2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
2014 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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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) |
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
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
Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
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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![]() 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)
References[]
- 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
- Atlantic Hockey Tournament