2019 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2019 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 8–23, 2019
Teams	11
Finals site	HarborCenter Buffalo, New York
Champions	American International (1st title)
Winning coach	Eric Lang (1st title)
MVP	Zackarias Skog (American International)
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The 2019 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 15th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, at home campus locations and at the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. By winning the tournament, American International earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. ^[1]

Standings

2018–19 Atlantic Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#16 American International †*	28	18	9	1	37	102	77		41	23	17	1	129	119
Bentley	28	15	9	4	34	94	75		37	17	15	5	113	98
Air Force	28	14	10	4	32	65	63		36	16	15	5	90	92
Sacred Heart	28	14	11	3	31	85	73		37	16	17	4	107	106
RIT	28	13	11	4	30	81	76		38	17	17	4	113	111
Niagara	28	11	12	5	27	94	96		41	17	19	5	127	140
Mercyhurst	28	11	13	4	26	88	94		38	13	20	5	113	134
Robert Morris	28	11	15	2	24	72	78		40	16	22	2	102	127
Holy Cross	28	10	14	4	24	81	89		36	10	21	5	91	112
Army	28	8	13	7	23	71	82		39	12	20	7	94	117
Canisius	28	8	16	4	20	77	107		37	12	20	5	103	133
Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the quarterfinals and semifinals

	First round March 8–10							Quarterfinals March 13–17							Semifinals March 22					Championship March 23
								1	American International	4	1	4
	6	Niagara	5**	3	2			10	Army	0	2	1
	11	Canisius	4	4*	1										1	American International	3*
															8	Robert Morris	2
								2	Bentley	3	1	3
								8	Robert Morris	2	2	4*
																				1	American International	3*
																				6	Niagara	2
								3	Air Force	2	4	-
	7	Mercyhurst	2	1	-			6	Niagara	3*	5	-
	10	Army	3*	5	-										5	RIT	0
															6	Niagara	1*
								4	Sacred Heart	9	3	1
	8	Robert Morris	1	3	-			5	RIT	4	7	3
	9	Holy Cross	0	2	-

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

(6) Niagara vs. (11) Canisius

March 8	Niagara		5 – 4	2OT	Canisius	Dwyer Arena	Recap
(Cooley, Kendall) Noah Delmas – PP – 13:55 (unassisted) Ben Sokay – PP – 19:20		First period			15:57 – PP – Matt Hoover (McLaughlin)
(Herrmann, Hayes) Johnny Curran – 07:44		Second period			06:53 – Jimmy Mazza (Jerry)
(Brandt) Ben Sokay – EA – 19:48		Third period			00:41 – Jimmy Mazza (Heath, McLaughlin) 15:34 – Mitchell Martan (Heath, Alger)
(Mills) Justin Kendall – GW – 09:53		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Brian Wilson		Goalie stats			Matt Ladd ( 38 saves / 43 shots )

March 9	Niagara		3 – 4	OT	Canisius	Dwyer Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:25 – PP – Jimmy Mazza (Long, Alger) 15:47 – Matt McLeod (Parrottino, McLaughlin)
(Stenlund) Noah Delmas – PP – 08:01 (Delmas, Cooley) Justin Kendall – PP – 17:26 (Delmas) Ludwig Stenlund – PP – 18:30		Second period			01:52 – PP – Nick Hutchison (Alger, Martan)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			02:04 – GW – Nick Hutchison (Mazza, Chamberland)
( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Brian Wilson		Goalie stats			Matt Ladd ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

March 10	Niagara		2 – 1		Canisius	Dwyer Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Truscott) Jared Brandt – 05:53 (Cooley, Hayes) Ben Sokay – GW – 09:22		Second period			14:24 – Logan Gestro (Stief)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Brian Wilson		Goalie stats			Matt Ladd ( 20 saves / 22 shots )

Niagara won series 2–1

(7) Mercyhurst vs. (10) Army

March 8	Mercyhurst		2 – 3	OT	Army	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			05:53 – Dalton MacAfee (Krueger, Fidler)
(Duszak, Barach) Matthew Whittaker – PP – 04:13		Second period			07:33 – PP – Dalton MacAfee (Wilkinson, Evancho)
(Duszak, Anderson) Derek Barach – 05:37		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			15:58 – GW – Dominic Franco (unassisted)
( 41 saves / 44 shots ) Stefano Cantali		Goalie stats			Matt Penta ( 33 saves / 35 shots )

March 9	Mercyhurst		1 – 5		Army	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
(Best, Ipri) Josh McDougall – 11:43		First period			13:43 – Dominic Franco (MacAfee, Wilkinson)
No scoring		Second period			09:05 – Mason Krueger (Zimmerman, Soucie) 10:42 – Daniel Haider (Plunkett, Laurito) 11:41 – Mason Krueger (Soucie, Wilkinson)
No scoring		Third period			16:28 – Trevor Fidler (Krueger, Soucie)
( 46 saves / 51 shots ) Garrett Metcalf		Goalie stats			Matt Penta ( 26 saves / 27 shots )

