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| 2010 Atlantic Hockey ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 5–20, 2010 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | RIT (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Wayne Wilson (1st title) |
| MVP | Cameron Burt (RIT) |
Atlantic Hockey Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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
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
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
| 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
First round
(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International
| 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
| 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
(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut
| 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
| 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 ) | ||||||