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2004 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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Dates
  
March 12–14, 2004

Champions
  
Niagara (2nd title)

Teams
  
6

Finals site
  
Tri-City Arena Kearney, Nebraska

Winning coach
  
Dave Burkholder (1st title)

MVP
  
Jeff Van Nynatten (Niagara)

The 2004 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 12 and March 14, 2004 at Tri-City Arena in Kearney, Nebraska. By winning the tournament, Niagara received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament featured six teams. 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 14, 2004, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2004 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

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All-Star team

  • Goaltender: Matt Kelly (Wayne State)
  • Defensemen: John Haider (Bemidji State), Andrew Lackner (Niagara)
  • Forwards: Aaron Clarke (Niagara), Billy Collins (Wayne State), Kris Wiebe (Findlay)

    • MVP

  • Jeff Van Nynatten (Niagara)

    • References

    2004 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Wikipedia
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