2004 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2004 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the inaugural Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004. All games were played at the Tate Rink in West Point, New York, the home venue of the Army Black Knights. By winning the tournament, Holy Cross received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the first appearance in team history.

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 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

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
Holy Cross†* 24 17 4 3 37 83 54 36 22 10 4 117 89
Mercyhurst 24 16 7 1 33 105 71 36 20 14 2 145 122
Quinnipiac 24 12 6 6 30 67 53 35 15 14 6 87 87
Sacred Heart 24 12 8 4 28 87 68 36 14 17 5 107 114
Connecticut 24 9 10 5 23 89 86 35 12 16 7 115 127
Canisius 24 9 11 4 22 67 73 34 10 16 8 84 107
Bentley 24 7 13 4 18 55 71 32 9 19 4 79 103
Army 24 6 15 3 15 55 84 33 12 18 3 82 107
American International 24 3 17 4 10 49 97 34 5 25 4 71 138
Championship: Holy Cross
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

Play-In[2]
March 12
Quarterfinals
March 13
Semifinals
March 14
Championship[3]
March 20
1 Holy Cross 5
8 Army 3 9 American International 0
9 American International 4 1 Holy Cross 4
6 Canisius 1
3 Quinnipiac 0
6 Canisius 1*
1 Holy Cross 4
4 Sacred Heart 0
2 Mercyhurst 5
7 Bentley 4
2 Mercyhurst 2
4 Sacred Heart 3
4 Sacred Heart 3
5 Connecticut 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Play-in

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(8) Army vs. (9) American International

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March 9[4] Army 3 – 4 American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Picone) Jon Boyle - 06:40
(Mayfield, Cruthers) Chris Casey - PP - 08:41
First period 05:47 - Troy Johnston (Walbert, Valdes)
13:28 - Jay Fennessy
No scoring Second period 10:13 - John Levesque (McConnell, Miller)
(Mayfield, Rudd) Chris Casey - 14:21 Third period 10:10 - GW PP - Guillaume Caron (Walbert)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Brad Roberts Goalie stats Frank Novello ( 34 saves / 37 shots )


Quarterfinals

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(1) Holy Cross vs. (9) American International

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March 13[5] Holy Cross 5 – 0 American International Tate Rink Recap  
(O'Grady, Kealey) Jeff Dams - GW - 07:03 First period No scoring
(McGregor, Napert-Frenette) Andrew McKay - 19:46 Second period No scoring
(Dams) Greg Kealey - PP - 01:09
(Sixsmith) Greg Kealey - 06:43
Matt Conway - 13:14
Third period No scoring
( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Tony Quesada Goalie stats Frank Novello ( 44 saves / 49 shots )


(2) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Bentley

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March 13[6] Mercyhurst 5 – 4 Bentley Tate Rink Recap  
(Carter, Rynshoven) Adam Tackaberry - 01:41 First period No scoring
(Hansen, Champagne) T. J. Kemp - 11:31 Second period 03:46 - Paul Markarian (McCartin)
10:24 - Brendan McCartin (Markarian, Lovell)
17:35 - Brendan McCartin (Markarian, Lovell)
(Borrelli, Reynolds) Erik Johnson - 09:24
(Champagne) David Wrigley - EA PP - 15:24
(Wrigley, Kemp) Rich Hansen - GW PP - 16:17
Third period 07:33 - Brendan McCartin (Plattner)
( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Andy Franck / ( 6 saves / 7 shots ) Jordan Wakefield Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 26 saves / 31 shots )


(3) Quinnipiac vs. (6) Canisius

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March 13[7] Quinnipiac 0 – 1 OT Canisius Tate Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 01:37 - GW - Justin Carre
( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Jamie Holden Goalie stats Bryan Worosz ( 27 saves / 27 shots )


(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Connecticut

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March 12[8] Sacred Heart 3 – 0 Connecticut Tate Rink Recap  
(Billinghurst, Chmiel) Peter Giatrelis - GW PP - 04:19 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Connerty, Chmiel) William Billinghurst - 11:15
(Molinaro) Garrett Larson - EN - 18:17
Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Kevin LaPointe Goalie stats Scott Tomes ( 26 saves / 28 shots )


Semifinals

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(1) Holy Cross vs. (6) Canisius

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March 14[9] Holy Cross 4 – 1 Canisius Tate Rink Recap  
(Bianchi, Kealey) Jeff Dams - 00:31 First period No scoring
(Walker, Coskren) Jonas Tomiuck - GW PP - 14:48 Second period No scoring
(Coskren, Dams) Greg Kealey - PP - 10:27
Greg Kealey - EN SH - 18:52
Third period 06:31 - Rob Martin (Corcoran, Cohen)
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Tony Quesada Goalie stats Bryan Worosz ( 21 saves / 24 shots )


(2) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Sacred Heart

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March 14[10] Mercyhurst 2 – 3 Sacred Heart Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period 14:22 - Pierre-Luc O'Brien (Ferraro, Wright)
Kyle Gourgon - 02:55
(Martin, Reynolds) Erik Johnson - SH - 05:33
Second period 04:06 - Konn Hawkes (Larson, Molinaro)
16:48 - Pierre-Luc O'Brien
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Jordan Wakefield Goalie stats Kevin LaPointe ( 22 saves / 24 shots )


Championship

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(1) Holy Cross vs. (4) Sacred Heart

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March 20[11] Holy Cross 4 – 0 Sacred Heart Tate Rink Recap  
(Napert-Frenette) Andrew McKay - GW - 05:06
(Dams, Sixsmith) Greg Kealey - 09:54
First period (Coskren, Sixsmith) Jeff Dams - PP - 08:15
(Napert-Frenette, Irving) Andrew McKay - PP - 16:15
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Tony Quesada Goalie stats Kevin LaPointe ( 29 saves / 33 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "Mercyhurst Men's Team History". Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "Atlantic Hockey 2003-04 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "Atlantic Hockey 2003-04 Week 26". USCHO.com. March 20, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  4. ^ "American International 4, Army 3". USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross 5, American International 0". USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  6. ^ "Mercyhurst 5, Bentley 4". USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  7. ^ "Canisius 1, Quinnipiac 4". USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  8. ^ "Sacred Heart 3, Connecticut 0". USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  9. ^ "Holy Cross 4, Canisius 1". USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  10. ^ "Sacred Heart 3, Mercyhurst 2". USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  11. ^ "Holy Cross 4, Sacred Heart 0". USCHO.com. March 20, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  12. ^ "2004 Atlantic Hockey Championship". Inside College Hockey. March 20, 2004. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2013.