The 1999 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 28th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 1999. Opening round games were played at campus sites, while all 'final four' games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1999 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 12–20, 1999 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan |
| Champions | Michigan (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Red Berenson[1] (4th title) |
| MVP | Mark Kosick (Michigan) |
CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editThe tournament featured three rounds of play. The three teams that finish below eighth place in the standings were not eligible for postseason play. In the quarterfinals, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. 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 1999 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
editNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #3 Michigan State† | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 91 | 40 | 42 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 121 | 56 | |
| #7 Michigan* | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 98 | 72 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 134 | 94 | |
| Ohio State | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 87 | 66 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 119 | 98 | |
| Notre Dame | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 92 | 68 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 114 | 100 | |
| Northern Michigan | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 94 | 83 | 42 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 143 | 112 | |
| Ferris State | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 76 | 69 | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 89 | 87 | |
| Bowling Green | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 102 | 105 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 126 | 135 | |
| Lake Superior State | 30 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 79 | 93 | 38 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 93 | 130 | |
| Miami | 30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 78 | 104 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 98 | 130 | |
| Western Michigan | 30 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 69 | 119 | 34 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 75 | 130 | |
| Alaska-Fairbanks | 30 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 77 | 124 | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 94 | 131 | |
| Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals[2] March 12–14 | Semifinals[3] March 19 | Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 0 | – | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 3 | 9 | – | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bowling Green | 2 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ohio State | 4 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ferris State | 1 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ohio State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
edit(1) Michigan State vs. (8) Lake Superior State
edit| March 12[4] | Michigan State | 3 – 2 | Lake Superior State | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | 12:10 - Ryan Vince | ||||||
| Adam Hall - 13:02 Andrew Hutchinson - PP - 16:20 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rustyn Dolyny - GW - 18:33 | Third period | 13:45 - Trent Walford | ||||||
| Joe Blackburn ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jayme Platt ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[5] | Michigan State | 4 – 0 | Lake Superior State | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Hall - GW - 06:41 Adam Hall - 07:19 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike York - 06:41 Bryan Adams - EN - 17:34 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Blackburn ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jayme Platt ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) / Mike Brusseau ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan State won series 2–0 | |
(2) Michigan vs. (7) Bowling Green
edit| March 11[6] | Michigan | 3 – 2 | Bowling Green | Yost Ice Arena | ||||
| Dale Rominski - SH - 13:26 | First period | 02:32 - Craig Desjarlais | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:12 - Ryan Murphy | ||||||
| Bobby Hayes - 11:00 Dave Huntzicker - GW SH - 14:31 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josh Blackburn ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Savard ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[7] | Michigan | 9 - 3 | Bowling Green | Yost Ice Arena | ||||
| Mike Comrie - 15:01 Josh Langfeld - PP - 17:04 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Geoff Koch - 08:09 Sean Ritchlin - GW - 13:56 Bobby Hayes - 19:52 |
Second period | 03:25 - PP - Greg Day 16:18 - PP - Dan Price | ||||||
| Bobby Hayes - PP - 04:27 Mike Van Ryn - PP - 05:06 Greg Crozier - 07:27 Josh Langfeld - PP - 19:37 |
Third period | 00:28 - PP - Dan Price | ||||||
| Josh Blackburn ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) / Kevin O'Malley ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Savard ( 30 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan won series 2–0 | |
(3) Ohio State vs. (6) Ferris State
edit| March 12[8] | Ohio State | 4 – 2 | Ferris State | Value City Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Cousineau - 15:02 Yan Des Gagne - 17:56 |
Second period | 17:19 - Scott Lewis | ||||||
| Éric Meloche - GW PP - 04:15 Ryan Jestadt - EN SH - 19:53 |
Third period | 17:19 - Rob Collins | ||||||
| Jeff Maund ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Vince Owen ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) / Phil Osaer ( 4 saves / 4 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[9] | Ohio State | 3 – 1 | Ferris State | Value City Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 01:30 - PP - Brian McCollough | ||||||
| Hugo Boisvert - PP - 07:31 Ryan Skaleski - GW - 12:02 Hugo Boisvert - EN SH - 19:58 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Maund ( 36 saves / 37 shots ) | Goalie stats | Phil Osaer ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| Ohio State won series 2–0 | |
(4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Northern Michigan
edit| March 12[10] | Notre Dame | 3 – 2 | Northern Michigan | Joyce Center | ||||
| Dan Carlson - 01:19 Brian Urick - 11:25 |
First period | 16:57 - Brad Frattaroli | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:38 - SH - Tyson Holly | ||||||
| Ben Simon - GW - 17:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Forrest Karr ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Ragusett ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[11] | Notre Dame | 1 – 7 | Northern Michigan | Joyce Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | 00:13 - J.P. Vigier 12:14 - GW - Sean Connolly | ||||||
| Ben Simon - 02:13 | Second period | 13:39 - PP - Buddy Smith 15:55 - Bryan Phillips | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:27 - Fred Mattersdorfer 07:34 - J.P. Vigier 12:45 - Bryan Phillips | ||||||
| Forrest Karr ( 23 saves / 29 shots ) / Jeremiah Kimento ( 5 saves / 69 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Ragusett ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14[12] | Notre Dame | 2 – 3 | Northern Michigan | Joyce Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyson Holly - 01:33 | Second period | 09:36 - PP - Benoit Cotnoir | ||||||
| Brian Urick - 05:37 | Third period | 03:07 - Sean Connolly 08:46 - GW - Tyler Barabonoff | ||||||
| Forrest Karr ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Ragusett ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| Northern Michigan won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals
edit(1) Michigan State vs. (5) Northern Michigan
edit| March 19[13] | Michigan State | 3 – 5 | Northern Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| Brad Hodgins - PP - 06:06 Brad Hodgins - PP - 13:12 Mike York - 13:30 |
First period | 12:18 - Tyson Holly 17:42 - Roger Trudeau | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:38 - Sean Connolly 16:06 - GW - Brad Frattaroli 19:25 - EN - J.P. Vigier | ||||||
| Joe Blackburn ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Ragusett ( 31 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Ohio State
edit| March 19[14] | Michigan | 3 – 2 | Ohio State | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| Mark Kosick - PP - 14:07 | First period | 07:45 - Éric Meloche | ||||||
| Mark Kosick - PP - 03:30 Sean Ritchlin - GW - 14:38 |
Second period | 12:01 - Dan Cousineau | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josh Blackburn ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jeff Maund ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
edit(2) Michigan vs. (5) Northern Michigan
edit| March 20[15] | Michigan | 5 – 1 | Northern Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| Scott Matzka - 11:59 Dale Rominski - GW - 14:11 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Huntzicker - 04:52 Greg Crozier - 08:16 Mark Kosick - 11:43 |
Second period | 03:16 - J.P. Vigier | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josh Blackburn ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Ragusett ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
edit- F Mark Kosick* (Michigan)
- F Sean Ritchlin (Michigan)
- F J.P. Vigier (Northern Michigan)
- D Sean Connolly (Northern Michigan)
- D Mike Van Ryn (Michigan)
- G Josh Blackburn (Michigan)
References
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- ^ "Northern Michigan 5, Michigan State 3". USCHO.com. March 19, 1999. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
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- ^ "Michigan 5, Northern Michigan 1". USCHO.com. March 20, 1999. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
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