| 2000 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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| Dates | March 10–18, 2000 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan |
| Champions | Michigan State (9th title) |
| Winning coach | Ron Mason[1] (12th title) |
| MVP | Ryan Miller (Michigan State) |
CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2000 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 29th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 10 and March 18, 2000. First round and play-in games were played at campus sites, while all 'final four' games were played at Joe Louis ArenainDetroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan State received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings were not eligible for postseason play. In the quarterfinals, the first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third and eighth seeds, the fourth and seventh seeds and the fifth and sixth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the top three ranked winners advancing to the semifinals and two lower-seeded teams playing in a single play-in game to determine the final qualifier. 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 2000 NCAA Men's Division I 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 | ||
| #7 Michigan† | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 112 | 65 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 161 | 104 | |
| #10 Michigan State* | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 84 | 46 | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 141 | 76 | |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 76 | 66 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 96 | 94 | |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 93 | 64 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 129 | 86 | |
| Notre Dame | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 65 | 76 | 42 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 103 | 119 | |
| Ferris State | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 85 | 79 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 127 | 102 | |
| Nebraska-Omaha | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 83 | 95 | 42 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 121 | 146 | |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 90 | 88 | 37 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 115 | 114 | |
| Miami | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 75 | 89 | 36 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 99 | 122 | |
| Western Michigan | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 83 | 109 | 36 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 105 | 137 | |
| Ohio State | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 56 | 90 | 36 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 80 | 108 | |
| Alaska-Fairbanks | 28 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 65 | 100 | 34 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 78 | 114 | |
| Championship: Michigan State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
| First Round[2] March 10–12 | Play-In March 14 | Semifinals[3] March 17 | Championship March 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 6 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan State | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | Nebraska-Omaha | 3 | 7 | Nebraska-Omaha | 7 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Miami | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | Bowling Green | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Lake Superior State | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Bowling Green | 2* | 3 | – | 2 | Michigan State | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Nebraska-Omaha | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Michigan State | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ferris State | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| March 10[4] | Michigan | 4 – 2 | Western Michigan | Yost Ice Arena | ||||
| Josh Langfeld - 01:37 J.J. Swistak - 07:59 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Mink - GW - 02:09 Scott Matzka - 17:15 |
Third period | 03:22 - Steve Rymsha 05:35 - Mikeal Bishai | ||||||
| Josh Blackburn ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jeff Reyneart ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[5] | Michigan | 6 – 2 | Western Michigan | Yost Ice Arena | ||||
| Scott Matzka - SH - 06:01 John Shouneyia - 08:58 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Comrie - GW - 03:25 Scott Matzka - SH - 11:58 |
Second period | 01:44 - PP - Brent Rumble 19:30 - Mikeal Bishai | ||||||
| Mike Comrie - GW - 15:11 Mark Kosick - PP - 16:03 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josh Blackburn ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jeff Reyneart ( 20 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan won series 2–0 | |
| March 10[6] | Michigan State | 3 – 2 | Miami | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| Sean Patchell - PP - 11:05 Rustyn Dolyny - PP - 19:18 |
First period | 02:32 - Craig Desjarlais | ||||||
| Joe Goodenow - GW - 04:11 Troy Ferguson - SH - 07:38 Damon Whitten - PP - 12:38 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Troy Ferguson - SH - 09:33 | Third period | 11:48 - Ernie Hartlieb 13:17 - Matt Medevecz | ||||||
| Ryan Miller ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | David Burleigh ( 12 saves / 17 shots ) / Andy Marsch ( 9 saves / 10 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[7] | Michigan State | 5 - 1 | Miami | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| Troy Ferguson - PP - 07:28 Shawn Horcoff - GW PP - 13:29 Andrew Hutchinson - 19:59 |
First period | 07:53 - Ernie Hartlieb | ||||||
