2013 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
| 2013 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 8–23, 2013 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | Canisius (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Dave Smith (1st title) |
| MVP | Kyle Gibbons (Canisius) |
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It will be played between March 8 and March 23, 2013 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, United States. The winner of the tournament will earn Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[edit]
The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four 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-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the highest-ranked first-round winner 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 seeds play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Standings[edit]
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 | ||
| #15 Niagara † | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 92 | 60 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 116 | 95 | |
| Air Force | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 92 | 56 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 120 | 92 | |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 83 | 79 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 111 | 106 | |
| Connecticut | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 77 | 70 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 102 | 94 | |
| Robert Morris | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 85 | 85 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 118 | 105 | |
| Mercyhurst | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 90 | 73 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 128 | 112 | |
| #19 Canisius * | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 71 | 69 | 43 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 113 | 104 | |
| RIT | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 89 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 122 | 126 | |
| American International | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 72 | 78 | 35 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 88 | 112 | |
| Bentley | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 85 | 87 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 108 | 116 | |
| Army | 27 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 64 | 92 | 34 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 73 | 121 | |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 128 | 36 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 83 | 182 | |
| Championship: March 23, 2013 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[edit]
| First round March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Niagara | 3 | 2* | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Robert Morris | 4 | 6 | — | 8 | RIT | 2 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Sacred Heart | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | Niagara | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Canisius | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Air Force | 3 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mercyhurst | 3 | 5 | — | 7 | Canisius | 4 | 4* | — | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Army | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | Mercyhurst | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Canisius | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Canisius | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | Mercyhurst | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Bentley | 0 | 1 | — | 4 | Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mercyhurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 4 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | RIT | 2 | 7 | — | 5 | Robert Morris | 1 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | American International | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results[edit]
First round[edit]
(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Sacred Heart[edit]
| March 8 | Robert Morris | 4 – 1 | Sacred Heart | 84 Lumber Arena | Recap | |||
| (Hervato, South) Jeff Jones - 01:12 (Lynch, Renwick) Mac Roy - GW - 06:17 (Blazek) Greg Gibson - 14:14 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Jacklin, Wydo) Adam Brace - EN - 19:16 | Third period | 14:46 - Eric Delong (Sheehan, Barthelmess) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Eric Levine | Goalie stats | Andrew Bodnarchuk ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Robert Morris | 6 – 1 | Sacred Heart | 84 Lumber Arena | Recap | |||
| (Brace, Brace) Colin South - 09:27 | First period | 16:14 - Kyle Verbeek (Lake, Curry) | ||||||
| (Brace, Golightly) Tyler Hinds - GW - 02:22 (Jacklin, Brace) Cody Wydo - EN - 06:01 (Lynch) Matt Cope - 17:41 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Brace) Cody Wydo - PP - 10:32 (Renwick, Cope) Greg Gibson - 14:35 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Eric Levine | Goalie stats | Andrew Bodnarchuk ( 40 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–0 | |
(6) Mercyhurst vs. (11) Army[edit]
