2023 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2023 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 3–18, 2023
Teams	10
Finals site	LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, New York
Champions	Canisius (2nd title)
Winning coach	Trevor Large (1st title)
MVP	Jacob Barczewski (Canisius)
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The 2023 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 19th edition of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023. By winning the tournament, Canisius earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The top eight teams according to the conference standings participated. In the Quarterfinals, the 1st-seed hosted the 8th-seed, the 2nd-seed hosted the 7th-seed, the 3rd-seed hosted the 6th-seed and the 4th-seed hosted the 5th-seed in a best-of-three series. The teams that advanced out of the quarterfinals are reseeded in the Semifinal with the highest remaining seed hosting the lowest remaining seed and the second highest remaining seed hosting the second lowest remaining seed, again in a best-of-three series. The teams that advance from the Semifinals meet for a Championship game held at the home venue of the higher seed. The winner of Atlantic Hockey Tournament Championship received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament. ^[1]

Conference standings

2022–23 Atlantic Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OW	OL	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
RIT †	26	18	7	1	1	3	0	57	85	55		39	25	13	1	127	100
American International	26	14	8	4	2	0	3	47	87	62		39	18	14	7	124	98
Sacred Heart	26	14	9	3	2	0	2	45	87	72		37	17	17	3	107	112
Canisius *	26	13	10	3	3	1	1	41	76	71		42	20	19	3	118	119
Army	26	12	12	2	3	3	1	39	72	81		37	14	19	4	98	119
Niagara	26	10	13	3	0	3	2	38	73	86		40	19	18	3	119	129
Holy Cross	26	12	12	2	3	1	1	37	73	71		41	17	21	3	98	119
Mercyhurst	26	9	14	3	1	5	1	35	77	80		36	10	23	3	98	122
Bentley	26	8	16	2	1	1	1	27	61	89		34	11	21	2	81	124
Air Force	26	8	17	1	1	0	0	24	63	87		36	12	22	2	95	128
Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy) * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

	Quarterfinals March 3–5							Semifinals March 10–12							Championship March 18
	1	RIT	5	4*	-
	8	Mercyhurst	3	3	-
								1	RIT	0	4*	1
								7	Holy Cross	1*	3	5
	2	American International	3	3	3
	7	Holy Cross	1	4	4*
															7	Holy Cross	0
															4	Canisius	3
	3	Sacred Heart	3	1	3
	6	Niagara	1	4	7
								4	Canisius	1	5	4
								6	Niagara	2	1	2
	4	Canisius	5	0	3
	5	Army	2	1*	0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

Quarterfinals

(1) RIT vs. (8) Mercyhurst

March 3, 2023 7:05 PM

RIT

5–3 (1–0, 0–0, 4–3)

Mercyhurst

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 2,259

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Tyler Harmon	Referees: Chris Leavitt Jared Waitt Linesmen: Christopher Pike Brian Kimmins
	(Laskosky, Wilkie) Matt Kellenberger (3) – 05:15 1–0 1–1 (Bisson, St. Onge) Carson Briere (5) – 40:23 1–2 (Townend) Eric Esposito (16) – 41:12 (Petrucci) Adam Jeffery (1) – 42:18 2–2 2–3 (Fedulov, Hunter) Jonathan Bendorf (4) – 46:24 (Nicholson, Gonsalves) Dimitri Mikrogiannakis (4) – 50:14 3–3 (Moretz) Adam Jeffery (2) – GW – 58:25 4–3 (Mahan, Mikrogiannakis) Grady Hobbs (8) – EN – 59:47 5–3
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	52	Shots	23

March 4, 2023 7:05 PM

RIT

4–3 (OT) (1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Mercyhurst

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 2,901

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Tyler Harmon	Referees: Chris Leavitt Jared Waitt Linesmen: Christopher Pike Brian Kimmins
	0–1 (Townend, Dahm) Mickey Burns (11) – 04:36 (Mikrogiannakis, Moretz) Xavier Lapointe (1) – 09:18 1–1 1–2 (Unassisted) Eric Esposito (17) – 12:37 1–3 (St. Onge, Townend) Marko Reifenberger (6) – 25:03 (Cassaro, Wilkie) Simon Isabelle (6) – PP – 38:13 2–3 (Cassaro) Cody Laskosky (12) – 43:46 3–3 (Laskosky, Moretz) Gianfranco Cassaro (13) – PPGW – 63:09 4–3
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	35

