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rdfs:label
  • CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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  • The CCHA Tournament is the conference tournament for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the tournament also receives the Mason Cup, which began in 2002. In other years, the trophy was simply known as the CCHA Tournament Championship Trophy.
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number of teams
  • 12
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most championships
current stadium
Name
  • CCHA Tournament
Sport
Conference
Trophy
Optional Subheader
  • Conference Hockey Championship
Current Champion
most recent
  • 2010
Format
  • Single-elimination best two-of-three tournament
Years
  • 1972
Website
abstract
  • The CCHA Tournament is the conference tournament for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the tournament also receives the Mason Cup, which began in 2002. In other years, the trophy was simply known as the CCHA Tournament Championship Trophy. The tournament was first held in 1972, the first year of conference play. It was held at The Arena in St. Louis, Missouri from 1972–77. From 1978–81, the CCHA Tournament was held at the rink of the higher seed. Starting in 1982, the CCHA Tournament first round was held at the rink of the higher seed with Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan hosting the CCHA Tournament semifinals and finals. From 1993–94 and 2002–05, the CCHA championship format had six teams competing at Joe Louis Arena with the bottom four teams competing for the third and fourth spots in the semifinals.