2008 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2008. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while all 'Final Five' games were played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. All quarterfinal matchups were best-of-three series with the top three remaining seeds receiving byes into the semifinal round and the lowest two remaining seeds playing in a four-vs-five match. All rounds after the quarterfinals were conducted as single-elimination games. The winner of the four-vs-five game would advance to the semifinals to play the highest remaining seed while the other two remaining seeds faced off in the other semifinal game. The winners of the semifinal games advanced to play each other in a championship game with the tournament champion receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

2007–08 Atlantic Hockey standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Army†281783378451371914410173
RIT 2815853587723719126116109
Air Force*281495338965392112613091
Sacred Heart 28141133191793816193111116
Mercyhurst 2811107 2983894115197112133
Canisius 2810135258079371120693121
Connecticut 2811143256284371321379126
Bentley 28913624818836921689124
Holy Cross 289154226685361019788114
American International 28817319679836823583135
Championship: Air Force
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

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Bracket

[5] Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals [6]
March 7–9		Four vs. Five [7]
March 14		Semifinals
March 15		Championship
March 16
1Army45—
10American International02—
1Army2
2RIT5*5*—4Sacred Heart15Mercyhurst4
9Holy Cross44—5Mercyhurst4
3Air Force93—3Air Force5**
8Bentley21—5Mercyhurst4
4Sacred Heart624
7Connecticut53*12RIT0
3Air Force5
5Mercyhurst42*—
6Canisius11—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Army vs. (10) American International

March 7 [8] Army4 – 0American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Flicek, Meyer) Bryce Hollweg - GW - 03:11First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Pierson, Sefchik) Rob Ross - 08:56
(Anderson) Will Ryan - 12:25
(unassisted) Eric Sefchik - 13:10		Third periodNo scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Josh Kassel Goalie stats Dan Ramirez ( 27 saves / 31 shots )
March 8 [9] Army5 – 2American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Ryan, Colvin) Joey Ammon - 13:15First period09:12 - PP - Mark Pavli (Bolognino, McMillan)
17:23 - Greg Genovese (Little, Campanale)
(Fearing, Colvin) Ken Rowe - 04:11
(unassisted) Owen Meyer - GW PS - 19:19
(Omilusik) Ken Rowe - 19:39		Second periodNo scoring
(Sefchik, Meyer) Bryce Hollweg - 01:59Third periodNo scoring
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Josh Kassel Goalie stats Tom Fenton ( 29 saves / 34 shots )
Army won series 2–0

(2) RIT vs. (9) Holy Cross

March 7 [10] RIT5 – 4OTHoly Cross Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
(Lambert, Ringwald) Matt Smith - PP - 08:25First period19:32 - Joe Brock (Dams, Reinhardt)
No scoringSecond period19:59 - Matt Znutas (unassisted)
(Sarazin, Burns) Stevan Matic - 02:33
(Ringwald, Lambert) Matt Smith - PP - 08:54
(Burns) Matt Smith - 16:01		Third period06:21 - PP - Matt Burke (Forshner)
09:06 - Brodie Sheahan (Forshner, Gabriel)
(Lambert, Ringwald) Matt Crowell - GW - 15:19First overtime periodNo scoring
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Louis Menard Goalie stats Adam Roy ( 36 saves / 41 shots )
March 8 [11] RIT5 – 4OTHoly Cross Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
(Lambert, Murphy) Matt Smith - PP - 03:12
(Favot, Lambert) Matt Crowell - 15:43		First period08:19 - Dale Reinhardt (Dams)
(Lambert, Murphy) Matt Smith - PP - 01:07Second period05:16 - Cal St. Denis (Franklin, Jelinek)
05:54 - Rob Forshner (Sheen, Werry)
12:34 - Rob Forshner (Burke, Brock)
(Draper, Kharin) Jesse Newman - 08:32Third periodNo scoring
(Patry, Walton) Matt Smith - GW - 04:17First overtime periodNo scoring
( 17 saves / 21 shots ) Louis Menard Goalie stats Adam Roy ( 33 saves / 38 shots )
RIT won series 2–0

(3) Air Force vs. (8) Bentley

March 7 [12] Air Force9 – 2Bentley Cadet Ice Arena  
(Fairchild, Flynn) Josh Schaffer - 09:01First period11:07 - Pat Percella (Preece)
(Nylander, Hajner) Derrick Burnett - PP - 02:50
(Olson, Frider) Scott Kozlak - GW - 04:18
(Nylander, Mayra) Sean Bertsch - 04:54
(Charbonneau, Frider) Mike Phillipich - PP - 07:22
(Hajner, Burnett) Brett Nylander - 09:33
(Kelly, Sellers) Blake Page - 13:05
(Hajner) Greg Flynn - PP - 16:37		Second periodNo scoring
(Bertsch, Phillipich) Brad Sellers - 07:26Third period12:49 - Jeff Gumaer (Canzoneri, Prewitt)
( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Andrew Volkening Goalie stats Joe Calvi ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) / Nick Moise ( 14 saves / 19 shots )
March 8 [13] Air Force3 – 1Bentley Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(Fairchild, Flynn) Brent Olson - PP - 09:27
(Hajner, Burnett) Greg Flynn - GW PP - 10:03		First periodNo scoring
(Burnett, Charbonneau) Jeff Hajner - PP - 03:59Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period15:12 - Dain Prewitt (Cloutier, Canzoneri)
( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Andrew Volkening Goalie stats Joe Calvi ( 43 saves / 46 shots )
Air Force won series 2–0

