2007 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2007 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 3 and March 17, 2007. Opening round games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Both Air Force and Rochester joined Atlantic Hockey for the 2006-07 season, however due their reclassification from Division III to Division I status, RIT was ineligible for the 2007 conference tournament. Because of this the tournament was returned to the same format it had been in 2004 and 2005, comprising all nine teams. This would be changed the following year when RIT would compete as a full D-I program.[2]

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 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

RIT was ineligible to play in the tournament and all teams were reseeded accordingly.

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
RIT†^ 28 20 7 1 41 116 71 34 21 11 2 132 93
Sacred Heart 28 17 7 4 38 91 74 36 21 11 4 118 99
Army 28 15 8 5 35 82 69 34 17 12 5 94 87
Connecticut 28 15 11 2 32 90 89 36 16 18 2 108 126
Air Force* 28 13 10 5 31 94 70 40 19 16 5 132 107
Holy Cross 28 9 14 5 23 87 94 35 10 20 5 96 123
Bentley 28 11 17 0 22 75 101 36 12 22 1 90 136
Mercyhurst 28 9 15 4 22 98 106 35 9 20 6 114 134
Canisius 28 9 16 3 21 76 95 35 9 23 3 86 130
American International 28 7 20 1 15 68 108 34 8 25 1 74 134
Championship: Air Force
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ RIT was ineligible for the postseason
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

  Play-In[3]
March 3
Quarterfinals[4]
March 10
Semifinals[5]
March 16
Championship
March 17
                                     
    1  Sacred Heart 4  
8  Canisius 1     8  American International 0    
  1  Sacred Heart 4  
9  American International 2    
  4  Air Force 5*    
2  Army 6
   
  7  Bentley 2  
    4  Air Force 6
  2  Army 1
  3  Connecticut 5  
6  Mercyhurst 4  
  2  Army 3
  3  Connecticut 1  
4  Air Force 3
  5  Holy Cross 0  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Play-In

(8) Canisius vs. (9) American International

Quarterfinals

(1) Sacred Heart vs. (9) American International

(2) Army vs. (7) Bentley

(3) Connecticut vs. (6) Mercyhurst

(4) Air Force vs. (5) Holy Cross

Semifinals

(1) Sacred Heart vs. (4) Air Force

(2) Army vs. (3) Connecticut

Championship

(2) Army vs. (4) Air Force

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[14]

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

  1. "Frank Serratore Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  2. "RIT To Join Atlantic Hockey in 2006-07". Atlantic Hockey. 2004-12-15. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  3. "Atlantic Hockey 2006-07 Week 23". USCHO.com. 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  4. "Atlantic Hockey 2006-07 Week 24". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  5. "Atlantic Hockey 2006-07 Week 25". USCHO.com. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  6. "American International 2, Canisius 1". USCHO.com. 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  7. "Sacred Heart 4, American International 0". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  8. "Army 6, Bentley 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  9. "Connecticut 5, Mercyhurst 4". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  10. "Air Force 3, Holy Cross 0". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  11. "Air Force 5, Sacred Heart 4". USCHO.com. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  12. "Army 3, Connecticut 1". USCHO.com. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  13. "Air Force 6, Army 1". USCHO.com. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  14. "Atlantic Hockey Finals". Inside College Hockey. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2013-07-14.

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