2006 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

2006 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 3–18, 2006
Teams12
Finals siteJoe Louis Arena
Detroit, Michigan
ChampionsMichigan State (11th title)
Winning coachRick Comley (3rd title)
MVPJeff Lerg (Michigan State)
CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2006 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 35th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2006. 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, Michigan State won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2006 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

2005–06 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#9 Miami† 28 20 6 2 42 96 57 39 26 9 4 122 79
#6 Michigan State* 28 14 7 7 35 82 66 45 25 12 8 138 103
#12 Michigan 28 13 10 5 31 102 82 41 21 15 5 147 125
Northern Michigan 28 14 12 2 30 83 79 40 22 16 2 118 104
Nebraska-Omaha 28 12 10 6 30 99 90 41 20 15 6 146 136
Lake Superior State 28 11 12 5 27 75 70 36 15 14 7 93 84
Ferris State 28 10 11 7 27 77 81 40 17 15 8 121 114
Notre Dame 28 11 13 4 26 75 76 36 13 19 4 89 98
Alaska-Fairbanks 28 11 13 4 26 64 79 39 18 16 5 92 105
Ohio State 28 11 14 3 25 72 71 39 15 19 5 97 92
Western Michigan 28 7 16 5 19 69 115 40 10 24 6 97 160
Bowling Green 28 8 18 2 18 83 111 38 13 23 2 124 147
Championship: Michigan State
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

First round
March 3–4 		Quarterfinals
March 10–12 		Semifinals
March 17 		Championship
March 18
1 Miami 4 5* —
5 Nebraska-Omaha 4 4 — 11 Western Michigan 1 4 —
12 Bowling Green 2 2 — 1 Miami 5
4 Northern Michigan 2
2 Michigan State 1 6 7
6 Lake Superior State 2 0 — 9 Alaska-Fairbanks 2 1 4
11 Western Michigan 3* 1 — 1 Miami 1
2 Michigan State 2
3 Michigan 6 3 —
7 Ferris State 3 2 — 7 Ferris State 4 2 —
10 Ohio State 0 1 — 2 Michigan State 4 Third place
3 Michigan 1
4 Northern Michigan 4 3 — 3 Michigan 3
8 Notre Dame 1 0 — 5 Nebraska-Omaha 1 2 — 4 Northern Michigan 2
9 Alaska-Fairbanks 3 1 —

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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

March 3 Nebraska-Omaha 4 – 2 Bowling Green Qwest Center Omaha Recap  
Adam Bartholomay - 10:11 First period No scoring
Tomas Klempa - sh - 03:26
Bryan Marshall - 06:04 		Second period 13:14 - pp - Jonathan Matsumoto
Jason Krischuk - en - 19:01 Third period 11:12 - pp - Jonathan Matsumoto
Jerad Kaufmann ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Jimmy Spratt ( 18 saves / 21 shots )
March 4 Nebraska-Omaha 4 – 2 Bowling Green Qwest Center Omaha Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Bryan Marshall - pp - 08:50
Jason Krischuk - 12:54 		Second period No scoring
Scott Parse - 08:34
Adam Bartholomay - en - 19:57 		Third period 04:34 - John Mazzei
19:49 - Mike Falk
Jerad Kaufmann ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Jon Horrell ( 42 saves / 45 shots )
Nebraska-Omaha won series 2–0


(6) Lake Superior State vs. (11) Western Michigan

March 3 Lake Superior State 2 – 3 OT Western Michigan Taffy Abel Arena Recap  
Trent Campbell - 12:20 First period 14:49 - Jason Moul
Nathan Ward - pp - 05:36 Second period 19:28 - pp - Ryan Mahrle
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 11:46 - Brent Walton
Jeff Jakaitis ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Daniel Bellissimo ( 32 saves / 34 shots )
March 4 Lake Superior State 0 – 1 Western Michigan Taffy Abel Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 14:00 - pp - Mike Erickson
Jeff Jakaitis ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Daniel Bellissimo ( 31 saves / 31 shots )
Western Michigan won series 2–0


