2015 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
| 2015 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6-21, 2015 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | RIT (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Wayne Wilson (2nd title) |
| MVP | Matt Garbowsky (RIT) |
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2015 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 11th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 6 and March 21, 2015, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The tournament was won by the RIT Tigers. By winning the tournament, RIT earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[]
The tournament format changed this year because the Connecticut Huskies left the league for Hockey East, leaving 11 teams. Under the new format, the top five (instead of four) seeds all receive a bye into the quarterfinals, but the fifth seed doesn't host a quarterfinal series.
The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, will play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five 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-highest-ranked first round winner, the third seed and highest-ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed will 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 remaining seeds will play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2015 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Robert Morris  |
28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 106 | 66 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 133 | 90 | |
| Canisius | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 78 | 60 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 95 | 82 | |
| #16 RIT * | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 90 | 62 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 121 | 96 | |
| Bentley | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 76 | 67 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 100 | 92 | |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 90 | 87 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 116 | 122 | |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 68 | 61 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 84 | 87 | |
| Air Force | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 82 | 82 | 41 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 109 | 130 | |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 77 | 82 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 96 | 113 | |
| Army | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 60 | 84 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 68 | 108 | |
| American International | 28 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 107 | 36 | 4 | 25 | 7 | 87 | 155 | |
| Niagara | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 65 | 103 | 39 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 85 | 157 | |
| Championship: March 21, 2015 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
RIT and Bentley finished tied for third place; RIT is the third seed based on the third tiebreaker (head-to-head goal differential). Air Force and Holy Cross finished tied for sixth place; Holy Cross is the sixth seed based on the first tiebreaker (head-to-head results).
| First round March 6–8 |
Quarterfinals March 13–15 |
Semifinals March 20 |
Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Robert Morris | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | Robert Morris | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Holy Cross | 1 | 2*** | 3 | 11 | Niagara | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | Mercyhurst | 4* | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Niagara | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Canisius | 2 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Air Force | 6 | 10 | — | 8 | Sacred Heart | 0 | 1 | — | 3 | RIT | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | American International | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | Mercyhurst | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | RIT | 2 | 7 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sacred Heart | 2 | 5 | — | 7 | Air Force | 1 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Army | 0 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bentley | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Canisius | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Mercyhurst | 1* | 3 | 3 | 3 | RIT | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results[]
First round[]
(6) Holy Cross vs. (11) Niagara[]
| March 6 | Holy Cross | 1 – 2 | Niagara | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Bolton, Barrett) - PP - 12:04 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:29 - (Angiolella, Pietrobon) 10:10 - GW - Luke Edwards (Pietrobon, Angiolella) | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7 | Holy Cross | 2 – 1 | 3OT | Niagara | Hart Center | Recap | ||
| (Moore, Barrett) - PP - 05:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:00 - (Sarcona, Smith) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McNamara, Pooley) - GW - 11:40 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 50 saves / 51 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 58 saves / 60 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Holy Cross | 3 – 5 | Niagara | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 03:48 - (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Moore, Pooley) - 01:30 (Nagy, Youso) - 13:34 (Beckman) - 15:15 |
Second period | 04:54 - PP - (Sarcona) 12:28 - PP - (Sarcona, Patterson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:03 - GW PP - (Muto, Smith) 19:10 - EN - (Kolenda) | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 47 saves / 50 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–1 | |
(7) Air Force vs. (10) American International[]
| March 6 | Air Force | 6 – 1 | American International | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Baskin, Ledford) - 04:32 (Himley, Vosejpka) - GW - 12:02 (Demers, Weissenhofer) - 12:47 |
First period | 16:22 - (May, MacMillan) | ||||||
| (Hartner, Kucera) - 05:59 (Gunner, Rostenkowski) - 06:37 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Reid, Ledford) - PP - 01:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 28 saves / 34 shots ) / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7 | Air Force | 10 – 3 | American International | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (unassisted) - 01:11 (Carey, Holm) - 17:06 (Gunner, Weissenhofer) - 18:32 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kucera, Weissenhofer) - GW PP - 00:54 (unassisted) - 12:05 (Reid, Ledford) - 14:22 |
