2019 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
| 2019 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 8–23, 2019 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Finals site | HarborCenter Buffalo, New York |
| Champions | American International (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Eric Lang (1st title) |
| MVP | (American International) |
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2019 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 15th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019 at home campus locations and at the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. By winning the tournament, American International earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2019 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 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. [1]
Standings[]
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #16 American International †* | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 102 | 77 | 41 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 129 | 119 | |
| Bentley | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 94 | 75 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 113 | 98 | |
| Air Force | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 65 | 63 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 90 | 92 | |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 85 | 73 | 37 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 107 | 106 | |
| RIT | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 81 | 76 | 38 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 113 | 111 | |
| Niagara | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 94 | 96 | 41 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 127 | 140 | |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 94 | 38 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 113 | 134 | |
| Robert Morris | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 72 | 78 | 40 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 102 | 127 | |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 81 | 89 | 36 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 91 | 112 | |
| Army | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 71 | 82 | 39 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 94 | 117 | |
| Canisius | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 77 | 107 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 103 | 133 | |
Championship: March 23, 2019 indicates conference regular season champion* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
Teams are reseeded for the quarterfinals and semifinals
| First round March 8-10 |
Quarterfinals March 13–17 |
Semifinals March 22 |
Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | American International | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | American International | 3* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Niagara | 5** | 3 | 2 | 10 | Army | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Robert Morris | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Canisius | 4 | 4* | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bentley | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mercyhurst | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | Robert Morris | 2 | 2 | 4* | 1 | American International | 3* | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | Army | 3* | 5 | - | 6 | Niagara | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 2 | 4 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Robert Morris | 1 | 3 | - | 6 | Niagara | 3* | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Holy Cross | 0 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sacred Heart | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | RIT | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | RIT | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | Niagara | 1* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results[]
First Round[]
(6) Niagara vs. (11) Canisius[]
| March 8 | Niagara | 5 – 4 | 2OT | Canisius | Dwyer Arena | Recap | ||
| (Cooley, Kendall) – PP – 13:55 (unassisted) – PP – 19:20 |
First period | 15:57 – PP – (McLaughlin) | ||||||
| (Herrmann, Hayes) – 07:44 | Second period | 06:53 – (Jerry) | ||||||
| (Brandt) – EA – 19:48 | Third period | 00:41 – (Heath, McLaughlin) 15:34 – (Heath, Alger) | ||||||
| (Mills) – GW – 09:53 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 38 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Niagara | 3 – 4 | OT | Canisius | Dwyer Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 11:25 – PP – (Long, Alger) 15:47 – (Parrottino, McLaughlin) | ||||||
| (Stenlund) – PP – 08:01 (Delmas, Cooley) – PP – 17:26 (Delmas) – PP – 18:30 |
Second period | 01:52 – PP – (Alger, Martan) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:04 – GW – (Mazza, Chamberland) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Niagara | 2 – 1 | Canisius | Dwyer Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Truscott) – 05:53 (Cooley, Hayes) – GW – 09:22 |
Second period | 14:24 – (Stief) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–1 | |
(7) Mercyhurst vs. (10) Army[]
| March 8 | Mercyhurst | 2 – 3 | OT | Army | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 05:53 – (Krueger, Fidler) | ||||||
| (Duszak, Barach) – PP – 04:13 | Second period | 07:33 – PP – (Wilkinson, Evancho) | ||||||
| (Duszak, Anderson) Derek Barach – 05:37 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 15:58 – GW – (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 41 saves / 44 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Mercyhurst | 1 – 5 | Army | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| (Best, Ipri) – 11:43 | First period | 13:43 – (MacAfee, Wilkinson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:05 – (Zimmerman, Soucie) 10:42 – (Plunkett, Laurito) 11:41 – (Soucie, Wilkinson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:28 – (Krueger, Soucie) | ||||||
| ( 46 saves / 51 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| Army won series 2–0 | |
(8) Robert Morris vs. (9) Holy Cross[]
| March 8 | Robert Morris | 1 – 0 | Holy Cross | Colonials Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mantenuto) – GW – 06:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Robert Morris | 3 – 2 | Holy Cross | Colonials Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:07 – (Trapp, Collett) | ||||||
| (unassisted) – PS – 04:11 (Prkusic) – 13:06 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Lynch, Addamo) – 13:45 | Third period | 05:59 – (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals[]