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Connecticut

March 7 [14] Sacred Heart6 – 5Connecticut Milford Ice Pavilion  
(Tyll, Drew) Alexandre Parent - 17:47First periodNo scoring
(Knowlton, Johnson) Scott Marchesi - PP - 05:06
(Tyll) Alexandre Parent - SH - 10:30		Second period13:09 - PP - Brendan Olinyk (Ochoa, Hernandez)
17:28 - PP - Matt Pedemonti (Schneider, Behler)
18:12 - Matt Miller (Krispel, Olson)
(Jarman) Erik Boisvert - SH - 06:10
(Parent, Grimson) Bear Trapp - PP - 08:41
(Parent, Boisvert) Dave Jarman - GW - 15:38		Third period07:04 - Jeff Sapieha (Olinyk, Miller)
19:45 - Matt Pedemonti (Olson, Schneider)
( 30 saves / 35 shots ) Stefan Drew Goalie statsBeau Erickson ( 19 saves / 25 shots )
March 8 [15] Sacred Heart2 – 3OTConnecticut Milford Ice Pavilion  
(Trapp, Giosa) Nick Johnson - 07:09First period09:46 - Jason Krispel (Olson, Spicer)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Gordon) Evan Mladenoff - 18:02Third period06:08 - Andrew Olson (Spicer, Krispel)
No scoringFirst overtime period05:28 - GW - Michael Coppola (Solberg, Bergin)
( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Stefan Drew Goalie statsBeau Erickson ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 9 [16] Sacred Heart4 – 1Connecticut Milford Ice Pavilion  
(Rodriguez, Berube) Adam DeJong - 04:22First periodNo scoring
(Knowlton, Berube) Adam DeJong - GW - 07:12Second periodNo scoring
(Tyll) Evan Mladenoff - 11:45
(Trapp) Alexandre Parent - EN - 18:48		Third period05:03 - Chris Spicer (Miller)
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Stefan Drew Goalie statsBeau Erickson ( 44 saves / 47 shots )
Sacred Heart won series 2–1

(5) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Canisius

March 7 [17] Mercyhurst4 – 1Canisius Mercyhurst Ice Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Pierce, Eddy) Brett Robinson - 04:32
(Echtermach, Eddy) Chris Risi - GW - 10:07
(Robinson, Cottreau) Matt Pierce - PP - 11:41		Second periodNo scoring
(Bremner, Graham) Mike Gurtler - 16:15Third period06:16 - Jason Weeks (Kasch, Heidinger)
( 41 saves / 42 shots ) Matt Lundin Goalie stats Andrew Loewen ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
March 8 [18] Mercyhurst2 – 1OTCanisius Mercyhurst Ice Center  
(Terminesi, Fennell) Matt Pierce - PP - 10:24First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period18:21 - Vincent Scarsella (Jenks)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
(Vansenbeld, Cottreau) Kerry Bowman - GW - 01:45First overtime periodNo scoring
( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Lundin Goalie stats Andrew Loewen ( 32 saves / 34 shots )
Mercyhurst won series 2–0

Four vs. Five

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Mercyhurst

March 14 [19] Sacred Heart1 – 4Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Grimson, Trapp) Dave Jarman - PP - 09:13First period06:16 - PP - Matt Pierce (Terminesi, Robinson)
No scoringSecond period00:41 - GW - Cullen Eddy (unassisted)
No scoringThird period10:14 - Ben Cottreau (Fennell)
17:30 - Chris Risi (Medernach, Lundin)
( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Stefan Drew Goalie stats Matt Lundin ( 38 saves / 39 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Army vs. (5) Mercyhurst

March 15 [20] Army2 – 4Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Ryan, Ammon) Aaron Anderson - 14:23First period07:29 - PP - Matt Pierce (Fennell, Robinson)
15:24 - Mike Gurtler (Graham, Phillips)
(Omilusik, Flicek) Bryce Hollweg - PP - 01:39Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period00:25 - GW SH - Chris Risi (Vandenbeld)
05:41 - EA - Neil Graham (Bremner, Gurtler)
( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Kassel Goalie stats Matt Lundin ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

(2) RIT vs. (3) Air Force

March 15 [21] RIT0 – 5Air Force Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period06:32 - GW PP - Brent Olson (Frider, Charbonneau)
No scoringSecond period05:49 - Mike Phillipich (Charbonneau, Schaffer)
10:04 - SH - Matt Fairchild (Nylander)
17:18 - PP - Brent Olson (Charbonneau, Hajner)
No scoringThird period10:34 - Matt Fairchild (Hajner, Mayra)
( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Louis Menard / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Jared DeMichiel Goalie stats Andrew Volkening ( 24 saves / 24 shots )

Championship

(3) Air Force vs. (5) Mercyhurst

March 16 [22] Air Force5 – 42OTMercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Phillipich, Flynn) Brent Olson - PP - 19:58First periodNo scoring
(Kozlak, Frider) Frank Schiavone - 13:23Second period17:11 - PP - Matt Pierce (Cottreau, Terminesi)
07:53 - PP - Steve Cameron (Pitt, Coccimiglio)
(Phillipich, Bertsch) Josh Schaffer - 09:50
(Olson, Kozlak) Josh Frider - 11:30		Third period03:50 - Nick Vandenbeld (Risi)
11:09 - Brett Robinson (Pierce)
(Olson) Josh Frider - 00:56Second overtime periodNo scoring
( 49 saves / 53 shots ) Andrew Volkening Goalie stats Matt Lundin ( 42 saves / 47 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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