2005 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2005 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 9–19, 2005
Teams	9
Finals site	Northford Ice Pavilion Northford, Connecticut
Champions	Mercyhurst (1st title)
Winning coach	Rick Gotkin[1] (1st title)
MVP	Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)
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The 2005 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2005. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Quinnipiac home venue: Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Connecticut. By winning the tournament, Mercyhurst received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 2005 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

2004–05 Atlantic Hockey standings v t
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Quinnipiac†	24	16	6	2	34	96	64		37	21	13	3	120	102
Canisius	24	14	7	3	31	76	62		35	16	15	4	98	98
Mercyhurst*	24	14	7	3	31	86	64		38	18	16	4	124	116
Holy Cross	24	12	7	5	29	76	60		36	16	14	6	108	102
Sacred Heart	24	13	10	1	27	76	73		35	13	21	1	89	128
Connecticut	24	10	12	2	22	64	71		37	11	23	3	90	128
Bentley	24	6	13	5	17	65	83		34	8	20	6	81	125
Army	24	5	16	3	13	47	71		31	7	21	3	60	97
American International	24	4	16	4	12	50	88		31	4	23	4	63	116
Championship: Mercyhurst † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

	Play-In[2] March 9					Quarterfinals[3] March 12					Semifinals[4] March 18					Championship March 19
						1	Quinnipiac	2
	8	Army	5			8	Army	0
	9	American International	3								1	Quinnipiac	4
											7	Bentley	1
						2	Canisius	2
						7	Bentley	4
																1	Quinnipiac	2
																3	Mercyhurst	3*
						3	Mercyhurst	7
						6	Connecticut	4
											3	Mercyhurst	4*
											4	Holy Cross	3
						4	Holy Cross	4
						5	Sacred Heart	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Play-In[]

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

March 9[5]	Army		5 – 3		American International	Tate Rink	Recap
- 08:54		First period			13:37 -
- 08:05		Second period			No scoring
- 05:30 - GW PP - 08:54 - 12:18		Third period			07:31 - 16:17 - PP -
( 16 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			( 28 saves / 33 shots )

Quarterfinals[]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Army[]

March 12[6]	Quinnipiac		2 – 0		Army	Northford Ice Pavilion	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
- GW - 05:57 - 17:44		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 22 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			( 25 saves / 27 shots )

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

March 12[7]	Canisius		2 – 4		Bentley	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
- 00:21		First period			No scoring
No Scoring		Second period			08:57 -
- 07:01		Third period			02:54 - PP - 09:07 - GW - 19:11 - EN -
( 21 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			( 28 saves / 30 shots )

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut[]

March 12[8]	Mercyhurst		7 – 4		Connecticut	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
T.J. Kemp - PP - 09:40 Dave Borrelli - PP - 16:29		First period			01:49 - 01:57 - 13:16 - PP -
Ben Cottreau - PP - 09:41 T.J. Kemp - PP - 11:57 David Wrigley - GW - 12:47		Second period			06:12 -
Rich Hansen - 14:44 Dave Borrelli - EN - 19:34		Third period			No scoring
( 20 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			( 28 saves / 34 shots )

(4) Holy Cross vs. (5) Sacred Heart[]

March 12[9]	Holy Cross		4 – 2		Sacred Heart	Hart Center	Recap
- 10:56 - 16:00		First period			14:26 - 19:39 - PP -
- GW PP - 04:57		Second period			No scoring
- 03:26		Third period			No scoring
( 21 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Semifinals[]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Bentley[]

March 18[10]	Quinnipiac		4 – 1		Bentley	Northford Ice Pavilion	Recap
- PP - 11:00		First period			17:16 -
Jamie Bates - GW - 03:42 - 08:22		Second period			No scoring
- EN - 08:22		Third period			No scoring
( 24 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			( 29 saves / 32 shots )

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Holy Cross[]

March 18[11]	Mercyhurst		4 – 3	OT	Holy Cross	Northford Ice Pavilion	Recap
David Wrigley - 02:45		First period			03:30 - Tyler McGregor
- 07:20 Scott Champagne - 08:23		Second period			05:37 - 18:13 -
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
- GW - 02:03		First overtime period			No scoring
( 36 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats			( 32 saves / 36 shots )

Championship[]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Mercyhurst[]

March 19[12]	Quinnipiac		2 – 3	OT	Mercyhurst	Northford Ice Pavilion	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
- 02:06 - 12:27		Second period			05:17 - Dave Borrelli
No Scoring		Third period			14:03 -
No Scoring		First overtime period			04:56 - GW - Scott Champagne
( 34 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats			( 36 saves / 38 shots )

Tournament awards[]

Three Stars of the Tournament[]

• 3 Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)
• 2 (Quinnipiac)
• 1 (Mercyhurst)

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MVP[]

• Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)^[14]

References[]