2016 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

2016 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 4-19, 2016
Teams	11
Finals site	Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York
Champions	RIT (3rd title)
Winning coach	Wayne Wilson (3rd title)
MVP	(RIT)
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The 2016 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 12th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It will be played between March 4 and March 19, 2016, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, RIT earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

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

2015–16 Atlantic Hockey standings v t
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Robert Morris	28	18	6	4	40	116	69		39	24	11	4	158	107
Air Force	28	16	7	5	37	85	60		37	20	12	5	110	86
Holy Cross	28	16	7	5	37	89	59		36	18	13	5	109	90
Mercyhurst	28	15	9	4	34	86	82		36	17	15	4	108	115
#20 RIT *	28	14	9	5	33	93	77		39	18	15	6	118	116
Army	28	8	11	9	25	64	74		38	14	15	9	88	89
Canisius	28	10	13	5	25	72	82		39	12	22	5	92	121
Bentley	28	9	13	6	24	74	85		40	14	20	6	106	124
Sacred Heart	28	10	15	3	23	72	78		37	13	20	4	96	109
Niagara	28	5	18	5	15	58	95		37	6	25	6	71	126
American International	28	6	19	3	15	57	105		39	7	29	3	80	159
Championship: March 19, 2016 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket[]

Air Force and Holy Cross finished tied for second place; Air Force is the second seed based on the third tiebreaker (head-to-head goal differential). Army and Canisius finished tied for sixth place; Army is the sixth seed based on the first tiebreaker (head-to-head results). Niagara and American International finished tied for tenth place; Niagara is the tenth seed based on the first tiebreaker.

	First round March 4–6							Quarterfinals March 11–13							Semifinals March 18					Championship March 19
								1	Robert Morris	3	4	6			1	Robert Morris	2*
	6	Army	5	2	4			8	Bentley	4	1	3			6	Army	1
	11	American International	0	3*	0
								2	Air Force	4	4	—
	7	Canisius	2	1	4			7	Canisius	1	1	—								1	Robert Morris	4
	10	Niagara	3	0	1															5	RIT	7
								3	Holy Cross	0	1	—
	8	Bentley	5	1	4			6	Army	3	2	—
	9	Sacred Heart	4	2*	1
								4	Mercyhurst	1	1	—			2	Air Force	1
								5	RIT	2	4	—			5	RIT	2*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

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First round[]

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

March 4	Army		5 – 0		American International	Tate Rink	Recap
(Roberts) - GW - 14:45		First period			No scoring
(Shecter) - 06:02 (Hearn) - 14:48		Second period			No scoring
(Andrle) - 02:21 (Mansfield, Roberts) - 02:53		Third period			No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			( 25 saves / 30 shots )

March 5	Army		2 – 3	OT	American International	Tate Rink	Recap
(Kozlak) - 19:00		First period			No scoring
(Nick) - 06:40		Second period			14:17 - PP - (Debrincat, Porter)
No scoring		Third period			01:42 - PP - (Mueller, Murray)
No scoring		First overtime period			00:30 - GW - (Mueller, Orszulak)
( 21 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			( 34 saves / 36 shots )

March 6	Army		4 – 0		American International	Tate Rink	Recap
(Andrle, Pham) - GW - 01:36 (Carlisle) - 15:39 (Pham, Worden) - 16:02		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Maruya, Carlisle) - 18:01		Third period			No scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			( 36 saves / 40 shots )

Army won series 2–1

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

March 4	Air Force		2 – 3		Niagara	Harborcenter	Recap
(Conacher, Cuddemi) - 03:28		First period			03:40 - (Plouffe) 03:40 - (Smith, Edwards)
(Conacher, Schmelzer) - PP - 12:37		Second period			08:49 - GW - (Kolenda)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 14 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats			( 31 saves / 33 shots )

March 5	Air Force		1 – 0		Niagara	Harborcenter	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Chamberland, Sheeran) - GW - 12:42		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 33 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			( 30 saves / 31 shots )

March 6	Air Force		4 – 1		Niagara	Harborcenter	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Conacher, Mazza) - 10:50 (Schmelzer, Mazza) Shane Conacher - GW PP - 12:55		Second period			No scoring
(Cuddemi, Conacher) - 07:19 (Murray) - EN - 17:24		Third period			16:51 - EA - (Dzakhov, Kovachis)
( 37 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats			( 21 saves / 24 shots )

Canisius won series 2–1

(8) Bentley vs. (9) Sacred Heart[]

March 4	Bentley		5 – 4		Sacred Heart	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
(Gladiuk, Schmidt) - 16:39		First period			No scoring
(Schmidt, Gladiuk) - PP - 07:48 (Reardon, Deresky) - 10:05		Second period			14:17 - (Clare, Butcher) 19:10 - PP - (Nylen, Danforth) 19:46 - PP - Justin Danforth (Jasper, Luczyk)
(Reardon, Donners) - 02:26 (Reardon, Deresky) - GW - 06:48		Third period			18:16 - EA - Justin Danforth (Minello)
( 26 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			( 26 saves / 31 shots )

March 5	Bentley		1 – 2	OT	Sacred Heart	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Jago, Reardon) - 10:41		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			12:39 - PP - Connor Doherty (Clare, Nylen)
No scoring		First overtime period			13:06 - GW - Justin Danforth (Minello, Jasper)
( 37 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats			( 36 saves / 37 shots )