| Rustyn Dolyny - 05:07 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sean Patchell - 19:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Miller ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | David Burleigh ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) / Andy Marsch ( 11 saves / 12 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan State won series 2–0 | |
| March 10[8] | Lake Superior State | 1 – 2 | OT | Bowling Green | Taffy Abel Arena | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris McNamara - 09:21 | Third period | 16:26 - Mike Jones | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:32 - GW - Ryan Fultz | ||||||
| Jayme Platt ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tyler Masters ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[9] | Lake Superior State | 2 – 3 | Bowling Green | Taffy Abel Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | 11:28 - Ryan Murphy | ||||||
| Trevor Weisgerber - 02:30 | Second period | 12:49 - Marc Barlow | ||||||
| Scott Hewson - GW - 15:03 | Third period | 19:02 - EA - Mike Vigilante | ||||||
| Jayme Platt ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tyler Masters ( 43 saves / 45 shots ) | ||||||
| Bowling Green won series 2–0 | |
| March 10[10] | Northern Michigan | 2 – 4 | Nebraska-Omaha | Berry Events Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | 00:14 - James Chalmers 08:36 - Allan Carr | ||||||
| Jim Jackson - PP - 06:51 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roger Trudeau - PP - 11:04 | Third period | 08:11 - GW PP - Jeff Hoggan 17:33 - James Chalmers | ||||||
| Dan Ragusett ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kendall Sidoruk ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[11] | Northern Michigan | 5 – 1 | Nebraska-Omaha | Berry Events Center | ||||
| Chad Theuer - PP - 05:48 | First period | 07:12 - James Chalmers | ||||||
| J.P. Vigier - GW - 02:59 J.P. Vigier - 05:51 Terry Harrison - 08:17 Chris Gobert - 08:30 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Duane Hoey ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kendall Sidoruk ( 7 saves / 12 shots ) / Rodney McLeod ( 10 saves / 10 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12[12] | Northern Michigan | 1 – 2 | Nebraska-Omaha | Berry Events Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:40 - Jason White | ||||||
| Lee Ruff - PP - 00:48 | Third period | 13:29 - GW - Jeff Hoggan | ||||||
| Duane Hoey ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kendall Sidoruk ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| Nebraska-Omaha won series 2–1 | |
| March 10[13] | Notre Dame | 4 – 3 | Ferris State | Joyce Center | ||||
| Ryan Dolder - 00:48 Ben Simon - 18:23 |
First period | 14:47 - Chris Kunitz | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:35 - SH - Rob Kozak 18:49 - Jim Dube | ||||||
| Andy Jurkowski - 01:11 Dan Carlson - GW - 05:46 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tony Zasowski ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Phil Osaer ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[14] | Notre Dame | 1 – 6 | Ferris State | Joyce Center | ||||
| Ryan Dolder - PP - 11:12 | First period | 04:04 - PP - Phil Lewandowski 08:33 - GW - Rob Collins | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:45 - SH - Brian McCollough | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:27 - PP - Brian McCollough 01:59 - Chris Kunitz 08:14 - PP - Troy Milam | ||||||
| Tony Zasowski ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) / Jeremiah Kimento ( 3 saves / 4 shots ) | Goalie stats | Phil Osaer ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12[15] | Notre Dame | 4 – 2 | Ferris State | Joyce Center | ||||
| Matt Van Arkel - 05:31 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jay Kopischke - 02:05 Tyson Fraser - GW - 09:56 |
Second period | 06:46 - Jason Basile | ||||||
| Ryan Dolder - EN - 19:44 | Third period | 03:36 - Phil Lewandowski | ||||||
| Tony Zasowski ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Phil Osaer ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| Notre Dame won series 2–1 | |
| March 14[16] | Nebraska-Omaha | 3 – 1 | Bowling Green | Omaha Civic Auditorium | ||||
| Jeff Hoggan - PP - 16:59 | First period | 14:48 - PP - Mike Jones | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Hoggan - GW - 15:45 David Brisson - EN - 19:38 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kendall Sidoruk ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tyler Masters ( 39 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| March 17[17] | Michigan | 4 – 7 | Nebraska-Omaha | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| Scott Matzka - 19:12 | First period | 07:18 - Dave Noel-Bernier 13:58 - Nick Fohr | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:11 - PP - Jeff Hoggan 01:47 - PP - Jeff Hoggan | ||||||
| Sean Peach - 02:52 Mike Comrie - 17:39 Mark Kosick - EA - 19:15 |
Third period | 00:31 - GW - James Chalmers 17:07 - EN - David Brisson 19:42 - EN - Dave Noel-Bernier | ||||||
| Josh Blackburn ( 13 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kendall Sidoruk ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| March 17[18] | Michigan State | 4 – 0 | Notre Dame | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| Rustyn Dolyny - GW - 05:27 Shawn Horcoff - 15:05 Andrew Hutchinson - 19:49 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Hall - EN SH - 18:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Miller ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tony Zasowski ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 18[19] | Michigan State | 6 – 0 | Nebraska-Omaha | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shawn Horcoff - GW - 04:05 Rustyn Dolyny - 07:11 Damon Whitten - 09:34 Adam Hall - PP - 16:16 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Bogle - 03:36 Brad Fast - 19:51 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Miller ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kendall Sidoruk ( 22 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
