2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 14th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018 at home campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. It was the last tournament at Blue Cross Arena before the tournament moved to HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular-season standings, will play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five 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-highest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed will 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 remaining 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 2018 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

2017–18 Atlantic Hockey men's standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Mercyhurst2816843690813721124124111
Canisius28171103494763819172117108
Holy Cross2812106308070361316797100
Army281210630807036151569391
#14 Air Force *2813114307364432315511594
RIT28131412791903715202114127
Robert Morris28121332779784118203119118
American International2811134266375391520488116
Niagara2810153237690361122393123
Bentley289145237287371318696114
Sacred Heart2891542279963913224107135
Championship: March 17, 2018
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018

Bracket

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

(6) RIT vs. (11) Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart won series 2–1

(7) Robert Morris vs. (10) Bentley

Robert Morris won series 2–1

(8) American International vs. (9) Niagara

American International won series 2–0

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (11) Sacred Heart

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(2) Canisius vs. (8) American International

Canisius won series 2–1

(3) Holy Cross vs. (7) Robert Morris

Robert Morris won series 2–0

(4) Army vs. (5) Air Force

Air Force won series 2–1

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Robert Morris

(2) Canisius vs. (5) Air Force

(5) Air Force vs. (7) Robert Morris

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G Billy Christopoulos* (Air Force)
  • D Zachary Mirageas (Air Force)
  • D Jonathan Kopacka (Air Force)
  • F Kyle Haak (Air Force)
  • F Jordan Himley (Air Force)
  • F Brady Ferguson (Robert Morris)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[22]

References

  1. "RIT 5, Sacred Heart 4". USCHO.com. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. "Sacred Heart 4, RIT 3". USCHO.com. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. "Surviving triple OT in game two, 11-seed Sacred Heart advances past RIT to AHC quarterfinals". USCHO.com. 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. "Colonials snap streak, beat Bentley". USCHO.com. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. "AHC: Bentley storms back to force Game 3 vs Robert Morris, 4-3". USCHO.com. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. "Mantenuto breaks deadlock at Robert Morris heads to AHC quarters with 3-2 win". USCHO.com. 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  7. "AIC 4, Niagara 1". USCHO.com. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  8. "American International 4, Niagara 3 2/OT". 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  9. "Mercyhurst 4, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  10. "Mercyhurst 3, Sacred Heart 2 (OT)". USCHO.com. 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  11. "Rested Canisius rolls past American International". USCHO.com. 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  12. "McBride's goal in OT lifts American International over Canisius, 2-1, to force game three". USCHO.com. 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  13. "Canisius 3, American International 0". USCHO.com. 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  14. "Robert Morris 4, Holy Cross 1". USCHO.com. 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  15. "Robert Morris 5, Holy Cross 1". USCHO.com. 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  16. "Air Force 5, Army West Point 3". USCHO.com. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  17. "Army West Point 1, Air Force 0". USCHO.com. 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  18. "Air Force 1, Army West Point 0 (OT)". USCHO.com. 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  19. "Robert Morris outlasts Mercyhurst 5-4 in OT, preserved by Marotte's last-second save". USCHO.com. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  20. "Christopoulos, Air Force blank Canisius 3-0 in AHC semifinal". USCHO.com. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  21. "Quick start launches Air Force past Robert Morris for Atlantic Hockey crown". USCHO.com. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  22. "Awards - NCAA (AHA) All-Tournament Team". EliteProspects. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.