2005 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2005 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2005. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Quinnipiac home venue: Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Connecticut. By winning the tournament, Mercyhurst received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[edit]

The tournament featured three rounds of play and a play-in game. All games in the tournament are single-elimination. The play-in game consists of the eighth and ninth seeds competing to decide the final qualifier. In the quarterfinals, the first seed plays the winner of the play-in game while the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds play to determine who advances to the semifinals. of the four remaining teams, the highest and lowest remaining ranked teams play each other with the other two teams facing one another to determine the championship participants. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings[edit]

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
Quinnipiac 24 16 6 2 34 96 64 37 21 13 3 120 102
Canisius 24 14 7 3 31 76 62 35 16 15 4 98 98
Mercyhurst* 24 14 7 3 31 86 64 38 18 16 4 124 116
Holy Cross 24 12 7 5 29 76 60 36 16 14 6 108 102
Sacred Heart 24 13 10 1 27 76 73 35 13 21 1 89 128
Connecticut 24 10 12 2 22 64 71 37 11 23 3 90 128
Bentley 24 6 13 5 17 65 83 34 8 20 6 81 125
Army 24 5 16 3 13 47 71 31 7 21 3 60 97
American International 24 4 16 4 12 50 88 31 4 23 4 63 116
Championship: Mercyhurst
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket[edit]

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

Play-In[2]
March 9
Quarterfinals[3]
March 12
Semifinals[4]
March 18
Championship
March 19
1 Quinnipiac 2
8 Army 5 8 Army 0
9 American International 3 1 Quinnipiac 4
7 Bentley 1
2 Canisius 2
7 Bentley 4
1 Quinnipiac 2
3 Mercyhurst 3*
3 Mercyhurst 7
6 Connecticut 4
3 Mercyhurst 4*
4 Holy Cross 3
4 Holy Cross 4
5 Sacred Heart 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Play-in[edit]

(8) Army vs. (9) American International[edit]

March 9[5] Army 5 – 3 American International Tate Rink Recap  
Brady Dolim - 08:54 First period 13:37 - CJ McConnell
Aaron Anderson - 08:05 Second period No scoring
Luke Flicek - 05:30
David Andros - GW PP - 08:54
Luke Flicek - 12:18
Third period 07:31 - CJ McConnell
16:17 - PP - CJ McConnell
Brad Roberts ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats Frank Novello ( 28 saves / 33 shots )


Quarterfinals[edit]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Army[edit]

March 12[6] Quinnipiac 2 – 0 Army Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Ben Nelson - GW - 05:57
Rob Hammel - 17:44
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jamie Holden ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Brad Roberts ( 25 saves / 27 shots )


(2) Canisius vs. (7) Bentley[edit]

March 12[7] Canisius 2 – 4 Bentley Buffalo State Sports Arena Recap  
Jon Durno - 00:21 First period No scoring
No Scoring Second period 08:57 - Brendan McCartin
Joe Kitchen - 07:01 Third period 02:54 - PP - Ryan Lessnau
09:07 - GW - Paul Markarian
19:11 - EN - Paul Scalisi
Bryan Worosz ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 28 saves / 30 shots )


(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut[edit]

March 12[8] Mercyhurst 7 – 4 Connecticut Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
T.J. Kemp - PP - 09:40
Dave Borrelli - PP - 16:29
First period 01:49 - William Magnuson
01:57 - Chris Uber
13:16 - PP - William Crum
Ben Cottreau - PP - 09:41
T.J. Kemp - PP - 11:57
David Wrigley - GW - 12:47
Second period 06:12 - William Crum
Rich Hansen - 14:44
Dave Borrelli - EN - 19:34
Third period No scoring
Mike Ella ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Scott Tomes ( 28 saves / 34 shots )


(4) Holy Cross vs. (5) Sacred Heart[edit]

March 12[9] Holy Cross 4 – 2 Sacred Heart Hart Center Recap  
Andrew Weber - 10:56
Andrew Weber - 16:00
First period 14:26 - Garrett Larson
19:39 - PP - Bernie Chmiel
Matt Burke - GW PP - 04:57 Second period No scoring
Andrew Weber - 03:26 Third period No scoring
Tony Quesada ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Kevin LaPointe ( 24 saves / 28 shots )


Semifinals[edit]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Bentley[edit]

March 18[10] Quinnipiac 4 – 1 Bentley Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
Matt Craig - PP - 11:00 First period 17:16 - Bryan Goodwin
Jamie Bates - GW - 03:42
Matt Froehlich - 08:22
Second period No scoring
Matt Froehlich - EN - 08:22 Third period No scoring
Jamie Holden ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 29 saves / 32 shots )


(3) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Holy Cross[edit]

March 18[11] Mercyhurst 4 – 3 OT Holy Cross Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
David Wrigley - 02:45 First period 03:30 - Tyler McGregor
Scott Reynolds - 07:20
Scott Champagne - 08:23
Second period 05:37 - Dale Reinhardt
18:13 - Andrew McKay
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ryan Toomey - GW - 02:03 First overtime period No scoring
Mike Ella ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) Goalie stats Tony Quesada ( 32 saves / 36 shots )


Championship[edit]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Mercyhurst[edit]

March 19[12] Quinnipiac 2 – 3 OT Mercyhurst Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Aaron Ludwig - 02:06
Matt Craig - 12:27
Second period 05:17 - Dave Borrelli
No Scoring Third period 14:03 - Erik Johnson
No Scoring First overtime period 04:56 - GW - Scott Champagne
Jamie Holden ( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Ella ( 36 saves / 38 shots )


Tournament awards[edit]

Three Stars of the Tournament[edit]

[13]

MVP[edit]

  • Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mercyhurst Men's Team History". 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 23". USCHO.com. March 9, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 19, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  5. ^ "Army 5, American International 3". USCHO.com. March 9, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  6. ^ "Quinnipiac 2, Army 0". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  7. ^ "Bentley 4, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  8. ^ "Mercyhurst 7, Connecticut 4". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  9. ^ "Holy Cross 4, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  10. ^ "Quinnipiac 4, Bentley 1". USCHO.com. March 18, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  11. ^ "Mercyhurst 4, Holy Cross 3". USCHO.com. March 18, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  12. ^ "Mercyhurst 3, Quinnipiac 2". USCHO.com. March 19, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  13. ^ "Ella Leads Lakers to Title, Tournament". Inside College Hockey. March 19, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  14. ^ "Atlantic Hockey Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2013.