2014 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
| 2014 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 7–22, 2014 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | Robert Morris (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Derek Schooley (1st title) |
| MVP | Cody Wydo (Robert Morris) |
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2014, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament was the Robert Morris Colonials, who earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2014 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, played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular-season standings received 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 played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 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 | ||
| Mercyhurst† | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 107 | 65 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 148 | 124 | |
| Bentley | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 100 | 67 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 127 | 99 | |
| Air Force | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 81 | 73 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 115 | 106 | |
| Connecticut | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 75 | 61 | 36 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 91 | 86 | |
| Robert Morris* | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 95 | 78 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 145 | 130 | |
| Niagara | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 89 | 78 | 40 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 113 | 122 | |
| Canisius | 27 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 81 | 78 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 120 | 125 | |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 68 | 72 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 97 | 114 | |
| RIT | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 67 | 84 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 94 | 124 | |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 75 | 99 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 82 | 137 | |
| American International | 27 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 74 | 107 | 36 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 90 | 151 | |
| Army | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 110 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 73 | 146 | |
| Championship: Robert Morris † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[edit]
| First round March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Semifinals March 21 | Championship March 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mercyhurst | 5* | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Robert Morris | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Holy Cross | 4 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Army | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Mercyhurst | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Canisius | 5** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bentley | 4* | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Niagara | 1** | 4 | — | 7 | Canisius | 3 | 5** | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | American International | 0 | 2 | — | 7 | Canisius | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Robert Morris | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Canisius | 3 | 5 | — | 6 | Niagara | 1 | 4 | 4* | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sacred Heart | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | Robert Morris | 5* | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Niagara | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 0 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Holy Cross | 2 | 5 | 3* | 5 | Robert Morris | 3 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | RIT | 3* | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results[edit]
First round[edit]
(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Army[edit]
| March 7 | Robert Morris | 8 – 4 | Army | 84 Lumber Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 16:44 - PP - Andrew O'Leary (Zaremba, Gehrt) | ||||||
| (Friedmann, Jones) Colin South - 01:53 (Rey, Gibson) Brandon Denham - 02:12 (Gibson, Denham) Matt Cope - 04:16 (Moore, Wydo) Scott Jacklin - 06:21 (Golightly, Renwick) Cody Wydo - GW - 09:19 (Rigatti) Daniel Leavens - 11:56 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Jacklin, Wydo) Zac Lynch - 00:32 (Jacklin, Lynch) Cody Wydo - PP - 02:15 |
