The 2005 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2005. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Quinnipiac home venue: Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Connecticut. By winning the tournament, Mercyhurst received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2005 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 9–19, 2005 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Finals site | Northford Ice Pavilion Northford, Connecticut |
| Champions | Mercyhurst (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Rick Gotkin[1] (1st title) |
| MVP | Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst) |
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play and a play-in game. All games in the tournament are single-elimination. The play-in game consists of the eighth and ninth seeds competing to decide the final qualifier. In the quarterfinals, the first seed plays the winner of the play-in game while the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds play to determine who advances to the semifinals. of the four remaining teams, the highest and lowest remaining ranked teams play each other with the other two teams facing one another to determine the championship participants. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Quinnipiac† | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 96 | 64 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 120 | 102 | |
| Canisius | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 76 | 62 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 98 | 98 | |
| Mercyhurst* | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 86 | 64 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 124 | 116 | |
| Holy Cross | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 76 | 60 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 108 | 102 | |
| Sacred Heart | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 76 | 73 | 35 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 89 | 128 | |
| Connecticut | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 64 | 71 | 37 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 90 | 128 | |
| Bentley | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 65 | 83 | 34 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 81 | 125 | |
| Army | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 71 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 60 | 97 | |
| American International | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 88 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 63 | 116 | |
| Championship: Mercyhurst † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals
| Play-In[2] March 9 | Quarterfinals[3] March 12 | Semifinals[4] March 18 | Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Army | 5 | 8 | Army | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | American International | 3 | 1 | Quinnipiac | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Bentley | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Canisius | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Bentley | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mercyhurst | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mercyhurst | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Connecticut | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mercyhurst | 4* | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Holy Cross | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Holy Cross | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sacred Heart | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Play-in
(8) Army vs. (9) American International
| March 9[5] | Army | 5 – 3 | American International | Tate Rink | Recap | |||
| Brady Dolim - 08:54 | First period | 13:37 - CJ McConnell | ||||||
| Aaron Anderson - 08:05 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luke Flicek - 05:30 David Andros - GW PP - 08:54 Luke Flicek - 12:18 |
Third period | 07:31 - CJ McConnell 16:17 - PP - CJ McConnell | ||||||
| Brad Roberts ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | Frank Novello ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
Quarterfinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Army
| March 12[6] | Quinnipiac | 2 – 0 | Army | Northford Ice Pavilion | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ben Nelson - GW - 05:57 Rob Hammel - 17:44 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jamie Holden ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Brad Roberts ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Canisius vs. (7) Bentley
| March 12[7] | Canisius | 2 – 4 | Bentley | Buffalo State Sports Arena | Recap | |||
| Jon Durno - 00:21 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 08:57 - Brendan McCartin | ||||||
| Joe Kitchen - 07:01 | Third period | 02:54 - PP - Ryan Lessnau 09:07 - GW - Paul Markarian 19:11 - EN - Paul Scalisi | ||||||
| Bryan Worosz ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Simon St. Pierre ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut
| March 12[8] | Mercyhurst | 7 – 4 | Connecticut | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| T.J. Kemp - PP - 09:40 Dave Borrelli - PP - 16:29 |
First period | 01:49 - William Magnuson 01:57 - Chris Uber 13:16 - PP - William Crum | ||||||
| Ben Cottreau - PP - 09:41 T.J. Kemp - PP - 11:57 David Wrigley - GW - 12:47 |
Second period | 06:12 - William Crum | ||||||
| Rich Hansen - 14:44 Dave Borrelli - EN - 19:34 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Ella ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Scott Tomes ( 28 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Holy Cross vs. (5) Sacred Heart
| March 12[9] | Holy Cross | 4 – 2 | Sacred Heart | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| Andrew Weber - 10:56 Andrew Weber - 16:00 |
First period | 14:26 - Garrett Larson 19:39 - PP - Bernie Chmiel | ||||||
| Matt Burke - GW PP - 04:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Weber - 03:26 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tony Quesada ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kevin LaPointe ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
Semifinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Bentley
| March 18[10] | Quinnipiac | 4 – 1 | Bentley | Northford Ice Pavilion | Recap | |||
| Matt Craig - PP - 11:00 | First period | 17:16 - Bryan Goodwin | ||||||
| Jamie Bates - GW - 03:42 Matt Froehlich - 08:22 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Froehlich - EN - 08:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jamie Holden ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Simon St. Pierre ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
(3) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Holy Cross
| March 18[11] | Mercyhurst | 4 – 3 | OT | Holy Cross | Northford Ice Pavilion | Recap | ||
| David Wrigley - 02:45 | First period | 03:30 - Tyler McGregor | ||||||
| Scott Reynolds - 07:20 Scott Champagne - 08:23 |
Second period | 05:37 - Dale Reinhardt 18:13 - Andrew McKay | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Toomey - GW - 02:03 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Ella ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tony Quesada ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Mercyhurst
| March 19[12] | Quinnipiac | 2 – 3 | OT | Mercyhurst | Northford Ice Pavilion | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Aaron Ludwig - 02:06 Matt Craig - 12:27 |
Second period | 05:17 - Dave Borrelli | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 14:03 - Erik Johnson | ||||||
| No Scoring | First overtime period | 04:56 - GW - Scott Champagne | ||||||
| Jamie Holden ( 34 saves / 37 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Ella ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
Three Stars of the Tournament
- 3 Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)
- 2 Jamie Holden (Quinnipiac)
- 1 Matt Ella (Mercyhurst)
MVP
- Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)[14]
References
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