March 14, 2008 - The University of Illinois won its 2nd ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championship, defeating Lindenwood University 4-2 at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, NY.
Captain Drew Heredia led the way with 2 goals, one on the power play and one-short handed, en route to being named the 'Joe Battista' Tournament Most Valuable Player. Daniel Cohen and Tom Connell each netted a power play goal to complete the scoring for Illinois. Larry Kopecky have Lindenwood the lead with a short-handed goal in the 1st period, while Travis Bokina tallied a power play goal that pulled the Lions within a goal at 3-2. Connell’s goal made it 4-2 with 10:30 left in the 3rd period to put the game out of reach. Illinois’ Mike Burda had 34 saves in goal, while Grahame Lippert stopped 38 for Lindenwood.
Illinois has won 2 of the last 4 ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships contested.
Positions 1-16 in the final ranking were based on the national tournament. Positions 17-25 were voted on by the coaches, as during the regular season.
The 2009 ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships will be hosted by the Gilmour Academy in Cleveland, OH
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2007-2008
Final Ranking |
Rank |
School Name |
1st Votes |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
1 |
Illinois |
|
38-0-0 |
|
1 |
2 |
Lindenwood |
|
32-10-1 |
|
2 |
3 |
Delaware |
|
29-7-1 |
|
4 |
4 |
Liberty |
|
25-9-1 |
|
6 |
5 |
Penn State |
|
32-4-4 |
|
3 |
6 |
Oklahoma |
|
29-5-3 |
|
5 |
7 |
Rhode Island |
|
23-15-1 |
|
8 |
8 |
Iowa State |
|
31-11-2 |
|
10 |
9 |
Ohio |
|
27-13-2 |
|
7 |
10 |
West Chester |
|
27-8-2 |
|
9 |
11 |
Oakland |
|
23-11-1 |
|
12 |
12 |
Kent State |
|
22-17-0 |
|
11 |
13 |
Western Michigan |
|
22-15-2 |
|
13 |
14 |
West
Virginia |
|
19-13-4 |
|
14 |
15 |
Stony Brook |
|
27-9-0 |
|
16 |
16 |
Robert Morris (PA) |
|
21-13-3 |
|
18 |
17 |
Eastern Michigan |
|
21-13-5 |
151 |
15 |
18 |
Washington & Jefferson |
|
22-12-1 |
134 |
19 |
19 |
Niagara |
|
25-8-2 |
133 |
17 |
20 |
Slippery Rock |
|
18-13-2 |
87 |
21 |
21 |
Central Oklahoma |
|
14-19-4 |
74 |
20 |
22 |
Arizona |
|
22-8-1 |
71 |
22 |
23 |
Robert Morris (IL) |
|
13-23-0 |
36 |
23 |
24 |
Pittsburgh |
|
18-8-2 |
35 |
25 |
25 |
Adrian |
|
17-21-0 |
32 |
24 |
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Others receiving votes: Navy, Duquesne, Rutgers,
Arizona State, Oswego State, and Minot State.
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