2015 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2015 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 11th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 6 and March 21, 2015, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The tournament was won by the RIT Tigers. By winning the tournament, RIT earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The tournament format changed this year because the Connecticut Huskies left the league for Hockey East, leaving 11 teams. Under the new format, the top five (instead of four) seeds all receive a bye into the quarterfinals, but the fifth seed doesn't host a quarterfinal series.

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, will play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five teams from the conference regular season standings receive a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first round winner, the second seed and second-highest-ranked first round winner, the third seed and highest-ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed will play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest remaining seeds will play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Robert Morris 28 19 5 4 42 106 66 37 24 8 5 133 90
Canisius 28 15 7 6 36 78 60 37 18 12 7 95 82
#16 RIT * 28 14 9 5 33 90 62 40 20 15 5 121 96
Bentley 28 14 9 5 33 76 67 37 17 15 5 100 92
Mercyhurst 28 14 11 3 31 90 87 39 19 16 4 116 122
Holy Cross 28 12 11 5 29 68 61 37 14 18 5 84 87
Air Force 28 13 12 3 29 82 82 41 16 21 4 119 130
Sacred Heart 28 10 12 6 26 77 82 38 13 19 6 96 113
Army 28 8 16 4 20 60 84 34 8 22 4 68 108
American International 28 4 17 7 15 69 107 36 4 25 7 87 155
Niagara 28 5 19 4 14 65 103 39 7 28 4 85 157
Championship: March 21, 2015
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2015

Bracket

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RIT and Bentley finished tied for third place; RIT is the third seed based on the third tiebreaker (head-to-head goal differential). Air Force and Holy Cross finished tied for sixth place; Holy Cross is the sixth seed based on the first tiebreaker (head-to-head results).

First round
March 6–8
Quarterfinals
March 13–15
Semifinals
March 20
Championship
March 21
1 Robert Morris 4 6
6 Holy Cross 1 2*** 3 11 Niagara 2 3
11 Niagara 2 1 5 1 Robert Morris 3
5 Mercyhurst 4*
2 Canisius 2 2
8 Sacred Heart 0 1
3 RIT 5
5 Mercyhurst 1
3 RIT 2 7
7 Air Force 6 10 7 Air Force 1 3
10 American International 1 3 2 Canisius 1
3 RIT 2
4 Bentley 0 5 2
8 Sacred Heart 2 5 5 Mercyhurst 1* 3 3
9 Army 0 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

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First round

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(6) Holy Cross vs. (11) Niagara

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March 6 Holy Cross 1 – 2 Niagara Hart Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Bolton, Barrett) Matt Scarth - PP - 12:04 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 04:29 - Kevin Patterson (Angiolella, Pietrobon)
10:10 - GW - Luke Edwards (Pietrobon, Angiolella)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Matt Ginn Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 31 saves / 32 shots )
March 7 Holy Cross 2 – 1 3OT Niagara Hart Center Recap  
(Moore, Barrett) Matt Scarth - PP - 05:56 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:00 - Stanislav Dzakhov (Sarcona, Smith)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(McNamara, Pooley) T. J. Moore - GW - 11:40 Third overtime period No scoring
( 50 saves / 51 shots ) Matt Ginn Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 58 saves / 60 shots )
March 8 Holy Cross 3 – 5 Niagara Hart Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 03:48 - Larry Smith (unassisted)
(Moore, Pooley) Mike Barrett - 01:30
(Nagy, Youso) Tommy Dwyer - 13:34
(Beckman) Brett Lubanski - 15:15
Second period 04:54 - PP - Kevin Patterson (Sarcona)
12:28 - PP - Keegan Harper (Sarcona, Patterson)
No scoring Third period 02:03 - GW PP - Chris Lochner (Muto, Smith)
19:10 - EN - Hugo Turcotte (Kolenda)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Matt Ginn Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 47 saves / 50 shots )
Niagara won series 2–1


