2009 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
| 2009 Atlantic Hockey Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 7–21, 2009 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | Air Force (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Frank Serratore (3rd title) |
| MVP | (Air Force) |
Atlantic Hockey Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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[]
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[]
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[]
| First round March 7 |
Quarterfinals March 13–15 |
Semifinals March 20 |
Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | Air Force | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Holy Cross | 1* | 8 | Sacred Heart | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Bentley | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | American International | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | RIT | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sacred Heart | 4 | 7 | Holy Cross | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | Air Force | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Connecticut | 2 | 3 | Mercyhurst | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mercyhurst | 6 | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Army | 2 | 0 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bentley | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | RIT | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Canisius | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | Mercyhurst | 5* | ||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round[]
(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International[]
| 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 | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
(8) Sacred Heart vs. (9) Connecticut[]
| March 7 | Sacred Heart | 4 – 2 | Connecticut | Milford Ice Pavilion | Recap | |||
| - pp - 11:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| - 07:59 | Second period | 11:48 - | ||||||
| - 08:19 - en - 19:15 |
Third period | 17:09 - | ||||||
| ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
Quarterfinals[]
(1) Air Force vs. (8) Sacred Heart[]
| March 13 | Air Force | 4 – 3 | Sacred Heart | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 05:49 - | ||||||
| - pp - 01:17 - pp - 10:25 - sh - 19:58 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacques Lamoureux - 18:24 | Third period | 03:55 - pp - 06:28 - pp - | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Air Force | 1 – 4 | Sacred Heart | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 03:36 - 09:53 - pp - | ||||||
| - sh - 04:01 | Second period | 10:27 - | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:16 - pp - | ||||||
| ( 9 saves / 13 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 42 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Air Force | 8 – 1 | Sacred Heart | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| - 05:54 - pp - 08:32 Jacques Lamoureux - pp - 18:45 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacques Lamoureux - 00:45 - 03:32 - 16:46 - pp - 18:56 |
Second period | 01:52 - pp - | ||||||
| - pp - 07:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 14 saves / 15 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Air Force won series 2–1 | |
(2) RIT vs. (7) Holy Cross[]
| March 13 | RIT | 3 – 5 | Holy Cross | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| - 08:53 - 18:07 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:10 - pp - 15:38 - pp - | ||||||
| - 11:36 | Third period | 01:07 - pp - 04:58 - 19:25 - en - | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 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 | ||||||
| - 01:55 Dan Ringwald - 08:11 - sh - 16:54 |
Second period | 04:27 - 10:21 - 18:02 - pp - | ||||||
| Tyler Brenner - pp - 05:08 - pp - 16:19 |
Third period | 07:48 - sh - | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 30 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | RIT | 9 – 5 | Holy Cross | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| - sh - 13:59 - 19:30 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Brenner - 04:40 Tyler Brenner - pp - 10:08 - 15:22 - 16:32 - pp - 18:07 |
Second period | 01:36 - Everett Sheen 04:57 - 10:31 - pp - | ||||||
| - 08:14 - en - 19:00 |
Third period | 00:35 - 07:15 - | ||||||
| ( 38 saves / 43 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 14 saves / 21 shots ) ( 6 saves / 7 shots ) | ||||||
| RIT won series 2–1 | |
(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Army[]
| March 13 | Mercyhurst | 6 – 2 | Army | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| - pp - 13:46 Matt Pierce - 17:01 |
First period | 19:22 - | ||||||
| Phil Ginand - pp - 10:04 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| - 01:52 - 02:29 - pp - 07:01 |
Third period | 04:51 - pp - | ||||||
| Ryan Zapolski ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 35 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Mercyhurst | 5 – 0 | Army | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| - 07:50 Cody Collins - 14:00 Phil Ginand - 16:15 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Pierce - 14:01 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| - 08:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Zapolski ( 27 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| Mercyhurst won series 2–0 | |
(4) Bentley vs. (5) Canisius[]
| March 13 | Bentley | 6 – 3 | Canisius | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| - 03:34 - 08:55 |
First period | 17:57 - | ||||||
| - pp - 13:47 - pp - 16:22 |
Second period | 11:32 - sh - | ||||||
| - 14:42 Brendan Harrison - en - 19:45 |
Third period | 01:44 - | ||||||
| Kyle Rank ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 18 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Bentley | 3 – 7 | Canisius | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| - 19:38 | First period | 11:37 - Cory Conacher 13:26 - 15:50 - pp - | ||||||
| - pp - 18:51 | Second period | 05:06 - pp - Carl Hudson 07:44 - | ||||||
| - pp - 00:30 | Third period | 07:30 - 09:39 - pp - | ||||||
| Kyle Rank ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) ( 3 saves / 5 shots ) |
Goalie stats | ( 41 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Bentley | 4 – 2 | Canisius | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| - 00:14 - 11:16 |
First period | 03:09 - Adam Brace | ||||||
| - 00:09 - pp - 07:51 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:11 - Adam Brace | ||||||
| Kyle Rank ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 16 saves / 20 shots ) ( 18 saves / 18 shots ) | ||||||
| Bentley won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) Air Force vs. (4) Bentley[]
| March 20 | Air Force | 3 – 0 | Bentley | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| - 10:56 - pp - 18:47 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| - pp - 17:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kyle Rank ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
(2) RIT vs. (3) Mercyhurst[]
| March 20 | RIT | 4 – 5 | OT | Mercyhurst | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | ||
| - pp - 14:00 | First period | 00:37 - Neil Graham | ||||||
| - pp - 04:56 - 06:19 |
Second period | 06:57 - pp - Scott Pitt 17:02 - pp - | ||||||
| - 19:01 | Third period | 00:31 - pp - Scott Pitt | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:19 - | ||||||
| Jared DeMichiel ( 31 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | Ryan Zapolski ( 36 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[]
(1) Air Force vs. (3) Mercyhurst[]
| March 21 | Air Force | 2 – 0 | Mercyhurst | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| Jacques Lamoureux - 03:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| - 01:11 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Ryan Zapolski ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- G (Air Force)
- D (Air Force)
- D (Air Force)
- F (RIT)
- F * (Air Force)
- F Scott Pitt (Mercyhurst)
* Most Valuable Player(s)
References[]
- ^ Lerch, Chris (2009-03-21). "Air Force captures third consecutive Atlantic Hockey crown". U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
Categories:
- 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
- Atlantic Hockey Tournament