{"id":72119,"date":"2016-08-03T17:05:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T22:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=72119"},"modified":"2016-08-03T17:05:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T22:05:32","slug":"cha-tournament-returning-to-buffalos-harborcenter-in-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2016\/08\/03\/cha-tournament-returning-to-buffalos-harborcenter-in-march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"CHA tournament returning to Buffalo’s HarborCenter in March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
The College Hockey America tournament will return to Buffalo’s HarborCenter in 2017.<\/p>\n
“We are thrilled to be able to return to the HarborCenter for a second straight year,” said CHA commissioner Robert DeGregorio in a statement. “All three games were highly competitive [in 2016], not to mention, we had nearly 2,500 people come out during the two days of the tournament, providing a fantastic atmosphere for our student-athletes.”<\/p>\n
The first neutral-site tournament in CHA history had Mercyhurst winning its first tournament championship since 2013 as the Lakers defeated Syracuse 4-3 in overtime. It was the highest-attended CHA tournament with a combined 2,386 people entering the HarborCenter between the two days.<\/p>\n
For 2017, all six teams will travel to Buffalo to compete for the CHA championship and the league’s auto-bid to the NCAA tournament. Teams seeded three through six will play on Thursday, March 2 in a pair of quarterfinal games, with the winners advancing to Friday’s semifinal games against the top two seeds. The championship game will take place on Saturday, March 4.<\/p>\n
“We envision the new format to bring some of that win-or-go-home magic that the NCAA tournament possesses to our own tournament,” added DeGregorio. “And we hope, with that excitement, our tournament in Buffalo can become a destination for our teams and fans.”<\/p>\n
Tournament game times will be determined later in the season. Ticket and tournament hotel information will also be available at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The College Hockey America tournament will return to Buffalo’s HarborCenter in 2017. “We are thrilled to be able to return to the HarborCenter for a second straight year,” said CHA commissioner Robert DeGregorio in a statement. “All three games were highly competitive [in 2016], not to mention, we had nearly 2,500 people come out during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n