RIT Won Series 2–0

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

March 3, 2023 1:05 PM

American International

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Holy Cross

MassMutual Center Attendance: 147

Game reference
	Jarrett Fiske	Goalies	Jason Grande	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Andy Bethmann Linesmen: Shane Kanaly Patrick Philbin
	(Manz, Cardelli) Timofei Khokhlachev (7) – 22:37 1–0 (Geschwind, Cardelli) Jordan Biro (11) – GW – 29:09 2–0 2–1 59:16 – EA – Liam McLinskey (13) (Shatsky, Guerra) (Callahan) Dustin Manz (10) – EN – 59:24 3–1
	0 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	36

March 4, 2023 1:05 PM

American International

3–4 (0–0, 2–1, 1–3)

Holy Cross

MassMutual Center Attendance: 264

Game reference
	Jarrett Fiske	Goalies	Jason Grande	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Andy Bethmann Linesmen: Shane Kanaly Patrick Philbin
	(Bennett) Casey McDonald (4) – 31:52 1–0 (Geschwind, Rickard) Nicholas Cardelli (11) – 37:01 2–0 2–1 38:27 – Liam McLinskey (14) (Phillips, Peterson) 2–2 42:03 – PP – Matt Guerra (7) (Peterson) 2–3 51:49 – Matt DeBoer (3) (Young, MacNab) 2–4 52:47 – GW – Liam McLinskey (15) (Phillips, Spence) (Kramer, Manz) Casey McDonald (5) – EA – 57:21 3–4
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	39

March 5, 2023 1:05 PM

American International

3–4 (OT) (1–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Holy Cross

MassMutual Center Attendance: 297

Game reference
	Jarrett Fiske	Goalies	Jason Grande	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Andy Bethmann Linesmen: Shane Kanaly Patrick Philbin
	0–1 04:34 – Liam McLinskey (16) (Phillips, Peterson) (Biro, Rylance) Matt Rickard (2) – 06:28 1–1 1–2 15:02 – PP – Devin Phillips (6) (Shatsky, Cicero) (Janhonen, Rickard) Blake Bennett (21) – 37:01 2–2 2–3 32:13 – PP – Tyler Ghirardosi (8) (Guerra, Peterson) (Biro, Kramer) Blake Bennett (22) – PP – 37:00 3–3 3–4 78:46 – GW – Liam McLinskey (17) (Peterson)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	52

Holy Cross Won Series 2–1

(3) Sacred Heart vs. (6) Niagara

March 3, 2023 7:00 PM

Sacred Heart

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Niagara

Martire Family Arena Attendance: 2,046

Game reference
	Luke Lush	Goalies	Chad Veltri	Referees: Ryan Sweeney Ron Morello Linesmen: Anthony Valle Christopher Zito
	(Hutchison) Daniel Ebrahim (7) – 30:37 1–0 (Steele, Magera) Kevin Lombardi (11) – GW – 42:49 2–0 2–1 48:24 – PP – Jay Ahearn (6) (Pineo, Ott) (Lombardi, Magera) Ryan Steele (10) – EN – 58:20 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	22	Shots	34

March 4, 2023 7:00 PM

Sacred Heart

1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Niagara

Martire Family Arena Attendance: 2,088

Game reference
	Luke Lush	Goalies	Chad Veltri	Referees: Ryan Sweeney Ron Morello Linesmen: Anthony Valle Christopher Zito
	(Jaworski, Hutchison) Neil Shea (14) – 07:09 1–0 1–1 09:05 – Shane Ott (6) (Cox, Ahearn) 1–2 21:16 – GW – Olivier Gauthier (9) (unassisted) 1–3 45:18 – Ryan Naumovski (8) (Stanley, Rodne) 1–4 56:14 – EN – Casey Carreau (8) (Nilsson, Prohorenkovs)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	24

March 5, 2023 7:00 PM

Sacred Heart

3–7 (1–2, 2–2, 0–3)

