The 2002 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2002. First round games were played at campus sites, while all 'super six' games were played at

Joe Louis Arena Joe Louis Arena was an arena in Downtown Detroit. Completed in 1979 at a cost of US$57 million as a replacement for Olympia Stadium, it sat adjacent to TCF Center, Cobo Center on the bank of the Detroit River and was accessible by the Joe Lou ...

Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

. By winning the tournament,

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

won the

Mason Cup The Mason Cup is the trophy awarded to the champion of the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the postseason championship event of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, an NCAA Division I college ice hockey league. The Cup was awarded from 20 ...

and received the

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's automatic bid to the

2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2002 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The final event was played at Xcel Energy Center, Saint ...

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the First Round, the first and twelfth seeds, the second and eleventh seeds, the third and tenth seeds, the fourth and ninth seeds, the fifth and eighth seeds and the sixth and seventh seeds played a

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series. All six victors in the first round advance as the newly minted 'Super Six' and play only

single-elimination A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

for the duration of the tournament. The top two ranked winners receive byes into the semifinals while the four other teams play in the quarterfinals to determine the other qualifiers. In the semifinals, the remaining highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winners advancing to the finals. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the

2002 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament The 2002 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college sports, college ice hockey. The final ...

Conference standings

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against''

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Michigan vs. (12) Lake Superior State

(2) Michigan State vs. (11) Bowling Green

(3) Northern Michigan vs. (10) Miami

(4) Alaska-Fairbanks vs. (9) Ferris State

(5) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (8) Notre Dame

(6) Western Michigan vs. (7) Ohio State

Quarterfinals

(3) Northern Michigan vs. (8) Notre Dame

(4) Alaska-Fairbanks vs. (7) Ohio State

Semifinals

(1) Michigan vs. (7) Ohio State

(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Northern Michigan

Championship

(1) Michigan vs. (2) Michigan State

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

Michael Cammalleri Michael Anthony Cammalleri (born June 8, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for five different teams. He was selected in the second round, 49th overall, by the Los ...

* (Michigan) *F Chris Gobert (Northern Michigan) *F

Jed Ortmeyer Jed Ortmeyer (born September 3, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Nashville Predators, San Jose Sharks and Minnesota Wild. After his retirement he ...

(Michigan) *D

Brad Fast Bradley M. Fast (born February 21, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He spent his amateur career in the British Columbia Hockey League, and was selected in the third round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, 84th overall, by ...

(Michigan State) *D

Mike Komisarek Michael Komisarek (born January 19, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who spent his career with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career A ...

(Michigan) *G

Josh Blackburn Josh Blackburn (born November 13, 1978 in North Pole, Alaska) is a retired American ice hockey goaltender. Playing career He played college hockey for the Michigan Wolverines. After turning professional, he played for the Augusta Lynx and Colum ...

(Michigan) * Most Valuable Player(s)

References

External links

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