# 2023 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 44th tournament in the history of the men's Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It began on March 3 and ended on March 18, 2023. All games were played at home campus sites. Minnesota State won the tournament and received the CCHA's automatic bid for the 2023 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

2022–23 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 |
| #12 Minnesota State †* | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 83 | 56 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 126 | 81 |
| #13 Michigan Tech | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 68 | 54 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 103 | 88 |
| Bowling Green | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 89 | 76 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 114 | 114 |
| Northern Michigan | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 82 | 77 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 123 | 103 |
| Bemidji State | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 73 | 63 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 94 | 97 |
| Ferris State | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 62 | 91 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 92 | 131 |
| St. Thomas | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 69 | 81 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 86 | 117 |
| Lake Superior State | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 52 | 80 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 71 | 118 |
| Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| 1 | Minnesota State | 6 | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 1 | 1 | – | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | Minnesota State | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Ferris State | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 5 | – | 6 | Ferris State | 2 | | | |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 0 | 4 | – | | | | | | |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 0 | 4 | – | | | | 1 | Minnesota State | 3* |
| | | | | | | | | 4 | Northern Michigan | 2 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | – | | | | | | | 4 | Northern Michigan | 2 |
| 6 | Ferris State | 4* | 2* | – | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ferris State | 4* | 2* | – | 2 | Michigan Tech | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Northern Michigan | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Northern Michigan | 7 | 2* | – | 4 | Northern Michigan | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Bemidji State | 3 | 1 | – | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results

Note: All game times are local.