2015 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2015 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 11th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 6 and March 21, 2015, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The tournament was won by the RIT Tigers. By winning the tournament, RIT earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament format changed this year because the Connecticut Huskies left the league for Hockey East, leaving 11 teams. Under the new format, the top five (instead of four) seeds all receive a bye into the quarterfinals, but the fifth seed doesn't host a quarterfinal series.

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, will play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five teams from the conference regular season standings receive a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first round winner, the second seed and second-highest-ranked first round winner, the third seed and highest-ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed will play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest remaining seeds will play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Standings

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

Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Robert Morris281954421066637248513390
Canisius 28157636786037181279582
#16 RIT *281495339062402015512196
Bentley 281495337667371715510092
Mercyhurst 28141133190873919164116122
Holy Cross 281211529686137141858487
Air Force 28131232982824116214119130
Sacred Heart 2810126267782381319696113
Army 28816420608434822468108
American International 284177156910736425787155
Niagara 285194146510339728485157
Championship: March 21, 2015
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2015

Bracket

RIT and Bentley finished tied for third place; RIT is the third seed based on the third tiebreaker (head-to-head goal differential). Air Force and Holy Cross finished tied for sixth place; Holy Cross is the sixth seed based on the first tiebreaker (head-to-head results).

First round
March 6–8
Quarterfinals
March 13–15
Semifinals
March 20
Championship
March 21
1 Robert Morris46
6 Holy Cross 1 2*** 3 11 Niagara 2 3
11 Niagara21 51 Robert Morris 3
5 Mercyhurst4*
2 Canisius22
8 Sacred Heart 0 1
3 RIT5
5 Mercyhurst 1
3 RIT27
7 Air Force6107 Air Force 1 3
10 American International 1 3 2 Canisius 1
3 RIT2
4 Bentley 0 52
8 Sacred Heart255 Mercyhurst1* 3 3
9 Army 0 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

(6) Holy Cross vs. (11) Niagara

March 6Holy Cross1 – 2Niagara Hart Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Bolton, Barrett) Matt Scarth - PP - 12:04Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period04:29 - Kevin Patterson (Angiolella, Pietrobon)
10:10 - GW - Luke Edwards (Pietrobon, Angiolella)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Matt Ginn Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 31 saves / 32 shots )
March 7Holy Cross2 – 13OTNiagara Hart Center Recap  
(Moore, Barrett) Matt Scarth - PP - 05:56First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period01:00 - Stanislav Dzakhov (Sarcona, Smith)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
(McNamara, Pooley) T. J. Moore - GW - 11:40Third overtime periodNo scoring
( 50 saves / 51 shots ) Matt Ginn Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 58 saves / 60 shots )
March 8Holy Cross3 – 5Niagara Hart Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period03:48 - Larry Smith (unassisted)
(Moore, Pooley) Mike Barrett - 01:30
(Nagy, Youso) Tommy Dwyer - 13:34
(Beckman) Brett Lubanski - 15:15
Second period04:54 - PP - Kevin Patterson (Sarcona)
12:28 - PP - Keegan Harper (Sarcona, Patterson)
No scoringThird period02:03 - GW PP - Chris Lochner (Muto, Smith)
19:10 - EN - Hugo Turcotte (Kolenda)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Matt Ginn Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 47 saves / 50 shots )
Niagara won series 2–1

