2005 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2005 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2005. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Quinnipiac home venue: Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Connecticut. By winning the tournament, Mercyhurst received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 2005 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

2004–05 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Quinnipiac2416623496643721133120102
Canisius24147331766235161549898
Mercyhurst*2414733186643818164124116
Holy Cross2412752976603616146108102
Sacred Heart2413101277673351321189128
Connecticut2410122226471371123390128
Bentley24613517658334820681125
Army2451631347713172136097
American International24416412508831423463116
Championship: Mercyhurst
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

  Play-In[2]
March 9
Quarterfinals[3]
March 12
Semifinals[4]
March 18
Championship
March 19
                                     
  1 Quinnipiac 2  
  8 Army 0  
8 Army 5  
9 American International 3
  1 Quinnipiac 4  
  7 Bentley 1  
2 Canisius 2
7 Bentley 4  
  1 Quinnipiac 2
  3 Mercyhurst 3*
3 Mercyhurst 7  
6 Connecticut 4  
  3 Mercyhurst 4*
  4 Holy Cross 3  
4 Holy Cross 4
5 Sacred Heart 2  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(8) Army vs. (9) American International

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Army

(2) Canisius vs. (7) Bentley

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut

(4) Holy Cross vs. (5) Sacred Heart

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Bentley

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Holy Cross

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Mercyhurst

Tournament awards

Three Stars of the Tournament

  • 3 Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)
  • 2 Jamie Holden (Quinnipiac)
  • 1 Matt Ella (Mercyhurst)

[13]

MVP

  • Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)[14]

References

  1. "Mercyhurst Men's Team History". 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  2. "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 23". USCHO.com. 2005-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  3. "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 24". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  4. "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 25". USCHO.com. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  5. "Army 5, American International 3". USCHO.com. 2005-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  6. "Quinnipiac 2, Army 0". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  7. "Bentley 4, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  8. "Mercyhurst 7, Connecticut 4". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  9. "Holy Cross 4, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  10. "Quinnipiac 4, Bentley 1". USCHO.com. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  11. "Mercyhurst 4, Holy Cross 3". USCHO.com. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  12. "Mercyhurst 3, Quinnipiac 2". USCHO.com. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  13. "Ella Leads Lakers to Title, Tournament". Inside College Hockey. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  14. "Atlantic Hockey Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.