2003 MAAC men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2003 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th and final championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 15 and March 23, 2003. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, the home venue of the Army Black Knights. By winning the tournament Mercyhurst received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

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After the 2003 season, both the Fairfield Stags and Iona Gaels discontinued their hockey programs. The remaining 9 teams in the conference then formed Atlantic Hockey which began play in 2003-04.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

2002–03 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Mercyhurst†*26195240105733722132135129
Quinnipiac 2618713710972362213113998
Holy Cross 26141112981673617181109105
Sacred Heart 261310329796235141569586
Bentley 2613130267780341519094122
Army 261313026677234181609392
Canisius 2611132246671371221485126
Iona 2611141238080351122291122
American International 2691611966105321020283137
Connecticut 267163177410234823391148
Fairfield 26717216678733823286121
Championship: Mercyhurst
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

[2] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Quarterfinals [3]
March 15 		Semifinals [4]
March 21 		Championship
March 23
         
1 Mercyhurst5
8 Iona 3
1 Mercyhurst10
5 Bentley 2
4 Sacred Heart 0
5 Bentley2
1 Mercyhurst4
2 Quinnipiac 3
2 Quinnipiac3
7 Canisius 2
2 Quinnipiac3
3 Holy Cross 0
3 Holy Cross3
6 Army 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Iona

March 15 [5] Mercyhurst5 – 4Iona Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
(Wrigley, Rivers) Dave Borrelli - 02:26
(Rivers, Muldoon) Dave Borrelli - 11:36
(Muldoon, Borrelli) David Wrigley - 15:04		First period08:54 - PP - Mark Hallam (Carroll, Swanson)
11:12 - PP - Tim Krueckl (Hallam, Carroll)
(Hansen, Tackaberry) T. J. Kemp - PP - 07:58
(Hansen, Wrigley) Peter Rynshoven - GW PP - 12:02		Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period06:30 - Neil Clark (Kakepetum, Williams)
11:23 - Brent Williams (Clark, Bararuk)
Andy Franck ( 43 saves / 47 shots )Goalie statsIan Vigier ( 26 saves / 31 shots )

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Canisius

March 15 [6] Quinnipiac3 – 2Canisius Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No ScoringFirst period04:30 - Robert Carroll (Ovcjak, Dawe)
13:40 - Jeff Street (Martin, Bouffard)
(Ennis, Falite) John Kelly - 06:09Second periodNo scoring
(Bordieri, Kelly) Craig Falite - 05:52
(Morrison, White) Aaron Ludwig - GW - 12:58		Third periodNo scoring
Justin Eddy ( 24 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats Bryan Worosz ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Army

March 15 [7] Holy Cross3 – 2Army Hart Center Recap  
(Bianchi, Coskren) Andrew McKay - 15:23First period15:55 - Mike McLean (Quinlan, MacLeod)
(Coskren, Doria) Jeff Dams - PP - 06:44Second periodNo scoring
(Doria, Kealey) Tyler McGregor - GW - 18:06Third period15:58 - Nic Serre (Hines, Dudek)
Tony Quesada ( 21 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Brad Roberts ( 21 saves / 24 shots )

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Bentley

March 15 [8] Sacred Heart0 – 2Bentley Milford Ice Pavilion  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period04:55 - GW PP - Joe Lovell (Markarian, Mayhew)
11:43 - Ryan Lessnau (Plattner, Peters)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Eddy Ferhi ( 26 saves / 28 shots )Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Bentley

March 21 [9] Mercyhurst10 – 2Bentley Tate Rink Recap  
(Wrigley, Rivers) Dave Borrelli - 19:13First periodNo scoring
(Wrigley, Rivers) Dave Borrelli - 01:11
(Reynolds, Carter) Erik Johnson - GW - 01:56
(Rivers, Wrigley) Dave Borrelli - PP - 03:40
(Muldoon) Adam Tackaberry - 06:06
David Wrigley - 07:35
(Rivers) Marty Rychley - 13:27		Second periodNo scoring
Marty Rychley - PP - 04:08
(Tackaberry, Kemp) P.J. Hiscock - 16:01
(Brown, Chambers) Peter Rynshoven - 16:01		Third period09:24 - Troy Wiebler (Calabro, Chase)
10:49 - PP - Ryan Lessnau (Chase, Goodwin)
Andy Franck ( 38 saves / 40 shots )Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 16 saves / 22 shots ) / Geordan Murphy ( 14 saves / 18 shots )

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Holy Cross

March 21 [10] Quinnipiac3 – 0Holy Cross Tate Rink Recap  
(Kelly) Michael Bordieri - GW - 03:39
(Craig, Testa) Matt Froehlich - 11:07
(Froehlich, Winkler) Matt Craig - 16:57		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Jamie Holden ( 30 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Tony Quesada ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) / Ben Conway ( 11 saves / 11 shots )

Championship

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac

March 23 [11] Mercyhurst4 – 3Quinnipiac Tate Rink Recap  
(Chambers) Rich Hansen - 08:19First period06:18 - John Kelly (Ennis, Rossi)
13:26 - Chris White (Morrison, Ludwig)
(Muldoon) David Wrigley - 01:11
(Reynolds, King) Mike Carter - 13:56		Second periodNo scoring
(Wrigley, Tackaberry) T. J. Kemp - GW PP - 08:45Third period04:10 - Tim Morrison (Ludwig, White)
Andy Franck ( 27 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Jamie Holden ( 30 saves / 34 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[12]

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