2010 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 7th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 20, 2010 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, RIT received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds played a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lower-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and higher-ranked first-round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the winner 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 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10 RIT†* 28 22 5 1 45 109 51 41 28 12 1 145 90
Sacred Heart 28 16 9 3 35 99 86 38 21 13 4 131 123
Air Force 28 14 8 6 34 86 70 37 16 15 6 103 96
Mercyhurst 28 15 10 3 33 103 70 38 15 20 3 121 118
Canisius 28 13 11 4 30 97 89 37 17 15 5 125 122
Army 28 10 12 6 26 80 83 36 11 18 7 98 114
Holy Cross 28 10 13 5 25 70 74 37 12 19 6 87 102
Bentley 28 10 15 3 23 78 105 35 12 19 4 94 123
Connecticut 28 6 19 3 15 48 91 37 7 27 3 59 135
American International 28 5 19 4 14 59 110 33 5 24 4 69 131
Championship: RIT
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

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First round
March 5–6
Quarterfinals
March 12–13
Semifinals
March 19
Championship
March 20
1 RIT 4* 4
7 Holy Cross 4 9 Connecticut 3 1
10 American International 2 1 RIT 4
5 Canisius 0
2 Sacred Heart 4 4*
7 Holy Cross 0 3
1 RIT 6
2 Sacred Heart 1
3 Air Force 3 4
8 Bentley 1 6 Army 0 2
9 Connecticut 2 2 Sacred Heart 2
3 Air Force 1
4 Mercyhurst 1 4
5 Canisius 5 5**


Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

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First round

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(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International

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March 5 Holy Cross 4 – 2 American International Hart Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jordan Cyr - 09:29
J. P. Martignetti - 11:53
Rob Linsmayer - 12:31
Second period 06:48 - Chris Markiewicz
15:23 - Mike Little
Matt Celin - 13:11 Third period No scoring
Thomas Tysowsky ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) Goalie stats Ben Meisner ( 19 saves / 22 shots )
Dan Ramirez ( 8 saves / 9 shots )


(8) Bentley vs. (9) Connecticut

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March 6 Bentley 1 – 2 Connecticut John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
Dan Koudys - 14:23 First period 03:05 - Andrew Olson
14:56 - Justin Hernandez
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Kyle Rank ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Garrett Bartus ( 27 saves / 28 shots )


Quarterfinals

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(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut

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March 12 RIT 4 – 3 OT Connecticut Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
Dan Ringwald - pp - 11:10
Scott Knowles - 11:35
First period No scoring
Andrew Favot - pp - 07:36 Second period 09:05 - pp - James Gallagher
16:24 - Evan Carriere
18:22 - sh - Andrew Olson
No scoring Third period No scoring
Chris Haltigin - 09:54 First overtime period No scoring
Jared DeMichiel ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats Garrett Bartus ( 51 saves / 55 shots )
March 13 RIT 4 – 1 Connecticut Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
Cameron Burt - pp - 03:28
Adam Hartley - 14:27
First period No scoring
Chris Tanev - 06:35
Chris Haltigin - 10:25
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 5:21 - pp - Sean Ambrosie
Jared DeMichiel ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats Garrett Bartus ( 33 saves / 37 shots )
RIT won series 2–0


(2) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Holy Cross

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March 12 Sacred Heart 4 – 0 Holy Cross Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Nick Johnson - pp - 16:04 Second period No scoring
Ryan Miniaci - 12:13
Dave Jarman - 16:45
Eric Delong - en - 18:17
Third period No scoring
Steven Legatto ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Thomas Tysowsky ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
Empty net ( 1 shot )
March 13 Sacred Heart 4 – 3 OT Holy Cross Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
Nick Johnson - 03:22
Erik Boisvert - 12:35
First period No scoring
Dave Jarman - 15:28 Second period 00:21 - Rob Linsmayer
07:54 - Jordan Cyr
08:14 - Kyle Atkins
No scoring Third period No scoring
Matt Gingera - 04:53 First overtime period No scoring
Steven Legatto ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats Thomas Tysowsky ( 24 saves / 28 shots )
Sacred Heart won series 2–0


(3) Air Force vs. (6) Army

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March 12 Air Force 3 – 0 Army Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
Sean Bertsch - 01:38 First period No scoring
Bertsch - 16:00
Derrick Burnett - 17:36
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 29 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Jay Clark ( 35 saves / 38 shots )
March 13 Air Force 4 – 2 Army Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 17:55 - Bryant Skarda
Sean Bertsch - 08:46
Brandon Johnson - 17:22
Second period 15:30 - pp - Owen Meyer
Jacques Lamoureaux - pp - 18:35
Derrick Burnett - en - 19:40
Third period No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Jay Clark ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
Empty net ( 1 shot )
Air Force won series 2–0


(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Canisius

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March 12 Mercyhurst 1 – 5 Canisius Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
No scoring First period 05:10 - Torrey Lindsay
05:42 - Preston Shupe
No scoring Second period 06:40 - pp - Josh Heidinger
Scott Pitt - pp - 14:34 Third period 10:18 - pp - Carl Hudson
16:05 - en - Heidinger
Ryan Zapolski ( 21 saves / 25 shots )
Empty net ( 1 shot )
Goalie stats Dan Morrison ( 41 saves / 42 shots )
March 13 Mercyhurst 4 – 5 2OT Canisius Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
No scoring First period 13:07 - Dave Kostuch
Matt Fennell - pp - 00:47
Grant Blakey - pp - 05:28
Fennell - pp - 05:45
Kevin Noble - pp - 09:30
Second period 12:03 - pp - Dave Cianfrini
No scoring Third period 14:15 - pp - Preston Shupe
16:13 - pp - Kostuch
No scoring Second overtime period 07:00 - Ben Parker
Ryan Zapolski ( 63 saves / 68 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Morrison ( 44 saves / 48 shots )
Canisius won series 2–0


Semifinals

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(1) RIT vs. (5) Canisius

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March 19 RIT 4 – 0 Canisius Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Tyler Brenner - pp - 14:52
Mike Janda - 15:44
First period No scoring
Andrew Favot - pp - 08:41 Second period No scoring
Al Mazur - pp - 14:01 Third period No scoring
Jared DeMichiel ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Morrison ( 26 saves / 30 shots )


(2) Sacred Heart vs. (3) Air Force

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March 19 Sacred Heart 2 – 1 Air Force Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Erik Boisvert - 10:14 Second period No scoring
Patrick Knowlton - 19:18 Third period 18:31 - ea - Jacques Lamoureaux
Steven Legatto ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Andrew Volkening ( 32 saves / 34 shots )


Championship

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(1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart

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March 20 RIT 6 – 1 Sacred Heart Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Cameron Burt - pp - 02:16
Mark Cornacchia - sh - 19:41
First period No scoring
Sean Murphy - 01:08
Jeff Smith - 12:04
Tyler Brenner - pp - 19:04
Second period No scoring
Murphy - 17:56 Third period 03:48 - Eric Delong
Jared DeMichiel ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Steven Legatto ( 33 saves / 39 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

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