| 2010 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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| Dates | March 5–20, 2009 | ||
| Teams | 10 | ||
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York | ||
| Champions | Rochester Institute of Technology (1st title) | ||
| Winning coach | Wayne Wilson (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Cameron Burt (RIT) | ||
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The 2010 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 5 and March 20, 2010, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[]
The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds play a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lower-ranked first round winner, the second seed and higher-ranked first round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2010 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
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #20 RIT †* | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 109 | 51 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 145 | 90 | |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 99 | 86 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 131 | 123 | |
| Air Force | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 86 | 70 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 103 | 96 | |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 103 | 70 | 38 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 121 | 118 | |
| Canisius | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 97 | 89 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 125 | 122 | |
| Army | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 80 | 83 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 98 | 114 | |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 70 | 74 | 37 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 87 | 102 | |
| Bentley | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 78 | 105 | 35 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 94 | 123 | |
| Connecticut | 28 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 48 | 91 | 37 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 59 | 135 | |
| American International | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 59 | 110 | 33 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 69 | 131 | |
| Championship: Rochester Institute of Technology † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
| First round March 5-6 |
Quarterfinals March 12–14 |
Semifinals March 19 |
Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | RIT | 4* | 4 | — | 1 | RIT | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Holy Cross | 4 | 9 | Connecticut | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | Canisius | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | American International | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sacred Heart | 4 | 4* | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bentley | 1 | 7 | Holy Cross | 0 | 3 | — | 1 | RIT | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Connecticut | 2 | 2 | Sacred Heart | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 3 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Army | 0 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mercyhurst | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | Sacred Heart | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Canisius | 5 | 5** | — | 3 | Air Force | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results[]
First round[]
(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International[]
| March 5 | Holy Cross | 4 – 2 | American International | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jordan Cyr - 09:29 J. P. Martignetti - 11:53 Rob Linsmayer - 12:31 |
Second period | 06:48 - Chris Markiewicz 15:23 - Mike Little | ||||||
| Matt Celin - 13:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Thomas Tysowsky ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) | Goalie stats | Ben Meisner ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Dan Ramirez ( 8 saves / 9 shots ) | ||||||
(8) Bentley vs. (9) Connecticut[]
| March 6 | Bentley | 1 – 2 | Connecticut | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| Dan Koudys - 14:23 | First period | 03:05 - Andrew Olson 14:56 - Justin Hernandez | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kyle Rank ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Garrett Bartus ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
Quarterfinals[]
(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut[]
| March 12 | RIT | 4 – 3 | OT | Connecticut | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| Dan Ringwald - pp - 11:10 Scott Knowles - 11:35 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Favot - pp - 07:36 | Second period | 09:05 - pp - James Gallagher 16:24 - Evan Carriere 18:22 - sh - Andrew Olson | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Haltigin - 09:54 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jared DeMichiel ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Garrett Bartus ( 51 saves / 55 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13 | RIT | 4 – 1 | Connecticut | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| Cameron Burt - pp - 03:28 Adam Hartley - 14:27 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Tanev - 06:35 Chris Haltigin - 10:25 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:21 - pp - Sean Ambrosie | ||||||
| Jared DeMichiel ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Garrett Bartus ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| RIT won series 2–0 | |
(2) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Holy Cross[]
| March 12 | Sacred Heart | 4 – 0 | Holy Cross | Milford Ice Pavilion | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Johnson - pp - 16:04 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Miniaci - 12:13 Dave Jarman - 16:45 Eric Delong - en - 18:17 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steven Legatto ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | Thomas Tysowsky ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) | ||||||
| March 13 | Sacred Heart | 4 – 3 | OT | Holy Cross | Milford Ice Pavilion | Recap | ||
| Nick Johnson - 03:22 Erik Boisvert - 12:35 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Jarman - 15:28 | Second period | 00:21 - Rob Linsmayer 07:54 - Jordan Cyr 08:14 - Kyle Atkins | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Gingera - 04:53 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steven Legatto ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | Thomas Tysowsky ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| Sacred Heart won series 2–0 | |
(3) Air Force vs. (6) Army[]
| March 12 | Air Force | 3 – 0 | Army | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| Sean Bertsch - 01:38 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bertsch - 16:00 Derrick Burnett - 17:36 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Volkening ( 29 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jay Clark ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13 | Air Force | 4 – 2 | Army | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:55 - Bryant Skarda | ||||||
| Sean Bertsch - 08:46 Brandon Johnson - 17:22 |
Second period | 15:30 - pp - Owen Meyer | ||||||
| Jacques Lamoureaux - pp - 18:35 Derrick Burnett - en - 19:40 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Volkening ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jay Clark ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) | ||||||
| Air Force won series 2–0 | |
(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Canisius[]
| March 12 | Mercyhurst | 1 – 5 | Canisius | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:10 - Torrey Lindsay 05:42 - Preston Shupe | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:40 - pp - Josh Heidinger | ||||||
| Scott Pitt - pp - 14:34 | Third period | 10:18 - pp - Carl Hudson 16:05 - en - Heidinger | ||||||
| Ryan Zapolski ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) |
Goalie stats | Dan Morrison ( 41 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13 | Mercyhurst | 4 – 5 | 2OT | Canisius | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 13:07 - Dave Kostuch | ||||||
| Matt Fennell - pp - 00:47 Grant Blakey - pp - 05:28 Fennell - pp - 05:45 Kevin Noble - pp - 09:30 |
Second period | 12:03 - pp - Dave Cianfrini | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:15 - pp - Preston Shupe 16:13 - pp - Kostuch | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 07:00 - Ben Parker | ||||||
| Ryan Zapolski ( 63 saves / 68 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Morrison ( 44 saves / 48 shots ) | ||||||
| Canisius won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) RIT vs. (5) Canisius[]
| March 19 | RIT | 4–0 | Canisius | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| Tyler Brenner - pp - 14:52 Mike Janda - 15:44 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Favot - pp - 08:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Al Mazur - pp - 14:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jared DeMichiel ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Morrison ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Sacred Heart vs. (3) Air Force[]
| March 19 | Sacred Heart | 2–1 | Air Force | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Erik Boisvert - 10:14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Knowlton - 19:18 | Third period | 18:31 - ea - Jacques Lamoureaux | ||||||
| Steven Legatto ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Andrew Volkening ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[]
(1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart[]
| March 20 | RIT | 6–1 | Sacred Heart | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| Cameron Burt - pp - 02:16 Mark Cornacchia - sh - 19:41 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sean Murphy - 01:08 Jeff Smith - 12:04 Tyler Brenner - pp - 19:04 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Murphy - 17:56 | Third period | 03:48 - Eric Delong | ||||||
| Jared DeMichiel ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Steven Legatto ( 33 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- Goaltender: Jared DeMichiel (RIT)
- Defensemen: Dan Ringwald (RIT), Chris Tanev (RIT)
- Forwards: Tyler Brenner (RIT), Cameron Burt (RIT), Patrick Knowlton (Sacred Heart)
MVP[]
- Cameron Burt (RIT)