2009 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2009 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 6th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 7 and March 21, 2009, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. Air Force won their third consecutive Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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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 lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and highest 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, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season 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
#14 Air Force†* 28 20 6 2 42 105 61 41 28 11 2 148 86
RIT 28 20 6 2 42 112 73 38 23 13 2 148 117
Mercyhurst 28 17 8 3 37 117 73 40 22 15 3 155 119
Bentley 28 15 11 2 32 91 76 38 19 17 2 116 116
Canisius 28 12 12 4 28 86 80 37 15 16 6 114 111
Army 28 10 12 6 26 77 91 36 11 19 6 92 125
Holy Cross 28 10 15 3 23 73 87 38 13 20 5 106 130
Sacred Heart 28 9 16 3 21 83 107 38 11 23 4 99 147
Connecticut 28 8 18 2 18 74 107 37 9 26 2 89 142
American International 28 5 22 1 11 53 116 35 5 28 2 58 141
Championship: Air Force
indicates conference regular season co-champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

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


Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International

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March 7 Holy Cross 1 – 0 OT American International Hart Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Everett Sheen - 08:24 First overtime period No scoring
Ian Dams ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Tom Fenton ( 22 saves / 23 shots )


(8) Sacred Heart vs. (9) Connecticut

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March 7 Sacred Heart 4 – 2 Connecticut Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
Dave Jarman - pp - 11:01 First period No scoring
Patrick Knowlton - 07:59 Second period 11:48 - Justin Hernandez
Dave Jarman - 08:19
Bear Trapp - en - 19:15
Third period 17:09 - Chris Waterstradt
Stefan Drew ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) Goalie stats Brad McInnis ( 28 saves / 31 shots )


Quarterfinals

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(1) Air Force vs. (8) Sacred Heart

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March 13 Air Force 4 – 3 Sacred Heart Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 05:49 - Matt Gingera
Jeff Hajner - pp - 01:17
Derrick Burnett - pp - 10:25
Scott Kozlak - sh - 19:58
Second period No scoring
Jacques Lamoureux - 18:24 Third period 03:55 - pp - Erik Boisvert
06:28 - pp - Erik Boisvert
Andrew Volkening ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Stefan Drew ( 37 saves / 41 shots )
March 14 Air Force 1 – 4 Sacred Heart Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 03:36 - Bear Trapp
09:53 - pp - Matt Gingera
Scott Kozlak - sh - 04:01 Second period 10:27 - Eric Giosa
No scoring Third period 01:16 - pp - Eric Giosa
Andrew Volkening ( 9 saves / 13 shots ) Goalie stats Stefan Drew ( 42 saves / 43 shots )
March 15 Air Force 8 – 1 Sacred Heart Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
Greg Flynn - 05:54
Greg Flynn - pp - 08:32
Jacques Lamoureux - pp - 18:45
First period No scoring
Jacques Lamoureux - 00:45
Brent Olson - 03:32
Brent Olson - 16:46
Jeff Hajner - pp - 18:56
Second period 01:52 - pp - Erik Boisvert
Brent Olson - pp - 07:44 Third period No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 14 saves / 15 shots ) Goalie stats Stefan Drew ( 14 saves / 17 shots )
Olivier St. Onge ( 29 saves / 34 shots )
Air Force won series 2–1


(2) RIT vs. (7) Holy Cross

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March 13 RIT 3 – 5 Holy Cross Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
Anton Kharin - 08:53
Matt Crowell - 18:07
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 13:10 - pp - Brodie Sheahan
15:38 - pp - Brodie Sheahan
Andrew Favot - 11:36 Third period 01:07 - pp - Jay Silvia
04:58 - JP Martignetti
19:25 - en - Matt Celin
Louis Menard ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Ian Dams ( 34 saves / 37 shots )
March 14 RIT 6 – 4 Holy Cross Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
Bobby Raymond - 16:43 First period No scoring
Chris Haltigin - 01:55
Dan Ringwald - 08:11
Brennan Sarazin - sh - 16:54
Second period 04:27 - JP Martignetti
10:21 - Jordan Cyr
18:02 - pp - Brodie Sheahan
Tyler Brenner - pp - 05:08
Cameron Burt - pp - 16:19
Third period 07:48 - sh - Peter Lorinser
Louis Menard ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Ian Dams ( 30 saves / 36 shots )
March 15 RIT 9 – 5 Holy Cross Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
Brent Alexin - sh - 13:59
Cameron Burt - 19:30
First period No scoring
Tyler Brenner - 04:40
Tyler Brenner - pp - 10:08
Chris Haltigin - 15:22
Mike Janda - 16:32
Anton Kharin - pp - 18:07
Second period 01:36 - Everett Sheen
04:57 - Jay Silvia
10:31 - pp - Jordan Cyr
Stevan Matic - 08:14
Anton Kharin - en - 19:00
Third period 00:35 - Jay Silvia
07:15 - Ryan Driscoll
Louis Menard ( 38 saves / 43 shots ) Goalie stats Ian Dams ( 14 saves / 21 shots )
Adam Roy ( 6 saves / 7 shots )
RIT won series 2–1


