# 2009 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2009 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 38th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 6 and March 21, 2009 at campus locations and at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Notre Dame won their second CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, 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 winner 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 highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner 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 2009 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
2008–09 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 |
| #4 Notre Dame†* | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 95 | 52 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 135 | 69 |
| #5 Michigan | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 98 | 51 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 145 | 84 |
| #2 Miami | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 89 | 57 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 128 | 89 |
| Alaska | 28 | 0^ | 28^ | 0^ | 0^ | 34 | 54 | 51 | 39 | 0^ | 39^ | 0^ | 74 | 68 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 87 | 85 | 42 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 143 | 119 |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 72 | 73 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 111 | 103 |
| Western Michigan | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 75 | 86 | 41 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 111 | 130 |
| Nebraska–Omaha | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 62 | 76 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 98 | 103 |
| Ferris State | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 58 | 68 | 38 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 90 | 105 |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 73 | 86 | 39 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 110 | 115 |
| Michigan State | 28 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 43 | 85 | 38 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 62 | 118 |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 60 | 96 | 38 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 89 | 131 |
| Championship: Notre Dame † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll ^ Alaska was retroactively required to forfeit all wins and ties due to player ineligibilities. ||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 6–8 | First round March 6–8 | First round March 6–8 | First round March 6–8 | First round March 6–8 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Quarterfinals March 13–15 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Championship March 21 | Championship March 21 | Championship March 21 |
| | | | | | 1 | Notre Dame | 5 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ohio State | 5 | 7 | — | 8 | Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 0 | — | | | | | | |
| 12 | Bowling Green | 4 | 1 | — | | | | | | 1 | Notre Dame | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Northern Michigan | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Michigan | 5 | 6 | — | | | | | | |
| 6 | Northern Michigan | 5 | 8 | — | 7 | Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| 11 | Michigan State | 3 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | 1 | Notre Dame | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Michigan | 2 |
| | | | | | 3 | Miami | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 3 | 4** | 3 | 6 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 3* | 3 | | | |
| 10 | Lake Superior State | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | Michigan | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Alaska | 1 |
| | | | | | 4 | Alaska | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | 4 | Alaska | 0 |
| 8 | Nebraska-Omaha | 3 | 5 | — | 5 | Ohio State | 0 | 4 | 0 | | | | 6 | Northern Michigan | 2 |
| 9 | Ferris State | 0 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### First round
#### (5) Ohio State vs. (12) Bowling Green

* Ohio State won series 2–0

#### (6) Northern Michigan vs. (11) Michigan State

* Northern Michigan won series 2–0

#### (7) Western Michigan vs. (10) Lake Superior State

* Western Michigan won series 2–1

#### (8) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (9) Ferris State

* Nebraska-Omaha won series 2–0

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Notre Dame vs. (8) Nebraska-Omaha

* Notre Dame won series 2–0

#### (2) Michigan vs. (7) Western Michigan

* Michigan won series 2–0

#### (3) Miami vs. (6) Northern Michigan

* Northern Michigan won series 2–1

#### (4) Alaska vs. (5) Ohio State

* Alaska won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (1) Notre Dame vs. (2) Michigan
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Ben Ryan (Notre Dame)
* F Calle Ridderwall (Notre Dame)
* F Louie Caporusso (Michigan)
* D Steven Kampfer (Michigan)
* D Ian Cole (Notre Dame)
* G Jordan Pearce* (Notre Dame)
* Most Valuable Player(s)