2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

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2018 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 2–17, 2018
Teams11
Finals siteBlue Cross Arena
Rochester, New York
ChampionsAir Force (7th title)
Winning coachFrank Serratore (7th title)
MVPBilly Christopoulos (Air Force)
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 14th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018 at home campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. It was the last tournament at Blue Cross Arena before the tournament moved to HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2018 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 2018 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

2017–18 Atlantic Hockey men's standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Mercyhurstdagger 28 16 8 4 36 90 81 37 21 12 4 124 111
Canisius 28 17 11 0 34 94 76 38 19 17 2 117 108
Holy Cross 28 12 10 6 30 80 70 36 13 16 7 97 100
Army 28 12 10 6 30 80 70 36 15 15 6 93 91
#14 Air Force * 28 13 11 4 30 73 64 43 23 15 5 115 94
RIT 28 13 14 1 27 91 90 37 15 20 2 114 127
Robert Morris 28 12 13 3 27 79 78 41 18 20 3 119 118
American International 28 11 13 4 26 63 75 39 15 20 4 88 116
Niagara 28 10 15 3 23 76 90 36 11 22 3 93 123
Bentley 28 9 14 5 23 72 87 37 13 18 6 96 114
Sacred Heart 28 9 15 4 22 79 96 39 13 22 4 107 135
Championship: March 17, 2018
dagger indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018

Bracket[]

  First round
March 2–4 		Quarterfinals
March 9–11 		Semifinals
March 16 		Championship
March 17
                                             
  1 Mercyhurst 4 3* — 1 Mercyhurst 4  
6 RIT 5* 3 0 11 Sacred Heart 2 2 — 7 Robert Morris 5*  
11 Sacred Heart 4 4*** 2
  2 Canisius 8 1 3
7 Robert Morris 3 3 3 8 American International 1 2* 0     7 Robert Morris 1
10 Bentley 1 4 2   5 Air Force 5
  3 Holy Cross 1 1 —
8 American International 4 4** — 7 Robert Morris 4 5 —
9 Niagara 1 3 —
  4 Army 3 1 0 2 Canisius 0
  5 Air Force 5 0 1* 5 Air Force 3  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

First Round[]

(6) RIT vs. (11) Sacred Heart[]

March 2[1] RIT 5 – 4 OT Sacred Heart Gene Polisseni Center Recap  
(Powell, Valenzuela) – PP – 01:13
(Norrish, Brown) – PP – 09:11
(Dupuis, Powell) – 13:00 		First period No scoring
(Norrish, Powell) – 07:36 Second period 02:47 – (Kennedy, Rakhmatov)
04:38 – (Kennedy, Bavaro)
10:55 – (McIlmurray, Crocock)
No scoring Third period 15:53 – (Hladin, Cotton)
(Brown, Valenzuela) – GW – 00:23 First overtime period No scoring
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats ( 28 saves / 33 shots )
March 3[2] RIT 3 – 4 3OT Sacred Heart Gene Polisseni Center Recap  
(Hamacher, Norrish) – 07:04
(Norrish, Brubacher) – PP – 15:06 		First period 08:12 – (Cotton, Hladin)
15:38 – (Tsekos, McIlmurray)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Valenzuela, Girduckis) – 04:29 Third period 18:54 – (Tugnutt, Tsekos)
No scoring Third overtime period 02:19 – GW – (Hladin)
( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats ( 46 saves / 49 shots )
March 4[3] RIT 0 – 2 Sacred Heart Gene Polisseni Center Recap  
No scoring First period 12:06 – GW – (Tsekos, Johnstone)
19:26 – PP – (Allan, Tsekos)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats ( 32 saves / 32 shots )
Sacred Heart won series 2–1


(7) Robert Morris vs. (10) Bentley[]

