2016 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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

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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

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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 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

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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
6 Army 5 2 4 8 Bentley 4 1 3
11 American International 0 3* 0 1 Robert Morris 2*
6 Army 1
2 Air Force 4 4
7 Canisius 1 1
1 Robert Morris 4
5 RIT 7
3 Holy Cross 0 1
7 Canisius 2 1 4 6 Army 3 2
10 Niagara 3 0 1 2 Air Force 1
5 RIT 2*
4 Mercyhurst 1 1
8 Bentley 5 1 4 5 RIT 2 4
9 Sacred Heart 4 2* 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

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[1]

First round

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(6) Army vs. (11) American International

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March 4 Army 5 – 0 American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Roberts) Ian Mansfield - GW - 14:45 First period No scoring
(Shecter) Ian Mansfield - 06:02
(Hearn) Josh Roberts - 14:48
Second period No scoring
(Andrle) Tyler Pham - 02:21
(Mansfield, Roberts) Shane Hearn - 02:53
Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Parker Gahagen Goalie stats Alex Murray ( 25 saves / 30 shots )
March 5 Army 2 – 3 OT American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Kozlak) Ryan Nick - 19:00 First period No scoring
(Nick) Conor Andrle - 06:40 Second period 14:17 - PP - Austin Orszulak (Debrincat, Porter)
No scoring Third period 01:42 - PP - Johno May (Mueller, Murray)
No scoring First overtime period 00:30 - GW - Bryant Christian (Mueller, Orszulak)
( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Parker Gahagen Goalie stats Alex Murray ( 34 saves / 36 shots )
March 6 Army 4 – 0 American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Andrle, Pham) Christian Pomarico - GW - 01:36
(Carlisle) Taylor Maruya - 15:39
(Pham, Worden) Conor Andrle - 16:02
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Maruya, Carlisle) Joe Kozlak - 18:01 Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Parker Gahagen Goalie stats Alex Murray ( 36 saves / 40 shots )
Army won series 2–1


(7) Canisius vs. (10) Niagara

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March 4 Air Force 2 – 3 Niagara Harborcenter Recap  
(Conacher, Cuddemi) Cameron Heath - 03:28 First period 03:40 - Sam Rennaker (Plouffe)
03:40 - Albin Karlsson (Smith, Edwards)
(Conacher, Schmelzer) Dylan McLaughlin - PP - 12:37 Second period 08:49 - GW - Stanislav Dzakhov (Kolenda)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Simon Hofley Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 5 Air Force 1 – 0 Niagara Harborcenter Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Chamberland, Sheeran) Dylan McLaughlin - GW - 12:42 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 33 saves / 33 shots ) Simon Hofley Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 30 saves / 31 shots )
March 6 Air Force 4 – 1 Niagara Harborcenter Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Conacher, Mazza) Mike Sabatini - 10:50
(Schmelzer, Mazza) Shane Conacher - GW PP - 12:55
Second period No scoring
(Cuddemi, Conacher) Cameron Heath - 07:19
(Murray) David Parrottino - EN - 17:24
Third period 16:51 - EA - Johnny Curran (Dzakhov, Kovachis)
( 37 saves / 38 shots ) Simon Hofley Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 21 saves / 24 shots )
Canisius won series 2–1


(8) Bentley vs. (9) Sacred Heart

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March 4 Bentley 5 – 4 Sacred Heart John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
(Gladiuk, Schmidt) Max French - 16:39 First period No scoring
(Schmidt, Gladiuk) Max French - PP - 07:48
(Reardon, Deresky) Derek Bacon - 10:05
Second period 14:17 - Zach Luczyk (Clare, Butcher)
19:10 - PP - Zach Luczyk (Nylen, Danforth)
19:46 - PP - Justin Danforth (Jasper, Luczyk)
(Reardon, Donners) Derek Bacon - 02:26
(Reardon, Deresky) Derek Bacon - GW - 06:48
Third period 18:16 - EA - Justin Danforth (Minello)
( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Gabe Antoni Goalie stats Brett Magnus ( 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) Tyler Deresky - 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 ) Gabe Antoni Goalie stats Brett Magnus ( 36 saves / 37 shots )
March 6 Bentley 4 – 1 Sacred Heart John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
(Gladiuk, Schmidt) Max French - 05:27 First period No scoring
(Gladiuk, French) Tanner Jago - GW PP - 11:23 Second period 17:07 - PP - Jordan Minello (Jasper, Danforth)
(Gladiuk) Kyle Schmidt - 18:34
(Gladiuk) Kyle Schmidt - EN - 19:34
Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Gabe Antoni Goalie stats Brett Magnus ( 24 saves / 27 shots )
Bentley won series 2–1


Quarterfinals

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(1) Robert Morris vs. (8) Bentley