(7) Air Force vs. (10) American International

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March 6 Air Force 6 – 1 American International Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(Baskin, Ledford) A. J. Reid - 04:32
(Himley, Vosejpka) Ben Kucera - GW - 12:02
(Demers, Weissenhofer) Scott Holm - 12:47
First period 16:22 - Austin Orszulak (May, MacMillan)
(Hartner, Kucera) Ben Carey - 05:59
(Gunner, Rostenkowski) Scott Holm - 06:37
Second period No scoring
(Reid, Ledford) Phil Boje - PP - 01:20 Third period No scoring
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Chris Truehl Goalie stats Alex Murray ( 28 saves / 34 shots ) / Jacob Caffrey ( 2 saves / 2 shots )
March 7 Air Force 10 – 3 American International Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(unassisted) Chad Demers - 01:11
(Carey, Holm) Cole Gunner - 17:06
(Gunner, Weissenhofer) Chad Demers - 18:32
First period No scoring
(Kucera, Weissenhofer) Cole Gunner - GW PP - 00:54
(unassisted) Ben Carey - 12:05
(Reid, Ledford) Cole Gunner - 14:22
Second period 01:08 - Johno May (Orszulak)
(Hartner, Abood) Ben Carey - 01:37
(Ledford, Abood) A. J. Reid - 02:17
(Ledford, Baskin) Phil Boje - 06:51
(Carey) Cole Gunner - 08:57
Third period 13:11 - Nathan Sliwinski (May, Debrincat)
16:51 - Johno May (Gandara)
( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Chris Truehl / ( 8 saves / 10 shots ) Connor Girard Goalie stats Hunter Leisner ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) / Alex Murray ( 23 saves / 28 shots ) / Jacob Caffrey ( 9 saves / 10 shots )
Air Force won series 2–0


(8) Sacred Heart vs. (9) Army

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March 6 Sacred Heart 2 – 0 Army Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Luczyk, Doerksen) Alec Butcher - GW - 06:16 Second period No scoring
(Sabatini, Butcher) Evan Jasper - 16:05 Third period No scoring
( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Alex Vazzano Goalie stats Parker Gahagen ( 26 saves / 28 shots )
March 7 Sacred Heart 5 – 2 Army Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Brightbill, Minello) Ben Lake - 04:27
(Nylen) Brian Sheehan - 05:54
(Rayner, Kennedy) Alec Butcher - GW - 09:40
Second period No scoring
(George, Doherty) Justin Danforth - 03:03
(Kennedy, Nylen) Jordan Minello - EN - 18:17
Third period 02:34 - PP - Mac Lalor (Alvarez, Pham)
15:07 - Brendan McGuire (Llaurado)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Alex Vazzano Goalie stats Parker Gahagen ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
Sacred Heart won series 2–0


Quarterfinals

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(1) Robert Morris vs. (11) Niagara

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March 13 Robert Morris 4 – 2 Niagara 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Cope, Denham) Scott Jacklin - 08:17 First period 16:47 - Patrick Conte (Edwards, Turcotte)
17:37 - PP - Kevin Patterson (Kohls, Harper)
(Jones) Timmy Moore - 03:05 Second period No scoring
(Wilson, Jones) Spencer Dorowicz - GW - 02:48
(Gibson, Cope) Brandon Denham - EN - 18:44
Third period No scoring
( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Dalton Izyk Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 36 saves / 39 shots )
March 14 Robert Morris 6 – 3 Niagara 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Rey, Lynch) Greg Gibson - 03:33
(Jacklin, Wilson) Zac Lynch - PP - 18:44
(Wydo, Wilson) Scott Jacklin - PP - 19:34
First period 14:10 - Hugo Turcotte (Kolenda, Harper)
No scoring Second period 01:46 - Matt Chiarantano (Lochner, Turcotte)
09:05 - Keegan Harper (Conte, Nasca)
(unassisted) Zac Lynch - GW SH - 04:30
(Denham, Rey) Greg Gibson - 07:48
(Ferguson) David Friedmann - EN - 17:08
Third period No scoring
( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Dalton Izyk Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 38 saves / 43 shots )
Robert Morris won series 2–0


(2) Canisius vs. (8) Sacred Heart

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March 13 Canisius 2 – 0 Sacred Heart Harborcenter Recap  
(Murray, Sheeran) Jack Stander - GW - 14:58
(Stander, McCrank) Ralph Cuddemi - 19:15
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Keegan Asmundson Goalie stats Alex Vazzano ( 16 saves / 18 shots )
March 14 Canisius 2 – 1 Sacred Heart Harborcenter Recap  
(Roe, Murray) Cody Freeman - 01:22 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Freeman, Cuddemi) Chris Rumble - 02:40 Third period 05:03 - Drew George (Danforth)
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Keegan Asmundson Goalie stats Alex Vazzano ( 12 saves / 14 shots )
Canisius won series 2–0


