2012 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2012 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 9th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. I was played between March 2 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, United States. Air Force won their 5th tournament and earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament after defeating RIT in the championship game.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular season standings receive a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winners 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. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Current standings

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

2011–12 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#16 Air Force* 271566368552 392111711983
Niagara 271467358053 371711910181
RIT 271476347252 39201369986
Mercyhurst 271584347968 4020164111116
Holy Cross 271584349370 3920154120107
Bentley 271377338159 4016168114109
Robert Morris 271395317258 3917175102103
Connecticut 2712123277867 3916194112105
Canisius 2710143235474 361022466111
American International 276183155798 37826382137
Sacred Heart 2742031166122 37628384173
Army 273195115296 34423765120
Championship: Air Force 4, RIT 0
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

  First round
March 2–4
Quarterfinals
March 9–11
Semifinals
March 16
Championship
March 17
                                             
  1 Air Force 4 1 4 1 Air Force 5  
5 Holy Cross 3 5 8 Connecticut 3 3 3 4 Mercyhurst 2  
12 Army 2 2
  2 Niagara 3 2
6 Bentley 5 2 5 7 Robert Morris 0 1     1 Air Force 4
11 Sacred Heart 3 4 0   3 RIT 0
  3 RIT 1 5** 3
7 Robert Morris 5 5 4* 6 Bentley 4 4 0
10 American International 3 7 3
  4 Mercyhurst 2 1 3 2 Niagara 1
8 Connecticut 4* 3 5 Holy Cross 1 3 1 3 RIT 2*  
9 Canisius 3 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

(5) Holy Cross vs. (12) Army

Holy Cross won series 2–0

(6) Bentley vs. (11) Sacred Heart

Bentley won series 2–1

(7) Robert Morris vs. (10) American International

Robert Morris won series 2–1

(8) Connecticut vs. (9) Canisius

Connecticut won series 2–0

(1) Air Force vs. (8) Connecticut

Air Force won series 2–1

(2) Niagara vs. (7) Robert Morris

Niagara won series 2–0

(3) RIT vs. (6) Bentley

RIT won series 2–1

(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Holy Cross

Mercyhurst won series 2–1

(1) Air Force vs. (4) Mercyhurst

(2) Niagara vs. (3) RIT

(1) Air Force vs. (3) RIT

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G Jason Torf* (Air Force)
  • D Tim Kirby (Air Force)
  • D Scott Mathis (Air Force)
  • F Taylor MacReynolds (RIT)
  • F Cole Gunner (Air Force)
  • F Paul Weisgarber (Air Force)

* Most Valuable Player(s)[1]

[2]

References

  1. "2012 Atlantic Hockey Championship". Go Air Force Falcons. 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  2. "Air Force blanks RIT for fifth Atlantic Hockey title in six seasons". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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