Second period | 01:08 - (Orszulak) | ||||||
| (Hartner, Abood) - 01:37 (Ledford, Abood) - 02:17 (Ledford, Baskin) - 06:51 (Carey) - 08:57 |
Third period | 13:11 - (May, Debrincat) 16:51 - (Gandara) | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) / ( 8 saves / 10 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) / ( 23 saves / 28 shots ) / ( 9 saves / 10 shots ) | ||||||
| Air Force won series 2–0 | |
(8) Sacred Heart vs. (9) Army[]
| March 6 | Sacred Heart | 2 – 0 | Army | Milford Ice Pavilion | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Luczyk, Doerksen) - GW - 06:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Sabatini, Butcher) - 16:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7 | Sacred Heart | 5 – 2 | Army | Milford Ice Pavilion | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Brightbill, Minello) Ben Lake - 04:27 (Nylen) - 05:54 (Rayner, Kennedy) - GW - 09:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (George, Doherty) Justin Danforth - 03:03 (Kennedy, Nylen) - EN - 18:17 |
Third period | 02:34 - PP - (Alvarez, Pham) 15:07 - (Llaurado) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| Sacred Heart won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals[]
(1) Robert Morris vs. (11) Niagara[]
| March 13 | Robert Morris | 4 – 2 | Niagara | 84 Lumber Arena | Recap | |||
| (Cope, Denham) - 08:17 | First period | 16:47 - (Edwards, Turcotte) 17:37 - PP - (Kohls, Harper) | ||||||
| (Jones) - 03:05 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Wilson, Jones) - GW - 02:48 (Gibson, Cope) - EN - 18:44 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Robert Morris | 6 – 3 | Niagara | 84 Lumber Arena | Recap | |||
| (Rey, Lynch) - 03:33 (Jacklin, Wilson) - PP - 18:44 (Wydo, Wilson) - PP - 19:34 |
First period | 14:10 - (Kolenda, Harper) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:46 - (Lochner, Turcotte) 09:05 - (Conte, Nasca) | ||||||
| (unassisted) - GW SH - 04:30 (Denham, Rey) - 07:48 (Ferguson) - EN - 17:08 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 38 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–0 | |
(2) Canisius vs. (8) Sacred Heart[]
| March 13 | Canisius | 2 – 0 | Sacred Heart | Harborcenter | Recap | |||
| (Murray, Sheeran) - GW - 14:58 (Stander, McCrank) - 19:15 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Canisius | 2 – 1 | Sacred Heart | Harborcenter | Recap | |||
| (Roe, Murray) - 01:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Freeman, Cuddemi) Chris Rumble - 02:40 | Third period | 05:03 - (Danforth) | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 12 saves / 14 shots ) | ||||||
| Canisius won series 2–0 | |
(3) RIT vs. (7) Air Force[]
| March 13 | RIT | 2 – 1 | Air Force | Gene Polisseni Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Norrish, McGowan) Matt Garbowsky - PP - 15:19 | Second period | 14:14 - PP - (Rostenkowski, Holm) | ||||||
| (Abt, Kuqali) - GW PP - 04:57 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | RIT | 7 – 3 | Air Force | Gene Polisseni Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Garbowsky, Norrish) - PP - 00:49 (Norrish, Mitchell) Matt Garbowsky - PP - 13:57 |
Second period | 09:02 - PP - (Reid, Baskin) | ||||||
| (Skirving) - 00:27 (Mitchell, Norrish) - GW - 08:17 (Kuqali, Garbowsky) - EN - 14:34 (Mitchell, Norrish) - EN - 16:24 (Kuqali, Golberg) - PP - 18:01 |
Third period | 16:05 - PP EA - (Weissenhofer) 19:52 - (McDonald, Michalke) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 36 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| RIT won series 2–0 | |
(4) Bentley vs. (5) Mercyhurst[]
| March 13 | Bentley | 0 – 1 | OT | Mercyhurst | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:46 - GW - (Bahntge, Shiplo) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 40 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Bentley | 5 – 3 | Mercyhurst | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 19:35 - (Misiak, Shiplo) | ||||||
| (Eiserman, McDonald) - 01:16 (Gladiuk, Blomquist) - PP - 02:17 (Buchanan, Maher) - 03:57 (McDonald, Grieve) - GW - 11:59 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) - EN - 18:24 | Third period | 06:10 - PP - (Bahntge, Zay) 19:54 - EA - (Bahntge, Just) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) / ( 7 saves / 7 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Bentley | 2 – 3 | Mercyhurst | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| (Gladiuk, McDonald) - 05:25 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Switzer, French) - 03:23 | Third period | 12:12 - (Bahntge, Todd) 12:26 - (Nagtzaam, Frischmon) 19:54 - GW - (Frischmon, Bodo) | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| Mercyhurst won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) Robert Morris vs. (5) Mercyhurst[]
| March 20 | Robert Morris | 3 – 4 | OT | Mercyhurst | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | ||
| (Jacklin, Wydo) - PP - 08:12 | First period | 04:47 - PP - (Mastrodicasa, Bahntge) 06:50 - PP - (Nagtzaam, Shiplo) | ||||||
| (Gibson, Wilson) - 19:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Rey, Denham) - 14:41 | Third period | 19:25 - EA - (Zay, Just) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 03:04 - GW - (Nagtzaam, Mastrodicasa) | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 59 saves / 62 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Canisius vs. (3) RIT[]
| March 20 | Canisius | 1 – 2 | RIT | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 19:37 - (Garbowsky) | ||||||
| (Jessey, Cuddemi) Shane Conacher - 10:07 | Second period | 15:15 - GW - (Miller, Abt) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[]
(3) RIT vs. (5) Mercyhurst[]
| March 21 | RIT | 5 – 1 | Mercyhurst | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Golberg, Cameron) - 02:03 (Garbowsky, McGowan) - GW - 09:51 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Norrish, Kuqali) - 14:55 (Mitchell, Garbowsky) - 17:21 (Mitchell, Norrish) - EN - 18:42 |
Third period | 02:55 - (Gettinger, Sienerth) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 31saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- G (Mercyhurst)
- D (RIT)
- D (RIT)
- F Matt Garbowsky* (RIT)
- F (RIT)
- F (RIT)
* Most Valuable Player(s)
References[]
- ^ "RIT defeats Mercyhurst to claim second Atlantic Hockey Championship". Atlantic Hockey Association. 2015-03-21. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
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