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 will earn 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
==Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===First round===
====(6) Northern Michigan vs. (11) Bowling Green====
====(7) Alaska vs. (10) Michigan State====
====(8) Lake Superior vs. (9) Ohio State====
===Quarterfinals===
====(1) Michigan vs. (11) Bowling Green====
====(2) Notre Dame vs. (8) Lake Superior====
====(3) Miami vs. (7) Alaska====
====(4) Western Michigan vs. (5) Ferris State====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Michigan vs. (4) Western Michigan====
====(2) Notre Dame vs. (3) Miami====
===Third place===
====(1) Michigan vs. (2) Notre Dame====
===Championship===
====(3) Miami vs. (4) Western Michigan====
==Tournament awards==
===All-Tournament Team===
*G - Cody Reichard, Junior, Miami
*D - Will Weber, Junior, Miami
*D - Danny DeKeyser, Freshman, Western Michigan
*F - Andy Miele, Senior, Miami
*F - Reilly Smith, Sophomore, Miami
*F - Dane Walters, Sophomore, Western Michigan
===MVP===
Andy Miele, Senior, Miami
==References==
==External links==
*2010 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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