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

Joe Louis Arena

Joe Louis Arena, nicknamed The Joe and JLA is a hockey arena located at 600 Civic Center Drive in Detroit, Michigan. It is the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. Completed in 1979 at a cost of $57 million, Joe Louis Arena is named after boxer and former heavyweight...

 in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

. The Miami Redhawks

Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey

The Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Miami University. The RedHawks are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association...

 won the tournament and was awarded the Mason Cup

Mason Cup

The Mason Cup is awarded annually to the champion of the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.On October 3, 2000, a unanimous vote among CCHA head coaches and athletic directors renamed the CCHA championship trophy the Mason Cup in honor of Ron Mason...

. They will earn the Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Central Collegiate Hockey Association

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey college athletic conference that operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska and Indiana. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. It holds its championship...

'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

2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2011 regionals:March 25 and 26March 26 and 27Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:April 7 and 9-Qualification:...

.

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)

(6) Northern Michigan vs. (11) Bowling Green

(7) Alaska vs. (10) Michigan State

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

(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

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Western Michigan

(2) Notre Dame vs. (3) Miami

(1) Michigan vs. (2) Notre Dame

(3) Miami vs. (4) Western Michigan

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

External links

• 2010 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament