2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

2014 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2014 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 7–22, 2014
Teams	12
Finals site	Blue Cross Arena; Rochester, New York
Champions	Robert Morris (1st title)
Winning coach	Derek Schooley (1st title)
MVP	(Robert Morris)
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The 2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2014, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament was the Robert Morris Colonials, who earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2014 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, played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular-season standings received 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 played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 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

2013–14 Atlantic Hockey standings v t
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Mercyhurst	27	17	4	6	40	107	65	41	21	13	7	148	124
Bentley	27	16	7	4	36	100	67	37	19	14	4	127	99
Air Force	27	15	9	3	33	81	73	39	21	14	4	115	106
Connecticut	27	15	9	3	33	75	61	36	18	14	4	91	86
Robert Morris*	27	13	9	5	31	95	78	42	19	18	5	145	130
Niagara	27	11	11	5	27	89	78	40	15	20	5	113	122
Canisius	27	11	13	3	25	81	78	41	17	21	3	120	125
Holy Cross	27	11	13	3	25	68	72	39	14	22	3	97	114
RIT	27	10	14	3	23	67	84	37	12	20	5	94	124
Sacred Heart	27	11	16	0	22	75	99	36	12	24	0	82	137
American International	27	9	17	1	19	74	107	36	10	25	1	90	151
Army	27	5	22	0	10	60	110	34	6	28	0	73	146
Championship: Robert Morris indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket[]

First round March 7–9					Quarterfinals March 14–16					Semifinals March 21			Championship March 22

					1	Mercyhurst	5*	4	—	1	Mercyhurst	4
5	Robert Morris	8	2	3	8	Holy Cross	4	1	—	7	Canisius	5**
12	Army	4	4	1

					2	Bentley	4*	4	2
6	Niagara	1**	4	—	7	Canisius	3	5**	3				7	Canisius	4
11	American International	0	2	—									5	Robert Morris	7

					3	Air Force	2	3	3
7	Canisius	3	5	—	6	Niagara	1	4	4*
10	Sacred Heart	0	0	—

					4	Connecticut	0	2	—	5	Robert Morris	5*
8	Holy Cross	2	5	3*	5	Robert Morris	3	3	—	6	Niagara	4
9	RIT	3*	1	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

First round[]

(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Army[]

March 7	Robert Morris		8 – 4	Army	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		16:44 - PP - (Zaremba, Gehrt)
(Friedmann, Jones) - 01:53 (Rey, Gibson) - 02:12 (Gibson, Denham) - 04:16 (Moore, Wydo) - 06:21 (Golightly, Renwick) - GW - 09:19 (Rigatti) - 11:56		Second period		No scoring
(Jacklin, Wydo) - 00:32 (Jacklin, Lynch) - PP - 02:15		Third period		11:06 - Luke Jenkins (Richards, Lalor) 18:48 - PP - (Reuschlein, Roberts) 19:47 - (O'Leary)
( 18 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		( 16 saves / 21 shots ) / ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

March 8	Robert Morris		2 – 4	Army	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		01:05 - (Pomarico, Hearn)
(Wydo, Blazek) - 09:51 (Lynch, Blazek) - PP - 19:13		Second period		01:27 - PP - (Kozlak, Reuschlein) 04:38 - GW - (Reuschlein, Roberts) 14:28 - (Pomarico, Reuschlein)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 26 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		( 34 saves / 36 shots )

March 9	Robert Morris		3 – 1	Army	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Cope) - 04:44 (Golightly, Renwick) - GW - 11:34		Second period		02:02 - SH - Luke Jenkins (unassisted)
(Lynch) - 05:42		Third period		No scoring
( 10 saves / 11 shots ) / ( 15 saves / 15 shots )		Goalie stats		( 28 saves / 31 shots )

Robert Morris won series 2–1

(6) Niagara vs. (11) American International[]

March 7	Niagara		1 – 0	2OT	American International	Dwyer Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Muto) - GW - 04:43		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 38 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats			( 48 saves / 49 shots )

March 8	Niagara		4 – 2	American International	Dwyer Arena	Recap
(Rashid) - 04:36 (Alfieri, Williams) - 08:18 (Akeson, Muto) - GW PP - 15:33		First period		No scoring
(Sarcona, Pietrobon) - 04:02		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		00:41 - (MacMillan, Puskar) 11:34 - (MacMillan)
( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Niagara won series 2–0

(7) Canisius vs. (10) Sacred Heart[]

March 7	Canisius		3 – 0	Bentley	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Danford, Gibbons) Shane Conacher - GW PP - 02:12		Second period		No scoring
(Law, McCrank) - 06:22 (Backhouse, Freeman) - EN - 18:07		Third period		No scoring
( 27 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		( 25 saves / 27 shots )

March 8	Canisius		5 – 0	Bentley	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
(Sullivan, Bohrer) - GW - 13:23		First period		No scoring
(unassisted) - SH - 04:59 (Roe) - 11:33		Second period		No scoring
(Gibbons, Sullivan) - 06:20 (Danford, Gibbons) - 14:25		Third period		No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		( 26 saves / 31 shots )

Canisius won series 2–0

(8) Holy Cross vs. (9) RIT[]

March 7	Holy Cross		2 – 3	OT	RIT	Hart Center	Recap
(Schmidt, Smith) - PP - 18:37		First period			10:23 - (Mitchell, Lynch)
No scoring		Second period			11:41 - (Smith, Kuqali)
(McNamara, Vidal) - 12:44		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			13:23 - GW - (Noyes)
( 45 saves / 48 shots )		Goalie stats			( 36 saves / 38 shots )

March 8	Holy Cross		5 – 1	RIT	Hart Center	Recap
(Schmidt, Barrett) Tim Driscoll - 00:47 (unassisted) - GW - 02:14 (McGrath, Lubanski) - 12:56		First period		No scoring
(McGrath, Sommer) - EA - 10:16		Second period		No scoring
(Vidal) - 13:38		Third period		03:51 - PP - (Lynch, Noyes)
( 29 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		( 27 saves / 32 shots )

March 9	Holy Cross		3 – 2	OT	RIT	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			10:23 - (Miller, McGowan)
(Stockton, Nagy) - 04:08 (Youso) - 08:37		Second period			03:00 - (Fostvelt)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Schmidt) - GW - 00:38		First overtime period			No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			( 39 saves / 42 shots )

Holy Cross won series 2–1

Quarterfinals[]

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Holy Cross[]

March 14	Mercyhurst		5 – 4	OT	Holy Cross	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			08:54 - PP - (Barrett, Stockton)
(Frischmon, Shields) - 14:26 (O'Donoghue, Zay) Nick Jones - 19:21		Second period			00:30 - (McNamara, Beckman) 05:11 - (Sommer, Youso) 19:36 - (Lubanski, Beckman)
(Nagtzaam, Mastrodicasa) - PP - 07:03 (Bahntge, Hrehoriak) - EA - 19:33		Third period			No scoring
(Misiak, Mastrodicasa) - GW - 04:40		First overtime period			No scoring
( 34 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats			( 45 saves / 50 shots )

March 15	Mercyhurst		4 – 1	Holy Cross	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
(Bahntge, O'Donoghue) Nick Jones - 02:27		First period		No scoring
(Frischmon, Bodo) - 02:41 (O'Donoghue, Shiplo) - 15:20		Second period		No scoring
(Hrehoriak, Just) - 15:46		Third period		16:52 - (Smith, Driscoll)
( 45 saves / 46 shots )		Goalie stats		( 32 saves / 36 shots )

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

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

March 14	Bentley		4 – 3	OT	Canisius	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
(Weinstein, Gensler) - PP - 02:46 (Reardon, Fitzstephens) - 08:48		First period			13:46 - (Freeman, Gibbons)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Grieve, Switzer) - EA - 19:37		Third period			03:39 - (Law, Jessey) 05:59 - (Law, Wiseman)
(Gensler, Blomquist) - GW - 00:40		First overtime period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			( 27 saves / 31 shots )

March 15	Bentley		4 – 5	2OT	Canisius	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
(Grieve) - 09:46 (Weinstein) - 19:07		First period			No scoring
(Grieve, Gensler) - 07:08 (Gensler, Weinstein) - 18:30		Second period			01:34 - (Conacher, McCrank)
No scoring		Third period			05:15 - (Backhouse, Gibbons) 11:19 - PP - (Danford, Conacher) 15:55 - Shane Conacher (Jessey, McCrank)
No scoring		Second overtime period			06:59 - GW - (Wiseman, Backhouse)
( 40 saves / 45 shots )		Goalie stats			( 42 saves / 46 shots )

