2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2014, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament was the Robert Morris Colonials, who earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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, played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular-season standings received 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 played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Standings

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

2013–14 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Mercyhurst27174640107654121137148124
Bentley2716743610067371914412799
Air Force2715933381733921144115106
Connecticut27159333756136181449186
Robert Morris*2713953195784219185145130
Niagara27111152789784015205113122
Canisius27111332581784117213120125
Holy Cross2711133256872391422397114
RIT2710143236784371220594124
Sacred Heart2711160227599361224082137
American International2791711974107361025190151
Army275220106011034628073146
Championship: Robert Morris
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

  First round
March 7–9
Quarterfinals
March 14–16
Semifinals
March 21
Championship
March 22
                                             
  1 Mercyhurst 5* 4 1 Mercyhurst 4  
5 Robert Morris 8 2 3 8 Holy Cross 4 1 7 Canisius 5**  
12 Army 4 4 1
  2 Bentley 4* 4 2
6 Niagara 1** 4 7 Canisius 3 5** 3     7 Canisius 4
11 American International 0 2   5 Robert Morris 7
  3 Air Force 2 3 3
7 Canisius 3 5 6 Niagara 1 4 4*
10 Sacred Heart 0 0
  4 Connecticut 0 2 5 Robert Morris 5*
8 Holy Cross 2 5 3* 5 Robert Morris 3 3 6 Niagara 4  
9 RIT 3* 1 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Army

Robert Morris won series 2–1

(6) Niagara vs. (11) American International

Niagara won series 2–0

(7) Canisius vs. (10) Sacred Heart

Canisius won series 2–0

(8) Holy Cross vs. (9) RIT

Holy Cross won series 2–1

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Holy Cross

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(2) Bentley vs. (7) Canisius

Canisius won series 2–1

(3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara

Niagara won series 2–1

(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris

Robert Morris won series 2–0

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Canisius

(5) Robert Morris vs. (6) Niagara

(5) Robert Morris vs. (7) Canisius

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G Dalton Izyk (Robert Morris).
  • D Doug Jessey (Canisius).
  • D Chris Rumble (Canisius).
  • F Ralph Cuddemi (Robert Morris).
  • F Greg Gibson (Robert Morris).
  • F Cody Wydo* (Robert Morris).

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

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