2005 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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.

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 7 331 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    
  1  Quinnipiac 4  
9  American International 3    
  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

Quarterfinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Army

(2) Canisius vs. (7) Bentley

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut

(4) Holy Cross vs. (5) Sacred Heart

Semifinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Bentley

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Holy Cross

Championship

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Mercyhurst

Tournament awards

Three Stars of the Tournament[13]

MVP

References

  1. "Mercyhurst Men's Team History". 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  2. "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 23". USCHO.com. 2005-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  3. "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 24". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  4. "Atlantic Hockey 2004-05 Week 25". USCHO.com. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  5. "Army 5, American International 3". USCHO.com. 2005-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  6. "Quinnipiac 2, Army 0". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  7. "Bentley 4, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  8. "Mercyhurst 7, Connecticut 4". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  9. "Holy Cross 4, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  10. "Quinnipiac 4, Bentley 1". USCHO.com. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  11. "Mercyhurst 4, Holy Cross 3". USCHO.com. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  12. "Mercyhurst 3, Quinnipiac 2". USCHO.com. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  13. "Ella Leads Lakers to Title, Tournament". Inside College Hockey. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  14. "Atlantic Hockey Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-07.

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