2010 Atlantic Hockey 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

Bracket

March 5–6 | RD1-seed1=7 | RD1-team1=Holy Cross | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=10 | RD1-team2=American International | RD1-score2=2 | RD1-seed3=8 | RD1-team3=Bentley | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=9 | RD1-team4=Connecticut | RD1-score4=2 March 12–13 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=RIT | RD2-score1-1=4* | RD2-score1-2=4 | RD2-score1-3=— | RD2-seed2=9 | RD2-team2=Connecticut | RD2-score2-1=3 | RD2-score2-2=1 | RD2-score2-3=— | RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Sacred Heart | RD2-score3-1=4 | RD2-score3-2=4* | RD2-score3-3=— | RD2-seed4=7 | RD2-team4=Holy Cross | RD2-score4-1=0 | RD2-score4-2=3 | RD2-score4-3=— | RD2-seed5=3 | RD2-team5=Air Force | RD2-score5-1=3 | RD2-score5-2=4 | RD2-score5-3=— | RD2-seed6=6 | RD2-team6=Army | RD2-score6-1=0 | RD2-score6-2=2 | RD2-score6-3=— | RD2-seed7=4 | RD2-team7=Mercyhurst | RD2-score7-1=1 | RD2-score7-2=4 | RD2-score7-3=— | RD2-seed8=5 | RD2-team8=Canisius | RD2-score8-1=5 | RD2-score8-2=5** | RD2-score8-3=— March 19 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=RIT | RD3-score1=4 | RD3-seed2=5 | RD3-team2=Canisius | RD3-score2=0 | RD3-seed3=2 | RD3-team3=Sacred Heart | RD3-score3=2 | RD3-seed4=3 | RD3-team4=Air Force | RD3-score4=1 March 20 | RD4-seed1=1 | RD4-team1=RIT | RD4-score1=6 | RD4-seed2=2 | RD4-team2=Sacred Heart | RD4-score2=1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

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

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-2-1 = Jordan Cyr - 09:29 J. P. Martignetti - 11:53 Rob Linsmayer - 12:31 |1-2-2 = 06:48 - Chris Markiewicz 15:23 - Mike Little |1-3-1 = Matt Celin - 13:11 |goalie1-1 = Thomas Tysowsky ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Ben Meisner ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Dan Ramirez ( 8 saves / 9 shots )

(8) Bentley vs. (9) Connecticut

|1-1-1 = Dan Koudys - 14:23 |1-1-2 = 03:05 - Andrew Olson 14:56 - Justin Hernandez |goalie1-1 = Kyle Rank ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Garrett Bartus ( 27 saves / 28 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut

|1-1-1 = Dan Ringwald - pp - 11:10 Scott Knowles - 11:35 |1-2-1 = Andrew Favot - pp - 07:36 |1-2-2 = 09:05 - pp - James Gallagher 16:24 - Evan Carriere 18:22 - sh - Andrew Olson |1-4-1 = Chris Haltigin - 09:54 |goalie1-1 = Jared DeMichiel ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Garrett Bartus ( 51 saves / 55 shots ) |2-1-1 = Cameron Burt - pp - 03:28 Adam Hartley - 14:27 |2-2-1 = Chris Tanev - 06:35 Chris Haltigin - 10:25 |2-3-2 = 5:21 - pp - Sean Ambrosie |goalie2-1 = Jared DeMichiel ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Garrett Bartus ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

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

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-2-1 = Nick Johnson - pp - 16:04 |1-3-1 = Ryan Miniaci - 12:13 Dave Jarman - 16:45 Eric Delong - en - 18:17 |goalie1-1 = Steven Legatto ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Thomas Tysowsky ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) |2-1-1 = Nick Johnson - 03:22 Erik Boisvert - 12:35 |2-2-1 = Dave Jarman - 15:28 |2-2-2 = 00:21 - Rob Linsmayer 07:54 - Jordan Cyr 08:14 - Kyle Atkins |2-4-1 = Matt Gingera - 04:53 |goalie2-1 = Steven Legatto ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Thomas Tysowsky ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

(3) Air Force vs. (6) Army

|1-1-1 = Sean Bertsch - 01:38 |1-2-1 = Bertsch - 16:00 Derrick Burnett - 17:36 |goalie1-1 = Andrew Volkening ( 29 saves / 29 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Jay Clark ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = 17:55 - Bryant Skarda |2-2-1 = Sean Bertsch - 08:46 Brandon Johnson - 17:22 |2-2-2 = 15:30 - pp - Owen Meyer |2-3-1 = Jacques Lamoureaux - pp - 18:35 Derrick Burnett - en - 19:40 |goalie2-1 = Andrew Volkening ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Jay Clark ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot )

(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Canisius

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = 05:10 - Torrey Lindsay 05:42 - Preston Shupe |1-2-2 = 06:40 - pp - Josh Heidinger |1-3-1 = Scott Pitt - pp - 14:34 |1-3-2 = 10:18 - pp - Carl Hudson 16:05 - en - Heidinger |goalie1-1 = Ryan Zapolski ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) |goalie1-2 = Dan Morrison ( 41 saves / 42 shots ) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = 13:07 - Dave Kostuch |2-2-1 = Matt Fennell - pp - 00:47 Grant Blakey - pp - 05:28 Fennell - pp - 05:45 Kevin Noble - pp - 09:30 |2-2-2 = 12:03 - pp - Dave Cianfrini |2-3-2 = 14:15 - pp - Preston Shupe 16:13 - pp - Kostuch |2-4-2 = 07:00 - Ben Parker |goalie2-1 = Ryan Zapolski ( 63 saves / 68 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Dan Morrison ( 44 saves / 48 shots )

Semifinals

(1) RIT vs. (5) Canisius

|1-1-1 = Tyler Brenner - pp - 14:52 Mike Janda - 15:44 |1-2-1 = Andrew Favot - pp - 08:41 |1-3-1 = Al Mazur - pp - 14:01 |goalie1-1 = Jared DeMichiel ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Dan Morrison ( 26 saves / 30 shots )

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

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-2-1 = Erik Boisvert - 10:14 |1-3-1 = Patrick Knowlton - 19:18 |1-3-2 = 18:31 - ea - Jacques Lamoureaux |goalie1-1 = Steven Legatto ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Andrew Volkening ( 32 saves / 34 shots )

Championship

(1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart

|1-1-1 = Cameron Burt - pp - 02:16 Mark Cornacchia - sh - 19:41 |1-2-1 = Sean Murphy - 01:08 Jeff Smith - 12:04 Tyler Brenner - pp - 19:04 |1-3-1 = Murphy - 17:56 |1-3-2 = 03:48 - Eric Delong |goalie1-1 = Jared DeMichiel ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Steven Legatto ( 33 saves / 39 shots )

Tournament awards

[[List of Atlantic Hockey All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament Team]]

• G Jared DeMichiel (RIT)
• D Dan Ringwald (RIT)
• D Chris Tanev (RIT)
• F Tyler Brenner (RIT)
• F Patrick Knowlton (Sacred Heart)
• F Cameron Burt* (RIT)

• Most Valuable Player(s)

References