The 2003 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 16, 2003 at
Tri-City Arena
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in
Kearney, Nebraska
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. By winning the tournament,
Wayne State received
College Hockey America
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's automatic bid to the
2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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 16, 2003, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the
2003 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)
Tournament awards
All-Star team
*Goaltender:
David Guerrera
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(Wayne State)
*Defensemen:
Bryce Methven Bryce may refer to:
People
* Bryce (given name)
* Bryce (surname)
Places
* Bryce Canyon National Park
* Mount Bryce
* Bryce, Utah
* Bryce, Arizona
Other
* Bryce (software)
* Bryce Hospital
See also
*Brice (disambiguation) Bricius most often refe ...
(Bemidji State), Marc St. Jean
(Wayne State)
*Forwards:
Jason Durbin (Wayne State),
Dustin Kingston (Wayne State),
Barret Ehgoetz
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(Niagara),
Andrew Murray (Bemidji State)
MVP
*Marc St. Jean
(Wayne State)
References
External links
College Hockey America tournament history
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