| March 8 | Mercyhurst | 3 – 1 | Army | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 17:49 - Andy Starczewski (Richards, Lalor) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (O'Donoghue, Mastrodicasa) Kyle Just - 10:38 (Misiak, O'Donoghue) Zac Frischmon - GW - 14:34 (Zay, Blakey) Chris Bodo - EN - 19:02 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Jordan Tibbett | Goalie stats | Rob Tadazak ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Mercyhurst | 5 – 2 | Army | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| (Zay, Bodo) Grant Blakey - 05:24 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Just, Frischmon) Daniel O'Donoghue - 04:38 | Second period | 13:39 - PP - Willie Faust (Pomarico, Zaremba) | ||||||
| (Just, Jones) Grant Blakey - GW - 08:56 (Frischmon, Just) Daniel O'Donoghue - 16:28 (Jones) Ryan Misiak - EN - 19:09 |
Third period | 15:07 - Joe Kozlak (Clark) | ||||||
| ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) Max Strang | Goalie stats | Rob Tadazak ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| Mercyhurst won series 2–0 | |
(7) Canisius vs. (10) Bentley[edit]
| March 8 | Canisius | 4 – 0 | Bentley | Buffalo State Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Gibbons, Sullivan) Cody Freeman - GW - 05:00 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Sullivan, Gibbons) Ben Parker - 02:26 (Cuddemi) Preston Shupe - PP - 15:09 (McCrank, Roe) Preston Shupe - SH EN - 19:24 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 35 saves / 35 shots ) Tony Capobianco | Goalie stats | Branden Komm ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Canisius | 2 – 1 | Bentley | Buffalo State Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Gibbons, Roe) Cody Freeman - 14:36 (Gibbons, Farrell) Cody Freeman - 19:01 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:20 - Andrew Gladiuk (Rickord, Koudys) | ||||||
| ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Tony Capobianco | Goalie stats | Branden Komm ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| Canisius won series 2–0 | |
(8) RIT vs. (9) American International[edit]
| March 8 | RIT | 2 – 1 | American International | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Colavecchia, Noyes) Chris Saracino - PP - 13:58 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McGowan, Garbowsky) Josh Mitchell - GW - 19:47 | Second period | 03:16 - Jon Puskar (Porter) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Jordan Ruby | Goalie stats | Ben Meisner ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | RIT | 7 – 1 | American International | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Noyes, Garbowsky) Chris Saracino - PP - 11:03 (Garbowsky, Saracino) Dan Schuler - GW SH - 19:19 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schuler, Garbowsky) Nolan Descoteaux - 09:14 (Raibl) Brad McGowan - 17:45 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schuler) Matt Garbowsky - 10:46 (Noyes, Mitchell) Ben Lynch - 13:15 (Kuqali, Lynch) Jeff Smith - 14:06 |
Third period | 03:16 - Chris Porter (Lubin, Puskar) | ||||||
| ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Jordan Ruby | Goalie stats | Ben Meisner ( 23 saves / 30 shots ) / Chandler Long ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) | ||||||
| RIT won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals[edit]
(1) Niagara vs. (8) RIT[edit]
| March 15 | Niagara | 3 – 2 | RIT | Dwyer Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Iuorio, Murphy) Jason Beattie - 15:02 | Second period | 06:11 - Matt Garbowsky (McGowan, Schuler) | ||||||
| (Chartrain, Ryan) Giancarlo Iuorio - 03:27 (Weiss, Zanette) Giancarlo Iuorio - GW - 11:28 |
Third period | 09:26 - Adam Mitchell (Colavecchia, Garbowsky) | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Carsen Chubak | Goalie stats | Jordan Ruby ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Niagara | 2 – 1 | OT | RIT | Dwyer Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 01:12 - SH - Josh Mitchell (Lynch) | ||||||
| (Ryan, Murphy) Patrick Divjak - 14:17 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Murphy) Marc Zanette - 13:12 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Carsen Chubak | Goalie stats | Jordan Ruby ( 39 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–0 | |
(2) Air Force vs. (7) Canisius[edit]
| March 15 | Air Force | 3 – 4 | Canisius | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 11:57 - Ryan Bohrer (Larsson, Miller) | ||||||
| (Gunner, Walsh) Kyle De Laurell - 06:36 (Gunner) Stephen Carew - 14:45 |
Second period | 09:11 - Patrick Sullivan (Jessey, Parker) | ||||||
| (Weissenhofer, De Laurell) Tony Thomas - SH EA - 18:52 | Third period | 07:56 - PP - Patrick Sullivan (unassisted) 19:51 - GW PP - Kyle Gibbons (Freeman, McCrank) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Jason Torf | Goalie stats | Tony Capobianco ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Air Force | 3 – 4 | OT | Canisius | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Kruse, Halloran) Ben Carey - 18:04 | First period | 06:13 - Preston Shupe (Cuddemi, Jessey) | ||||||
| (Holm, Carey) Adam McKenzie - 02:21 (De Laurell, Carew) Adam McKenzie - PP - 11:25 |
