2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

2013 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 8–23, 2013
Teams	12
Finals site	Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York
Champions	Canisius (1st title)
Winning coach	Dave Smith (1st title)
MVP	(Canisius)
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The 2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It will be played between March 8 and March 23, 2013 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, United States. The winner of the tournament will earn Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular season standings receive a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winners 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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Standings[]

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

2012–13 Atlantic Hockey standings v t
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#15 Niagara	27	20	5	2	42	92	60		38	23	10	5	116	95
Air Force	27	15	7	5	35	92	56		37	17	13	7	120	92
Holy Cross	27	15	9	3	33	83	79		37	20	14	3	111	106
Connecticut	27	14	10	3	31	77	70		37	19	14	4	102	94
Robert Morris	27	13	11	3	29	85	85		38	20	14	4	118	105
Mercyhurst	27	12	11	4	28	90	73		41	19	17	5	128	112
#19 Canisius *	27	12	13	2	26	71	69		43	19	19	5	113	104
RIT	27	11	12	4	26	88	89		38	15	18	5	122	126
American International	27	9	12	6	24	72	78		35	12	17	6	88	112
Bentley	27	10	14	3	23	85	87		35	12	20	3	108	116
Army	27	7	15	5	19	64	92		34	7	22	5	73	121
Sacred Heart	27	2	21	4	8	67	128		36	2	30	4	83	182
Championship: March 23, 2013 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 25, 2013

Bracket[]

	First round March 8–10							Quarterfinals March 15–17							Semifinals March 22					Championship March 23
								1	Niagara	3	2*	—			1	Niagara	3
	5	Robert Morris	4	6	—			8	RIT	2	1	—			7	Canisius	5
	12	Sacred Heart	1	1	—
								2	Air Force	3	3	—
	6	Mercyhurst	3	5	—			7	Canisius	4	4*	—								6	Mercyhurst	2
	11	Army	1	2	—															7	Canisius	7
								3	Holy Cross	2	3	0
	7	Canisius	4	2	—			6	Mercyhurst	3	2	1
	10	Bentley	0	1	—
								4	Connecticut	4	4	—			4	Connecticut	1
	8	RIT	2	7	—			5	Robert Morris	1	3	—			6	Mercyhurst	4
	9	American International	1	1	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

First round[]

(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Sacred Heart[]

March 8	Robert Morris		4 – 1		Sacred Heart	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
(Hervato, South) - 01:12 (Lynch, Renwick) - GW - 06:17 (Blazek) - 14:14		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Jacklin, Wydo) - EN - 19:16		Third period			14:46 - (Sheehan, Barthelmess)
( 26 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			( 32 saves / 35 shots )

March 9	Robert Morris		6 – 1		Sacred Heart	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
(Brace, Brace) - 09:27		First period			16:14 - (Lake, Curry)
(Brace, Golightly) - GW - 02:22 (Jacklin, Brace) - EN - 06:01 (Lynch) - 17:41		Second period			No scoring
(Brace) - PP - 10:32 (Renwick, Cope) - 14:35		Third period			No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			( 40 saves / 34 shots )

Robert Morris won series 2–0

(6) Mercyhurst vs. (11) Army[]

March 8	Mercyhurst		3 – 1		Army	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			17:49 - (Richards, Lalor)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(O'Donoghue, Mastrodicasa) - 10:38 (Misiak, O'Donoghue) - GW - 14:34 (Zay, Blakey) - EN - 19:02		Third period			No scoring
( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			( 25 saves / 27 shots )

March 9	Mercyhurst		5 – 2		Army	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
(Zay, Bodo) - 05:24		First period			No scoring
(Just, Frischmon) - 04:38		Second period			13:39 - PP - (Pomarico, Zaremba)
(Just, Jones) - GW - 08:56 (Frischmon, Just) - 16:28 (Jones) - EN - 19:09		Third period			15:07 - (Clark)
( 36 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats			( 34 saves / 38 shots )

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(7) Canisius vs. (10) Bentley[]

March 8	Canisius		4 – 0		Bentley	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Gibbons, Sullivan) - GW - 05:00		Second period			No scoring
(Sullivan, Gibbons) - 02:26 (Cuddemi) - PP - 15:09 (McCrank, Roe) - SH EN - 19:24		Third period			No scoring
( 35 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			( 32 saves / 35 shots )

March 9	Canisius		2 – 1		Bentley	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Gibbons, Roe) - 14:36 (Gibbons, Farrell) - 19:01		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			15:20 - (Rickord, Koudys)
( 35 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			( 35 saves / 37 shots )

Canisius won series 2–0

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

March 8	RIT		2 – 1		American International	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
(Colavecchia, Noyes) - PP - 13:58		First period			No scoring
(McGowan, Garbowsky) - GW - 19:47		Second period			03:16 - (Porter)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 32 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			( 30 saves / 32 shots )

March 9	RIT		7 – 1		American International	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
(Noyes, Garbowsky) - PP - 11:03 (Garbowsky, Saracino) - GW SH - 19:19		First period			No scoring
(Schuler, Garbowsky) - 09:14 (Raibl) - 17:45		Second period			No scoring
(Schuler) Matt Garbowsky - 10:46 (Noyes, Mitchell) - 13:15 (Kuqali, Lynch) - 14:06		Third period			03:16 - (Lubin, Puskar)
( 33 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			( 23 saves / 30 shots ) / ( 1 saves / 1 shots )

RIT won series 2–0

Quarterfinals[]