(7) Air Force vs. (10) American International

March 6Air Force6 – 1American International Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(Baskin, Ledford) A. J. Reid - 04:32
(Himley, Vosejpka) Ben Kucera - GW - 12:02
(Demers, Weissenhofer) Scott Holm - 12:47
First period16:22 - Austin Orszulak (May, MacMillan)
(Hartner, Kucera) Ben Carey - 05:59
(Gunner, Rostenkowski) Scott Holm - 06:37
Second periodNo scoring
(Reid, Ledford) Phil Boje - PP - 01:20Third periodNo scoring
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Chris Truehl Goalie stats Alex Murray ( 28 saves / 34 shots ) / Jacob Caffrey ( 2 saves / 2 shots )
March 7Air Force10 – 3American International Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(unassisted) Chad Demers - 01:11
(Carey, Holm) Cole Gunner - 17:06
(Gunner, Weissenhofer) Chad Demers - 18:32
First periodNo scoring
(Kucera, Weissenhofer) Cole Gunner - GW PP - 00:54
(unassisted) Ben Carey - 12:05
(Reid, Ledford) Cole Gunner - 14:22
Second period01:08 - Johno May (Orszulak)
(Hartner, Abood) Ben Carey - 01:37
(Ledford, Abood) A. J. Reid - 02:17
(Ledford, Baskin) Phil Boje - 06:51
(Carey) Cole Gunner - 08:57
Third period13:11 - Nathan Sliwinski (May, Debrincat)
16:51 - Johno May (Gandara)
( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Chris Truehl / ( 8 saves / 10 shots ) Connor Girard Goalie stats Hunter Leisner ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) / Alex Murray ( 23 saves / 28 shots ) / Jacob Caffrey ( 9 saves / 10 shots )
Air Force won series 2–0

(8) Sacred Heart vs. (9) Army

March 6Sacred Heart2 – 0Army Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Luczyk, Doerksen) Alec Butcher - GW - 06:16Second periodNo scoring
(Sabatini, Butcher) Evan Jasper - 16:05Third periodNo scoring
( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Alex Vazzano Goalie stats Parker Gahagen ( 26 saves / 28 shots )
March 7Sacred Heart5 – 2Army Milford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Brightbill, Minello) Ben Lake - 04:27
(Nylen) Brian Sheehan - 05:54
(Rayner, Kennedy) Alec Butcher - GW - 09:40
Second periodNo scoring
(George, Doherty) Justin Danforth - 03:03
(Kennedy, Nylen) Jordan Minello - EN - 18:17
Third period02:34 - PP - Mac Lalor (Alvarez, Pham)
15:07 - Brendan McGuire (Llaurado)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Alex Vazzano Goalie stats Parker Gahagen ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
Sacred Heart won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Robert Morris vs. (11) Niagara

March 13Robert Morris4 – 2Niagara 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Cope, Denham) Scott Jacklin - 08:17First period16:47 - Patrick Conte (Edwards, Turcotte)
17:37 - PP - Kevin Patterson (Kohls, Harper)
(Jones) Timmy Moore - 03:05Second periodNo scoring
(Wilson, Jones) Spencer Dorowicz - GW - 02:48
(Gibson, Cope) Brandon Denham - EN - 18:44
Third periodNo scoring
( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Dalton Izyk Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 36 saves / 39 shots )
March 14Robert Morris6 – 3Niagara 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Rey, Lynch) Greg Gibson - 03:33
(Jacklin, Wilson) Zac Lynch - PP - 18:44
(Wydo, Wilson) Scott Jacklin - PP - 19:34
First period14:10 - Hugo Turcotte (Kolenda, Harper)
No scoringSecond period01:46 - Matt Chiarantano (Lochner, Turcotte)
09:05 - Keegan Harper (Conte, Nasca)
(unassisted) Zac Lynch - GW SH - 04:30
(Denham, Rey) Greg Gibson - 07:48
(Ferguson) David Friedmann - EN - 17:08
Third periodNo scoring
( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Dalton Izyk Goalie stats Jackson Teichroeb ( 38 saves / 43 shots )
Robert Morris won series 2–0

(2) Canisius vs. (8) Sacred Heart

March 13Canisius2 – 0Sacred Heart Harborcenter Recap  
(Murray, Sheeran) Jack Stander - GW - 14:58
(Stander, McCrank) Ralph Cuddemi - 19:15
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Keegan Asmundson Goalie stats Alex Vazzano ( 16 saves / 18 shots )
March 14Canisius2 – 1Sacred Heart Harborcenter Recap  
(Roe, Murray) Cody Freeman - 01:22First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Freeman, Cuddemi) Chris Rumble - 02:40Third period05:03 - Drew George (Danforth)
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Keegan Asmundson Goalie stats Alex Vazzano ( 12 saves / 14 shots )
Canisius won series 2–0

