2019 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
| 2019 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 8–23, 2019 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Finals site | HarborCenter Buffalo, New York |
| Champions | American International (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Eric Lang (1st title) |
| MVP | Zackarias Skog (American International) |
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2019 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 15th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, at home campus locations and at the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. By winning the tournament, American International earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[edit]
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 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.[1]
Standings[edit]
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #16 American International †* | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 102 | 77 | 41 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 129 | 119 | |
| Bentley | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 94 | 75 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 113 | 98 | |
| Air Force | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 65 | 63 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 90 | 92 | |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 85 | 73 | 37 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 107 | 106 | |
| RIT | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 81 | 76 | 38 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 113 | 111 | |
| Niagara | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 94 | 96 | 41 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 127 | 140 | |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 94 | 38 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 113 | 134 | |
| Robert Morris | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 72 | 78 | 40 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 102 | 127 | |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 81 | 89 | 36 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 91 | 112 | |
| Army | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 71 | 82 | 39 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 94 | 117 | |
| Canisius | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 77 | 107 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 103 | 133 | |
| Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[edit]
Teams are reseeded for the quarterfinals and semifinals
| First round March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 13–17 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | American International | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Niagara | 5** | 3 | 2 | 10 | Army | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Canisius | 4 | 4* | 1 | 1 | American International | 3* | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Robert Morris | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bentley | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Robert Morris | 2 | 2 | 4* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | American International | 3* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Niagara | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 2 | 4 | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mercyhurst | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | Niagara | 3* | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Army | 3* | 5 | - | 5 | RIT | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Niagara | 1* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sacred Heart | 9 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Robert Morris | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | RIT | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Holy Cross | 0 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results[edit]
First round[edit]
(6) Niagara vs. (11) Canisius[edit]
| March 8 | Niagara | 5 – 4 | 2OT | Canisius | Dwyer Arena | Recap | ||
| (Cooley, Kendall) Noah Delmas – PP – 13:55 (unassisted) Ben Sokay – PP – 19:20 |
First period | 15:57 – PP – Matt Hoover (McLaughlin) | ||||||
| (Herrmann, Hayes) Johnny Curran – 07:44 | Second period | 06:53 – Jimmy Mazza (Jerry) | ||||||
| (Brandt) Ben Sokay – EA – 19:48 | Third period | 00:41 – Jimmy Mazza (Heath, McLaughlin) 15:34 – Mitchell Martan (Heath, Alger) | ||||||
| (Mills) Justin Kendall – GW – 09:53 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Brian Wilson | Goalie stats | Matt Ladd ( 38 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Niagara | 3 – 4 | OT | Canisius | Dwyer Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 11:25 – PP – Jimmy Mazza (Long, Alger) 15:47 – Matt McLeod (Parrottino, McLaughlin) | ||||||
| (Stenlund) Noah Delmas – PP – 08:01 (Delmas, Cooley) Justin Kendall – PP – 17:26 (Delmas) Ludwig Stenlund – PP – 18:30 |
Second period | 01:52 – PP – Nick Hutchison (Alger, Martan) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:04 – GW – Nick Hutchison (Mazza, Chamberland) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Brian Wilson | Goalie stats | Matt Ladd ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Niagara | 2 – 1 | Canisius | Dwyer Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Truscott) Jared Brandt – 05:53 (Cooley, Hayes) Ben Sokay – GW – 09:22 |
