2009 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2009 Atlantic Hockey ice hockey tournament
2009 Atlantic Hockey ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 7–21, 2009
Teams	10
Finals site	Blue Cross Arena ; Rochester, New York
Champions	Air Force (3rd title)
Winning coach	Frank Serratore (3rd title)
MVP	Matt Fairchild (Air Force)
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The 2009 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 6th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 7 and March 21, 2009, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. Air Force won their third consecutive Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds play a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and highest ranked first round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

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

2008–09 Atlantic Hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#14 Air Force†*	28	20	6	2	42	105	61	41	28	11	2	148	86
RIT†	28	20	6	2	42	112	73	38	23	13	2	148	117
Mercyhurst	28	17	8	3	37	117	73	40	22	15	3	155	119
Bentley	28	15	11	2	32	91	76	38	19	17	2	116	116
Canisius	28	12	12	4	28	86	80	37	15	16	6	114	111
Army	28	10	12	6	26	77	91	36	11	19	6	92	125
Holy Cross	28	10	15	3	23	73	87	38	13	20	5	106	130
Sacred Heart	28	9	16	3	21	83	107	38	11	23	4	99	147
Connecticut	28	8	18	2	18	74	107	37	9	26	2	89	142
American International	28	5	22	1	11	53	116	35	5	28	2	58	141
Championship: Air Force † indicates conference regular season co-champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

First round March 7			Quarterfinals March 13–15					Semifinals March 20			Championship March 21

			1	Air Force	4	1	8
7	Holy Cross	1*	8	Sacred Heart	3	4	1
10	American International	0						1	Air Force	3
								4	Bentley	0
			2	RIT	3	6	9
			7	Holy Cross	5	4	5
											1	Air Force	2
											3	Mercyhurst	0
			3	Mercyhurst	6	5	—
8	Sacred Heart	4	6	Army	2	0	—
9	Connecticut	2						2	RIT	4
								3	Mercyhurst	5*
			4	Bentley	6	3	4
			5	Canisius	3	7	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International

March 7	Holy Cross		1 – 0	OT	American International	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Everett Sheen - 08:24		First overtime period			No scoring
Ian Dams ( 30 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Tom Fenton ( 22 saves / 23 shots )

(8) Sacred Heart vs. (9) Connecticut

March 7	Sacred Heart		4 – 2	Connecticut	Milford Ice Pavilion	Recap
Dave Jarman - pp - 11:01		First period		No scoring
Patrick Knowlton - 07:59		Second period		11:48 - Justin Hernandez
Dave Jarman - 08:19 Bear Trapp - en - 19:15		Third period		17:09 - Chris Waterstradt
Stefan Drew ( 36 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats		Brad McInnis ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) Air Force vs. (8) Sacred Heart

March 13	Air Force		4 – 3	Sacred Heart	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		05:49 - Matt Gingera
Jeff Hajner - pp - 01:17 Derrick Burnett - pp - 10:25 Scott Kozlak - sh - 19:58		Second period		No scoring
Jacques Lamoureux - 18:24		Third period		03:55 - pp - Erik Boisvert 06:28 - pp - Erik Boisvert
Andrew Volkening ( 22 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Stefan Drew ( 37 saves / 41 shots )

March 14	Air Force		1 – 4	Sacred Heart	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		03:36 - Bear Trapp 09:53 - pp - Matt Gingera
Scott Kozlak - sh - 04:01		Second period		10:27 - Eric Giosa
No scoring		Third period		01:16 - pp - Eric Giosa
Andrew Volkening ( 9 saves / 13 shots )		Goalie stats		Stefan Drew ( 42 saves / 43 shots )

March 15	Air Force		8 – 1	Sacred Heart	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
Greg Flynn - 05:54 Greg Flynn - pp - 08:32 Jacques Lamoureux - pp - 18:45		First period		No scoring
Jacques Lamoureux - 00:45 Brent Olson - 03:32 Brent Olson - 16:46 Jeff Hajner - pp - 18:56		Second period		01:52 - pp - Erik Boisvert
Brent Olson - pp - 07:44		Third period		No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 14 saves / 15 shots )		Goalie stats		Stefan Drew ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Olivier St. Onge ( 29 saves / 34 shots )

Air Force won series 2–1

(2) RIT vs. (7) Holy Cross

March 13	RIT		3 – 5	Holy Cross	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
Anton Kharin - 08:53 Matt Crowell - 18:07		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		13:10 - pp - Brodie Sheahan 15:38 - pp - Brodie Sheahan
Andrew Favot - 11:36		Third period		01:07 - pp - Jay Silvia 04:58 - JP Martignetti 19:25 - en - Matt Celin
Louis Menard ( 29 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Ian Dams ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

March 14	RIT		6 – 4	Holy Cross	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
Bobby Raymond - 16:43		First period		No scoring
Chris Haltigin - 01:55 Dan Ringwald - 08:11 Brennan Sarazin - sh - 16:54		Second period		04:27 - JP Martignetti 10:21 - Jordan Cyr 18:02 - pp - Brodie Sheahan
Tyler Brenner - pp - 05:08 Cameron Burt - pp - 16:19		Third period		07:48 - sh - Peter Lorinser
Louis Menard ( 28 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Ian Dams ( 30 saves / 36 shots )