March 6	Bentley		4 – 1		Sacred Heart	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
(Gladiuk, Schmidt) - 05:27		First period			No scoring
(Gladiuk, French) - GW PP - 11:23		Second period			17:07 - PP - (Jasper, Danforth)
(Gladiuk) - 18:34 (Gladiuk) - EN - 19:34		Third period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			( 24 saves / 27 shots )

Bentley won series 2–1

Quarterfinals[]

(1) Robert Morris vs. (8) Bentley[]

March 11	Robert Morris		3 – 4		Bentley	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
(Moore, Cope) - SH - 06:16		First period			08:05 - (Schmidt, Gladiuk) 17:50 - PP - (Jago, Schmidt)
(Ferguson, Leavens) - 11:23		Second period			16:18 - (Schmidt, Jago)
(Wilson, Israel) - 14:11		Third period			14:49 - GW - (Blomquist, Gladiuk)
( 24 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			( 45 saves / 48 shots )

March 12	Robert Morris		4 – 1		Bentley	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
(Moore, Lynch) - 02:14		First period			No scoring
(Moore, Leavens) - GW - 06:38 (French, Ahlgren) - 09:56 (unassisted) - 16:47		Second period			15:24 - (Friedmann)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			( 33 saves / 37 shots ) / ( 8 saves / 8 shots )

March 13	Robert Morris		6 – 3		Bentley	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			08:51 - (Reardon, Deresky)
(Ferguson, Friedmann) - 07:38 (Ferguson) - 09:33 (Denham, Gibson) - 12:34 (Wilson, Denham) - GW - 14:14 (Gibson, Wilson) - PP - 17:51		Second period			No scoring
(Friedmann, Ferguson) - 17:27		Third period			07:58 - PP - (Bacon) 19:59 - (Eiserman, Bacon)
( 31 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			( 22 saves / 26 shots ) / ( 9 saves / 11 shots )

Robert Morris won series 2–1

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

March 11	Air Force		4 – 1		Canisius	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(Hartner, Himley) - 05:32		First period			No scoring
(Carey, Haak) - GW - 07:21 (Hrabovsky) - 10:38 (Haak, Abood) - 15:54		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			01:41 - PP - (Conacher, Mazza)
( 22 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			( 33 saves / 37 shots )

March 12	Air Force		4 – 1		Canisius	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(Kucera, Starrett) - 04:52		First period			No scoring
(Boje) - GW SH - 00:29 (Ledford, Abood) - 06:56		Second period			No scoring
(Serratore, Koch) - EN - 17:55		Third period			08:49 - (Cuddemi, Heath)
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) / ( 1 saves / 1 shots )		Goalie stats			( 24 saves / 27 shots )

Air Force won series 2–0

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

March 11	Holy Cross		0 – 3		Army	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			05:49 - GW - (Pham, Nick)
No scoring		Third period			07:46 - (Nick, Pham) 08:56 - (Mansfield, Hearn)
( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			( 31 saves / 31 shots )

March 12	Holy Cross		1 – 2		Army	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Lubanski, Pooley) - 01:41		Second period			07:51 - SH - (Pham)
(Carlisle, Mansfield) - GW - 05:52		Third period			No scoring
( 18 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats			( 36 saves / 37 shots )

Army won series 2–0

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

March 11	Mercyhurst		2 – 3		RIT	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			18:33 - (Brown, Amlong)
(unassisted) - PP - 10:02		Third period			15:52 - GW - (unassisted)
( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			( 21 saves / 22 shots )

March 14	Mercyhurst		1 – 4		RIT	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:30 - PP - (Mitchell, Valenzuela) 18:08 - GW PP - (Mitchell, Kerins)
(Barach) - EA - 17:26		Third period			02:36 - GW - (Perron-Fontaine) 12:49 - PP - (unassisted)
( 31 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			( 31 saves / 32 shots )

RIT won series 2–0

Semifinals[]

(1) Robert Morris vs. (6) Army[]

March 20	Robert Morris		2 – 1	OT	Army	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			18:29 - PP - (Reuschlein, Reuschlein)
(Gibson, Lynch) - PP - 13:24		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Friedmann, Moore) - GW - 12:44		First overtime period			No scoring
( 39 saves / 40 shots )		Goalie stats			( 34 saves / 36 shots )

(2) Air Force vs. (5) RIT[]

March 20	Air Force		1 – 2	OT	RIT	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Koch) - 12:03		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			17:06 - (unassisted)
No scoring		First overtime period			12:18 - GW - (Mitchell, Smith)
( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			( 36 saves / 37 shots )

Championship[]

(1) Robert Morris vs. (5) RIT[]

March 19	Robert Morris		4 – 7		RIT	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Cope) - 01:23 (Golightly, Ferguson) - PP - 10:10		First period			04:59 - (Skirving, Brown) 07:32 - PP - (Powell, Skirving) 15:06 - (Valenzuela, Brown)
(Friedmann, Dorowicz) - 14:44		Second period			08:35 - (Powell, Kuqali) 16:48 - GW - (Mitchell, Smith)
(Friedmann, Lynch) - PP - 13:02		Third period			09:53 - PP - (Skirving, Miller) 16:28 - PP - (Kuqali, Amlong)
( 22 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			( 30 saves / 34 shots )

Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

• G (RIT)
• D (RIT)
• D (RIT)
• F * (RIT)
• F (RIT)
• F (Robert Morris)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References[]