2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 7th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 20, 2010 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, RIT received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds played a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lower-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and higher-ranked first-round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2010 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

2009–10 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10 RIT†*2822514510951412812114590
Sacred Heart2816933599863821134131123
Air Force281486348670371615610396
Mercyhurst281510333103703815203121118
Canisius28131143097893717155125122
Army2810126268083361118798114
Holy Cross2810135257074371219687102
Bentley28101532378105351219494123
Connecticut28619315489137727359135
American International285194145911033524469131
Championship: RIT
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

  First round
March 5–6
Quarterfinals
March 12–13
Semifinals
March 19
Championship
March 20
                                         
  1 RIT 4* 4 1 RIT 4  
7 Holy Cross 4 9 Connecticut 3 1 5 Canisius 0  
10 American International 2
  2 Sacred Heart 4 4*
8 Bentley 1 7 Holy Cross 0 3     1 RIT 6
9 Connecticut 2   2 Sacred Heart 1
  3 Air Force 3 4
6 Army 0 2
  4 Mercyhurst 1 4 2 Sacred Heart 2
5 Canisius 5 5** 3 Air Force 1  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

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

(8) Bentley vs. (9) Connecticut

(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut

RIT won series 2–0

(2) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Holy Cross

Sacred Heart won series 2–0

(3) Air Force vs. (6) Army

Air Force won series 2–0

(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Canisius

Canisius won series 2–0

(1) RIT vs. (5) Canisius

(2) Sacred Heart vs. (3) Air Force

(1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

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