2022–23 CCHA men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 CCHA men's ice hockey season is the 44th season of play for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and is part of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 1, 2022, and will conclude on February 25, 2023. The conference tournament is set to begin on March 3.
==Coaches==
===Records===
Team 	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	CCHA record
Bemidji State 	 	22 	354–327–92 	14–12–0
Bowling Green 	 	4 	56–42–8 	11–14–1
Ferris State 	 	31 	473–562–108 	256–293–73
Lake Superior State	 	9 	117–151–28 	13–13–0
Michigan Tech 	 	6 	95–77–16 	16–8–2
Minnesota State 	 	11 	274–96–24 	23–3–0
Northern Michigan 	 	6 	95–80–11 	12–13–1
St. Thomas 	 	2 	3–32–1 	3–22–1
==Standings==
==Non-Conference record==
Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.
The CCHA had a poor season in non-conference play. Just two teams finished with a winning record while half of the conference produced just 6 wins in a total of 31 games. The CCHA produced a winning record against just one other conference (ECAC) as well as the independent programs, however, many of those victories came against low-ranking opponents and only minimally improved the CCHA's standing.
===Regular season record===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Total
Bemidji State 	0–0–0	0–0–0 	0–0–0	0–0–0	1–1–0	1–3–2 	2–4–2
Bowling Green 	0–0–0	1–3–0 	2–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–2–0 	3–5–0
Ferris State 	1–1–0	1–0–0 	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–3–1 	2–4–1
Lake Superior State	0–0–0	0–3–0 	1–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–1 	1–6–1
Michigan Tech 	0–0–0	1–0–0 	2–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	0–1–0 	7–1–0
Minnesota State 	0–0–0	1–1–0 	0–0–0	0–0–0	2–0–0	2–2–0 	5–3–0
Northern Michigan 	0–0–0	0–2–0 	2–0–0	0–0–0	2–2–0	0–0–0 	4–4–0
St. Thomas 	0–0–0	0–2–0 	0–0–0	0–0–0	1–3–0	0–2–0 	1–7–0
Overall 	1–1–0	4–11–0	7–1–0	1–1–0	9–6–0	3–14–4	25–34–4
==Statistics==
===Leading scorers===
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Class 	Team	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	Sophomore	 	26	13	19	32 	37
 	Junior 	 	26	19	10	29 	4
 	Senior 	 	26	9 	17	26 	30
 	Junior 	 	26	7 	18	25 	14
 	Freshman 	 	25	12	13	25 	6
 	Senior 	 	26	15	9 	24 	12
 	Senior 	 	26	8 	14	22 	6
 	Junior 	 	26	5 	17	22 	26
 	Senior 	 	26	4 	17	21 	12
align=left	Senior 	 	25	9 	12	21 	33
===Leading goaltenders===
Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player	Class 	Team	GP	Min 	W 	L 	T	GA	SO	SV% 	GAA
 	Sophomore	 	21	1185:06	12	7 	1	37	0 	.908	1.87
 	Senior 	 	24	1425:48	14	7 	3	48	6 	.929	2.02
 	Sophomore	 	24	1412:23	10	10	3	52	1 	.910	2.21
 	Freshman 	 	24	1302:41	13	10	0	55	2 	.910	2.53
 	Sophomore	 	23	1362:40	9 	12	2	60	1 	.918	2.64
==CCHA Tournament==
==NCAA tournament==
===Regional semifinal===
====West====
====Midwest====
==Ranking==
===USCHO===
Bemidji State 	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
Bowling Green 	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
Ferris State 	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
Lake Superior State	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
Michigan Tech 	20	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	18	17	-	16	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	13	13	-	-
Minnesota State 	3 	-	5 	5 	2 	8 	6 	6 	8 	10	11	16	16	-	19	17	17	14	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	10	-	-
Northern Michigan 	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
St. Thomas 	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
===USA Today===
Bemidji State 	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
Bowling Green 	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
Ferris State 	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
Lake Superior State	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
Michigan Tech 	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	18	18	17	16	16	13	14	13	12	12	13	11	11	10	13	13	13	-
Minnesota State 	3 	3 	5 	5 	2 	8 	7 	6 	7 	10	13	16	16	18	NR	18	17	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9 	12	-
Northern Michigan 	20	20	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
St. Thomas 	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
===Pairwise===
Bemidji State 	22	48	54	30	14	24	25	25	28	24	24	19	21	28	27	28	32	30	27	34	34	32	34
Bowling Green 	9 	13	37	32	36	33	25	27	28	23	27	30	30	24	26	26	27	26	27	31	38	39	39
Ferris State 	19	23	32	22	34	37	39	40	43	31	38	33	35	32	36	42	31	33	41	42	37	38	38
Lake Superior State	22	50	55	55	52	57	55	53	56	58	57	58	61	60	60	59	58	59	59	58	57	57	57
Michigan Tech 	22	44	32	29	12	17	21	18	15	16	16	20	17	12	12	11	10	12	11	11	11	10	10
Minnesota State 	22	31	6 	25	22	13	14	15	17	27	20	24	18	14	14	13	13	13	12	15	12	13	10
Northern Michigan 	21	24	39	33	41	29	24	22	27	32	36	31	43	39	36	42	42	43	37	29	28	26	26
St. Thomas 	22	38	50	49	42	47	51	49	47	46	47	46	47	46	45	45	46	47	46	47	49	50	49
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.
==Awards==
===CCHA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Player of the Year 	Player of the Year 	Blake Pietila, Michigan Tech
Forward of the Year 	Forward of the Year 	David Silye, Minnesota State
Defenseman of the Year 	Defenseman of the Year	Jake Livingstone, Minnesota State
Goaltender of the Year 	Goaltender of the Year	Blake Pietila, Michigan Tech
Rookie of the Year 	Rookie of the Year 	Kyle Kukkonen, Michigan Tech
Coach of the Year 	Coach of the Year 	Joe Shawhan, Michigan Tech
 	 	
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
Blake Pietila, Michigan Tech 	G 	Mattias Sholl, Bemidji State
Jake Livingstone, Minnesota State	D 	Akito Hirose, Minnesota State
Elias Rosén, Bemidji State 	D 	Brett Thorne, Michigan Tech
Ryland Mosley, Michigan Tech 	F 	Louis Boudon, Lake Superior State
David Silye, Minnesota State 	F 	Nathan Burke, Bowling Green
Austen Swankler, Bowling Green 	F 	André Ghantous, Northern Michigan
Rookie Team 	  Position  	
Béni Halász, Northern Michigan 	G 	
Dalton Norris, Bowling Green 	D 	
Josh Zinger, Northern Michigan 	D 	
Kyle Kukkonen, Michigan Tech 	F 	
Joey Larson, Northern Michigan 	F 	
Lleyton Roed, Bemidji State 	F 	
==References==
==External links==
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