(1) Niagara vs. (8) RIT[]

March 15	Niagara		3 – 2		RIT	Dwyer Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Iuorio, Murphy) - 15:02		Second period			06:11 - Matt Garbowsky (McGowan, Schuler)
(Chartrain, Ryan) Giancarlo Iuorio - 03:27 (Weiss, Zanette) Giancarlo Iuorio - GW - 11:28		Third period			09:26 - (Colavecchia, Garbowsky)
( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			( 29 saves / 32 shots )

March 16	Niagara		2 – 1	OT	RIT	Dwyer Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			01:12 - SH - (Lynch)
(Ryan, Murphy) - 14:17		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Murphy) - 13:12		First overtime period			No scoring
( 34 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			( 39 saves / 41 shots )

Niagara won series 2–0

(2) Air Force vs. (7) Canisius[]

March 15	Air Force		3 – 4		Canisius	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			11:57 - (Larsson, Miller)
(Gunner, Walsh) - 06:36 (Gunner) - 14:45		Second period			09:11 - (Jessey, Parker)
(Weissenhofer, De Laurell) - SH EA - 18:52		Third period			07:56 - PP - (unassisted) 19:51 - GW PP - (Freeman, McCrank)
( 22 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			( 40 saves / 43 shots )

March 16	Air Force		3 – 4	OT	Canisius	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(Kruse, Halloran) - 18:04		First period			06:13 - (Cuddemi, Jessey)
(Holm, Carey) - 02:21 (De Laurell, Carew) - PP - 11:25		Second period			16:33 - (Sullivan, Parker)
No scoring		Third period			18:02 - (Miller, Lindsay)
No scoring		First overtime period			01:08 - (unassisted)
( 21 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			( 50 saves / 53 shots )

Canisius won series 2–0

(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Mercyhurst[]

March 15	Holy Cross		2 – 3		Mercyhurst	Hart Center	Recap
(Schmidt, Nunn) - 10:31		First period			No scoring
(Beckman, Youso) - 18:20		Second period			16:07 - PP - (Just, O'Donoghue) 18:29 - (unassisted)
No scoring		Third period			07:17 - GW - (Bodo, Gettinger)
( 26 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			( 24 saves / 26 shots )

March 16	Holy Cross		3 – 2		Mercyhurst	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			14:39 - (Shiplo, Blakey)
(Linsmayer, Stockton) - PP - 12:43		Second period			14:30 - (Just, Shiplo)
(McNamara, Ginn) - 06:06 (Stockton, Beckman) Joe McNamara - GW - 09:08		Third period			No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			( 35 saves / 38 shots )

March 17	Holy Cross		0 – 1		Mercyhurst	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			16:49 - (Bahntge)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 32 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			( 28 saves / 28 shots )

Mercyhurst won series 2–1

(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris[]

March 15	Connecticut		4 – 1		Robert Morris	Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
(Ambrosie, Sims) - 13:16		First period			11:00 - PP - (Brace)
(Poe) - GW - 04:55 (Gerke, Kirtland) - 05:45		Second period			No scoring
(unassisted) - EN - 18:53		Third period			No scoring
( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats			( 20 saves / 23 shots )

March 16	Connecticut		4 – 3		Robert Morris	Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
No Scoring		First period			10:02 - (South, Jones)
(Pauly, Gerling) - 01:36 (Sharib, Huson) - 12:27 (Gerke, Cooke) - 12:43		Second period			14:48 - (Hervato)
(Bouchard, Smutek) - GW - 03:01		Third period			16:17 - EA - (Hervato, South)
( 19 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			( 26 saves / 30 shots )

Connecticut won series 2–0

Semifinals[]

(1) Niagara vs. (7) Canisius[]

March 22	Niagara		3 – 5		Canisius	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Murphy) Giancarlo Iuorio - 03:26		First period			10:33 - (Sullivan, Gibbons) 19:21 - (McKellar, Gibbons)
(Kohls) - 04:05 (Zanette, Ryan) Giancarlo Iuorio - 13:11		Second period			10:33 - (Miller, McCrank) 19:40 - GW PP - (Wiseman, Farrell)
No scoring		Third period			01:58 - (Miller, McCrank)
( 24 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			( 41 saves / 44 shots )

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

March 22	Connecticut		1 – 4		Mercyhurst	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Sharib, Pauly) - 07:36		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			09:15 - (unassisted) 15:59 - GW - (Jones, DeWald)
No scoring		Third period			13:19 - PP - (Just, Shiplo) 18:06 - EN - (Tibbett)
( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			( 31 saves / 32 shots )

Championship[]

(6) Mercuhurst vs. (7) Canisius[]

March 23	Mercuhurst		2 – 7		Canisius	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			09:23 - (Sullivan)
(Jones, O'Donoghue) - 13:22		Second period			04:36 - PP - (Danford, Freeman) 12:31 - GW - (Shupe, Grazen) 19:03 - PP - (Wiseman, Shupe)
(Blakey, Bahntge) Nick Jones - PP - 00:58		Third period			07:03 - (Gibbons, Parker) 08:17 - (Larsson) 14:42 - PP - (Gibbons, Danford)
( 20 saves / 25 shots ) / ( 4 saves / 6 shots )		Goalie stats			( 34 saves / 36 shots )

Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

• G (Canisius)
• D (Canisius)
• D Nick Jones (Mercyhurst)
• F * (Canisius)
• F (Canisius)
• F (Mercyhurst)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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