(3) RIT vs. (7) Air Force

March 13RIT2 – 1Air Force Gene Polisseni Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Norrish, McGowan) Matt Garbowsky - PP - 15:19Second period14:14 - PP - Chad Demers (Rostenkowski, Holm)
(Abt, Kuqali) Josh Mitchell - GW PP - 04:57Third periodNo scoring
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Jordan Ruby Goalie stats Chris Truehl ( 22 saves / 24 shots )
March 14RIT7 – 3Air Force Gene Polisseni Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Garbowsky, Norrish) Brad McGowan - PP - 00:49
(Norrish, Mitchell) Matt Garbowsky - PP - 13:57
Second period09:02 - PP - Ben Kucera (Reid, Baskin)
(Skirving) Brad McGowan - 00:27
(Mitchell, Norrish) Brad McGowan - GW - 08:17
(Kuqali, Garbowsky) Josh Mitchell - EN - 14:34
(Mitchell, Norrish) Brad McGowan - EN - 16:24
(Kuqali, Golberg) Myles Powell - PP - 18:01
Third period16:05 - PP EA - Cole Gunner (Weissenhofer)
19:52 - Max Hartner (McDonald, Michalke)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Jordan Ruby Goalie stats Chris Truehl ( 36 saves / 41 shots )
RIT won series 2–0

(4) Bentley vs. (5) Mercyhurst

March 13Bentley0 – 1OTMercyhurst John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period04:46 - GW - Ryan Misiak (Bahntge, Shiplo)
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Jayson Argue Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 40 saves / 40 shots )
March 14Bentley5 – 3Mercyhurst John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period19:35 - Chris Bodo (Misiak, Shiplo)
(Eiserman, McDonald) Alex Grieve - 01:16
(Gladiuk, Blomquist) Max French - PP - 02:17
(Buchanan, Maher) Kyle Schmidt - 03:57
(McDonald, Grieve) Kyle Schmidt - GW - 11:59
Second periodNo scoring
(unassisted) Kyle Schmidt - EN - 18:24Third period06:10 - PP - Kyle Just (Bahntge, Zay)
19:54 - EA - Chris Bodo (Bahntge, Just)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Jayson Argue Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) / Spencer Bacon ( 7 saves / 7 shots )
March 15Bentley2 – 3Mercyhurst John A. Ryan Arena Recap  
(Gladiuk, McDonald) Matt Blomquist - 05:25First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Switzer, French) Andrew Gladiuk - 03:23Third period12:12 - Matthew Zay (Bahntge, Todd)
12:26 - Chris Bodo (Nagtzaam, Frischmon)
19:54 - GW - Nardo Nagtzaam (Frischmon, Bodo)
( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Jayson Argue Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
Mercyhurst won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Robert Morris vs. (5) Mercyhurst

March 20Robert Morris3 – 4OTMercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Jacklin, Wydo) Zac Lynch - PP - 08:12First period04:47 - PP - Kyle Just (Mastrodicasa, Bahntge)
06:50 - PP - Ryan Misiak (Nagtzaam, Shiplo)
(Gibson, Wilson) Cody Wydo - 19:19Second periodNo scoring
(Rey, Denham) Scott Jacklin - 14:41Third period19:25 - EA - Chris Bodo (Zay, Just)
No scoringFirst overtime period03:04 - GW - Zac Frischmon (Nagtzaam, Mastrodicasa)
( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Dalton Izyk Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 59 saves / 62 shots )

(2) Canisius vs. (3) RIT

March 20Canisius1 – 2RIT Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period19:37 - Brad McGowan (Garbowsky)
(Jessey, Cuddemi) Shane Conacher - 10:07Second period15:15 - GW - Danny Smith (Miller, Abt)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Keegan Asmundson Goalie stats Jordan Ruby ( 27 saves / 28 shots )

Championship

(3) RIT vs. (5) Mercyhurst

March 21RIT5 – 1Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Golberg, Cameron) Matt Abt - 02:03
(Garbowsky, McGowan) Josh Mitchell - GW - 09:51
Second periodNo scoring
(Norrish, Kuqali) Andrew Miller - 14:55
(Mitchell, Garbowsky) Brad McGowan - 17:21
(Mitchell, Norrish) Brad McGowan - EN - 18:42
Third period02:55 - Stephen Hrehoriak (Gettinger, Sienerth)
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Jordan Ruby Goalie stats Brandon Wildung ( 31saves / 35 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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