March 2[4] Robert Morris 3 – 1 Bentley 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Moore, Ferguson) – 13:10 Second period No scoring
(Moore, Dorowicz) – GW PP – 19:04
(Ferguson) – EN – 19:56 		Third period 19:50 – (Jago, Santerno)
( 37 saves / 38 shots ) Goalie stats ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 3[5] Robert Morris 3 – 4 Bentley 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Tonge, Moore) – PP – 01:57 First period 09:58 – (Zuffante, DePourcq)
19:34 – (unassisted)
(Lynch, Graham) – 10:27
(Lynch) – 13:56 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:00 – PP – (Solovyev, Jago)
02:23 – GW PP – (Santerno, Jago)
( 30 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats ( 29 saves / 32 shots )
March 4[6] Robert Morris 3 – 2 Bentley 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Watt, Dorowicz) – 13:46
(Lynch, Bontje) – SH – 17:55 		First period 18:40 – PP – (Desbiens, Jago)
(Watt) – GW – 15:18 Second period 10:57 – PP – (Desbiens, Jago)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
Robert Morris won series 2–1


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

March 2[7] American International 4 – 1 Niagara MassMutual Center Recap  
(Polin, Christensen) – 07:16 First period No scoring
(Christensen, Jaks) – GW PP – 12:07 Second period No scoring
(Jaks, Kapcheck) – PP – 07:36
(Mellberg, Dudley) Brennan Kapcheck – EN – 17:57 		Third period 14:13 – (unassisted)
( 35 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats ( 18 saves / 21 shots )
March 3[8] American International 4 – 3 2OT Niagara MassMutual Center Recap  
(Debrincat, Reinhardt) – 19:19 First period No scoring
(Jaks, Kocur) – PP – 18:20 Second period No scoring
(Reinhardt, Christensen) – PP – 11:18 Third period 04:45 – PP – (Delmas)
06:01 – (Kendall)
14:21 – (Cooley)
(Reinhardt, Kapcheck) Blake Christensen – GW PP – 08:02 Second overtime period No scoring
( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats ( 33 saves / 37 shots )
American International won series 2–0


Quarterfinals[]

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (11) Sacred Heart[]

March 9[9] Mercyhurst 4 – 2 Sacred Heart Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
(Enns, Duszak) – 09:49 First period 02:35 – PP – (Bavaro, Allan)
(Duszak, Best) – PP – 05:02
(Lancaster, Wildung) – GW – 16:48 		Second period 02:35 – (Bavaro, Allan)
(Elliot, Baker) – 04:27 Third period 06:53 – PP – (Rakhmatov, Bavaro)
( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats ( 26 saves / 30 shots )
March 10[10] Mercyhurst 3 – 2 OT Sacred Heart Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
No scoring First period 05:49 – PP – (Tsekos, Allan)
(Duszak, Charbonneau) – 05:38
(Duszak, Lammon) – 06:22 		Second period 02:42 – (Barliant, Cotton)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Duszak, Piacentini) – GW PP – 09:39 First overtime period No scoring
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats ( 43 saves / 46 shots )
Mercyhurst won series 2–0


(2) Canisius vs. (8) American International[]

March 9[11] Canisius 8 – 1 American International HarborCenter Recap  
(Hutchison, Edmondson) – 08:02
(Hoover, Meyer) – GW – 12:05
(Schmelzer, Jaeckle) – 16:51 		First period No scoring
(Murray) – 00:27
(Meyer, Chamberland) – PP – 13:12 		Second period 05:41 – Blake Christensen (Debrincat, Luka)
(Hutchison, McLaughlin) – PP – 00:24
(Hutchison, Long) – SH – 11:39
(Stander, Meyer) – 13:53 		Third period No scoring
( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) / ( 7 saves / 10 shots )
March 10[12] Canisius 1 – 2 OT American International HarborCenter Recap  
No scoring First period 04:52 – PP – Jānis Jaks (Kapcheck, Pike)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Meyer, Mazza) – 02:36 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 02:42 – GW – (Demel, Pike)
( 44 saves / 46 shots ) Goalie stats ( 23 saves / 24 shots )
March 11[13] Canisius 3 – 0 American International HarborCenter Recap  
(Stander, Hutchison) – GW – 07:37 First period No scoring
(Stief, Heath) – PP – 07:01 Second period No scoring
(McLaughlin) – 07:31 Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats ( 17 saves / 20 shots )
Canisius won series 2–1