Third period | 11:06 - Luke Jenkins (Richards, Lalor) 18:48 - PP - Maurice Alvarez (Reuschlein, Roberts) 19:47 - Garret Peterson (O'Leary) | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Terry Shafer | Goalie stats | Parker Gahagen ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) / Tanner Creel ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Robert Morris | 2 – 4 | Army | 84 Lumber Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 01:05 - Brian Schultz (Pomarico, Hearn) | ||||||
| (Wydo, Blazek) Scott Jacklin - 09:51 (Lynch, Blazek) Scott Jacklin - PP - 19:13 |
Second period | 01:27 - PP - Jonny Gehrt (Kozlak, Reuschlein) 04:38 - GW - Brian Schultz (Reuschlein, Roberts) 14:28 - Maurice Alvarez (Pomarico, Reuschlein) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Terry Shafer | Goalie stats | Parker Gahagen ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Robert Morris | 3 – 1 | Army | 84 Lumber Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Cope) Greg Gibson - 04:44 (Golightly, Renwick) David Friedmann - GW - 11:34 |
Second period | 02:02 - SH - Luke Jenkins (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Lynch) Andrew Blazek - 05:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) Terry Shafer / ( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Dalton Izyk | Goalie stats | Parker Gahagen ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–1 | |
(6) Niagara vs. (11) American International[edit]
| March 7 | Niagara | 1 – 0 | 2OT | American International | Dwyer Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Muto) Dan Kolenda - GW - 04:43 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 38 saves / 38 shots ) Jackson Teichroeb | Goalie stats | Hunter Leisner ( 48 saves / 49 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Niagara | 4 – 2 | American International | Dwyer Arena | Recap | |||
| (Rashid) Sam Alfieri - 04:36 (Alfieri, Williams) Matt Chartrain - 08:18 (Akeson, Muto) Ryan Rashid - GW PP - 15:33 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Sarcona, Pietrobon) Matt Williams - 04:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:41 - David Norris (MacMillan, Puskar) 11:34 - David Norris (MacMillan) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Jackson Teichroeb | Goalie stats | Hunter Leisner ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–0 | |
(7) Canisius vs. (10) Sacred Heart[edit]
| March 7 | Canisius | 3 – 0 | Bentley | Buffalo State Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Danford, Gibbons) Shane Conacher - GW PP - 02:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Law, McCrank) Tyler Wiseman - 06:22 (Backhouse, Freeman) Kyle Gibbons - EN - 18:07 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Tony Capobianco | Goalie stats | Alex Vazzano ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Canisius | 5 – 0 | Bentley | Buffalo State Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| (Sullivan, Bohrer) Ralph Cuddemi - GW - 13:23 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Cody Freeman - SH - 04:59 (Roe) Braeden Rigney - 11:33 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Gibbons, Sullivan) Cody Freeman - 06:20 (Danford, Gibbons) Cody Freeman - 14:25 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Tony Capobianco | Goalie stats | Alex Vazzano ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| Canisius won series 2–0 | |
(8) Holy Cross vs. (9) RIT[edit]
| March 7 | Holy Cross | 2 – 3 | OT | RIT | Hart Center | Recap | ||
| (Schmidt, Smith) Brett Lubanski - PP - 18:37 | First period | 10:23 - Greg Noyes (Mitchell, Lynch) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:41 - Adam Mitchell (Smith, Kuqali) | ||||||
| (McNamara, Vidal) Shayne Stockton - 12:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 13:23 - GW - Brad McGowan (Noyes) | ||||||
| ( 45 saves / 48 shots ) Matt Ginn | Goalie stats | Mike Rotolo ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Holy Cross | 5 – 1 | RIT | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| (Schmidt, Barrett) Tim Driscoll - 00:47 (unassisted) Shayne Stockton - GW - 02:14 (McGrath, Lubanski) Castan Sommer - 12:56 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McGrath, Sommer) Brett Lubanski - EA - 10:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Vidal) Shayne Stockton - 13:38 | Third period | 03:51 - PP - Dan Schuler (Lynch, Noyes) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Matt Ginn | Goalie stats | Mike Rotolo ( 27 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Holy Cross | 3 – 2 | OT | RIT | Hart Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 10:23 - Eliot Raibl (Miller, McGowan) | ||||||