Second period | 16:33 - Kyle Gibbons (Sullivan, Parker) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:02 - Matthew Grazen (Miller, Lindsay) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:08 - Duncan McKellar (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Jason Torf | Goalie stats | Tony Capobianco ( 50 saves / 53 shots ) | ||||||
| Canisius won series 2–0 | |
(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Mercyhurst[edit]
| March 15 | Holy Cross | 2 – 3 | Mercyhurst | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| (Schmidt, Nunn) Shayne Stockton - 10:31 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Beckman, Youso) Mike McNamara - 18:20 | Second period | 16:07 - PP - Tyler Shiplo (Just, O'Donoghue) 18:29 - Daniel Bahntge (unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:17 - GW - Grant Blakey (Bodo, Gettinger) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Ginn | Goalie stats | Jordan Tibbett ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Holy Cross | 3 – 2 | Mercyhurst | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 14:39 - Chris Bodo (Shiplo, Blakey) | ||||||
| (Linsmayer, Stockton) Brandon Nunn - PP - 12:43 | Second period | 14:30 - Grant Blakey (Just, Shiplo) | ||||||
| (McNamara, Ginn) Shayne Stockton - 06:06 (Stockton, Beckman) Joe McNamara - GW - 09:08 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Matt Ginn | Goalie stats | Max Strang ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 17 | Holy Cross | 0 – 1 | Mercyhurst | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 16:49 - Grant Blakey (Bahntge) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Matt Ginn | Goalie stats | Jordan Tibbett ( 28 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| Mercyhurst won series 2–1 | |
(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris[edit]
| March 15 | Connecticut | 4 – 1 | Robert Morris | Freitas Ice Forum | Recap | |||
| (Ambrosie, Sims) Brant Harris - 13:16 | First period | 11:00 - PP - Cody Wydo (Brace) | ||||||
| (Poe) Joey Ferriss - GW - 04:55 (Gerke, Kirtland) Shawn Pauly - 05:45 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Evan Carriere - EN - 18:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Matt Grogan | Goalie stats | Eric Levine ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Connecticut | 4 – 3 | Robert Morris | Freitas Ice Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 10:02 - Zach Hervato (South, Jones) | ||||||
| (Pauly, Gerling) Cody Sharib - 01:36 (Sharib, Huson) Shawn Pauly - 12:27 (Gerke, Cooke) Joey Ferriss - 12:43 |
Second period | 14:48 - Andrew Blazek (Hervato) | ||||||
| (Bouchard, Smutek) Trevor Gerling - GW - 03:01 | Third period | 16:17 - EA - Cody Wydo (Hervato, South) | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Matt Grogan | Goalie stats | Eric Levine ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| Connecticut won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals[edit]
(1) Niagara vs. (7) Canisius[edit]
| March 22 | Niagara | 3 – 5 | Canisius | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| (Murphy) Giancarlo Iuorio - 03:26 | First period | 10:33 - Cody Freeman (Sullivan, Gibbons) 19:21 - Ben Danford (McKellar, Gibbons) | ||||||
| (Kohls) Hugo Turcotte - 04:05 (Zanette, Ryan) Giancarlo Iuorio - 13:11 |
Second period | 10:33 - Tyler Wiseman (Miller, McCrank) 19:40 - GW PP - Duncan McKellar (Wiseman, Farrell) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:58 - Tyler Wiseman (Miller, McCrank) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 29 shots ) Carsen Chubak | Goalie stats | Tony Capobianco ( 41 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Connecticut vs. (6) Mercyhurst[edit]
| March 22 | Connecticut | 1 – 4 | Mercyhurst | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| (Sharib, Pauly) Trevor Gerling - 07:36 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:15 - Zac Frischmon (unassisted) 15:59 - GW - Paul Chiasson (Jones, DeWald) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:19 - PP - Ryan Misiak (Just, Shiplo) 18:06 - EN - Paul Chiasson (Tibbett) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Matt Grogan | Goalie stats | Jordan Tibbett ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[edit]
(6) Mercuhurst vs. (7) Canisius[edit]
| March 23 | Mercuhurst | 2 – 7 | Canisius | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 09:23 - Kyle Gibbons (Sullivan) | ||||||
| (Jones, O'Donoghue) Matthew Zay - 13:22 | Second period | 04:36 - PP - Kyle Gibbons (Danford, Freeman) 12:31 - GW - Ralph Cuddemi (Shupe, Grazen) 19:03 - PP - Ralph Cuddemi (Wiseman, Shupe) | ||||||
| (Blakey, Bahntge) Nick Jones - PP - 00:58 | Third period | 07:03 - Cody Freeman (Gibbons, Parker) 08:17 - Torrey Lindsay (Larsson) 14:42 - PP - Ben Parker (ice hockey)Ben Parker (Gibbons, Danford) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Jordan Tibbett / ( 4 saves / 6 shots ) Max Strang | Goalie stats | Tony Capobianco ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- G Tony Capobianco (Canisius)
- D Ben Danford (Canisius)
- D Nick Jones (Mercyhurst)
- F Kyle Gibbons* (Canisius)
- F Tyler Wiseman (Canisius)
- F Paul Chiasson (Mercyhurst)
References[edit]
- ^ "Griffs Win 2013 Atlantic Hockey Championship!". Canisius Golden Griffins. Retrieved August 15, 2018.