(1) American International vs. (10) Army[]
| March 15 | American International | 4 – 0 | Army | MassMutual Center | Recap | |||
| (Reinhardt) – GW – 06:13 (Luka, Dodero) – 14:18 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McBride, Mellberg) – 02:15 (Cole) – 03:23 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) / ( 12 saves / 13 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | American International | 1 – 2 | Army | MassMutual Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Luka) – 08:17 | Second period | 17:37 – (Berkovitz, Soucie) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:50 – GW – (Maruya, Higgins) | ||||||
| ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| March 17 | American International | 4 – 1 | Army | MassMutual Center | Recap | |||
| (McBride, Demel) – 13:44 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kapcheck, Luka) – GW – 15:47 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Blake Christensen – 05:05 (Reinhardt, Fladeby) Blake Christensen – 17:10 |
Third period | 14:38 – (Evancho, Butte) | ||||||
| ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| American International won series 2–1 | |
(2) Bentley vs. (8) Robert Morris[]
| March 15 | Bentley | 3 – 2 | Robert Morris | Bentley Arena | Recap | |||
| (Orr, Lombardozzi) – 12:55 (Callin, Desbiens) – 19:38 |
First period | 18:54 – (Giles) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:19 – PP – (Tonge, Mantenuto) | ||||||
| (Santerno, Riggleman) – GW – 18:23 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Bentley | 1 – 2 | Robert Morris | Bentley Arena | Recap | |||
| (Solovyev, Brassard) – PP – 01:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:26 – PP – (Louria, Mantenuto) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:35 – GW – (Mantenuto) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 17 | Bentley | 2 – 3 | OT | Robert Morris | Bentley Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Zuffante, Brassard) – 03:05 | Second period | 12:22 – (Tonge, Prkusic) | ||||||
| (Callin, Desbiens) – 01:39 | Third period | 02:10 – (Coleman, Prkusic) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 16:04 – GW – (Lynch) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–1 | |
(3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara[]
| March 15 | Air Force | 2 – 3 | OT | Niagara | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Jaeger, Tyran) – 01:58 | First period | 13:43 – Eric Cooley (Stenlund, Delmas) | ||||||
| (Tomlak, Harper) – 01:48 | Second period | 00:58 – (Spriggs, Edgerton) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 07:38 – GW – (Curran, Kovachis) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Air Force | 4 – 5 | Niagara | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (unassisted) – 05:51 (Haak) – 08:04 |
First period | 04:42 – (Sokay) 16:26 – (Edgerton, Farmer) 17:49 – PP – (Stenlund, Kendall) | ||||||
| (Sommer, Mehnert) – PP – 08:53 | Second period | 16:47 – (Curran, Stenlund) 16:58 – GW – Nick Farmer (Edgerton) | ||||||
| (Mirageas) – 00:14 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 39 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–0 | |
(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) RIT[]
| March 13 | Sacred Heart | 9 – 4 | RIT | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| (Rakhmatov, Crocock) – 03:59 (Boyagian, Steele) – 05:06 (Cotton, Crocock) – 10:35 |
First period | 10:35 – (Salloum, Hamacher) 18:58 – (Brown, Brubacher) | ||||||
| (Magera, Bates) – 09:01 (Rakhmatov, Johnstone) – GW – 11:48 (unassisted) – 16:13 (Bavaro, Boyagian) – 19:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kaplan, Rakhmatov) – 00:19 (unassisted) – SH – 13:13 |
Third period | 17:29 – (Willett) 19:03 – Nick Bruce (Walker, Valette) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Benson | Goalie stats | ( 13 saves / 18 shots ) / ( 2 saves / 4 shots ) / ( 7 saves / 9 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Sacred Heart | 3 – 7 | RIT | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:03 – (Salloum, Dupuis) 10:52 – (Joffe) 16:06 – (Dupuis, Valette) | ||||||
| (Cotton, Bernard) – 18:50 | Second period | 13:03 – GW – (Cameron, Hamacher) 15:25 – (Hamacher, Dupuis) | ||||||
| (Bavaro, Lee) – 02:39 (Cotton, Tugnutt) – 12:14 |
Third period | 16:45 – PP – (Brown, Girduckis) 19:02 – SH EN – (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 3 saves / 6 shots ) Josh Benson / ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Sacred Heart | 1 – 3 | RIT | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| (Goehring, Tugnutt) Jason Cotton – 02:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:40 – PP – (Willett, Brubacher) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:39 – GW – (Dupuis) 19:40 – EN – (Cameron, Dupuis) | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| RIT won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) American International vs. (8) Robert Morris[]
| March 22 | American International | 3 – 2 | OT | Robert Morris | Harborcenter | Recap | ||
| (Polin) – PP – 09:47 | First period | 18:02 – (Louria, Mantenuto) | ||||||
| (Polin, Dodero) – 02:56 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:31 – EN – (Prkusic, Tonge) | ||||||
| (McBride) Blake Christensen – GW – 01:44 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
(5) RIT vs. (6) Niagara[]
| March 22 | RIT | 0 – 1 | OT | Niagara | Harborcenter | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 07:03 – GW – (Curran, Robinson) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 32 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[]
(1) American International vs. (6) Niagara[]
| March 23 | American International | 3 – 2 | OT | Niagara | Harborcenter | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Reinhardt, McBride) Jānis Jaks – PP – 09:46 (Maver) – 19:59 |
Second period | 06:21 – PP – (Mills) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:16 – (Edgerton) | ||||||
| (Stephan, Christensen) – GW PP – 01:16 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- G * (American International)
- D Jānis Jaks (American International)
- D (American International)
- F (American International)
- F Blake Christensen (American International)
- F (Niagara)
* Most Valuable Player(s)
References[]
- ^ "Atlantic Hockey". atlantichockeyonline.com.
- ^ "AIC Wins First Atlantic Hockey Championship as Reinhardt Nets OT Winner". Atlantic Hockey. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
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