| (Stockton, Nagy) Adam Schmidt - 04:08 (Youso) Tommy Dwyer - 08:37 |
Second period | 03:00 - Danny Smith (Fostvelt) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schmidt) Mike Barrett - GW - 00:38 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Matt Ginn | Goalie stats | Mike Rotolo ( 39 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| Holy Cross won series 2–1 | |
Quarterfinals[edit]
(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Holy Cross[edit]
| March 14 | Mercyhurst | 5 – 4 | OT | Holy Cross | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:54 - PP - Brett McKinnon (Barrett, Stockton) | ||||||
| (Frischmon, Shields) Kyle Cook - 14:26 (O'Donoghue, Zay) Nick Jones - 19:21 |
Second period | 00:30 - Brett McKinnon (McNamara, Beckman) 05:11 - Ryan McGrath (Sommer, Youso) 19:36 - Castan Sommer (Lubanski, Beckman) | ||||||
| (Nagtzaam, Mastrodicasa) Tyler Shiplo - PP - 07:03 (Bahntge, Hrehoriak) Daniel O'Donoghue - EA - 19:33 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Misiak, Mastrodicasa) Kyle Cook - GW - 04:40 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Jimmy Sarjeant | Goalie stats | Matt Ginn ( 45 saves / 50 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Mercyhurst | 4 – 1 | Holy Cross | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| (Bahntge, O'Donoghue) Nick Jones - 02:27 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Frischmon, Bodo) Alec Shields - 02:41 (O'Donoghue, Shiplo) Matthew Zay - 15:20 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Hrehoriak, Just) Ryan Misiak - 15:46 | Third period | 16:52 - Mike Barrett (Smith, Driscoll) | ||||||
| ( 45 saves / 46 shots ) Jimmy Sarjeant | Goalie stats | Matt Ginn ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| Mercyhurst won series 2–0 | |
(2) Bentley vs. (7) Canisius[edit]
| March 14 | Bentley | 4 – 3 | OT | Canisius | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | ||
| (Weinstein, Gensler) Alex Grieve - PP - 02:46 (Reardon, Fitzstephens) Derek Bacon - 08:48 |
First period | 13:46 - Patrick Sullivan (Freeman, Gibbons) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Grieve, Switzer) Brett Gensler - EA - 19:37 | Third period | 03:39 - Tyler Wiseman (Law, Jessey) 05:59 - Patrick Sullivan (Law, Wiseman) | ||||||
| (Gensler, Blomquist) Brett Switzer - GW - 00:40 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Branden Komm | Goalie stats | Tony Capobianco ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Bentley | 4 – 5 | 2OT | Canisius | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | ||
| (Grieve) Brett Gensler - 09:46 (Weinstein) Tyler Deresky - 19:07 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Grieve, Gensler) Brett Switzer - 07:08 (Gensler, Weinstein) Alex Grieve - 18:30 |
Second period | 01:34 - Ralph Cuddemi (Conacher, McCrank) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:15 - Ben Danford (Backhouse, Gibbons) 11:19 - PP - Ralph Cuddemi (Danford, Conacher) 15:55 - Shane Conacher (Jessey, McCrank) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 06:59 - GW - Kyle Gibbons (Wiseman, Backhouse) | ||||||
| ( 40 saves / 45 shots ) Branden Komm | Goalie stats | Tony Capobianco ( 42 saves / 46 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Bentley | 2 – 3 | Canisius | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| (Weinstein, Blomquist) Brett Gensler - 11:06 (Gensler, Gladiuk) Alex Grieve - 18:05 |
First period | 11:56 - Mitch McCrank (Danford) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:59 - Mitch McCrank (Jessey, Rumble) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:52 - Mitch McCrank (Cuddemi, Conacher) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Branden Komm | Goalie stats | Tony Capobianco ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| Canisius won series 2–1 | |
(3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara[edit]
| March 14 | Air Force | 2 – 1 | Niagara | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Demers, Halloran) Cole Gunner - 06:28 (Michalke) Max Hartner - GW - 09:43 |
Second period | 06:58 - Patrick Divjak (unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Jason Torf | Goalie stats | Jackson Teichroeb ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Air Force | 3 – 4 | Niagara | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:43 - Hugo Turcotte (Ryan, Conderman) | ||||||