(3) Holy Cross vs. (7) Robert Morris[]

March 9[14] Holy Cross 1 – 4 Robert Morris Hart Recreation Center Recap  
No scoring First period 00:25 – (Lynch, Mantenuto)
(Trapp, Pooley) – PP – 00:50 Second period 06:35 – GW PP – (Lynch, Israel)
16:25 – (Ghantous, Israel)
No scoring Third period 19:56 – EN – (Moore)
( 40 saves / 43 shots ) Goalie stats ( 39 saves / 40 shots )
March 10[15] Holy Cross 1 – 5 OT Robert Morris Hart Recreation Center Recap  
No scoring First period 07:08 – PP – (Lynch, Mantenuto)
No scoring Second period 04:57 – GW – (Kapcheck, Pike)
19:46 – PP – (Lynch, Ferguson)
(Lopez, Coughlin) – 00:30 Third period 07:10 – PP – (Ferguson, Tonge)
17:15 – EN – (unassisted)
( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats ( 37 saves / 38 shots )
Robert Morris won series 2–0


(4) Army vs. (5) Air Force[]

March 9[16] Army 3 – 5 Air Force Tate Rink Recap  
(MacAfee, Zimmerman) – PP – 13:06 First period 11:02 – PP – (Mirageas, Koch)
(Andrle, Box) Michael Wilson – 08:04 Second period 10:21 – (Bailey, Boje)
13:29 – (Mirageas, Kucera)
(unassisted) – 07:32 Third period 04:29 – GW – (Tomlak)
19:32 – EN – (Ledford)
( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats ( 17 saves / 20 shots )
March 10[17] Army 1 – 0 Air Force Tate Rink Recap  
(Franco, Pham) – GW PP – 08:29 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 33 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats ( 17 saves / 18 shots )
March 11[18] Army 3 – 0 OT Air Force Tate Rink Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 06:38 – GW – (Baskin)
( 39 saves / 40 shots ) Goalie stats ( 15 saves / 15 shots )
Air Force won series 2–1


Semifinals[]

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Robert Morris[]

March 16[19] Mercyhurst 4 – 5 OT Robert Morris Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Barach, Lancaster) – 19:09 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 04:44 – PP – (Israel)
09:03 – (Louria, Giles)
(Duszak) – 08:01
(Enns) Derek Barach – 12:08
(Lancaster, Baker) Joseph Duszak – 13:18 		Third period 14:31 – (Graham, Powers)
19:15 – PP – (Louria, Lynch)
No scoring First overtime period 06:42 – (Tonge)
( 37 saves / 42 shots ) Goalie stats ( 41 saves / 45 shots )


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

March 16[20] Canisius 0 – 3 Air Force Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 06:12 – GW PP – (Mirageas, Himley)
16:13 – (Levin, Ledford)
No scoring Third period 05:51 – (Mirageas, Haak)
( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats ( 24 saves / 24 shots )


Championship[]

(5) Air Force vs. (7) Robert Morris[]

March 17[21] Air Force 5 – 1 Robert Morris Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Himley, Serratore) – 02:06
(Tomlak, Sommer) – GW – 02:56
(Boje) – PP – 15:34 		First period No scoring
(unassisted) – 05:07 Second period 15:52 – PP – (unassisted)
(Boje, Abood) – EN – 14:00 Third period No scoring
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) / ( 14 saves / 14 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

  • G Billy Christopoulos* (Air Force)
  • D Zack Mirageas (Air Force)
  • D Jonathan Kopacka (Air Force)
  • F Kyle Haak (Air Force)
  • F Jordan Himley (Air Force)
  • F Brady Ferguson (Robert Morris)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[22]

References[]

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