2010 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2010 Atlantic Hockey ice hockey tournament
2010 Atlantic Hockey ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 5–20, 2010
Teams	10
Finals site	Blue Cross Arena ; Rochester, New York
Champions	RIT (1st title)
Winning coach	Wayne Wilson (1st title)
MVP	Cameron Burt (RIT)
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Last updated March 23, 2024

The 2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 7th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 20, 2010 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, RIT received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds played a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lower-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and higher-ranked first-round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2010 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

2009–10 Atlantic Hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#10 RIT†*	28	22	5	1	45	109	51	41	28	12	1	145	90
Sacred Heart	28	16	9	3	35	99	86	38	21	13	4	131	123
Air Force	28	14	8	6	34	86	70	37	16	15	6	103	96
Mercyhurst	28	15	10	3	33	103	70	38	15	20	3	121	118
Canisius	28	13	11	4	30	97	89	37	17	15	5	125	122
Army	28	10	12	6	26	80	83	36	11	18	7	98	114
Holy Cross	28	10	13	5	25	70	74	37	12	19	6	87	102
Bentley	28	10	15	3	23	78	105	35	12	19	4	94	123
Connecticut	28	6	19	3	15	48	91	37	7	27	3	59	135
American International	28	5	19	4	14	59	110	33	5	24	4	69	131
Championship: RIT † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

First round March 5–6			Quarterfinals March 12–13					Semifinals March 19			Championship March 20

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

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

March 5	Holy Cross		4 – 2	American International	Hart Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Jordan Cyr - 09:29 J. P. Martignetti - 11:53 Rob Linsmayer - 12:31		Second period		06:48 - Chris Markiewicz 15:23 - Mike Little
Matt Celin - 13:11		Third period		No scoring
Thomas Tysowsky ( 15 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats		Ben Meisner ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Dan Ramirez ( 8 saves / 9 shots )

(8) Bentley vs. (9) Connecticut

March 6	Bentley		1 – 2	Connecticut	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
Dan Koudys - 14:23		First period		03:05 - Andrew Olson 14:56 - Justin Hernandez
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Kyle Rank ( 18 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Garrett Bartus ( 27 saves / 28 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut

March 12	RIT		4 – 3	OT	Connecticut	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
Dan Ringwald - pp - 11:10 Scott Knowles - 11:35		First period			No scoring
Andrew Favot - pp - 07:36		Second period			09:05 - pp - James Gallagher 16:24 - Evan Carriere 18:22 - sh - Andrew Olson
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Chris Haltigin - 09:54		First overtime period			No scoring
Jared DeMichiel ( 15 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Garrett Bartus ( 51 saves / 55 shots )

March 13	RIT		4 – 1	Connecticut	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
Cameron Burt - pp - 03:28 Adam Hartley - 14:27		First period		No scoring
Chris Tanev - 06:35 Chris Haltigin - 10:25		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		5:21 - pp - Sean Ambrosie
Jared DeMichiel ( 17 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats		Garrett Bartus ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

RIT won series 2–0

(2) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Holy Cross

March 12	Sacred Heart		4 – 0	Holy Cross	Milford Ice Pavilion	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Nick Johnson - pp - 16:04		Second period		No scoring
Ryan Miniaci - 12:13 Dave Jarman - 16:45 Eric Delong - en - 18:17		Third period		No scoring
Steven Legatto ( 36 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats		Thomas Tysowsky ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot )

March 13	Sacred Heart		4 – 3	OT	Holy Cross	Milford Ice Pavilion	Recap
Nick Johnson - 03:22 Erik Boisvert - 12:35		First period			No scoring
Dave Jarman - 15:28		Second period			00:21 - Rob Linsmayer 07:54 - Jordan Cyr 08:14 - Kyle Atkins
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Matt Gingera - 04:53		First overtime period			No scoring
Steven Legatto ( 16 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Thomas Tysowsky ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Sacred Heart won series 2–0

(3) Air Force vs. (6) Army

March 12	Air Force		3 – 0	Army	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
Sean Bertsch - 01:38		First period		No scoring
Bertsch - 16:00 Derrick Burnett - 17:36		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 29 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats		Jay Clark ( 35 saves / 38 shots )

March 13	Air Force		4 – 2	Army	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		17:55 - Bryant Skarda
Sean Bertsch - 08:46 Brandon Johnson - 17:22		Second period		15:30 - pp - Owen Meyer
Jacques Lamoureaux - pp - 18:35 Derrick Burnett - en - 19:40		Third period		No scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Jay Clark ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot )

Air Force won series 2–0

(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Canisius

March 12	Mercyhurst		1 – 5	Canisius	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:10 - Torrey Lindsay 05:42 - Preston Shupe
No scoring		Second period		06:40 - pp - Josh Heidinger
Scott Pitt - pp - 14:34		Third period		10:18 - pp - Carl Hudson 16:05 - en - Heidinger
Ryan Zapolski ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot )		Goalie stats		Dan Morrison ( 41 saves / 42 shots )

March 13	Mercyhurst		4 – 5	2OT	Canisius	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:07 - Dave Kostuch
Matt Fennell - pp - 00:47 Grant Blakey - pp - 05:28 Fennell - pp - 05:45 Kevin Noble - pp - 09:30		Second period			12:03 - pp - Dave Cianfrini
No scoring		Third period			14:15 - pp - Preston Shupe 16:13 - pp - Kostuch
No scoring		Second overtime period			07:00 - Ben Parker
Ryan Zapolski ( 63 saves / 68 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Morrison ( 44 saves / 48 shots )

Canisius won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) RIT vs. (5) Canisius

March 19	RIT		4 – 0	Canisius	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
Tyler Brenner - pp - 14:52 Mike Janda - 15:44		First period		No scoring
Andrew Favot - pp - 08:41		Second period		No scoring
Al Mazur - pp - 14:01		Third period		No scoring
Jared DeMichiel ( 20 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Dan Morrison ( 26 saves / 30 shots )

(2) Sacred Heart vs. (3) Air Force

March 19	Sacred Heart		2 – 1	Air Force	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Erik Boisvert - 10:14		Second period		No scoring
Patrick Knowlton - 19:18		Third period		18:31 - ea - Jacques Lamoureaux
Steven Legatto ( 32 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Andrew Volkening ( 32 saves / 34 shots )

Championship

(1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart

March 20	RIT		6 – 1	Sacred Heart	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
Cameron Burt - pp - 02:16 Mark Cornacchia - sh - 19:41		First period		No scoring
Sean Murphy - 01:08 Jeff Smith - 12:04 Tyler Brenner - pp - 19:04		Second period		No scoring
Murphy - 17:56		Third period		03:48 - Eric Delong
Jared DeMichiel ( 32 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Steven Legatto ( 33 saves / 39 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G Jared DeMichiel (RIT)
D Dan Ringwald (RIT)
D Chris Tanev (RIT)
F Tyler Brenner (RIT)
F Patrick Knowlton (Sacred Heart)
F Cameron Burt* (RIT)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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