# 2011 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2011 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 40th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2011 at campus locations and at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The Miami Redhawks won the tournament and was awarded the Mason Cup. They earned the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third-place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

### Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2010–11 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #3 Michigan † | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 92 | 57 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 146 | 98 |
| #4 Notre Dame | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 95 | 69 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 151 | 121 |
| #8 Miami* | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 103 | 58 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 146 | 85 |
| #13 Western Michigan | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 77 | 71 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 116 | 104 |
| Ferris State | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 59 | 62 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 94 | 86 |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 61 | 87 | 39 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 91 | 117 |
| Alaska | 28 | 0^ | 28^ | 0^ | 0^ | 38 | 64 | 66 | 38 | 0^ | 38^ | 0^ | 89 | 91 |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 59 | 78 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 93 | 115 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 66 | 72 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 95 | 92 |
| Michigan State | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 65 | 75 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 98 | 107 |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 87 | 41 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 74 | 123 |
| Championship: Miami † Conference regular season champion * Conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll ^ Alaska was retroactively required to forfeit all wins and loses due to player ineligibilities. ||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 4–6 | First round March 4–6 | First round March 4–6 | First round March 4–6 | First round March 4–6 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 |
| | | | | | 1 | Michigan | 5 | 4 | — | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 4 | 3 | — | 11 | Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ohio State | 0 | 2 | — | | | | | | 1 | Michigan | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Western Michigan | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 5* | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Ferris State | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Western Michigan | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Miami | 5 |
| | | | | | 3 | Miami | 4 | 4 | — | | | |
| 6 | Northern Michigan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | Alaska | 1 | 1 | — | | | |
| 11 | Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 2** | | | | | | 3 | Miami | 6 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Notre Dame | 2 |
| | | | | | 2 | Notre Dame | 3* | 3 | 4 | | | | 1 | Michigan | 4 |
| 7 | Alaska | 3* | 4** | — | 8 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | | 2 | Notre Dame | 2 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### First round
#### (6) Northern Michigan vs. (11) Bowling Green

* Bowling Green wins series 2–1

#### (7) Alaska vs. (10) Michigan State

* Alaska wins series 2–0

#### (8) Lake Superior vs. (9) Ohio State

* Lake Superior wins series 2–0

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Michigan vs. (11) Bowling Green

* Michigan Wins Series 2–0

#### (2) Notre Dame vs. (8) Lake Superior

* Series Tied 1–1

#### (3) Miami vs. (7) Alaska

* Miami Wins Series 2–0

#### (4) Western Michigan vs. (5) Ferris State

* Series Tied 1–1

### Championship
#### (3) Miami vs. (4) Western Michigan
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Dane Walters (Western Michigan)
* F Reilly Smith (Miami)
* F Andy Miele* (Miami)
* D Danny DeKeyser (Western Michigan)
* D Will Weber (Miami)
* G Cody Reichard (Miami)
* Most Valuable Player(s)