2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
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Dates | March 8–24, 2013 |
Teams | 11 |
Finals site |
Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan |
Champions | Notre Dame (3rd title) |
CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 42nd and final CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 8 and March 24, 2012 at campus locations and at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament was won by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish—winning the Mason Cup and earning the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid into the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and second lowest ranked first round winner, the third seed and second highest ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds played a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game.
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against