Army won series 2–0

(8) Robert Morris vs. (9) Holy Cross

March 8	Robert Morris		1 – 0		Holy Cross	Colonials Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Mantenuto) Nick Prkusic – GW – 06:43		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Francis Marotte		Goalie stats			Tommy Nixon ( 29 saves / 30 shots )

March 9	Robert Morris		3 – 2		Holy Cross	Colonials Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			05:07 – Ryan Leibold (Trapp, Collett)
(unassisted) Alex Tonge – PS – 04:11 (Prkusic) Daniel Mantenuto – 13:06		Second period			No scoring
(Lynch, Addamo) Nick Lalonde – 13:45		Third period			05:59 – Kevin Darrar (unassisted)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Francis Marotte		Goalie stats			Tommy Nixon ( 37 saves / 40 shots )

Robert Morris won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) American International vs. (10) Army

March 15	American International		4 – 0		Army	MassMutual Center	Recap
(Reinhardt) Tobias Fladeby – GW – 06:13 (Luka, Dodero) Elijiah Barriga – 14:18		First period			No scoring
(McBride, Mellberg) Luka Maver – 02:15 (Cole) Joel Kocur – 03:23		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Zackarias Skog		Goalie stats			Matt Penta ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) / Jared Dempsey ( 12 saves / 13 shots )

March 16	American International		1 – 2		Army	MassMutual Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Luka) Matúš Spodniak – 08:17		Second period			17:37 – Trevor Fidler (Berkovitz, Soucie)
No scoring		Third period			06:50 – GW – Dalton MacAfee (Maruya, Higgins)
( 14 saves / 16 shots ) Zackarias Skog		Goalie stats			Matt Penta ( 21 saves / 22 shots )

March 17	American International		4 – 1		Army	MassMutual Center	Recap
(McBride, Demel) Hugo Reinhardt – 13:44		First period			No scoring
(Kapcheck, Luka) Kyle Stephan – GW – 15:47		Second period			No scoring
(unassisted) Blake Christensen – 05:05 (Reinhardt, Fladeby) Blake Christensen – 17:10		Third period			14:38 – Dalton MacAfee (Evancho, Butte)
( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Zackarias Skog		Goalie stats			Matt Penta ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

American International won series 2–1

(2) Bentley vs. (8) Robert Morris

March 15	Bentley		3 – 2		Robert Morris	Bentley Arena	Recap
(Orr, Lombardozzi) Jakov Novak – 12:55 (Callin, Desbiens) Brendan Hamblet – 19:38		First period			18:54 – Luke Lynch (Giles)
No scoring		Second period			11:19 – PP – Michael Louria (Tonge, Mantenuto)
(Santerno, Riggleman) Jakov Novak – GW – 18:23		Third period			No scoring
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Aidan Pelino		Goalie stats			Francis Marotte ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

March 16	Bentley		1 – 2		Robert Morris	Bentley Arena	Recap
(Solovyev, Brassard) Jake Kauppila – PP – 01:33		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			01:26 – PP – Eric Israel (Louria, Mantenuto)
No scoring		Third period			18:35 – GW – Michael Louria (Mantenuto)
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Aidan Pelino		Goalie stats			Francis Marotte ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

March 17	Bentley		2 – 3	OT	Robert Morris	Bentley Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Zuffante, Brassard) Jakov Novak – 03:05		Second period			12:22 – Luke Lynch (Tonge, Prkusic)
(Callin, Desbiens) Brendan Hamblet – 01:39		Third period			02:10 – Aidan Spellacy (Coleman, Prkusic)
No scoring		First overtime period			16:04 – GW – Justin Addamo (Lynch)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Aidan Pelino		Goalie stats			Francis Marotte ( 32 saves / 34 shots )

Robert Morris won series 2–1

(3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara

March 15	Air Force		2 – 3	OT	Niagara	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(Jaeger, Tyran) Pierce Pluemer – 01:58		First period			13:43 – Eric Cooley (Stenlund, Delmas)
(Tomlak, Harper) Dan Bailey – 01:48		Second period			00:58 – Ludwig Stenlund (Spriggs, Edgerton)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			07:38 – GW – Ludwig Stenlund (Curran, Kovachis)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Billy Christopoulos		Goalie stats			Brian Wilson ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