(3) RIT vs. (7) Air Force

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March 13 RIT 2 – 1 Air Force Gene Polisseni Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Norrish, McGowan) Matt Garbowsky - PP - 15:19 Second period 14:14 - PP - Chad Demers (Rostenkowski, Holm)
(Abt, Kuqali) Josh Mitchell - GW PP - 04:57 Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Jordan Ruby Goalie stats Chris Truehl ( 22 saves / 24 shots )
March 14 RIT 7 – 3 Air Force Gene Polisseni Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Garbowsky, Norrish) Brad McGowan - PP - 00:49
(Norrish, Mitchell) Matt Garbowsky - PP - 13:57
Second period 09:02 - PP - Ben Kucera (Reid, Baskin)
(Skirving) Brad McGowan - 00:27
(Mitchell, Norrish) Brad McGowan - GW - 08:17
(Kuqali, Garbowsky) Josh Mitchell - EN - 14:34
(Mitchell, Norrish) Brad McGowan - EN - 16:24
(Kuqali, Golberg) Myles Powell - PP - 18:01
Third period 16:05 - PP EA - Cole Gunner (Weissenhofer)
19:52 - Max Hartner (McDonald, Michalke)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Jordan Ruby Goalie stats Chris Truehl ( 36 saves / 41 shots )
RIT won series 2–0


(4) Bentley vs. (5) Mercyhurst

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March 13 Bentley 0 – 1 OT Mercyhurst John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 04:46 - GW - Ryan Misiak (Bahntge, Shiplo)
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Jayson Argue Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 40 saves / 40 shots )
March 14 Bentley 5 – 3 Mercyhurst John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 19:35 - Chris Bodo (Misiak, Shiplo)
(Eiserman, McDonald) Alex Grieve - 01:16
(Gladiuk, Blomquist) Max French - PP - 02:17
(Buchanan, Maher) Kyle Schmidt - 03:57
(McDonald, Grieve) Kyle Schmidt - GW - 11:59
Second period No scoring
(unassisted) Kyle Schmidt - EN - 18:24 Third period 06:10 - PP - Kyle Just (Bahntge, Zay)
19:54 - EA - Chris Bodo (Bahntge, Just)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Jayson Argue Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) / Spencer Bacon ( 7 saves / 7 shots )
March 15 Bentley 2 – 3 Mercyhurst John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
(Gladiuk, McDonald) Matt Blomquist - 05:25 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Switzer, French) Andrew Gladiuk - 03:23 Third period 12:12 - Matthew Zay (Bahntge, Todd)
12:26 - Chris Bodo (Nagtzaam, Frischmon)
19:54 - GW - Nardo Nagtzaam (Frischmon, Bodo)
( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Jayson Argue Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
Mercyhurst won series 2–1


Semifinals

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(1) Robert Morris vs. (5) Mercyhurst

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March 20 Robert Morris 3 – 4 OT Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Jacklin, Wydo) Zac Lynch - PP - 08:12 First period 04:47 - PP - Kyle Just (Mastrodicasa, Bahntge)
06:50 - PP - Ryan Misiak (Nagtzaam, Shiplo)
(Gibson, Wilson) Cody Wydo - 19:19 Second period No scoring
(Rey, Denham) Scott Jacklin - 14:41 Third period 19:25 - EA - Chris Bodo (Zay, Just)
No scoring First overtime period 03:04 - GW - Zac Frischmon (Nagtzaam, Mastrodicasa)
( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Dalton Izyk Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 59 saves / 62 shots )


(2) Canisius vs. (3) RIT

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March 20 Canisius 1 – 2 RIT Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 19:37 - Brad McGowan (Garbowsky)
(Jessey, Cuddemi) Shane Conacher - 10:07 Second period 15:15 - GW - Danny Smith (Miller, Abt)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Keegan Asmundson Goalie stats Jordan Ruby ( 27 saves / 28 shots )


Championship

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(3) RIT vs. (5) Mercyhurst

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March 21 RIT 5 – 1 Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Golberg, Cameron) Matt Abt - 02:03
(Garbowsky, McGowan) Josh Mitchell - GW - 09:51
Second period No scoring
(Norrish, Kuqali) Andrew Miller - 14:55
(Mitchell, Garbowsky) Brad McGowan - 17:21
(Mitchell, Norrish) Brad McGowan - EN - 18:42
Third period 02:55 - Stephen Hrehoriak (Gettinger, Sienerth)
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Jordan Ruby Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 31saves / 35 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "RIT defeats Mercyhurst to claim second Atlantic Hockey Championship". Atlantic Hockey Association. March 21, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.