(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Army

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March 13 Mercyhurst 6 – 2 Army Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
Matt Fennell - pp - 13:46
Matt Pierce - 17:01
First period 19:22 - Bryant Skarda
Phil Ginand - pp - 10:04 Second period No scoring
Dan Bremner - 01:52
Brett Robinson - 02:29
Matt Fennell - pp - 07:01
Third period 04:51 - pp - Owen Meyer
Ryan Zapolski ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Jay Clark ( 35 saves / 41 shots )
March 14 Mercyhurst 5 – 0 Army Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
Matt Fennell - 07:50
Cody Collins - 14:00
Phil Ginand - 16:15
First period No scoring
Matt Pierce - 14:01 Second period No scoring
Brett Robinson - 08:21 Third period No scoring
Ryan Zapolski ( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Jay Clark ( 28 saves / 33 shots )
Mercyhurst won series 2–0


(4) Bentley vs. (5) Canisius

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March 13 Bentley 6 – 3 Canisius John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
Erik Peterson - 03:34
Dain Prewitt - 08:55
First period 17:57 - Josh Heidinger
Dain Prewitt - pp - 13:47
Anthony Canzoneri - pp - 16:22
Second period 11:32 - sh - Dave Kostuch
Justin Kemmerer - 14:42
Brendan Harrison - en - 19:45
Third period 01:44 - Dave Kostuch
Kyle Rank ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Morrison ( 18 saves / 23 shots )
March 14 Bentley 3 – 7 Canisius John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
Dain Prewitt - 19:38 First period 11:37 - Cory Conacher
13:26 - Dave Kostuch
15:50 - pp - Ryan Klusendorf
Dain Prewitt - pp - 18:51 Second period 05:06 - pp - Carl Hudson
07:44 - Ryan Klusendorf
Dustin Cloutier - pp - 00:30 Third period 07:30 - Jason Weeks
09:39 - pp - Scott Jenks
Kyle Rank ( 10 saves / 15 shots )
Joe Calvi ( 3 saves / 5 shots )
Goalie stats Andrew Loewen ( 41 saves / 44 shots )
March 15 Bentley 4 – 2 Canisius John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
Jeff Gumaer - 00:14
Marc Menzione - 11:16
First period 03:09 - Adam Brace
Jeff Gumaer - 00:09
Jeff Gumaer - pp - 07:51
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:11 - Adam Brace
Kyle Rank ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Andrew Loewen ( 16 saves / 20 shots )
Dan Morrison ( 18 saves / 18 shots )
Bentley won series 2–1


Semifinals

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(1) Air Force vs. (4) Bentley

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March 20 Air Force 3 – 0 Bentley Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Matt Fairchild - 10:56
Josh Frider - pp - 18:47
Second period No scoring
Matt Fairchild - pp - 17:53 Third period No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Kyle Rank ( 23 saves / 26 shots )


(2) RIT vs. (3) Mercyhurst

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March 20 RIT 4 – 5 OT Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Cameron Burt - pp - 14:00 First period 00:37 - Neil Graham
Al Mazur - pp - 04:56
Anton Kharin - 06:19
Second period 06:57 - pp - Scott Pitt
17:02 - pp - Brandon Coccimiglio
Cameron Burt - 19:01 Third period 00:31 - pp - Scott Pitt
No scoring First overtime period 02:19 - Chris Risi
Jared DeMichiel ( 31 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Ryan Zapolski ( 36 saves / 40 shots )


Championship

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(1) Air Force vs. (3) Mercyhurst

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March 21 Air Force 2 – 0 Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Jacques Lamoureux - 03:02 First period No scoring
Matt Fairchild - 01:11 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Ryan Zapolski ( 31 saves / 33 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ Lerch, Chris (March 21, 2009). "Air Force captures third consecutive Atlantic Hockey crown". U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.