2009 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2009 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 6th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 7 and March 21, 2009 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. Air Force won their third consecutive Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds play a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and highest ranked first round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

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

2008–09 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#14 Air Force†*2820624210561412811214886
RIT28206242112733823132148117
Mercyhurst28178337117734022153155119
Bentley28151123291763819172116116
Canisius28121242886803715166114111
Army2810126267791361119692125
Holy Cross28101532373873813205106130
Sacred Heart2891632183107381123499147
Connecticut288182187410737926289142
American International285221115311635528258141
Championship: Air Force
indicates conference regular season co-champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

  First round
March 7
Quarterfinals
March 13–15
Semifinals
March 20
Championship
March 21
                                         
  1 Air Force 4 1 8 1 Air Force 3  
7 Holy Cross 1* 8 Sacred Heart 3 4 1 4 Bentley 0  
10 American International 0
  2 RIT 3 6 9
8 Sacred Heart 4 7 Holy Cross 5 4 5     1 Air Force 2
9 Connecticut 2   3 Mercyhurst 0
  3 Mercyhurst 6 5
6 Army 2 0
  4 Bentley 6 3 4 2 RIT 4
5 Canisius 3 7 2 3 Mercyhurst 5*  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International

(8) Sacred Heart vs. (9) Connecticut

(1) Air Force vs. (8) Sacred Heart

Air Force won series 2–1

(2) RIT vs. (7) Holy Cross

RIT won series 2–1

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Army

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(4) Bentley vs. (5) Canisius

Bentley won series 2–1

(1) Air Force vs. (4) Bentley

(2) RIT vs. (3) Mercyhurst

(1) Air Force vs. (3) Mercyhurst

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G Andrew Volkening (Air Force)
  • D Gregg Flynn (Air Force)
  • D Scott Mathis (Air Force)
  • F Cameron Burt (RIT)
  • F Matt Fairchild* (Air Force)
  • F Scott Pitt (Mercyhurst)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

  1. Lerch, Chris (2009-03-21). "Air Force captures third consecutive Atlantic Hockey crown". U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
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