2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
| 2011 Atlantic Hockey Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 5–19, 2011 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site |
Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | Air Force (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Frank Serratore (4th title) |
| MVP | Jacques Lamoureux (Air Force) |
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Atlantic Hockey Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 8th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 19, 2011 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The tournament features four rounds of play. For the first round, the twelve teams in the league are divided into the two "scheduling pods" used to devise the season schedule. Within each pod, the top two seeds received a bye, while the third and fourth seeds in each pod hosted the fifth and sixth seeds for a single game, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, the teams are reseeded without reference to the pods. The top four remaining seeds will host the bottom four remaining seeds in best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest 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 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
Current standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
The overall statistics include postseason games.
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| RIT† | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 95 | 64 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 128 | 99 | |
| #18 Air Force* | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 106 | 85 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 137 | 115 | |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 97 | 73 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 128 | 118 | |
| Niagara | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 99 | 92 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 124 | 120 | |
| Robert Morris | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 89 | 72 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 107 | 97 | |
| Connecticut | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 87 | 90 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 114 | 133 | |
| Mercyhurst | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 98 | 80 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 131 | 112 | |
| Canisius | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 76 | 83 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 110 | 135 | |
| Army | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 69 | 84 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 86 | 115 | |
| Bentley | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 70 | 88 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 86 | 117 | |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 75 | 112 | 37 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 95 | 173 | |
| American International | 27 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 75 | 113 | 33 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 85 | 140 | |
| Championship: Air Force † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
| First round March 5 |
Quarterfinals March 11–13 |
Semifinals March 18 |
Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | RIT | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | RIT | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3E | Army | 3 | 12 | American International | 0 | 1 | — | 6 | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 6E | American International | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Air Force | 7 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4E | Bentley | 3 | 11 | Sacred Heart | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | RIT | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 5E | Sacred Heart | 6 | 2 | Air Force | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3W | Niagara | 3 | 8 | Canisius | 3 | 3* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6W | Canisius | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Connecticut | 5 | 4* | — | 2 | Air Force | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4W | Robert Morris | 1 | 7 | Mercyhurst | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | Holy Cross | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5W | Mercyhurst | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
First round
(12)(6E) American International at (9)(3E) Army
| March 5 | Army | 3 – 6 | American International | Tate Rink | Recap | |||
| Mark Dube - pp - 03:50 Danny Colvin - 07:05 |
First period | 01:54 - Tom Mele 12:26 - 5x3 - Jon Puskar | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:36 - Greg Vatrano | ||||||
| Matt Celin - pp - 07:50 | Third period | 10:11 - Adam Pleskach 13:30 - pp - Blake Peake 18:53 - en - Nielsson Arcibal | ||||||
| Jay Clark ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) |
Goalie stats | Ben Meisner ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
(11)(5E) Sacred Heart at (10)(4E) Bentley
| March 5 | Bentley | 3 – 6 | Sacred Heart | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| Dustin Cloutier - 06:14 | First period | 07:32 - pp - Evan Mladenoff | ||||||
| Jamie Nudy - 03:20 Cloutier - 13:22 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:54 - Mladenoff 10:41 - Matt Gingera 10:50 - Ben Ketchum 12:24 - Gingera 19:37 - en - Gingera | ||||||
| Joe Calvi ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) |
Goalie stats | Olivier St. Onge ( 42 saves / 45 shots ) | ||||||
(8)(6W) Canisius at (4)(3W) Niagara
| March 5 | Niagara | 3 – 6 | Canisius | Dwyer Arena | Recap | |||
| Derek Foam - pp - 19:36 | First period | 01:08 - Eric Rex | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:52 - pp - Vincent Scarsella 09:34 - 5x3 - Preston Shupe 11:33 - Scott Moser 15:19 - Scarsella | ||||||
| Giancarlo Iuorio - 05:58 Bryan Haczyk - pp - 07:39 |
Third period | 16:52 - Rex | ||||||
| Cody Campbell ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) Chris Noonan (ice hockey) ( 9 saves / 11 shots ) |
Goalie stats | Dan Morrison ( 48 saves / 51 shots ) | ||||||
(7)(5E) Mercyhurst at (5)(4E) Robert Morris
| March 5 | Robert Morris | 1 – 5 | Mercyhurst | Island Sports Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:02 - Scott Pitt | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:36 - Pitt 12:43 - Jesse Echternach | ||||||
| Trevor Lewis - sh - 01:59 | Third period | 16:35 - Taylor Holstrom 17:59 - en - Mike Gurtler | ||||||
| Brooks Ostergard ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) Eric Ferber ( 5 saves / 5 shots ) |
Goalie stats | Ryan Zapolski ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
Quarterfinals
(12) American International at (1) RIT
| March 11 | RIT | 5 – 0 | American International | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap |
| March 12 | RIT | 5 – 1 | American International | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap |
| RIT won series 2–0 | |
(11) Sacred Heart at (2) Air Force
| March 11 | Air Force | 7 – 5 | Sacred Heart | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap |
| March 12 | Air Force | 4 – 0 | Sacred Heart | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap |
| Air Force won series 2–0 | |
(8) Canisius at (3) Holy Cross
| March 11 | Holy Cross | 6 – 3 | Canisius | Hart Center | Recap |
| March 12 | Holy Cross | 2 – 3 | OT | Canisius | Hart Center | Recap |
| March 13 | Holy Cross | 7 – 3 | Canisius | Hart Center | Recap |
| Holy Cross won series 2–1 | |
(7) Mercyhurst at (6) Connecticut
| March 11 | Connecticut | 5 – 2 | Mercyhurst | Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum | Recap |
| March 12 | Connecticut | 4 – 3 | OT | Mercyhurst | Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum | Recap |
| Connecticut won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals
(6) Connecticut vs (1) RIT
| March 18 | RIT | 4 – 2 | Connecticut | Blue Cross Arena | Recap |
(3) Holy Cross vs (2) Air Force
| March 18 | Air Force | 3 – 2 | Holy Cross | Blue Cross Arena | Recap |
Championship
(2) Air Force vs (1) RIT
| March 19 | RIT | 0-1 | Air Force | Blue Cross Arena | ||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team[1]
- G Jason Torf (Air Force)
- D Tim Kirby (Air Force)
- D Scott Mathis (Air Force)
- F Jacques Lamoureux* (Air Force)
- F Sean Murphy (RIT)
- F Cole Schneider (Connecticut)
References
- ↑ "Lamoureux, Torf lead Air Force to Atlantic Hockey title". USCHO.com. 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2018-08-15.