Niagara

Martire Family Arena Attendance: 1,196

Game reference
	Luke Lush	Goalies	Chad Veltri	Referees: Ryan Sweeney Ron Morello Linesmen: Anthony Valle Christopher Zito
	(Joughin, Hutchison) Austin Magera (8) – PP – 03:27 1–0 1–1 17:07 – PP – Casey Carreau (9) (Cox, Naumovski) 1–2 21:16 – Carter Randklev (9) (Pineo, Brockhoff) (Tuck, Britt) Todd Goehring (11) – PP – 23:17 2–2 (Hutchison, Sansbury) Kevin Lombardi (12) – 23:56 3–2 3–3 26:49 – PP – Jay Ahearn (7) (Randklev, Ruoho) 3–4 35:11 – GW PP – Carter Randklev (13) (Ruoho, Pineo) 3–5 42:36 – Olivier Gauthier (10) (Randklev, Carlin) 3–6 49:42 – Ryan Naumovski (9) (Randklev) 3–7 59:17 – EN – Shane Ott (10) (Ahearn, Brockhoff)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	24

Niagara Won Series 2–1

(4) Canisius vs. (5) Army

March 3, 2023 7:00 PM

Canisius

5–2 (2–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Army

LECOM Harborcenter Attendance: 231

Game reference
	Jacob Barczewski	Goalies	Justin Evenson	Referees: William McGoldrick III CJ Hallman Linesmen: Sam Cuccinotta Joe Sherman
	(Kouznetsov) Nick Bowman (8) – 04:05 1–0 (Hernández, Pogue) Tyrell Buckley (1) – 07:28 2–0 2–1 33:29 – PP – Joey Baez (21) (Abdelnour, Keranen) (Loven, Urbank) Randy Hernández (7) – GW – 33:56 3–1 3–2 42:01 – PP – Thomas Farrell (6) (Driscoll, Sacco) (unassisted) Erik Urbank (5) – 49:09 4–2 (Erne) Hudson Lambert (2) – EN – 58:49 5–2
	40 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	37

March 4, 2023 7:30 PM

Canisius

0–1 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Army

LECOM Harborcenter Attendance: 361

Game reference
	Jacob Barczewski	Goalies	Gavin Abric	Referees: William McGoldrick III CJ Hallman Linesmen: Sam Cuccinotta Joe Sherman
	0–1 66:17 – GW – Brett Abdelnour (21) (Smyth, Wilson)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	35

March 5, 2023 5:00 PM

Canisius

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Army

LECOM Harborcenter Attendance: 216

Game reference
	Jacob Barczewski	Goalies	Gavin Abric	Referees: William McGoldrick III CJ Hallman Linesmen: Sam Cuccinotta Joe Sherman
	(Mastrodonato, Kouznetsov) Ryan Miotto (15) – GW – 21:35 1–0 (Loven) Erik Urbank (6) – 39:56 2–0 (Buckley, Urbank) Stefano Bottini (4) – EN – 58:41 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	29

Canisius Won Series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) RIT vs. (7) Holy Cross

March 10, 2023 7:05 PM

RIT

0–1 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Holy Cross

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 2,442

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Jason Grande	Referees: Brendan Blanchard William McGoldrick III Linesmen: Shane Kanaly Anthony Valle
	0–1 68:01 – GW – Liam McLinskey (18) (Hale)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	23

March 12, 2023 7:05 PM

RIT

4–3 (OT) (1–0, 2–3, 0–0, 1–0)

Holy Cross

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 2,622

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Jason Grande	Referees: William McGoldrick III CJ Hallman Linesmen: Sam Cuccinotta Joe Sherman
	(Hansen-Bukata, Cassaro) Cody Laskosky (13) – PP – 12:51 1–0 1–1 29:20 – Devin Phillips (7) (Higgins) (Kellenberger, Berry) Carter Wilkie (14) – 31:05 2–1 2–2 35:28 – PP – Liam McLinskey (19) (Guerra, Peterson) 2–3 35:54 – PP – Liam McLinskey (20) (Ghirardosi, Guerra) (Mahan, Moretz) Gianfranco Cassaro (14) – 38:42 3–3 (Moretz, Hansen-Bukata) Elijah Gonsalves (7) – GW – 68:09 4–3
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	27

