The Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association tournament was a
Division III
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tournament held annually to determine the
MCHA champion. The tournament operated from the inception of the conference in 1999 to its absorption by the
NCHA in 2013.
History
The MCHA tournament was held every year that the MCHA existed and was discontinued when the
NCHA absorbed the MCHA.
Originally the tournament was an entirely
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 ...
format, but after the league expanded to 6 teams in 2004–05, each round was changed to point system; two teams would play two games against one another with the first to three points being declared the winner (two points for a win, one point for a tie). After two games, if both teams remained tied, a 20-minute mini-game was played to determine which team would advance. In accordance with NCAA rules, mini-games did not count for a team's standings or statistics and were only used to decide which team progressed.
1999
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2000
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2002
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2003
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
Note: As the top seed, Marian served as host for the entire tournament.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2005
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Mini games in ''italics''
2006
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Note: Lawrence served as host for the entire tournament.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
Note: Finlandia served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
Note: MSOE served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2009
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Note: Adrian served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2010
File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
Note: Adrian served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Mini games in ''italics''
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
Note: Adrian served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Mini games in ''italics''
2012
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Note: Adrian served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Mini games in ''italics''
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
Note: Adrian served as host for the Semifinal and Championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Mini games in ''italics''
See also
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NCHA Men's Tournament
The NCHA men's tournament is an annual Division III conference tournament that has taken place since 1986. The winner of the tournament has received an automatic bit to the NCAA Tournament since they were first offered in 2000.
History
When the ...
References
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NCAA ice hockey
Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association
Recurring sporting events established in 1999
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2013