bemidji State Berry Events Center Attendance: 2,269
Game reference Béni Halász Goalies Mattias Sholl Referees: Linesmen: (M. Van Unen, Vanderbeck) Alex Frye – 30:001–0 1–1 36:16 – PP – Ross Armour (Jones, Zmolek) (Papp, Enns) David Keefer – GW – 61:072–1
12 min Penalties 6 min 23 Shots 36
Northern Michigan wins series 2–0
Semifinals
Game reference Keenan Rancier Goalies Noah Giesbrecht Referees: Linesmen: 0–1 15:32 – Connor McGrath (Marek, Slick) (Silye, Sandelin) Christian Fitzgerald – 18:321–1 (Livingstone , Fitzgerald) David Silye – PP – 19:002–1 (Sowder, Carroll) Brendan Furry – GW, PP – 23:273–1 (Sowder, Furry) Cade Borchardt – 29:074–1 4–2 30:51 – PP – Stepan Pokorny (Slick, Brancheau) (Livingstone) Ondrej Pavel – 52:175–2 (Furry, Livingstone) Lucas Sowder - 55:146–2 (Sandelin, Fitzgerald ) Jake Livingstone – PP – 56:427–2
4 min Penalties 8 min 39 Shots 21
Game reference Blake Pietila Goalies Béni Halász Referees: Linesmen: 0–1 04:44 - GW – Rylan Van Unen (unassisted) 0–2 07:45 – PP – Andre Ghantous (Larson, Zinger) 0–3 11:07 – Michael Van Unen (unassisted) 0–4 58:00 – EN – Simon Kjellberg (unassisted)
10 min Penalties 10 min 44 Shots 25
Championship
Game reference Keenan Rancier Goalies Béni Halász Referees: Linesmen: 0–1 36:21 – Alex Frye (Keefer) 0–2 47:27 – Alex Frye (Gallacher, Vescio) (Tassy, Carroll) Ondrej Pavel – 57:411–2 (Livingstone , Furry) Christian Fitzgerald – 59:022–2 (Borchardt) Zach Krajnik – GW – 61:083–2
4 min Penalties 10 min 33 Shots 25
Tournament awards
References
