2007 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

2007 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
2007 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
	2007 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
Dates	March 2–17, 2007
Teams	12
Finals site	Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Notre Dame (1st title)
Winning coach	Jeff Jackson (5th title)
MVP	David Brown (Notre Dame)
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The 2007 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 36th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2007. Opening round and quarterfinal games were played at campus sites, while the semifinals, third place, and championship games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Notre Dame won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

2006–07 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Notre Dame†*	28	21	4	3	45	90	51	42	32	7	3	143	70
#10 Michigan	28	18	9	1	37	119	85	41	26	14	1	174	129
#11 Miami	28	16	8	4	36	93	70	42	24	14	4	135	107
#1 Michigan State	28	15	10	3	33	81	65	42	26	13	3	137	102
Nebraska–Omaha	28	13	11	4	30	100	85	42	18	16	8	153	128
Western Michigan	28	14	13	1	29	85	93	37	18	18	1	120	126
Ohio State	28	12	12	4	28	89	86	37	15	17	5	120	120
Lake Superior State	28	11	14	3	25	65	74	43	21	19	3	111	110
Ferris State	28	10	16	2	22	70	92	39	14	22	3	107	126
Northern Michigan	28	10	17	1	21	66	80	41	15	24	2	96	123
Alaska	28	7	16	5	19	70	90	39	11	22	6	100	128
Bowling Green	28	5	22	1	11	51	108	38	7	29	2	75	147
Championship: Notre Dame † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

First round March 2–4					Quarterfinals March 9–10					Semifinals March 16			Championship March 17

					1	Notre Dame	7	3	—
5	Nebraska-Omaha	3*	7	—	11	Alaska	1	1	—
12	Bowling Green	2	5	—						1	Notre Dame	3
										8	Lake Superior State	0
					2	Michigan	4	8	—
6	Western Michigan	2	6	1	10	Northern Michigan	1	3	—
11	Alaska	3*	2	3									1	Notre Dame	2
													2	Michigan	1
					3	Miami	1	1	—
7	Ohio State	6	2	2	8	Lake Superior State	2	2	—
10	Northern Michigan	2	3*	3						2	Michigan	5	Third place
										4	Michigan State	2
					4	Michigan State	4	4	—				4	Michigan State	7*
8	Lake Superior State	3	4	3	5	Nebraska-Omaha	2	1	—				8	Lake Superior State	6
9	Ferris State	4*	3	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (12) Bowling Green

March 2	Nebraska-Omaha		3 – 2	OT	Bowling Green	Qwest Center Omaha	Recap
No Scoring		First period			13:33 - Derek Whitmore
Dan Charleston - 13:46		Second period			No scoring
Mick Lawrence - 04:35		Third period			16:06 - James Unger
Mick Lawrence - 04:24		First overtime period			No scoring
Jeremie Dupont ( 17 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Jimmy Spratt ( 38 saves / 41 shots )

March 3	Nebraska-Omaha		7 – 5	Bowling Green	Qwest Center Omaha	Recap
Eddie Del Grosso - pp - 09:19 Nick Fanto - 12:51 Nick Fanto - 13:36		First period		01:41 - James Unger 11:52 - James Unger 14:53 - James Unger 17:57 - pp - James Unger
Brandon Scero - 06:20 Brandon Scero - pp - 13:12		Second period		No scoring
Brandon Scero - 10:57 Mark Bernier - 12:06		Third period		08:18 - pp - Derek Whitmore
Jeremie Dupont ( 5 saves / 9 shots ) Jerad Kaufmann ( 11 saves / 12 shots )		Goalie stats		Jimmy Spratt ( 31 saves / 38 shots )

Nebraska-Omaha won series 2–0

(6) Western Michigan vs. (11) Alaska

March 2	Western Michigan		2 – 3	OT	Alaska	Lawson Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Paul Szczechura - 07:27 Mark Letestu - pp - 19:54		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			17:38 - sh - Ryan Muspratt 18:43 - Darcy Campbell
No scoring		First overtime period			04:09 - Lucas Burnett
Riley Gill ( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Wylie Rogers ( 18 saves / 20 shots )

March 3	Western Michigan		6 – 2	Alaska	Lawson Arena	Recap
Paul Szczechura - sh - 02:42 Jeff LoVecchio - sh - 05:02 Mark Letestu - 16:15		First period		No scoring
Patrick Galivan - pp - 06:41		Second period		01:52 - Aaron Lee 07:07 - Braden Walls
Mark Letestu - pp - 15:25 Paul Szczechura - 16:45		Third period		No scoring
Riley Gill ( 37 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats		Wylie Rogers ( 2 saves / 5 shots ) Chad Johnson ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