March 15	RIT		9 – 5	Holy Cross	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
Brent Alexin - sh - 13:59 Cameron Burt - 19:30		First period		No scoring
Tyler Brenner - 04:40 Tyler Brenner - pp - 10:08 Chris Haltigin - 15:22 Mike Janda - 16:32 Anton Kharin - pp - 18:07		Second period		01:36 - Everett Sheen 04:57 - Jay Silvia 10:31 - pp - Jordan Cyr
Stevan Matic - 08:14 Anton Kharin - en - 19:00		Third period		00:35 - Jay Silvia 07:15 - Ryan Driscoll
Louis Menard ( 38 saves / 43 shots )		Goalie stats		Ian Dams ( 14 saves / 21 shots ) Adam Roy ( 6 saves / 7 shots )

RIT won series 2–1

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Army

March 13	Mercyhurst		6 – 2	Army	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
Matt Fennell - pp - 13:46 Matt Pierce - 17:01		First period		19:22 - Bryant Skarda
Phil Ginand - pp - 10:04		Second period		No scoring
Dan Bremner - 01:52 Brett Robinson - 02:29 Matt Fennell - pp - 07:01		Third period		04:51 - pp - Owen Meyer
Ryan Zapolski ( 28 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Jay Clark ( 35 saves / 41 shots )

March 14	Mercyhurst		5 – 0	Army	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
Matt Fennell - 07:50 Cody Collins - 14:00 Phil Ginand - 16:15		First period		No scoring
Matt Pierce - 14:01		Second period		No scoring
Brett Robinson - 08:21		Third period		No scoring
Ryan Zapolski ( 27 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		Jay Clark ( 28 saves / 33 shots )

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(4) Bentley vs. (5) Canisius

March 13	Bentley		6 – 3	Canisius	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
Erik Peterson - 03:34 Dain Prewitt - 08:55		First period		17:57 - Josh Heidinger
Dain Prewitt - pp - 13:47 Anthony Canzoneri - pp - 16:22		Second period		11:32 - sh - Dave Kostuch
Justin Kemmerer - 14:42 Brendan Harrison - en - 19:45		Third period		01:44 - Dave Kostuch
Kyle Rank ( 31 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats		Dan Morrison ( 18 saves / 23 shots )

March 14	Bentley		3 – 7	Canisius	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
Dain Prewitt - 19:38		First period		11:37 - Cory Conacher 13:26 - Dave Kostuch 15:50 - pp - Ryan Klusendorf
Dain Prewitt - pp - 18:51		Second period		05:06 - pp - Carl Hudson 07:44 - Ryan Klusendorf
Dustin Cloutier - pp - 00:30		Third period		07:30 - Jason Weeks 09:39 - pp - Scott Jenks
Kyle Rank ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) Joe Calvi ( 3 saves / 5 shots )		Goalie stats		Andrew Loewen ( 41 saves / 44 shots )

March 15	Bentley		4 – 2	Canisius	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
Jeff Gumaer - 00:14 Marc Menzione - 11:16		First period		03:09 - Adam Brace
Jeff Gumaer - 00:09 Jeff Gumaer - pp - 07:51		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		02:11 - Adam Brace
Kyle Rank ( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Andrew Loewen ( 16 saves / 20 shots ) Dan Morrison ( 18 saves / 18 shots )

Bentley won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Air Force vs. (4) Bentley

March 20	Air Force		3 – 0	Bentley	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
Matt Fairchild - 10:56 Josh Frider - pp - 18:47		Second period		No scoring
Matt Fairchild - pp - 17:53		Third period		No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 26 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Kyle Rank ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

(2) RIT vs. (3) Mercyhurst

March 20	RIT		4 – 5	OT	Mercyhurst	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
Cameron Burt - pp - 14:00		First period			00:37 - Neil Graham
Al Mazur - pp - 04:56 Anton Kharin - 06:19		Second period			06:57 - pp - Scott Pitt 17:02 - pp - Brandon Coccimiglio
Cameron Burt - 19:01		Third period			00:31 - pp - Scott Pitt
No scoring		First overtime period			02:19 - Chris Risi
Jared DeMichiel ( 31 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Ryan Zapolski ( 36 saves / 40 shots )

Championship

(1) Air Force vs. (3) Mercyhurst

March 21	Air Force		2 – 0	Mercyhurst	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
Jacques Lamoureux - 03:02		First period		No scoring
Matt Fairchild - 01:11		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 25 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Ryan Zapolski ( 31 saves / 33 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G Andrew Volkening (Air Force)
D Gregg Flynn (Air Force)
D Scott Mathis (Air Force)
F Cameron Burt (RIT)
F Matt Fairchild* (Air Force)
F Scott Pitt (Mercyhurst)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

↑ Lerch, Chris (March 21, 2009). "Air Force captures third consecutive Atlantic Hockey crown". U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.

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