2011 Atlantic Hockey 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.

Bracket

March 5 | RD1-seed1=3E | RD1-team1=Army | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2=6E | RD1-team2=American International | RD1-score2=6 | RD1-seed3=4E | RD1-team3=Bentley | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4=5E | RD1-team4=Sacred Heart | RD1-score4=6 | RD1-seed5=3W | RD1-team5=Niagara | RD1-score5=3 | RD1-seed6=6W | RD1-team6=Canisius | RD1-score6=6 | RD1-seed7=4W | RD1-team7=Robert Morris | RD1-score7=1 | RD1-seed8=5W | RD1-team8=Mercyhurst | RD1-score8=5

March 11–13 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=RIT | RD2-score1-1=5 | RD2-score1-2=5 | RD2-score1-3=— | RD2-seed2=12 | RD2-team2=American International | RD2-score2-1=0 | RD2-score2-2=1 | RD2-score2-3=— | RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Air Force | RD2-score3-1=7 | RD2-score3-2=4 | RD2-score3-3=— | RD2-seed4=11 | RD2-team4=Sacred Heart | RD2-score4-1=5 | RD2-score4-2=0 | RD2-score4-3=— | RD2-seed5=3 | RD2-team5=Holy Cross | RD2-score5-1=6 | RD2-score5-2=2 | RD2-score5-3=7 | RD2-seed6=8 | RD2-team6=Canisius | RD2-score6-1=3 | RD2-score6-2=3* | RD2-score6-3=3 | RD2-seed7=6 | RD2-team7=Connecticut | RD2-score7-1=5 | RD2-score7-2=4* | RD2-score7-3=— | RD2-seed8=7 | RD2-team8=Mercyhurst | RD2-score8-1=2 | RD2-score8-2=3 | RD2-score8-3=—

March 18 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=RIT | RD3-score1=4 | RD3-seed2=6 | RD3-team2=Connecticut | RD3-score2=2 | RD3-seed3=2 | RD3-team3=Air Force | RD3-score3=3 | RD3-seed4=3 | RD3-team4=Holy Cross | RD3-score4=2

March 19 | RD4-seed1=1 | RD4-team1=RIT | RD4-score1=0 | RD4-seed2=2 | RD4-team2=Air Force | RD4-score2=1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

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

|1-1-1 = Mark Dube - pp - 03:50 Danny Colvin - 07:05 |1-1-2 = 01:54 - Tom Mele 12:26 - 5x3 - Jon Puskar |1-2-2 = 01:36 - Greg Vatrano |1-3-1 = Matt Celin - pp - 07:50 |1-3-2 = 10:11 - Adam Pleskach 13:30 - pp - Blake Peake 18:53 - en - Nielsson Arcibal |goalie1-1 = Jay Clark ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) |goalie1-2 = Ben Meisner ( 36 saves / 39 shots )

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

|1-1-1 = Dustin Cloutier - 06:14 |1-1-2 = 07:32 - pp - Evan Mladenoff |1-2-1 = Jamie Nudy - 03:20 Cloutier - 13:22 |1-3-2 = 07:54 - Mladenoff 10:41 - Matt Gingera 10:50 - Ben Ketchum 12:24 - Gingera 19:37 - en - Gingera |goalie1-1 = Joe Calvi ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) |goalie1-2 = Olivier St. Onge ( 42 saves / 45 shots )

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

|1-1-1 = Derek Foam - pp - 19:36 |1-1-2 = 01:08 - Eric Rex |1-2-2 = 06:52 - pp - Vincent Scarsella 09:34 - 5x3 - Preston Shupe 11:33 - Scott Moser 15:19 - Scarsella |1-3-1 = Giancarlo Iuorio - 05:58 Bryan Haczyk - pp - 07:39 |1-3-2 = 16:52 - Rex |goalie1-1 = Cody Campbell ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) Chris Noonan (ice hockey) ( 9 saves / 11 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Dan Morrison ( 48 saves / 51 shots )

