2005 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2005 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2005. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Quinnipiac home venue: Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Connecticut. By winning the tournament, Mercyhurst received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play and a play-in game. All games in the tournament are single-elimination. The play-in game consists of the eighth and ninth seeds competing to decide the final qualifier. In the quarterfinals, the first seed plays the winner of the play-in game while the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds play to determine who advances to the semifinals. of the four remaining teams, the highest and lowest remaining ranked teams play each other with the other two teams facing one another to determine the championship participants. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2005 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

2004–05 Atlantic Hockey standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Quinnipiac†2416623496643721133120102
Canisius 24147331766235161549898
Mercyhurst*2414733186643818164124116
Holy Cross 2412752976603616146108102
Sacred Heart 2413101277673351321189128
Connecticut 2410122226471371123390128
Bentley 24613517658334820681125
Army 2451631347713172136097
American International 24416412508831423463116
Championship: Mercyhurst
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

Play-In [2]
March 9 		Quarterfinals [3]
March 12 		Semifinals [4]
March 18 		Championship
March 19
1 Quinnipiac2
8 Army58 Army 0
9 American International 3 1 Quinnipiac4
7 Bentley 1
2 Canisius 2
7 Bentley4
1 Quinnipiac 2
3 Mercyhurst3*
3 Mercyhurst7
6 Connecticut 4
3 Mercyhurst4*
4 Holy Cross 3
4 Holy Cross4
5 Sacred Heart 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Play-in

(8) Army vs. (9) American International

March 9 [5] Army5 – 3American International Tate Rink Recap  
Brady Dolim - 08:54First period13:37 - CJ McConnell
Aaron Anderson - 08:05Second periodNo scoring
Luke Flicek - 05:30
David Andros - GW PP - 08:54
Luke Flicek - 12:18		Third period07:31 - CJ McConnell
16:17 - PP - CJ McConnell
Brad Roberts ( 16 saves / 19 shots )Goalie stats Frank Novello ( 28 saves / 33 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Army

March 12 [6] Quinnipiac2 – 0Army Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Ben Nelson - GW - 05:57
Rob Hammel - 17:44		Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Jamie Holden ( 22 saves / 22 shots )Goalie stats Brad Roberts ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

(2) Canisius vs. (7) Bentley

March 12 [7] Canisius2 – 4Bentley Buffalo State Sports Arena Recap  
Jon Durno - 00:21First periodNo scoring
No ScoringSecond period08:57 - Brendan McCartin
Joe Kitchen - 07:01Third period02:54 - PP - Ryan Lessnau
09:07 - GW - Paul Markarian
19:11 - EN - Paul Scalisi
Bryan Worosz ( 21 saves / 24 shots )Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut

March 12 [8] Mercyhurst7 – 4Connecticut Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
T.J. Kemp - PP - 09:40
Dave Borrelli - PP - 16:29		First period01:49 - William Magnuson
01:57 - Chris Uber
13:16 - PP - William Crum
Ben Cottreau - PP - 09:41
T.J. Kemp - PP - 11:57
David Wrigley - GW - 12:47		Second period06:12 - William Crum
Rich Hansen - 14:44
Dave Borrelli - EN - 19:34		Third periodNo scoring
Mike Ella ( 20 saves / 24 shots )Goalie stats Scott Tomes ( 28 saves / 34 shots )

(4) Holy Cross vs. (5) Sacred Heart

March 12 [9] Holy Cross4 – 2Sacred Heart Hart Center Recap  
Andrew Weber - 10:56
Andrew Weber - 16:00		First period14:26 - Garrett Larson
19:39 - PP - Bernie Chmiel
Matt Burke - GW PP - 04:57Second periodNo scoring
Andrew Weber - 03:26Third periodNo scoring
Tony Quesada ( 21 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Kevin LaPointe ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Bentley

March 18 [10] Quinnipiac4 – 1Bentley Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
Matt Craig - PP - 11:00First period17:16 - Bryan Goodwin
Jamie Bates - GW - 03:42
Matt Froehlich - 08:22		Second periodNo scoring
Matt Froehlich - EN - 08:22Third periodNo scoring
Jamie Holden ( 24 saves / 25 shots )Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Holy Cross

March 18 [11] Mercyhurst4 – 3OTHoly Cross Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
David Wrigley - 02:45First period03:30 - Tyler McGregor
Scott Reynolds - 07:20
Scott Champagne - 08:23		Second period05:37 - Dale Reinhardt
18:13 - Andrew McKay
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ryan Toomey - GW - 02:03First overtime periodNo scoring
Mike Ella ( 36 saves / 39 shots )Goalie stats Tony Quesada ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

Championship

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Mercyhurst

March 19 [12] Quinnipiac2 – 3OTMercyhurst Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Aaron Ludwig - 02:06
Matt Craig - 12:27		Second period05:17 - Dave Borrelli
No ScoringThird period14:03 - Erik Johnson
No ScoringFirst overtime period04:56 - GW - Scott Champagne
Jamie Holden ( 34 saves / 37 shots )Goalie stats Mike Ella ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

Tournament awards

Three Stars of the Tournament

[13]

MVP

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  3. ↑ "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 19, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
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