| (Holm, Gunner) Chad Demers - 04:14 (Thomas, Michalke) Ben Carey - 12:25 |
Second period | 02:43 - Vinny Muto (Williams, Turcotte) 14:43 - Hugo Turcotte (Kolenda, Patterson) | ||||||
| (unassisted) Patrick Conte - 01:44 | Third period | 11:40 - GW - Ryan Timar (Michalke, Torrel) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Jason Torf | Goalie stats | Jackson Teichroeb ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Air Force | 3 – 4 | OT | Niagara | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (McKenzie, Holm) Alex Halloran - PP - 08:42 (Fabian, Halloran) George Michalke - 13:28 |
First period | 05:23 - Michael Benedict (Albers, Conte) 12:56 - Stephen Pietrobon (unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:16 - Patrick Conte (Williams, Nasca) | ||||||
| (Michalke, Hrabovsky) Ryan Timar - 06:29 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:49 - GW - Matt Williams (Sarcona) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Jason Torf | Goalie stats | Jackson Teichroeb ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–1 | |
(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris[edit]
| March 14 | Connecticut | 0 – 3 | Robert Morris | Freitas Ice Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:14 - GW - Jeff Jones (Blazek, Friedmann) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:53 - Cody Wydo (Renwick) 18:18 - Brandon Denham (Gibson, Cope) | ||||||
| ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Rob Nichols | Goalie stats | Dalton Izyk ( 33 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Connecticut | 2 – 3 | Robert Morris | Freitas Ice Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ferriss, Tyson) Tyler Cooke - 04:41 (Skibba, Gaffney) Trevor Gerling - 07:18 |
Second period | 02:35 - PP - Zac Lynch (Wydo, Wilson) 07:42 - Evan Moore (Gibson, Blazek) 12:35 - GW - Ben Robillard (Rigatti, Golightly) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Matt Grogan | Goalie stats | Dalton Izyk ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals[edit]
(1) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Canisius[edit]
| March 21 | Mercyhurst | 4 – 5 | 2OT | Canisius | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | ||
| (Monteith) Alec Shields - 09:40 (Just, O'Donoghue) Nick Jones - 17:34 |
First period | 07:40 - Ralph Cuddemi (McCrank, McKellar) | ||||||
| (Frischmon, Shiplo) Alec Shields - 11:03 | Second period | 01:19 - Ralph Cuddemi (Conacher) 17:10 - Patrick Sullivan (Gibbons, Jessey) | ||||||
| (Zay, Bahntge) Daniel O'Donoghue - 11:48 | Third period | 06:51 - Mitch McCrank (Conacher, Backhouse) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 13:30 - GW - Stephen Farrell (Roe, Cuddemi) | ||||||
| ( 42 saves / 47 shots ) Jimmy Sarjeant | Goalie stats | Tony Capobianco ( 58 saves / 62 shots ) | ||||||
(5) Robert Morris vs. (6) Niagara[edit]
| March 21 | Robert Morris | 5 – 4 | OT | Niagara | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | ||
| (Cope) Greg Gibson - 02:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Denham, Golightly) Matt Cope - 09:30 | Second period | 03:39 - Hugo Turcotte (Kolenda, Albers) | ||||||
| (Friedmann, Jones) Colin South - 11:29 (Lynch, Jacklin) Cody Wydo - 12:29 |
Third period | 08:32 - Stephen Pietrobon (Williams, Sarcona) 16:57 - Patrick Divjak (Williams, Sarcona) 17:44 - Hugo Turcotte (Williams, Conte) | ||||||
| (Lynch, Golightly) Scott Jacklin - GW - 14:56 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 51 saves / 55 shots ) Dalton Izyk | Goalie stats | Jackson Teichroeb ( 38 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[edit]
(5) Robert Morris vs. (7) Canisius[edit]
| March 22 | Robert Morris | 7 – 4 | Canisius | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Cody Wydo - 00:26 (Lynch, Izyk) Cody Wydo - 17:34 |
Second period | 06:08 - Doug Jessey (Rumble, Beck) | ||||||
| (Rey, Denham) Greg Gibson - 01:31 (Rigatti, Golightly) Matt Cope - 07:11 (Lynch, Wydo) David Friedmann - GW - 11:04 (Blazek, Cope) Greg Gibson - 13:04 (Jacklin) Cody Wydo - 18:06 |
Third period | 01:16 - Shane Conacher (McCrank, Jessey) 10:27 - Mitch McCrank (Cuddemi, Rumble) 12:35 - PP - Chris Rumble (Jessey, Beck) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Dalton Izyk | Goalie stats | Tony Capobianco ( 26 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- G Dalton Izyk (Robert Morris).
- D Doug Jessey (Canisius).
- D Chris Rumble (Canisius).
- F Ralph Cuddemi (Robert Morris).
- F Greg Gibson (Robert Morris).
- F Cody Wydo* (Robert Morris).