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

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = 07:02 - Scott Pitt |1-2-2 = 08:36 - Pitt 12:43 - Jesse Echternach |1-3-1 = Trevor Lewis - sh - 01:59 |1-3-2 = 16:35 - Taylor Holstrom 17:59 - en - Mike Gurtler |goalie1-1 = Brooks Ostergard ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) Eric Ferber ( 5 saves / 5 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Ryan Zapolski ( 30 saves / 31 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) RIT vs. (12) American International

|1-1-1 = (Burt) Bryan Potts - GW - 17:44 |1-3-1 = (Favot) Ben Lynch - 07:47 (Murphy, Burt) Nolan Descoteaux - 09:09 (unassisted) Mark Cornacchia - 10:16 (Saracino, Favot) Tyler Brenner - EN - 18:17 |goalie1-1 = ( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Shane Madolora |goalie1-2 = Ben Meisner ( 39 saves / 44 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = 14:56 - SH - Nielsson Arcibal (unassisted) |2-2-1 = (McReynolds, Hartley) Adam Mitchell - 04:28 (Burt, Potts) Sean Murphy - GW - 06:11 (Lynch, Brenner) Andrew Favot - 11:54 (Saracino, Noyes) Tyler Brenner - PP - 18:17 |2-3-1 = (Cornacchia) Scott Knowles - SH EN - 19:19 |goalie2-1 = ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Shane Madolora |goalie2-2 = Ben Meisner ( 46 saves / 50 shots )

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

|1-1-1 = (Kirby, Mathis) John Kruse - 03:57 (Weisgarber, Kruse) George Michalke - 05:28 (Burnett, De Laurell) Jacques Lamoureux - 06:03 (Timar) Sean Bertsch - 11:11 |1-1-2 = 03:38 - Torin Snydeman (Delong, Gingera) 10:45 - Matt Gingera (unassisted) 18:45 - PP - Kyle Verbeek (Stretch, Lewis) |1-2-1 = (Mathis, Kirby) Jacques Lamoureux - PP - 00:35 (Fabian, Kruse) Tony Thomas - GW - 19:07 |1-2-2 = 03:18 - Anthony Yelovich (Knowlton) 06:09 - PP - Matt Gingera (Knowlton, Stuart) |1-3-1 = (Lamoureux, Burnett) Kyle De Laurell - 16:02 |goalie1-1 = ( 11 saves / 16 shots ) Jason Torf / ( 12 saves / 12 shots ) Stephen Caple |goalie1-2 = Olivier St. Onge ( 6 saves / 9 shots ) / Steven Legatto ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) |2-1-1 = (McKenzie, Sellers) Casey Kleisinger - GW PP - 11:44 |2-2-1 = (Kleisinger, Michalke) Paul Weisgarber - 07:11 |2-3-1 = (De Laurell) Jacques Lamoureux - 14:32 (De Laurell, Fabian) John Kruse - 16:39 |goalie2-1 = ( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Jason Torf |goalie2-2 = Steven Legatto ( 41 saves / 45 shots )

(3) Holy Cross vs. (8) Canisius

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 11:10 - Kyle Gibbons (unassisted) |1-2-1 = (Reppucci, Nunn) Kyle Fletcher - 00:58 (Silvia, Vos) Matt Clune - 03:28 |1-2-2 = 06:12 - Chris Forsman (Danowski, Kenney) |1-3-1 = (Reppucci, Daly) Adam Schmidt - 01:36 (Linsmayer, Fletcher) Brandon Nunn - GW PP - 14:23 (unassisted) Shayne Stockton - 19:02 (unassisted) Rob Linsmayer - EN - 19:32 |1-3-2 = 15:46 - Vincent Scarsella (Jenks, Lindsay) |goalie1-1 = ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Adam Roy |goalie1-2 = Dan Morrison ( 24 saves / 29 shots ) |2-1-1 = (Stockton, Schmidt) Everett Sheen - 17:43 |2-2-1 = (Schmidt, Daly) Everett Sheen - 03:09 |2-3-2 = 06:12 - Chris Forsman (Conacher, Scarsella) 06:12 - Kyle Gibbons (Conacher, Scarsella) |2-4-2 = 15:46 - GW - Kyle Gibbons (Bohrer, Lindsay) |goalie2-1 = ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Adam Roy |goalie2-2 = Dan Morrison ( 49 saves / 51 shots ) |3-1-1 = (Vos, Fletcher) Jeffrey Reppucci - 18:50 (Schmidt, Stockton) Everett Sheen - 19:23 |3-2-1 = (Nunn, Baker) Kyle Fletcher - 03:09 |3-2-2 = 07:12 - PP - Vincent Scarsella (Danford, Shupe) |3-3-1 = (unassisted) Shayne Stockton - GW - 09:52 (Baker) Kyle Fletcher - 10:11 (Sheen, Davis) Adam Schmidt - EN - 18:43 (Clune, Daly) Kyle Fletcher - PP EN - 19:16 |3-3-2 = 01:31 - Scott Jenks (Conacher, Scarsella) 05:57 - Cory Conacher (Scarsella, Shupe) |goalie3-1 = ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Adam Roy |goalie3-2 = Dan Morrison ( 26 saves / 31 shots )