(7) Ferris State vs. (10) Ohio State

March 3 Ferris State 3 – 0 Ohio State Ewigleben Arena Recap  
Matt Frank - 02:02
Dan Riedel - 09:23 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Justin Lewandowski - en - 19:38 Third period No scoring
Mitch O'Keefe ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Dave Caruso ( 23 saves / 25 shots )
March 4 Ferris State 2 – 1 Ohio State Ewigleben Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Adam Miller - pp - 05:18
Dan Riedel - pp - 07:09 		Third period 11:42 - pp - Kenny Bernard
Mitch O'Keefe ( 44 saves / 45 shots ) Goalie stats Dave Caruso ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
Ferris State won series 2–0


(8) Notre Dame vs. (9) Alaska-Fairbanks

March 3 Notre Dame 1 – 3 Alaska-Fairbanks Joyce Center Recap  
Dan VeNard - 13:31 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 05:51 - Nathan Fornataro
No scoring Third period 11:55 - Kelly Czuy
19:23 - en - Lucas Burnett
David Brown ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Wylie Rogers ( 22 saves / 23 shots )
March 4 Notre Dame 0 – 1 Alaska-Fairbanks Joyce Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 19:04 - pp - Nathan Fornataro
No scoring Third period No scoring
David Brown ( 6 saves / 6 shots )
Jordan Pearce ( 15 saves / 16 shots ) 		Goalie stats Wylie Rogers ( 39 saves / 39 shots )
Alaska-Fairbanks won series 2–0


Quarterfinals

(1) Miami vs. (11) Western Michigan

March 10 Miami 4 – 1 Western Michigan Goggin Ice Arena Recap  
Alec Martinez - pp - 17:55 First period No scoring
Ryan Jones - 08:48
Nathan Davis - pp - 18:23 		Second period No scoring
Matt Christie - en sh - 19:17 Third period 03:19 - Brent Walton
Charlie Effinger ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats Daniel Bellissimo ( 33 saves / 36 shots )
March 11 Miami 5 – 4 OT Western Michigan Goggin Ice Arena Recap  
Alec Martinez - 00:59 First period 04:56 - Daryl Moore
12:14 - pp - Daryl Moore
Justin Mercier - 06:16
Matt Davis - pp - 14:01 		Second period No scoring
Marty Guerin - 16:29 Third period 03:16 - pp - Mike Erickson
12:12 - Reid Yantzi
Alec Martinez - 17:00 First overtime period No scoring
Jeff Zatkoff ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Daniel Bellissimo ( 40 saves / 45 shots )
Miami won series 2–0


(2) Michigan State vs. (9) Alaska-Fairbanks

March 10 Michigan State 1 – 2 Alaska-Fairbanks Munn Ice Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 05:59 - Trevor Hyatt
David Booth - pp - 19:22 Second period 01:57 - Aaron Lee
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jeff Lerg ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Wylie Rogers ( 36 saves / 37 shots )
March 11 Michigan State 6 – 1 Alaska-Fairbanks Munn Ice Arena Recap  
Jim McKenzie - pp - 10:09 First period No scoring
Chris Mueller - 11:29
Drew Miller - 12:22
Tim Crowder - pp - 19:11
Bryan Lerg - pp - 19:37 		Second period No scoring
Chris Lawrence - pp - 00:57 Third period 07:51 - pp - Kyle Jones
Jeff Lerg ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Wylie Rogers ( 16 saves / 21 shots )
Chad Johnson ( 2 saves / 3 shots )
March 12 Michigan State 7 – 4 Alaska-Fairbanks Munn Ice Arena Recap  
Chris Mueller - 01:40
Drew Miller - sh - 02:50 		First period 01:10 - pp - Kelly Czuy
Ethan Graham - 04:30
David Booth - 05:23
Drew Miller - 15:44 		Second period 05:01 - Aaron Lee
Corey Potter - pp - 04:43
Drew Miller - en - 18:03 		Third period 00:23 - pp - Aaron Lee
09:58 - Braden Walls
Jeff Lerg ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Wylie Rogers ( 38 saves / 44 shots )
Michigan State won series 2–1


