| 1996 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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| Dates | March 8–16, 1996 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan |
| Champions | Michigan[1] (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Red Berenson[2] (2nd title) |
| MVP | John Madden[3] (Michigan) |
CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 1996 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 25th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 8 and March 16, 1996. Opening round games were played at campus sites, while all 'final four' games were played at Joe Louis ArenainDetroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The 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 champions received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Lake Superior State† | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 136 | 89 | 40 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 184 | 109 | |
| Michigan†* | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 178 | 71 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 239 | 93 | |
| Michigan State | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 115 | 86 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 154 | 129 | |
| Western Michigan | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 125 | 71 | 41 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 172 | 111 | |
| Bowling Green | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 126 | 106 | 41 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 172 | 138 | |
| Ferris State | 30 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 101 | 120 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 126 | 196 | |
| Miami | 30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 99 | 142 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 119 | 168 | |
| Ohio State | 30 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 82 | 105 | 34 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 94 | 118 | |
| Alaska-Fairbanks | 30 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 101 | 142 | 34 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 114 | 152 | |
| Notre Dame | 30 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 87 | 136 | 36 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 110 | 159 | |
| Illinois-Chicago | 30 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 73 | 155 | 36 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 97 | 177 | |
| Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll | ||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lake Superior State | 4* | 8 | – | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Lake Superior State | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Bowling Green | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 5 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Miami | 1 | 0 | – | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Lake Superior State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan State | 3* | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ferris State | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Bowling Green | 8 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| Lake Superior State | 4 – 3 | OT | Ohio State | Taffy Abel Arena | ||||
| Lake Superior State | 8 – 2 | Ohio State | Taffy Abel Arena | |||||
| Lake Superior State won series 2–0 | |
| Michigan | 5 – 1 | Miami | Yost Ice Arena | |||||
| Michigan | 3 – 0 | Miami | Yost Ice Arena | |||||
| Michigan won series 2–0 | |
| Michigan State | 3 – 2 | OT | Ferris State | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| Michigan State | 1 – 5 | Ferris State | Munn Ice Arena | |||||
| Michigan State | 3 – 1 | Ferris State | Munn Ice Arena | |||||
| Michigan State won series 2–1 | |
| Western Michigan | 1 – 8 | Bowling Green | Lawson Arena | |||||
| Western Michigan | 1 – 3 | Bowling Green | Lawson Arena | |||||
| Bowling Green won series 2–0 | |
| March 14 | Lake Superior State | 7 – 0 | Bowling Green | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| March 14 | Michigan | 6 – 2 | Michigan State | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| March 16 | Lake Superior State | 3 – 4 | Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