(6) Connecticut vs. (7) Mercyhurst

|1-1-1 = (Sapieha, Bergin) Corey Jendras - 05:27 |1-2-1 = (Harris, Janosz) Corey Jendras - 02:28 |1-2-2 = 06:33 - John Mousso (Gurtler, Raven) 18:37 - SH - John Mousso (unassisted) |1-3-1 = (Schneider, Waterstradt) Corey Jendras - GW - 05:00 (Sims, Encarnacao) Marcello Ranallo - 05:52 (Encarnacao, Bergin) Corey Jendras - EN - 19:57 |goalie1-1 = ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Garrett Bartus |goalie1-2 = Ryan Zapolski ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-2-1 = (Krispel, Ambrosie) Steve Bergin - 12:30 (Ranallo) Cole Schneider - 13:39 (Cooper, Winter) Billy Latta - 15:34 |2-3-2 = 06:09 - PP - Nate Jensen (Chiasson, Pitt) 06:27 - Scott Pitt (Goebel, Holstrom) 12:11 - PP - Mike Gurtler (Blakey) |2-4-1 = (Ambrosie, Harris) Tom Janosz - GW - 11:41 |goalie2-1 = ( 53 saves / 56 shots ) Garrett Bartus |goalie2-2 = Ryan Zapolski ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) / Max Strang ( 11 saves / 12 shots )

Semifinals

(1) RIT vs. (6) Connecticut

|1-1-1 = (Haltigin, Janda) Scott Knowles - 03:31 (Eckenswiller) Ben Lynch - 09:11 (unassisted) Sean Murphy - GW SH - 14:23 |1-1-2 = 18:25 - Cole Schneider (Gerke) |1-2-2 = 19:53 - PP - Marcello Ranallo (Schneider, Winter) |1-3-1 = (unassisted) Sean Murphy - 16:32 |goalie1-1 = ( 39 saves / 41 shots ) Shane Madolora |goalie1-2 = Garrett Bartus ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) / Matt Grogan ( 16 saves / 17 shots )

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

|1-1-1 = (Timar, Kozlak) Scott Mathis - 15:39 |1-2-2 = 14:50 - Shayne Stockton (Sheen) |1-3-1 = (De Laurell, Burnett) Jacques Lamoureux - 09:26 (De Laurell, Carew) Jacques Lamoureux - 15:44 |1-3-2 = 02:51 - Erik Vos (Gordon, Cox) |goalie1-1 = ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Jason Torf |goalie1-2 = Adam Roy ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

Championship

(1) RIT vs. (2) Air Force

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-2-2 = 13:41 - Jacques Lamoureux (Kirby, Torf) |goalie1-1 = ( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Shane Madolora |goalie1-2 = Jason Torf ( 40 saves / 40 shots )

Tournament awards

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

• G Jason Torf (Air Force)
• D Tim Kirby (Air Force)
• D Scott Mathis (Air Force)
• F Jacques Lamoureux* (Air Force)
• F Sean Murphy (RIT)
• F Cole Schneider (Connecticut)

• Most Valuable Player(s)

References

References

1. (2011-03-19). "Lamoureux, Torf lead Air Force to Atlantic Hockey title". USCHO.com.