2004 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2004 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 12–20, 2004
Teams9
Finals siteTate Rink
West Point, New York
ChampionsHoly Cross (1st title)
Winning coachPaul Pearl[1] (1st title)
MVP (Holy Cross)
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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[]

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[]

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

2003–04 Atlantic Hockey standings
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[]

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[]

(8) Army vs. (9) American International[]

March 9[4] Army 3 – 4 American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Picone) - 06:40
(Mayfield, Cruthers) - PP - 08:41 		First period 05:47 - (Walbert, Valdes)
13:28 -
No scoring Second period 10:13 - (McConnell, Miller)
(Mayfield, Rudd) - 14:21 Third period 10:10 - GW PP - (Walbert)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats ( 34 saves / 37 shots )


Quarterfinals[]

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

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


(2) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Bentley[]

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


(3) Quinnipiac vs. (6) Canisius[]

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 -
( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats ( 27 saves / 27 shots )


(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Connecticut[]

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


Semifinals[]

(1) Holy Cross vs. (6) Canisius[]

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


(2) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Sacred Heart[]

March 14[10] Mercyhurst 2 – 3 Sacred Heart Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period 14:22 - (Ferraro, Wright)
- 02:55
(Martin, Reynolds) - SH - 05:33 		Second period 04:06 - (Larson, Molinaro)
16:48 -
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats ( 22 saves / 24 shots )


Championship[]

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

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


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

  • G (Holy Cross)
  • D (Sacred Heart)
  • D (Holy Cross)
  • F (Sacred Heart)
  • F * (Holy Cross)
  • F (Holy Cross)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[12]

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