March 12, 2023 5:05 PM

RIT

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Holy Cross

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 1,932

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Jason Grande	Referees: William McGoldrick III CJ Hallman Linesmen: Sam Cuccinotta Joe Sherman
	0–1 17:15 – Jack Ricketts (7) (DeBoer, Oliphant) 0–2 18:22 – GW SH – Grayson Constable (19) (Young, Higgins) (Laskosky, Kellenberger) Grady Hobbs (7) – 29:09 1–2 1–3 38:34 – Grayson Constable (6) (Ghirardosi) 1–4 57:20 – EN – Alec Cicero (4) (Guerra) 1–5 58:21 – EN – Liam McLinskey (21) (unassisted)
	26 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	24

Holy Cross Won Series 2–0

(4) Canisius vs. (6) Niagara

March 10, 2023 6:05 PM

Canisius

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Niagara

LECOM Harborcenter Attendance: 546

Game reference
	Jacob Barczewski	Goalies	Chad Veltri	Referees: Chris Leavitt CJ Hallman Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Joe Sherman
	0–1 10:33 – PP – Ryan Cox (14) (Naumovski, Carlin) (Pogue, Gravel) Randy Hernández (8) – 21:46 1–1 1–2 22:42 – GW – Casey Carreau (10) (Prohorenkovs)
	6 min	Penalties	25 min
	29	Shots	36

March 11, 2023 7:35 PM

Canisius

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Niagara

LECOM Harborcenter Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Jacob Barczewski	Goalies	Chad Veltri	Referees: Chris Leavitt CJ Hallman Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Joe Sherman
	(Bottini) Brenden Datema (1) – 08:03 1–0 (Gravel, Miotto) Max Kouznetsov (5) – PP GW – 18:19 2–0 (Boguslavsky) Jackson Decker (3) – 28:09 3–0 3–1 35:35 – Olivier Gauthier (14) (Pineo) (Loven, DiGrande) Nick Bowman (9) – EN – 55:27 4–1 (Miotto, Mastrodonato) Max Kouznetsov (6) – EN – 56:11 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	26

March 12, 2023 7:05 PM

Canisius

4–2 (1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Niagara

LECOM Harborcenter Attendance: 457

Game reference
	Jacob Barczewski	Goalies	Chad Veltri	Referees: Chris Leavitt CJ Hallman Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Joe Sherman
	0–1 04:08 – Gļebs Prohorenkovs (12) (Nilsson, Carreau) (Melaragni) Ryan Miotto (16) – PP – 15:16 1–1 (Mastrodonato, Melaragni) Ryan Miotto (17) – PP – 23:56 2–1 2–2 39:09 – PP – Albin Nilsson (10) (Naumovski, Carreau) (Hernández, Loven) J. D. Pogue (4) – GW – 44:39 3–2 (Mastrodonato, Melaragni) Simon Gravel (5) – PP – 50:33 4–2
	12 min	Penalties	25 min
	30	Shots	29

Canisius Won Series 2–1

Championship

(4) Canisius vs. (7) Holy Cross

March 18, 2023 7:05 PM

Canisius

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Holy Cross

LECOM Harborcenter Attendance: 1,805

Game reference
	Jacob Barczewski	Goalies	Jason Grande	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Ryan Sweeney Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Joe Sherman
	(Decker, Melaragni) Nick Bowman (10) – GW – 37:59 1–0 (unassisted) Markus Boguslavsky (4) – EN – 58:32 2–0 (Lambert) Keaton Mastrodonato (16) – EN – 58:57 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	24

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G: Jacob Barczewski* (Canisius)
• D: Jack Robilotti (Holy Cross)
• D: Jackson Decker (Canisius)
• F: Liam McLinskey (Holy Cross)
• F: Keaton Mastrodonato (Canisius)
• F: Nick Bowman (Canisius)

^[2]

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

1. "2023 Atlantic Hockey Postseason". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
2. "Canisius Wins the 2023 Atlantic Hockey Championship". Atlantic Hockey. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.