March 16	Bentley		2 – 3	Canisius	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
(Weinstein, Blomquist) - 11:06 (Gensler, Gladiuk) - 18:05		First period		11:56 - (Danford)
No scoring		Second period		03:59 - (Jessey, Rumble)
No scoring		Third period		08:52 - (Cuddemi, Conacher)
( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		( 38 saves / 40 shots )

Canisius won series 2–1

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

March 14	Air Force		2 – 1	Niagara	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Demers, Halloran) - 06:28 (Michalke) - GW - 09:43		Second period		06:58 - (unassisted)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		( 35 saves / 37 shots )

March 15	Air Force		3 – 4	Niagara	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		13:43 - (Ryan, Conderman)
(Holm, Gunner) - 04:14 (Thomas, Michalke) - 12:25		Second period		02:43 - (Williams, Turcotte) 14:43 - (Kolenda, Patterson)
(unassisted) - 01:44		Third period		11:40 - GW - (Michalke, Torrel)
( 29 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		( 23 saves / 26 shots )

March 16	Air Force		3 – 4	OT	Niagara	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(McKenzie, Holm) - PP - 08:42 (Fabian, Halloran) - 13:28		First period			05:23 - (Albers, Conte) 12:56 - (unassisted)
No scoring		Second period			16:16 - (Williams, Nasca)
(Michalke, Hrabovsky) - 06:29		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			04:49 - GW - (Sarcona)
( 27 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Niagara won series 2–1

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

March 14	Connecticut		0 – 3	Robert Morris	Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		19:14 - GW - (Blazek, Friedmann)
No scoring		Third period		06:53 - (Renwick) 18:18 - (Gibson, Cope)
( 31 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats		( 33 saves / 33 shots )

March 15	Connecticut		2 – 3	Robert Morris	Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Ferriss, Tyson) - 04:41 (Skibba, Gaffney) - 07:18		Second period		02:35 - PP - (Wydo, Wilson) 07:42 - (Gibson, Blazek) 12:35 - GW - (Rigatti, Golightly)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		( 36 saves / 38 shots )

Robert Morris won series 2–0

Semifinals[]

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

March 21	Mercyhurst		4 – 5	2OT	Canisius	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Monteith) - 09:40 (Just, O'Donoghue) Nick Jones - 17:34		First period			07:40 - (McCrank, McKellar)
(Frischmon, Shiplo) - 11:03		Second period			01:19 - (Conacher) 17:10 - (Gibbons, Jessey)
(Zay, Bahntge) - 11:48		Third period			06:51 - (Conacher, Backhouse)
No scoring		Second overtime period			13:30 - GW - (Roe, Cuddemi)
( 42 saves / 47 shots )		Goalie stats			( 58 saves / 62 shots )

(5) Robert Morris vs. (6) Niagara[]

March 21	Robert Morris		5 – 4	OT	Niagara	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Cope) - 02:56		First period			No scoring
(Denham, Golightly) - 09:30		Second period			03:39 - (Kolenda, Albers)
(Friedmann, Jones) - 11:29 (Lynch, Jacklin) - 12:29		Third period			08:32 - (Williams, Sarcona) 16:57 - (Williams, Sarcona) 17:44 - (Williams, Conte)
(Lynch, Golightly) - GW - 14:56		First overtime period			No scoring
( 51 saves / 55 shots )		Goalie stats			( 38 saves / 43 shots )

Championship[]

(5) Robert Morris vs. (7) Canisius[]

March 22	Robert Morris		7 – 4	Canisius	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(unassisted) - 00:26 (Lynch, Izyk) - 17:34		Second period		06:08 - (Rumble, Beck)
(Rey, Denham) - 01:31 (Rigatti, Golightly) - 07:11 (Lynch, Wydo) - GW - 11:04 (Blazek, Cope) - 13:04 (Jacklin) - 18:06		Third period		01:16 - Shane Conacher (McCrank, Jessey) 10:27 - (Cuddemi, Rumble) 12:35 - PP - Chris Rumble (Jessey, Beck)
( 27 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		( 26 saves / 33 shots )

Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

G (Robert Morris).
D (Canisius).
D Chris Rumble (Canisius).
F (Robert Morris).
F (Robert Morris).
F * (Robert Morris).

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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