(3) Michigan vs. (7) Ferris State

March 10 Michigan 6 – 4 Ferris State Yost Ice Arena Recap  
T. J. Hensick - 07:47
Andrew Ebbett - 08:51 		First period 12:19 - Matt Verdone
Andrew Ebbett - 06:56
Brandon Kaleniecki - pp - 10:38
Kevin Porter - 14:17 		Second period 14:41 - Eric Vesely
Travis Turnbull - 16:20 Third period 09:44 - pp - Mark Bomersback
10:24 - Dan Riedel
Noah Ruden ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Mitch O'Keefe ( 21 saves / 27 shots )
March 11 Michigan 3 – 2 Ferris State Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Brandon Kaleniecki - pp - 00:31
T. J. Hensick - pp - 13:26 		Second period 08:13 - Eric Vesely
09:17 - pp - Greg Rallo
Jack Johnson - 04:11 Third period No scoring
Noah Ruden ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Mitch O'Keefe ( 29 saves / 32 shots )
Michigan won series 2–0


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

March 10 Northern Michigan 4 – 1 Nebraska-Omaha Berry Events Center Recap  
Matt Siddall - pp - 04:06
Dirk Southern - pp - 17:57 		First period 16:22 - pp - Bill Thomas
Rob Lehtinen - 08:40 Second period No scoring
Rob Lehtinen - 07:00 Third period No scoring
Bill Zaniboni ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Jerad Kaufmann ( 14 saves / 18 shots )
March 11 Northern Michigan 3 – 2 Nebraska-Omaha Berry Events Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Pat Bateman - 01:41
Andrew Contois - pp - 05:22
Andrew Contois - 12:03 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:03 - pp - Kaleb Betts
15:21 - pp - Alex Nikiforuk
Bill Zaniboni ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Jerad Kaufmann ( 15 saves / 18 shots )
Northern Michigan won series 2–0


Semifinals

(1) Miami vs. (4) Northern Michigan

March 17 Miami 5 – 2 Northern Michigan Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 14:14 - Mike Santorelli
16:56 - Pat Bateman
Brian Kaufman - 02:49
Ryan Jones - 11:28
Nathan Davis - 17:05 		Second period No scoring
Nino Musitelli - 07:03
Stephen Dennis - en - 19:45 		Third period No scoring
Charlie Effinger ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Bill Zaniboni ( 13 saves / 17 shots )


(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Michigan

March 17 Michigan State 4 – 1 Michigan Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Tim Crowder - pp - 08:46
Zak McClellan - 16:45 		First period 07:26 - Andrew Ebbett
No scoring Second period No scoring
Bryan Lerg - 17:44
Tim Crowder - pp - 19:28 		Third period No scoring
Jeff Lerg ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Noah Ruden ( 20 saves / 24 shots )


Third place

(3) Michigan vs. (4) Northern Michigan

March 18 Michigan 3 – 2 Northern Michigan Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Matt Hunwick - pp - 10:54 First period 05:30 - Matt Ciancio
T. J. Hensick - 16:01 Second period 16:16 - Darin Olver
Matt Hunwick - 08:19 Third period No scoring
Noah Ruden ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Bill Zaniboni ( 39 saves / 42 shots )


Championship

(1) Miami vs. (2) Michigan State

March 18 Miami 1 – 2 Michigan State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Ryan Jones - 14:33 First period 14:13 - pp - Justin Abdelkader
No scoring Second period 05:52 - David Booth
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jeff Zatkoff ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Jeff Lerg ( 22 saves / 23 shots )


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)[1]

[2]

References

  1. ^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.