2007 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2007 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 3 and March 17, 2007. Opening round games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Both Air Force and Rochester joined Atlantic Hockey for the 2006-07 season; however, due to their reclassification from Division III to Division I status, RIT was ineligible for the 2007 conference tournament. Because of this the tournament was returned to the same format it had been in 2004 and 2005, comprising all nine teams. This would be changed the following year when RIT would compete as a full D-I program.[2]

Format

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The tournament featured three rounds of play and a play-in game. All games in the tournament are single-elimination. The play-in game consists of the eighth and ninth seeds competing to decide the final qualifier. In the quarterfinals, the first seed plays the winner of the play-in game while the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds play to determine who advances to the semifinals. of the four remaining teams, the highest and lowest remaining ranked teams play each other with the other two teams facing one another to determine the championship participants. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

RIT was ineligible to play in the tournament and all teams were reseeded accordingly.

Conference standings

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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
RIT†^ 28 20 7 1 41 116 71 34 21 11 2 132 93
Sacred Heart 28 17 7 4 38 91 74 36 21 11 4 118 99
Army 28 15 8 5 35 82 69 34 17 12 5 94 87
Connecticut 28 15 11 2 32 90 89 36 16 18 2 108 126
Air Force* 28 13 10 5 31 94 70 40 19 16 5 132 107
Holy Cross 28 9 14 5 23 87 94 35 10 20 5 96 123
Bentley 28 11 17 0 22 75 101 35 12 22 1 90 136
Mercyhurst 28 9 15 4 22 98 106 35 9 20 6 114 134
Canisius 28 9 16 3 21 76 95 35 9 23 3 86 130
American International 28 7 20 1 15 68 108 34 8 25 1 74 134
Championship: Air Force
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ RIT was ineligible for the postseason
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

Play-In[3]
March 3
Quarterfinals[4]
March 10
Semifinals[5]
March 16
Championship
March 17
1 Sacred Heart 4
8 Canisius 1 8 American International 0
9 American International 2 1 Sacred Heart 4
4 Air Force 5*
2 Army 6
7 Bentley 2
4 Air Force 6
2 Army 1
3 Connecticut 5
6 Mercyhurst 4
2 Army 3
3 Connecticut 1
4 Air Force 3
5 Holy Cross 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Play-in

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(8) Canisius vs. (9) American International

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March 3[6] Canisius 1 – 2 American International Buffalo State Sports Arena Recap  
(Kasch, Hudson) Jason Weeks - PP - 16:13 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 03:44 - Mark Pavli (Tendler, Fuqua)
No scoring Third period 12:25 - GW - Mike McMillan (Richardson, Turco)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Andrew Loewen Goalie stats Tom Fenton ( 28 saves / 29 shots )


Quarterfinals

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(1) Sacred Heart vs. (9) American International

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March 10[7] Sacred Heart 4 – 0 American International Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
(Ferraro, Boisvert) Nick Johnson - GW - 07:08 First period No scoring
(O'Brien, Grimson) Bear Trapp - PP - 05:00 Second period No scoring
(O'Brien, Grimson) Kyle Tyll - 09:06
(Ferraro, Johnson) Bear Trapp - 14:15
Third period No scoring
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Jason Smith Goalie stats Tom Fenton ( 24 saves / 28 shots )


(2) Army vs. (7) Bentley

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March 10[8] Mercyhurst 6 – 2 Canisius Tate Rink Recap  
(Bickley, Hollweg) Tim Manthey - PP - 12:39 First period 11:46 - Kane Osmars (Pellarin, Olson)
(Bickley, McKelvie) Tim Manthey - PP - 03:37
(Meyer, Flicek) Bryce Hollweg - GW - 05:20
(Fearing) Lyle Gal - 09:44
(McDougall, Rowe) Jeff Fearing - 17:42
Second period No scoring
Bryce Hollweg - EN SH - 18:07 Third period 06:57 - Dain Prewitt
( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Josh Kassel Goalie stats Ray Jean ( 30 saves / 35 shots )


