# 2024 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2024 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 45th tournament in the history of the men's Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It began on March 8 and ended on March 22, 2024. All games were played at home campus sites. Michigan Tech won the tournament and received the CCHA's automatic bid for the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format, while the semifinals and final are single games held at the campus sites of the highest remaining seeds. All eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher-seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower-seeded teams. The teams that advance out of the quarterfinals are reseeded according to the regular season standings. The semifinals and final are single-elimination games. The winners of the semifinals play one another to determine the conference tournament champion.

## Conference standings

2023–24 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Bemidji State † | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 82 | 64 | 38 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 117 | 111 |
| St. Thomas | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 68 | 62 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 97 | 105 |
| #19 Michigan Tech* | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 63 | 54 | 40 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 109 | 102 |
| Minnesota State | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 73 | 62 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 111 | 96 |
| Northern Michigan | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 57 | 67 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 83 | 105 |
| Bowling Green | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 60 | 69 | 36 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 86 | 116 |
| Lake Superior State | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 79 | 73 | 38 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 114 | 113 |
| Ferris State | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 49 | 80 | 36 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 83 | 125 |
| Augustana ^ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 90 | 105 |
| Championship: March 22, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup) ^ Augustana is playing a transition schedule of 16 games against conference opponents that are not counted in the standings Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 22 | Championship March 22 | Championship March 22 |
| 1 | Bemidji State | 5* | 4 | - | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ferris State | 4 | 0 | - | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ferris State | 4 | 0 | - | 1 | Bemidji State | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Lake Superior State | 1 | | | |
| 2 | St. Thomas | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | Lake Superior State | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Lake Superior State | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lake Superior State | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | | 1 | Bemidji State | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | Michigan Tech | 2 |
| 3 | Michigan Tech | 5 | 6 | - | | | | | | | 3 | Michigan Tech | 2 |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 0 | 5 | - | | | | | | |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 0 | 5 | - | 3 | Michigan Tech | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Minnesota State | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Minnesota State | 2 | 6 | - | 4 | Minnesota State | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 1 | 1 | - | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results

Note: All game times are local.