2003 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2003 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th and final championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 15 and March 23, 2003. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, the home venue of the Army Black Knights. By winning the tournament Mercyhurst received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

After the 2003 season, both the Fairfield Stags and Iona Gaels discontinued their hockey programs. The remaining 9 teams in the conference then formed Atlantic Hockey which began play in 2003-04.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2002–03 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Mercyhurst†*26195240105733722132135129
Quinnipiac2618713710972362213113998
Holy Cross26141112981673617181109105
Sacred Heart261310329796235141569586
Bentley2613130267780341519094122
Army261313026677234181609392
Canisius2611132246671371221485126
Iona2611141238080351122291122
American International2691611966105321020283137
Connecticut267163177410234823391148
Fairfield26717216678733823286121
Championship: Mercyhurst
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

[2] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Quarterfinals[3]
March 15
Semifinals[4]
March 21
Championship
March 23
         
1 Mercyhurst 5
8 Iona 3
1 Mercyhurst 10
5 Bentley 2
4 Sacred Heart 0
5 Bentley 2
1 Mercyhurst 4
2 Quinnipiac 3
2 Quinnipiac 3
7 Canisius 2
2 Quinnipiac 3
3 Holy Cross 0
3 Holy Cross 3
6 Army 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Iona

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Canisius

(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Army

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Bentley

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Bentley

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Holy Cross

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • F Matt Craig (Quinnipiac)
  • F David Wrigley* (Mercyhurst)
  • F Dave Borrelli (Mercyhurst)
  • D Mike Muldoon (Mercyhurst)
  • D T. J. Kemp (Mercyhurst)
  • G Andy Franck (Mercyhurst)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[12]

References

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  2. "MAAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
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  4. "MAAC men's 2002-03 Results Week 26". Retrieved 2013-06-18.
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  6. "Quinnipiac 3, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. 2003-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  7. "Holy Cross 3, Army 2". USCHO.com. 2003-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  8. "Sacred Heart 3, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. 2003-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  9. "Mercyhurst 10, Bentley 2". USCHO.com. 2003-03-21. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  10. "Quinnipiac 3, Holy Cross 0". USCHO.com. 2003-03-21. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  11. "Mercyhurst 4, Quinnipiac 3". USCHO.com. 2003-03-23. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
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