2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

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2010 Atlantic Hockey Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 5–20, 2010
Teams10
Finals siteBlue Cross Arena
Rochester, New York
ChampionsRIT (1st title)
Winning coachWayne Wilson (1st title)
MVP (RIT)
Atlantic Hockey Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 7th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 20, 2010 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, RIT received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds played a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lower-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and higher-ranked first-round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2010 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

2009–10 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10 RIT†* 28 22 5 1 45 109 51 41 28 12 1 145 90
Sacred Heart 28 16 9 3 35 99 86 38 21 13 4 131 123
Air Force 28 14 8 6 34 86 70 37 16 15 6 103 96
Mercyhurst 28 15 10 3 33 103 70 38 15 20 3 121 118
Canisius 28 13 11 4 30 97 89 37 17 15 5 125 122
Army 28 10 12 6 26 80 83 36 11 18 7 98 114
Holy Cross 28 10 13 5 25 70 74 37 12 19 6 87 102
Bentley 28 10 15 3 23 78 105 35 12 19 4 94 123
Connecticut 28 6 19 3 15 48 91 37 7 27 3 59 135
American International 28 5 19 4 14 59 110 33 5 24 4 69 131
Championship: RIT
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

  First round
March 5–6 		Quarterfinals
March 12–13 		Semifinals
March 19 		Championship
March 20
                                         
  1 RIT 4* 4 — 1 RIT 4  
7 Holy Cross 4 9 Connecticut 3 1 — 5 Canisius 0  
10 American International 2
  2 Sacred Heart 4 4* —
8 Bentley 1 7 Holy Cross 0 3 —     1 RIT 6
9 Connecticut 2   2 Sacred Heart 1
  3 Air Force 3 4 —
6 Army 0 2 —
  4 Mercyhurst 1 4 — 2 Sacred Heart 2
5 Canisius 5 5** — 3 Air Force 1  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

First round[]

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

March 5 Holy Cross 4 – 2 American International Hart Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
- 09:29
- 11:53
- 12:31 		Second period 06:48 -
15:23 - Mike Little
- 13:11 Third period No scoring
( 15 saves / 17 shots ) Goalie stats Ben Meisner ( 19 saves / 22 shots )
( 8 saves / 9 shots )


(8) Bentley vs. (9) Connecticut[]

March 6 Bentley 1 – 2 Connecticut John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
- 14:23 First period 03:05 - Andrew Olson
14:56 -
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Kyle Rank ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats ( 27 saves / 28 shots )


Quarterfinals[]

(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut[]

March 12 RIT 4 – 3 OT Connecticut Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
Dan Ringwald - pp - 11:10
Scott Knowles - 11:35 		First period No scoring
- pp - 07:36 Second period 09:05 - pp -
16:24 -
18:22 - sh - Andrew Olson
No scoring Third period No scoring
- 09:54 First overtime period No scoring
Jared DeMichiel ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats ( 51 saves / 55 shots )
March 13 RIT 4 – 1 Connecticut Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
- pp - 03:28
- 14:27 		First period No scoring
Chris Tanev - 06:35
- 10:25 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 5:21 - pp -
Jared DeMichiel ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats ( 33 saves / 37 shots )
RIT won series 2–0


(2) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Holy Cross[]

March 12 Sacred Heart 4 – 0 Holy Cross Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Nick Johnson - pp - 16:04 Second period No scoring
- 12:13
- 16:45
- en - 18:17 		Third period No scoring
( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
Empty net ( 1 shot )
March 13 Sacred Heart 4 – 3 OT Holy Cross Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
Nick Johnson - 03:22
- 12:35 		First period No scoring
- 15:28 Second period 00:21 -
07:54 -
08:14 -
No scoring Third period No scoring
- 04:53 First overtime period No scoring
( 16 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats ( 24 saves / 28 shots )
Sacred Heart won series 2–0


(3) Air Force vs. (6) Army[]

March 12 Air Force 3 – 0 Army Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
- 01:38 First period No scoring
Bertsch - 16:00
- 17:36 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 29 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats ( 35 saves / 38 shots )
March 13 Air Force 4 – 2 Army Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 17:55 -
- 08:46
- 17:22 		Second period 15:30 - pp -
- pp - 18:35
- en - 19:40 		Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
Empty net ( 1 shot )
Air Force won series 2–0


(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Canisius[]

March 12 Mercyhurst 1 – 5 Canisius Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
No scoring First period 05:10 -
05:42 -
No scoring Second period 06:40 - pp -
Scott Pitt - pp - 14:34 Third period 10:18 - pp - Carl Hudson
16:05 - en - Heidinger
Ryan Zapolski ( 21 saves / 25 shots )
Empty net ( 1 shot ) 		Goalie stats ( 41 saves / 42 shots )
March 13 Mercyhurst 4 – 5 2OT Canisius Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
No scoring First period 13:07 -
- pp - 00:47
- pp - 05:28
Fennell - pp - 05:45
- pp - 09:30 		Second period 12:03 - pp -
No scoring Third period 14:15 - pp -
16:13 - pp - Kostuch
No scoring Second overtime period 07:00 -
Ryan Zapolski ( 63 saves / 68 shots ) Goalie stats ( 44 saves / 48 shots )
Canisius won series 2–0


Semifinals[]

(1) RIT vs. (5) Canisius[]

March 19 RIT 4 – 0 Canisius Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Tyler Brenner - pp - 14:52
- 15:44 		First period No scoring
- pp - 08:41 Second period No scoring
- pp - 14:01 Third period No scoring
Jared DeMichiel ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats ( 26 saves / 30 shots )


(2) Sacred Heart vs. (3) Air Force[]

March 19 Sacred Heart 2 – 1 Air Force Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
- 10:14 Second period No scoring
- 19:18 Third period 18:31 - ea -
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats ( 32 saves / 34 shots )


Championship[]

(1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart[]

March 20 RIT 6 – 1 Sacred Heart Blue Cross Arena Recap  
- pp - 02:16
- sh - 19:41 		First period No scoring
- 01:08
- 12:04
Tyler Brenner - pp - 19:04 		Second period No scoring
Murphy - 17:56 Third period 03:48 -
Jared DeMichiel ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats ( 33 saves / 39 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References[]

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