2004 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2004 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the inaugural Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004. All games were played at the Tate Rink in West Point, New York, the home venue of the Army Black Knights. By winning the tournament, Holy Cross received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the first appearance in team history.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play and a play-in game. All games in the tournament are single-elimination. The play-in game consists of the eighth and ninth seeds competing to decide the final qualifier. In the quarterfinals, the first seed plays the winner of the play-in game while the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds play to determine who advances to the semifinals. of the four remaining teams, the highest and lowest remaining ranked teams play each other with the other two teams facing one another to determine the championship participants. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2004 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

2003–04 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Holy Cross†*241743378354362210411789
Mercyhurst24167133105713620142145122
Quinnipiac24126630675335151468787
Sacred Heart2412842887683614175107114
Connecticut2491052389863512167115127
Canisius249114226773341016884107
Bentley24713418557132919479103
Army246153155584331218382107
American International24317410499734525471138
Championship: Holy Cross
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

  Play-In[2]
March 12
Quarterfinals
March 13
Semifinals
March 14
Championship[3]
March 20
                                     
  1 Holy Cross 5  
  9 American International 0  
8 Army 3  
9 American International 4
  1 Holy Cross 4  
  6 Canisius 1  
3 Quinnipiac 0
6 Canisius 1*  
  1 Holy Cross 4
  4 Sacred Heart 0
2 Mercyhurst 5  
7 Bentley 4  
  2 Mercyhurst 2
  4 Sacred Heart 3  
4 Sacred Heart 3
5 Connecticut 0  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(8) Army vs. (9) American International

(1) Holy Cross vs. (9) American International

(2) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Bentley

(3) Quinnipiac vs. (6) Canisius

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Connecticut

(1) Holy Cross vs. (6) Canisius

(2) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Sacred Heart

(1) Holy Cross vs. (4) Sacred Heart

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G Tony Quesada (Holy Cross)
  • D Konn Hawkes (Sacred Heart)
  • D R. J. Irving (Holy Cross)
  • F Pierre-Luc O'Brien (Sacred Heart)
  • F Greg Kealey* (Holy Cross)
  • F Jeff Dams (Holy Cross)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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  5. "Holy Cross 5, American International 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  6. "Mercyhurst 5, Bentley 4". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  7. "Canisius 1, Quinnipiac 4". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  8. "Sacred Heart 3, Connecticut 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  9. "Holy Cross 4, Canisius 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  10. "Sacred Heart 3, Mercyhurst 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  11. "Holy Cross 4, Sacred Heart 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-20. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  12. "2004 Atlantic Hockey Championship". Inside College Hockey. 2004-03-20. Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
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