2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 8th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 19, 2011 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. For the first round, the twelve teams in the league are divided into the two "scheduling pods" used to devise the season schedule. Within each pod, the top two seeds received a bye, while the third and fourth seeds in each pod hosted the fifth and sixth seeds for a single game, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals, the teams are reseeded without reference to the pods. The top four remaining seeds will host the bottom four remaining seeds in best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds will play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Current standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
The overall statistics include postseason games.

2010–11 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
RIT271557379564381911812899
#18 Air Force*27147634106853820126137115
Holy Cross2714853397733817165128118
Niagara27151023299923518134124120
Robert Morris271395318972351812510797
Connecticut27131222887903715184114133
Mercyhurst27121322698803715184131112
Canisius27101252576833813196110135
Army2710134246984351120486115
Bentley279135237088341018686117
Sacred Heart275166167511237625695173
American International277191157511333824185140
Championship: Air Force
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Bracket

  First round
March 5
Quarterfinals
March 11–13
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
                                         
  1 RIT 5 5 1 RIT 4  
3E Army 3 12 American International 0 1 6 Connecticut 2  
6E American International 6
  2 Air Force 7 4
4E Bentley 3 11 Sacred Heart 5 0     1 RIT 0
5E Sacred Heart 6   2 Air Force 1
  3 Holy Cross 6 2 7
3W Niagara 3 8 Canisius 3 3* 3
6W Canisius 6
  6 Connecticut 5 4* 2 Air Force 3
4W Robert Morris 1 7 Mercyhurst 2 3 3 Holy Cross 2  
5W Mercyhurst 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

(12)(6E) American International at (9)(3E) Army

(11)(5E) Sacred Heart at (10)(4E) Bentley

(8)(6W) Canisius at (4)(3W) Niagara

(7)(5E) Mercyhurst at (5)(4E) Robert Morris

(1) RIT vs. (12) American International

RIT won series 2–0

(2) Air Force vs. (11) Sacred Heart

Air Force won series 2–0

(3) Holy Cross vs. (8) Canisius

Holy Cross won series 2–1

(6) Connecticut vs. (7) Mercyhurst

Connecticut won series 2–0

(1) RIT vs. (6) Connecticut

(2) Air Force vs. (3) Holy Cross

(1) RIT vs. (2) Air Force

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

  1. "Lamoureux, Torf lead Air Force to Atlantic Hockey title". USCHO.com. 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
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