2010 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
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The 2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 7th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 20, 2010 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, RIT received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2010 Atlantic Hockey ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 5–20, 2010 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | RIT (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Wayne Wilson (1st title) |
| MVP | Cameron Burt (RIT) |
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Format edit
The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds played 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 played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
Regular season standings edit
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 | ||
| #10 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: RIT † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket edit
| First round March 5–6 | Quarterfinals March 12–13 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | RIT | 4* | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Holy Cross | 4 | 9 | Connecticut | 3 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | American International | 2 | 1 | RIT | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Canisius | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sacred Heart | 4 | 4* | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Holy Cross | 0 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | RIT | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sacred Heart | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 3 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bentley | 1 | 6 | Army | 0 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Connecticut | 2 | 2 | Sacred Heart | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mercyhurst | 1 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Canisius | 5 | 5** | — | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results edit
First round edit
(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
(1) RIT vs. (5) Canisius edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
(1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart edit
| 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 edit
All-Tournament Team edit
- G Jared DeMichiel (RIT)
- D Dan Ringwald (RIT)
- D Chris Tanev (RIT)
- F Tyler Brenner (RIT)
- F Patrick Knowlton (Sacred Heart)
- F Cameron Burt* (RIT)