March 16	Air Force		4 – 5		Niagara	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(unassisted) Matt Pulver – 05:51 (Haak) Walker Sommer – 08:04		First period			04:42 – Tyler Hayes (Sokay) 16:26 – Chris Harpur (Edgerton, Farmer) 17:49 – PP – Noah Delmas (Stenlund, Kendall)
(Sommer, Mehnert) Kieran Durgan – PP – 08:53		Second period			16:47 – Kris Spriggs (Curran, Stenlund) 16:58 – GW – Nick Farmer (Edgerton)
(Mirageas) Erich Jaeger – 00:14		Third period			No scoring
( 19 saves / 24 shots ) Billy Christopoulos		Goalie stats			Brian Wilson ( 39 saves / 43 shots )

Niagara won series 2–0

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) RIT

March 13	Sacred Heart		9 – 4		RIT	Webster Bank Arena	Recap
(Rakhmatov, Crocock) Jordan Kaplan – 03:59 (Boyagian, Steele) Vito Bavaro – 05:06 (Cotton, Crocock) Alex Bates – 10:35		First period			10:35 – Alden Dupuis (Salloum, Hamacher) 18:58 – Abbott Girduckis (Brown, Brubacher)
(Magera, Bates) Jordan Kaplan – 09:01 (Rakhmatov, Johnstone) Austin Magera – GW – 11:48 (unassisted) Matt Tugnutt – 16:13 (Bavaro, Boyagian) Ryan Steele – 19:02		Second period			No scoring
(Kaplan, Rakhmatov) Marc Johnstone – 00:19 (unassisted) Matt Tugnutt – SH – 13:13		Third period			17:29 – Alden Dupuis (Willett) 19:03 – Nick Bruce (Walker, Valette)
( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Benson		Goalie stats			Logan Drackett ( 13 saves / 18 shots ) / Ian Andriano ( 2 saves / 4 shots ) / Christian Short ( 7 saves / 9 shots )

March 14	Sacred Heart		3 – 7		RIT	Webster Bank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			08:03 – Shawn Cameron (Salloum, Dupuis) 10:52 – Ryan Kruper (Joffe) 16:06 – Chris McKay (Dupuis, Valette)
(Cotton, Bernard) Alex Bates – 18:50		Second period			13:03 – GW – Alden Dupuis (Cameron, Hamacher) 15:25 – Shawn Cameron (Hamacher, Dupuis)
(Bavaro, Lee) Ryan Steele – 02:39 (Cotton, Tugnutt) Todd Goehring – 12:14		Third period			16:45 – PP – Jake Hamacher (Brown, Girduckis) 19:02 – SH EN – Adam Brubacher (unassisted)
( 3 saves / 6 shots ) Josh Benson / ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Brett Magnus		Goalie stats			Logan Drackett ( 36 saves / 39 shots )

March 15	Sacred Heart		1 – 3		RIT	Webster Bank Arena	Recap
(Goehring, Tugnutt) Jason Cotton – 02:14		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			05:40 – PP – Erik Brown (Willett, Brubacher)
No scoring		Third period			17:39 – GW – Jake Hamacher (Dupuis) 19:40 – EN – Jake Hamacher (Cameron, Dupuis)
( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Brett Magnus		Goalie stats			Logan Drackett ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

RIT won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) American International vs. (8) Robert Morris

March 22	American International		3 – 2	OT	Robert Morris	Harborcenter	Recap
(Polin) Jan Štefka – PP – 09:47		First period			18:02 – Alex Tonge (Louria, Mantenuto)
(Polin, Dodero) Joel Kocur – 02:56		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			14:31 – EN – Daniel Mantenuto (Prkusic, Tonge)
(McBride) Blake Christensen – GW – 01:44		First overtime period			No scoring
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Zackarias Skog		Goalie stats			Francis Marotte ( 35 saves / 38 shots )

(5) RIT vs. (6) Niagara

March 22	RIT		0 – 1	OT	Niagara	Harborcenter	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			07:03 – GW – Ludwig Stenlund (Curran, Robinson)
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Logan Drackett		Goalie stats			Brian Wilson ( 32 saves / 32 shots )

Championship

(1) American International vs. (6) Niagara

March 23	American International		3 – 2	OT	Niagara	Harborcenter	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Reinhardt, McBride) Jānis Jaks – PP – 09:46 (Maver) Martin Mellberg – 19:59		Second period			06:21 – PP – Justin Kendall (Mills)
No scoring		Third period			06:16 – Kris Spriggs (Edgerton)
(Stephan, Christensen) Hugo Reinhardt – GW PP – 01:16		First overtime period			No scoring
( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Zackarias Skog		Goalie stats			Brian Wilson ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G Zackarias Skog* (American International)
• D Jānis Jaks (American International)
• D Ryan Polin (American International)
• F Hugo Reinhardt (American International)
• F Blake Christensen (American International)
• F Ludwig Stenlund (Niagara)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

^[2]

References

1. "Atlantic Hockey". atlantichockeyonline.com.
2. "AIC Wins First Atlantic Hockey Championship as Reinhardt Nets OT Winner". Atlantic Hockey. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.