Second period | 14:24 – Logan Gestro (Stief) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Brian Wilson | Goalie stats | Matt Ladd ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–1 | |
(7) Mercyhurst vs. (10) Army[edit]
| March 8 | Mercyhurst | 2 – 3 | OT | Army | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 05:53 – Dalton MacAfee (Krueger, Fidler) | ||||||
| (Duszak, Barach) Matthew Whittaker – PP – 04:13 | Second period | 07:33 – PP – Dalton MacAfee (Wilkinson, Evancho) | ||||||
| (Duszak, Anderson) Derek Barach – 05:37 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 15:58 – GW – Dominic Franco (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 41 saves / 44 shots ) Stefano Cantali | Goalie stats | Matt Penta ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Mercyhurst | 1 – 5 | Army | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| (Best, Ipri) Josh McDougall – 11:43 | First period | 13:43 – Dominic Franco (MacAfee, Wilkinson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:05 – Mason Krueger (Zimmerman, Soucie) 10:42 – Daniel Haider (Plunkett, Laurito) 11:41 – Mason Krueger (Soucie, Wilkinson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:28 – Trevor Fidler (Krueger, Soucie) | ||||||
| ( 46 saves / 51 shots ) Garrett Metcalf | Goalie stats | Matt Penta ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| Army won series 2–0 | |
(8) Robert Morris vs. (9) Holy Cross[edit]
| March 8 | Robert Morris | 1 – 0 | Holy Cross | Colonials Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mantenuto) Nick Prkusic – GW – 06:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Francis Marotte | Goalie stats | Tommy Nixon ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Robert Morris | 3 – 2 | Holy Cross | Colonials Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 05:07 – Ryan Leibold (Trapp, Collett) | ||||||
| (unassisted) Alex Tonge – PS – 04:11 (Prkusic) Daniel Mantenuto – 13:06 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Lynch, Addamo) Nick Lalonde – 13:45 | Third period | 05:59 – Kevin Darrar (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Francis Marotte | Goalie stats | Tommy Nixon ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals[edit]
(1) American International vs. (10) Army[edit]
| March 15 | American International | 4 – 0 | Army | MassMutual Center | Recap | |||
| (Reinhardt) Tobias Fladeby – GW – 06:13 (Luka, Dodero) Elijiah Barriga – 14:18 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McBride, Mellberg) Luka Maver – 02:15 (Cole) Joel Kocur – 03:23 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Zackarias Skog | Goalie stats | Matt Penta ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) / Jared Dempsey ( 12 saves / 13 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | American International | 1 – 2 | Army | MassMutual Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Luka) Matúš Spodniak – 08:17 | Second period | 17:37 – Trevor Fidler (Berkovitz, Soucie) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:50 – GW – Dalton MacAfee (Maruya, Higgins) | ||||||
| ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) Zackarias Skog | Goalie stats | Matt Penta ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| March 17 | American International | 4 – 1 | Army | MassMutual Center | Recap | |||
| (McBride, Demel) Hugo Reinhardt – 13:44 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kapcheck, Luka) Kyle Stephan – GW – 15:47 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Blake Christensen – 05:05 (Reinhardt, Fladeby) Blake Christensen – 17:10 |
Third period | 14:38 – Dalton MacAfee (Evancho, Butte) | ||||||
| ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Zackarias Skog | Goalie stats | Matt Penta ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| American International won series 2–1 | |
(2) Bentley vs. (8) Robert Morris[edit]
| March 15 | Bentley | 3 – 2 | Robert Morris | Bentley Arena | Recap | |||
| (Orr, Lombardozzi) Jakov Novak – 12:55 (Callin, Desbiens) Brendan Hamblet – 19:38 |
First period | 18:54 – Luke Lynch (Giles) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:19 – PP – Michael Louria (Tonge, Mantenuto) | ||||||
| (Santerno, Riggleman) Jakov Novak – GW – 18:23 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Aidan Pelino | Goalie stats | Francis Marotte ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Bentley | 1 – 2 | Robert Morris | Bentley Arena | Recap | |||
| (Solovyev, Brassard) Jake Kauppila – PP – 01:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:26 – PP – Eric Israel (Louria, Mantenuto) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:35 – GW – Michael Louria (Mantenuto) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Aidan Pelino | Goalie stats | Francis Marotte ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 17 | Bentley | 2 – 3 | OT | Robert Morris | Bentley Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Zuffante, Brassard) Jakov Novak – 03:05 | Second period | 12:22 – Luke Lynch (Tonge, Prkusic) | ||||||
| (Callin, Desbiens) Brendan Hamblet – 01:39 | Third period | 02:10 – Aidan Spellacy (Coleman, Prkusic) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 16:04 – GW – Justin Addamo (Lynch) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Aidan Pelino | Goalie stats | Francis Marotte ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–1 | |
(3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara[edit]
