2014 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
College ice 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 .
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
Conference record
Overall record
GP
W
L
T
PTS
GF
GA
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
Mercyhurst †
27
17
4
6
40
107
65
41
21
13
7
148
124
Bentley
27
16
7
4
36
100
67
37
19
14
4
127
99
Air Force
27
15
9
3
33
81
73
39
21
14
4
115
106
Connecticut
27
15
9
3
33
75
61
36
18
14
4
91
86
Robert Morris *
27
13
9
5
31
95
78
42
19
18
5
145
130
Niagara
27
11
11
5
27
89
78
40
15
20
5
113
122
Canisius
27
11
13
3
25
81
78
41
17
21
3
120
125
Holy Cross
27
11
13
3
25
68
72
39
14
22
3
97
114
RIT
27
10
14
3
23
67
84
37
12
20
5
94
124
Sacred Heart
27
11
16
0
22
75
99
36
12
24
0
82
137
American International
27
9
17
1
19
74
107
36
10
25
1
90
151
Army
27
5
22
0
10
60
110
34
6
28
0
73
146
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
—
5
Robert Morris
8
2
3
8
Holy Cross
4
1
—
12
Army
4
4
1
1
Mercyhurst
4
7
Canisius
5**
2
Bentley
4 *
4
2
6
Niagara
1 **
4
—
7
Canisius
3
5 **
3
11
American International
0
2
—
7
Canisius
4
5
Robert Morris
7
3
Air Force
2
3
3
7
Canisius
3
5
—
6
Niagara
1
4
4 *
10
Sacred Heart
0
0
—
5
Robert Morris
5*
6
Niagara
4
4
Connecticut
0
2
—
8
Holy Cross
2
5
3 *
5
Robert Morris
3
3
—
9
RIT
3 *
1
2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
First round
(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Army
March 7
Robert Morris
8 – 4
Army
84 Lumber Arena
Recap
No Scoring
First period
16:44 - PP - Andrew O'Leary (Zaremba, Gehrt)
(Friedmann, Jones) Colin South - 01:53(Rey, Gibson) Brandon Denham - 02:12(Gibson, Denham) Matt Cope - 04:16(Moore, Wydo) Scott Jacklin - 06:21(Golightly, Renwick) Cody Wydo - GW - 09:19(Rigatti) Daniel Leavens - 11:56
Second period
No scoring
(Jacklin, Wydo) Zac Lynch - 00:32(Jacklin, Lynch) Cody Wydo - PP - 02:15
Third period
11:06 - Luke Jenkins (Richards, Lalor) 18:48 - PP - Maurice Alvarez (Reuschlein, Roberts) 19:47 - Garret Peterson (O'Leary)
( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Terry Shafer
Goalie stats
Parker Gahagen ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) / Tanner Creel ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
Robert Morris won series 2–1
(6) Niagara vs. (11) American International
March 7
Niagara
1 – 0
2OT
American International
Dwyer Arena
Recap
No Scoring
First period
No scoring
No scoring
Second period
No scoring
No scoring
Third period
No scoring
(Muto) Dan Kolenda - GW - 04:43
Second overtime period
No scoring
( 38 saves / 38 shots ) Jackson Teichroeb
Goalie stats
Hunter Leisner ( 48 saves / 49 shots )
(7) Canisius vs. (10) Sacred Heart
(8) Holy Cross vs. (9) RIT
Holy Cross won series 2–1
Quarterfinals
(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Holy Cross
Mercyhurst won series 2–0
(2) Bentley vs. (7) Canisius
(3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara
(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris
Robert Morris won series 2–0
Semifinals
(1) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Canisius
(5) Robert Morris vs. (6) Niagara
Championship
(5) Robert Morris vs. (7) Canisius
Tournament awards
* Most Valuable Player(s)
References