1988 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1988 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 17th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 4 and March 12, 1988. First round games were played at campus sites, while 'final four' games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Bowling Green received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
==Format==
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finished below eighth place in the standings was not eligible for postseason play. In the quarterfinals, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the remaining highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winners advancing to the finals. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
==Conference Standings==
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
==Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===First Round===
====(1) Lake Superior State vs. (8) Ohio State====
====(2) Bowling Green vs. (7) Ferris State====
====(3) Michigan State vs. (6) Illinois–Chicago====
====(4) Western Michigan vs. (5) Michigan====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Lake Superior State vs. (4) Western Michigan====
====(2) Bowling Green vs. (3) Michigan State====
===Consolation Game===
====(3) Michigan State vs. (4) Western Michigan====
===Championship===
====(1) Lake Superior State vs. (2) Bowling Green====
==Tournament awards==
===All-Tournament Team</small>===
*F Don Barber (Bowling Green)
*F Brett Barnett (Lake Superior State)
*F Bobby Reynolds (Michigan State)
*D Scott Paluch (Bowling Green)
*D Karl Johnston (Lake Superior State)
*G Paul Connell* (Bowling Green)
* Most Valuable Player(s)
==References==
==External links==
*CCHA Champions
*1987–88 CCHA Standings
*1987–88 NCAA Standings
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