March 4	Western Michigan		1 – 3	Alaska	Lawson Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		02:45 - Curtis Fraser
No scoring		Second period		06:49 - pp - Aaron Lee
Paul Szczechura - 19:17		Third period		18:56 - en - Adam Naglich
Riley Gill ( 27 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats		Wylie Rogers ( 32 saves / 33 shots )

Alaska won series 2–1

(7) Ohio State vs. (10) Northern Michigan

March 2	Ohio State		6 – 2	Northern Michigan	OSU Ice Arena	Recap
Sean P. Collins - pp - 15:45		First period		No scoring
John Dingle - pp - 04:06 Mathieu Beaudoin - 07:36		Second period		16:43 - Matt Maunu
Tom Fritsche - 06:27 Tommy Goebel - 10:30 Jason DeSantis - 19:09		Third period		18:19 - Mike Santorelli
Joe Palmer ( 22 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Bill Zaniboni ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Brian Stewart ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

March 3	Ohio State		2 – 3	OT	Northern Michigan	OSU Ice Arena	Recap
Kenny Bernard - 09:44		First period			07:21 - pp - Darin Olver 08:50 - Darin Olver
John Dingle - 07:02		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			03:15 - Dusty Collins
Joe Palmer ( 31 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Brian Stewart ( 42 saves / 44 shots )

March 4	Ohio State		2 – 3	Northern Michigan	OSU Ice Arena	Recap
Tyson Strachan - pp - 13:48		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		06:15 - sh - Zach Tarkir 14:18 - Nick Sirota
Tyson Strachan - 19:47		Third period		09:59 - sh - Darin Olver
Joe Palmer ( 21 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Brian Stewart ( 34 saves / 36 shots )

Northern Michigan won series 2–1

(8) Lake Superior State vs. (9) Ferris State

March 2	Lake Superior State		3 – 4	OT	Ferris State	Taffy Abel Arena	Recap
Trent Campbell - 10:39 Simon Gysbers - 18:46		First period			03:03 - Mark Bomersback
No scoring		Second period			00:39 - Mark Bomersback
Derek Smith - 03:55		Third period			16:29 - Aaron Lewicki
No scoring		First overtime period			12:29 - Mark Bomersback
Jeff Jakaitis ( 30 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Mitch O'Keefe ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

March 3	Lake Superior State		4 – 3	Ferris State	Taffy Abel Arena	Recap
Dominic Osman - 04:23 Trent Campbell - sh - 12:55		First period		03:57 - Matt Verdone
Simon Gysbers - pp - 14:13		Second period		03:30 - pp - Joe Van Culin 16:49 - Casey Haines
Dominic Osman - pp - 06:25		Third period		No scoring
Jeff Jakaitis ( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Mitch O'Keefe ( 28 saves / 32 shots )

March 4	Lake Superior State		3 – 2	Ferris State	Taffy Abel Arena	Recap
Simon Gysbers - pp - 13:34 Derek Smith - pp - 16:55		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		10:36 - Mark Bomersback 18:12 - Aaron Lewicki
Nik Sellers - 17:51		Third period		No scoring
Jeff Jakaitis ( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Mitch O'Keefe ( 13 saves / 16 shots )

Lake Superior State won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

(1) Notre Dame vs. (11) Alaska

March 9	Notre Dame		7 – 1	Alaska	Joyce Center	Recap
Wes O'Neill - 03:06 Garrett Regan - 06:44 Brock Sheahan - 09:34 Garrett Regan - 14:25 Jason Paige - pp - 15:27		First period		No scoring
Kyle Lawson - 16:14		Second period		No scoring
Mark Van Guilder - pp - 00:58		Third period		04:41 - Nathan Fornataro
David Brown ( 16 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats		Wylie Rogers ( 9 saves / 13 shots ) Chad Johnson ( 15 saves / 18 shots )

March 10	Notre Dame		3 – 1	Alaska	Joyce Center	Recap
Ryan Thang - pp - 17:19 Wes O'Neill - pp - 18:42		First period		No scoring
Kevin Deeth - 14:47		Second period		10:20 - pp - Adam Naglich
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
David Brown ( 21 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Wylie Rogers ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

Notre Dame won series 2–0

(2) Michigan vs. (10) Northern Michigan

March 9	Michigan		4 – 1	Northern Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
Matt Hunwick - pp - 08:43 Chris Summers - 17:24 David Rohlfs - 19:13		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		01:20 - Nick Sirota
Andrew Cogliano - en - 19:09		Third period		No scoring
Billy Sauer ( 21 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Brian Stewart ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