| March 15 | Air Force | 2 – 3 | OT | Niagara | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Jaeger, Tyran) Pierce Pluemer – 01:58 | First period | 13:43 – Eric Cooley (Stenlund, Delmas) | ||||||
| (Tomlak, Harper) Dan Bailey – 01:48 | Second period | 00:58 – Ludwig Stenlund (Spriggs, Edgerton) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 07:38 – GW – Ludwig Stenlund (Curran, Kovachis) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Billy Christopoulos | Goalie stats | Brian Wilson ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Air Force | 4 – 5 | Niagara | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (unassisted) Matt Pulver – 05:51 (Haak) Walker Sommer – 08:04 |
First period | 04:42 – Tyler Hayes (Sokay) 16:26 – Chris Harpur (Edgerton, Farmer) 17:49 – PP – Noah Delmas (Stenlund, Kendall) | ||||||
| (Sommer, Mehnert) Kieran Durgan – PP – 08:53 | Second period | 16:47 – Kris Spriggs (Curran, Stenlund) 16:58 – GW – Nick Farmer (Edgerton) | ||||||
| (Mirageas) Erich Jaeger – 00:14 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 24 shots ) Billy Christopoulos | Goalie stats | Brian Wilson ( 39 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–0 | |
(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) RIT[edit]
| March 13 | Sacred Heart | 9 – 4 | RIT | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| (Rakhmatov, Crocock) Jordan Kaplan – 03:59 (Boyagian, Steele) Vito Bavaro – 05:06 (Cotton, Crocock) Alex Bates – 10:35 |
First period | 10:35 – Alden Dupuis (Salloum, Hamacher) 18:58 – Abbott Girduckis (Brown, Brubacher) | ||||||
| (Magera, Bates) Jordan Kaplan – 09:01 (Rakhmatov, Johnstone) Austin Magera – GW – 11:48 (unassisted) Matt Tugnutt – 16:13 (Bavaro, Boyagian) Ryan Steele – 19:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kaplan, Rakhmatov) Marc Johnstone – 00:19 (unassisted) Matt Tugnutt – SH – 13:13 |
Third period | 17:29 – Alden Dupuis (Willett) 19:03 – Nick Bruce (Walker, Valette) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Benson | Goalie stats | Logan Drackett ( 13 saves / 18 shots ) / Ian Andriano ( 2 saves / 4 shots ) / Christian Short ( 7 saves / 9 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Sacred Heart | 3 – 7 | RIT | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:03 – Shawn Cameron (Salloum, Dupuis) 10:52 – Ryan Kruper (Joffe) 16:06 – Chris McKay (Dupuis, Valette) | ||||||
| (Cotton, Bernard) Alex Bates – 18:50 | Second period | 13:03 – GW – Alden Dupuis (Cameron, Hamacher) 15:25 – Shawn Cameron (Hamacher, Dupuis) | ||||||
| (Bavaro, Lee) Ryan Steele – 02:39 (Cotton, Tugnutt) Todd Goehring – 12:14 |
Third period | 16:45 – PP – Jake Hamacher (Brown, Girduckis) 19:02 – SH EN – Adam Brubacher (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 3 saves / 6 shots ) Josh Benson / ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Brett Magnus | Goalie stats | Logan Drackett ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| March 15 | Sacred Heart | 1 – 3 | RIT | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| (Goehring, Tugnutt) Jason Cotton – 02:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:40 – PP – Erik Brown (Willett, Brubacher) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:39 – GW – Jake Hamacher (Dupuis) 19:40 – EN – Jake Hamacher (Cameron, Dupuis) | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Brett Magnus | Goalie stats | Logan Drackett ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| RIT won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals[edit]
(1) American International vs. (8) Robert Morris[edit]
| March 22 | American International | 3 – 2 | OT | Robert Morris | Harborcenter | Recap | ||
| (Polin) Jan Štefka – PP – 09:47 | First period | 18:02 – Alex Tonge (Louria, Mantenuto) | ||||||
| (Polin, Dodero) Joel Kocur – 02:56 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:31 – EN – Daniel Mantenuto (Prkusic, Tonge) | ||||||
| (McBride) Blake Christensen – GW – 01:44 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Zackarias Skog | Goalie stats | Francis Marotte ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
(5) RIT vs. (6) Niagara[edit]
| March 22 | RIT | 0 – 1 | OT | Niagara | Harborcenter | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 07:03 – GW – Ludwig Stenlund (Curran, Robinson) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Logan Drackett | Goalie stats | Brian Wilson ( 32 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[edit]
(1) American International vs. (6) Niagara[edit]
| March 23 | American International | 3 – 2 | OT | Niagara | Harborcenter | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Reinhardt, McBride) Jānis Jaks – PP – 09:46 (Maver) Martin Mellberg – 19:59 |
Second period | 06:21 – PP – Justin Kendall (Mills) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:16 – Kris Spriggs (Edgerton) | ||||||
| (Stephan, Christensen) Hugo Reinhardt – GW PP – 01:16 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Zackarias Skog | Goalie stats | Brian Wilson ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- G Zackarias Skog* (American International)
- D Jānis Jaks (American International)
- D Ryan Polin (American International)
- F Hugo Reinhardt (American International)
- F Blake Christensen (American International)
- F Ludwig Stenlund (Niagara)
References[edit]
- ^ "Atlantic Hockey". atlantichockeyonline.com.
- ^ "AIC Wins First Atlantic Hockey Championship as Reinhardt Nets OT Winner". Atlantic Hockey. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.