(3) Connecticut vs. (6) Mercyhurst

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March 10[9] Connecticut 5 – 4 Mercyhurst UConn Ice Arena Recap  
(Scherer, Stewart) William Crum - PP - 10:20
(Solberg) Michael Coppola - 11:59
(Schneider, Stewart) Matt Scherer - 12:41
First period No scoring
Brendan Olinyk - 16:44 Second period 03:48 - Scott Champagne (Cottreau)
12:32 - Cody Collins (Gourgon, Fennell)
(Stewart, Burns) William Crum - GW PP - 04:43 Third period 11:40 - Matt Pierce (Warren, Medernach)
18:18 - Ryan Toomey (Collins, Phillips)
( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Beau Erickson Goalie stats Jordan Wakefield ( 31 saves / 36 shots )


(4) Air Force vs. (5) Holy Cross

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March 10[10] Air Force 3 – 0 Holy Cross Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(Schiavone, Charbonneau) Theo Zacour - GW - 15:24 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Ehn) Mike Phillipich - 05:25
(Ehn, Phillipich) Greg Flynn - PP - 18:21
Third period No scoring
( 17 saves / 17 shots ) Ben Worker Goalie stats Charlie Lockwood ( 31 saves / 34 shots )


Semifinals

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(1) Sacred Heart vs. (4) Air Force

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March 16[11] Sacred Heart 4 – 5 OT Air Force Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 15:58 - Brett Nylander (Medenwaldt, Fairchild)
(Spencer) Bear Trapp - 07:33 Second period 00:41 - PP - Mike Phillipich (Charbonneau, Ehn)
14:20 - Matt Fairchild (Medenwaldt, Nylander)
(O'Brien, Grimson) Paul Ferraro - PP - 01:18
(Giosa) Dave Jarman - 04:06
(Jarman) Eric Giosa - 07:50
Third period 19:06 - EA - Billy Devoney (Phillipich, Hajner)
No scoring First overtime period 08:04 - GW - Josh Print (Schaffer, Flynn)
( 29 saves / 34 shots ) Jason Smith Goalie stats Ben Worker ( 20 saves / 24 shots )


(2) Army vs. (3) Connecticut

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March 16[12] Army 3 – 1 Connecticut Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Hollweg, Bickley) Tim Manthey - PP - 16:42 Second period 11:56 - PP - Chris Myhro (Koidahl, Erickson)
(Meyer, Flicek) Chris Colvin - GW - 05:53
(Manthey, Flicek) Owen Meyer - PP - 16:06
Third period No scoring
( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Josh Kassel Goalie stats Beau Erickson ( 23 saves / 26 shots )


Championship

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(2) Army vs. (4) Air Force

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March 17[13] Army 1 – 6 Air Force Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 04:26 - Mike Phillipich (Ramsey, Ehn)
07:53 - GW PP - Andrew Ramsey (Phillipich, Mayra)
(Meyer, Flicek) Tim Manthey - PP - 12:59 Third period 04:39 - Josh Frider (Flynn, Reese)
09:33 - Josh Frider (Devoney, Zacour)
15:25 - Josh Schaffer (Hajner, Print)
17:15 - PP - Andrew Ramsey (Phillipich, Mayra)
( 21 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Kassel Goalie stats Andrew Volkening ( 23 saves / 24 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "Frank Serratore Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  2. ^ "RIT To Join Atlantic Hockey in 2006-07". Atlantic Hockey. December 15, 2004. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  3. ^ "Atlantic Hockey 2006-07 Week 23". USCHO.com. March 3, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  4. ^ "Atlantic Hockey 2006-07 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  5. ^ "Atlantic Hockey 2006-07 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 17, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  6. ^ "American International 2, Canisius 1". USCHO.com. March 3, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  7. ^ "Sacred Heart 4, American International 0". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  8. ^ "Army 6, Bentley 2". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  9. ^ "Connecticut 5, Mercyhurst 4". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  10. ^ "Air Force 3, Holy Cross 0". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  11. ^ "Air Force 5, Sacred Heart 4". USCHO.com. March 16, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  12. ^ "Army 3, Connecticut 1". USCHO.com. March 16, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  13. ^ "Air Force 6, Army 1". USCHO.com. March 17, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  14. ^ "Atlantic Hockey Finals". Inside College Hockey. March 17, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2013.