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March 11 Robert Morris 3 – 4 Bentley 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Moore, Cope) Zac Lynch - SH - 06:16 First period 08:05 - Matt Blomquist (Schmidt, Gladiuk)
17:50 - PP - Max French (Jago, Schmidt)
(Ferguson, Leavens) Timmy Moore - 11:23 Second period 16:18 - Andrew Gladiuk (Schmidt, Jago)
(Wilson, Israel) Matt Cope - 14:11 Third period 14:49 - GW - Max French (Blomquist, Gladiuk)
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Terry Shafer Goalie stats Gabe Antoni ( 45 saves / 48 shots )
March 12 Robert Morris 4 – 1 Bentley 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Moore, Lynch) Brady Ferguson - 02:14 First period No scoring
(Moore, Leavens) Brady Ferguson - GW - 06:38
(French, Ahlgren) Cody DePourcq - 09:56
(unassisted) Timmy Moore - 16:47
Second period 15:24 - Brandon Denham (Friedmann)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Terry Shafer Goalie stats Gabe Antoni ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) / Jayson Argue ( 8 saves / 8 shots )
March 13 Robert Morris 6 – 3 Bentley 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:51 - Matt Blomquist (Reardon, Deresky)
(Ferguson, Friedmann) Daniel Leavens - 07:38
(Ferguson) Daniel Leavens - 09:33
(Denham, Gibson) David Friedmann - 12:34
(Wilson, Denham) David Friedmann - GW - 14:14
(Gibson, Wilson) Zac Lynch - PP - 17:51
Second period No scoring
(Friedmann, Ferguson) Chase Golightly - 17:27 Third period 07:58 - PP - Michael Reardon (Bacon)
19:59 - Tyler Deresky (Eiserman, Bacon)
( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Terry Shafer Goalie stats Gabe Antoni ( 22 saves / 26 shots ) / Jayson Argue ( 9 saves / 11 shots )
Robert Morris won series 2–1


(2) Air Force vs. (7) Canisius

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March 11 Air Force 4 – 1 Canisius Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(Hartner, Himley) Ben Carey - 05:32 First period No scoring
(Carey, Haak) Evan Giesler - GW - 07:21
(Hrabovsky) Kyle Haak - 10:38
(Haak, Abood) Evan Giesler - 15:54
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:41 - PP - Ralph Cuddemi (Conacher, Mazza)
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Shane Starrett Goalie stats Simon Hofley ( 33 saves / 37 shots )
March 12 Air Force 4 – 1 Canisius Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(Kucera, Starrett) Tyler Ledford - 04:52 First period No scoring
(Boje) Ben Carey - GW SH - 00:29
(Ledford, Abood) Ben Kucera - 06:56
Second period No scoring
(Serratore, Koch) Kyle Haak - EN - 17:55 Third period 08:49 - Ryan Schmelzer (Cuddemi, Heath)
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Shane Starrett / ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) Chris Dylewski Goalie stats Simon Hofley ( 24 saves / 27 shots )
Air Force won series 2–0


(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Army

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March 11 Holy Cross 0 – 3 Army Hart Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 05:49 - GW - Trevor Fidler (Pham, Nick)
No scoring Third period 07:46 - Conor Andrle (Nick, Pham)
08:56 - Josh Roberts (Mansfield, Hearn)
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Paul Berrafato Goalie stats Parker Gahagen ( 31 saves / 31 shots )
March 12 Holy Cross 1 – 2 Army Hart Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Lubanski, Pooley) Castan Sommer - 01:41 Second period 07:51 - SH - Taylor Maruya (Pham)
(Carlisle, Mansfield) Ryan Nick - GW - 05:52 Third period No scoring
( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Paul Berrafato Goalie stats Parker Gahagen ( 36 saves / 37 shots )
Army won series 2–0


(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) RIT

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March 11 Mercyhurst 2 – 3 RIT Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 18:33 - Liam Kerins (Brown, Amlong)
(unassisted) Anthony Mastrodicasa - PP - 10:02 Third period 15:52 - GW - Liam Kerins (unassisted)
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Adam Carlson Goalie stats Mike Rotolo ( 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 - Chase Norrish (Mitchell, Valenzuela)
18:08 - GW PP - Gregory Amlong (Mitchell, Kerins)
(Barach) Jonathan Charbonneau - EA - 17:26 Third period 02:36 - GW - Andrew Miller (Perron-Fontaine)
12:49 - PP - Erik Brown (unassisted)
( 31 saves / 35 shots ) Brandon Wildung Goalie stats Mike Rotolo ( 31 saves / 32 shots )
RIT won series 2–0


Semifinals

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(1) Robert Morris vs. (6) Army

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


(2) Air Force vs. (5) RIT

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


Championship

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(1) Robert Morris vs. (5) RIT

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


Tournament awards

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Atlantic Hockey - Schedules & Results". College Hockey Stats.net. Retrieved February 27, 2019.