2010 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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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.

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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

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#10 RIT†*2822514510951412812114590
Sacred Heart 2816933599863821134131123
Air Force 281486348670371615610396
Mercyhurst 281510333103703815203121118
Canisius 28131143097893717155125122
Army 2810126268083361118798114
Holy Cross 2810135257074371219687102
Bentley 28101532378105351219494123
Connecticut 28619315489137727359135
American International 285194145911033524469131
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 RIT4*4
7Holy Cross49 Connecticut 3 1
10 American International 2 1 RIT4
5 Canisius 0
2 Sacred Heart44*
7 Holy Cross 0 3
1 RIT6
2 Sacred Heart 1
3 Air Force34
8 Bentley 1 6 Army 0 2
9Connecticut22 Sacred Heart2
3 Air Force 1
4 Mercyhurst 1 4
5 Canisius55**

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

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

March 5Holy Cross4 – 2American International Hart Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Jordan Cyr - 09:29
J. P. Martignetti - 11:53
Rob Linsmayer - 12:31
Second period06:48 - Chris Markiewicz
15:23 - Mike Little
Matt Celin - 13:11Third periodNo 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 6Bentley1 – 2Connecticut John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
Dan Koudys - 14:23First period03:05 - Andrew Olson
14:56 - Justin Hernandez
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Kyle Rank ( 18 saves / 20 shots )Goalie stats Garrett Bartus ( 27 saves / 28 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut

March 12RIT4 – 3OTConnecticut Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
Dan Ringwald - pp - 11:10
Scott Knowles - 11:35
First periodNo scoring
Andrew Favot - pp - 07:36Second period09:05 - pp - James Gallagher
16:24 - Evan Carriere
18:22 - sh - Andrew Olson
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Chris Haltigin - 09:54First overtime periodNo scoring
Jared DeMichiel ( 15 saves / 18 shots )Goalie stats Garrett Bartus ( 51 saves / 55 shots )
March 13RIT4 – 1Connecticut Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
Cameron Burt - pp - 03:28
Adam Hartley - 14:27
First periodNo scoring
Chris Tanev - 06:35
Chris Haltigin - 10:25
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period5:21 - 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 12Sacred Heart4 – 0Holy Cross Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Nick Johnson - pp - 16:04Second periodNo scoring
Ryan Miniaci - 12:13
Dave Jarman - 16:45
Eric Delong - en - 18:17
Third periodNo scoring
Steven Legatto ( 36 saves / 36 shots )Goalie stats Thomas Tysowsky ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
Empty net ( 1 shot )
March 13Sacred Heart4 – 3OTHoly Cross Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
Nick Johnson - 03:22
Erik Boisvert - 12:35
First periodNo scoring
Dave Jarman - 15:28Second period00:21 - Rob Linsmayer
07:54 - Jordan Cyr
08:14 - Kyle Atkins
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Matt Gingera - 04:53First overtime periodNo 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 12Air Force3 – 0Army Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
Sean Bertsch - 01:38First periodNo scoring
Bertsch - 16:00
Derrick Burnett - 17:36
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Andrew Volkening ( 29 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Jay Clark ( 35 saves / 38 shots )
March 13Air Force4 – 2Army Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period17:55 - Bryant Skarda
Sean Bertsch - 08:46
Brandon Johnson - 17:22
Second period15:30 - pp - Owen Meyer
Jacques Lamoureaux - pp - 18:35
Derrick Burnett - en - 19:40
Third periodNo 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 12Mercyhurst1 – 5Canisius Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period05:10 - Torrey Lindsay
05:42 - Preston Shupe
No scoringSecond period06:40 - pp - Josh Heidinger
Scott Pitt - pp - 14:34Third period10:18 - 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 13Mercyhurst4 – 52OTCanisius Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period13:07 - Dave Kostuch
Matt Fennell - pp - 00:47
Grant Blakey - pp - 05:28
Fennell - pp - 05:45
Kevin Noble - pp - 09:30
Second period12:03 - pp - Dave Cianfrini
No scoringThird period14:15 - pp - Preston Shupe
16:13 - pp - Kostuch
No scoringSecond overtime period07:00 - 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 19RIT4 – 0Canisius Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Tyler Brenner - pp - 14:52
Mike Janda - 15:44
First periodNo scoring
Andrew Favot - pp - 08:41Second periodNo scoring
Al Mazur - pp - 14:01Third periodNo scoring
Jared DeMichiel ( 20 saves / 20 shots )Goalie stats Dan Morrison ( 26 saves / 30 shots )

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

March 19Sacred Heart2 – 1Air Force Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Erik Boisvert - 10:14Second periodNo scoring
Patrick Knowlton - 19:18Third period18:31 - 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 20RIT6 – 1Sacred Heart Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Cameron Burt - pp - 02:16
Mark Cornacchia - sh - 19:41
First periodNo scoring
Sean Murphy - 01:08
Jeff Smith - 12:04
Tyler Brenner - pp - 19:04
Second periodNo scoring
Murphy - 17:56Third period03:48 - Eric Delong
Jared DeMichiel ( 32 saves / 33 shots )Goalie stats Steven Legatto ( 33 saves / 39 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References