March 10	Michigan		8 – 3	Northern Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
T. J. Hensick - 03:12 Jack Johnson - 08:21 Andrew Cogliano - 13:59 Kevin Porter - 18:04		First period		12:39 - pp - Pat Bateman
T. J. Hensick - 08:05 Chad Kolarik - pp - 15:10 Andrew Cogliano - 19:37		Second period		02:33 - pp - Mike Santorelli
T. J. Hensick - 14:33		Third period		04:15 - pp - Ray Kaunisto
Billy Sauer ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Mike Mayhew ( 2 saves / 2 shots )		Goalie stats		Bill Zaniboni ( 9 saves / 14 shots ) Brian Stewart ( 10 saves / 13 shots )

Michigan won series 2–0

(3) Miami vs. (8) Lake Superior State

March 9	Miami		1 – 2	Lake Superior State	Steve Cady Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
Kevin Roeder - 18:27		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		03:22 - Jeffrey Rainville 09:57 - Derek Smith
Jeff Zatkoff ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Jeff Jakaitis ( 37 saves / 38 shots )

March 10	Miami		1 – 2	Lake Superior State	Steve Cady Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		11:51 - Jeffrey Rainville
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Ryan Jones - pp - 14:45		Third period		16:16 - Jeffrey Rainville
Jeff Zatkoff ( 24 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Jeff Jakaitis ( 44 saves / 45 shots )

Lake Superior State won series 2–0

(4) Michigan State vs. (5) Nebraska-Omaha

March 9	Michigan State		4 – 2	Nebraska-Omaha	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
Jay Sprague - 11:51		Second period		No scoring
Nick Sucharski - pp - 00:54 Jim McKenzie - 19:00 Bryan Lerg - en - 19:29		Third period		15:03 - pp - Dan Knapp 15:46 - Mick Lawrence
Jeff Lerg ( 23 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Jerad Kaufmann ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

March 10	Michigan State		4 – 1	Nebraska-Omaha	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
Tim Crowder - 15:06 Tim Kennedy - pp - 16:46		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		07:10 - Alex Nikiforuk
Chris Mueller - pp - 09:13 Jim McKenzie - en - 19:57		Third period		No scoring
Jeff Lerg ( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats		Jeremie Dupont ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

Michigan State won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Notre Dame vs. (8) Lake Superior State

March 16	Notre Dame		3 – 0	Lake Superior State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Wes O'Neill - pp - 09:46		First period		No scoring
Brock Sheahan - 08:46		Second period		No scoring
Christian Hanson - en - 17:33		Third period		No scoring
David Brown ( 17 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats		Jeff Jakaitis ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

(2) Michigan vs. (4) Michigan State

March 16	Michigan		4 – 1	Michigan State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Chris Summers - 03:07 Kevin Porter - 04:11 Kevin Porter - 15:47		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Chad Kolarik - 14:27 T. J. Hensick - en - 19:52		Third period		13:37 - Jim McKenzie 16:04 - Tim Kennedy
Billy Sauer ( 18 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Jeff Lerg ( 16 saves / 20 shots )

Third place

(4) Michigan State vs. (8) Lake Superior State

March 17	Michigan State		7 – 6	OT	Lake Superior State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Bryan Lerg - 07:30 Daniel Vukovic - 11:23 Jim McKenzie - pp - 12:44		First period			14:32 - Steven Oleksy
Daniel Vukovic - 09:22		Second period			08:41 - Nathan Perkovich 13:16 - pp - Nathan Perkovich
Chris Mueller - 05:25 Matt Schepke - 14:20		Third period			07:56 - Steven Oleksy 18:54 - pp - Nathan Perkovich 19:40 - Trent Campbell
Tyler Howells - pp - 03:37		First overtime period			No scoring
Jeff Lerg ( 40 saves / 46 shots )		Goalie stats			Jeff Jakaitis ( 29 saves / 36 shots )

Championship

(1) Notre Dame vs. (2) Michigan

March 17	Notre Dame		2 – 1	Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		19:54 - Kevin Porter
Erik Condra - 15:58		Second period		No scoring
Jason Paige - 08:52		Third period		No scoring
David Brown ( 31 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Billy Sauer ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Kevin Porter (Michigan)
F T. J. Hensick (Michigan)
F Erik Condra (Notre Dame)
D Wes O'Neill (Notre Dame)
D Jack Johnson (Michigan)
G David Brown* (Notre Dame)

* Most Valuable Player(s)^[1]

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References

^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

External links

2007 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[1] "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

[media-2] "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

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