2009 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2009 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 7 and March 21, 2009 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. Air Force won their third consecutive Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds play a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and highest ranked first round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season 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
#14 Air Force†* 28 20 6 2 42 105 61 41 28 11 2 148 86
RIT† 28 20 6 2 42 112 73 38 23 13 2 148 117
Mercyhurst 28 17 8 3 37 117 73 40 22 15 3 155 119
Bentley 28 15 11 2 32 91 76 38 19 17 2 116 116
Canisius 28 12 12 4 28 86 80 37 15 16 6 114 111
Army 28 10 12 6 26 77 91 36 11 19 6 92 125
Holy Cross 28 10 15 3 23 73 87 38 13 20 5 106 130
Sacred Heart 28 9 16 3 21 83 107 38 11 23 4 99 147
Connecticut 28 8 18 2 18 74 107 37 9 26 2 89 142
American International 28 5 22 1 11 53 116 35 5 28 2 58 141
Championship: Air Force
† indicates conference regular season co-champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

  First round
March 7		 Quarterfinals
March 13–15		 Semifinals
March 20		 Championship
March 21
                                         
  1  Air Force 4 1 8 1  Air Force 3  
7  Holy Cross 1* 8  Sacred Heart 3 4 1 4  Bentley 0  
10  American International 0
  2  RIT 3 6 9
8  Sacred Heart 4 7  Holy Cross 5 4 5     1  Air Force 2
9  Connecticut 2   3  Mercyhurst 0
  3  Mercyhurst 6 5 —
6  Army 2 0 —
  4  Bentley 6 3 4 2  RIT 4
5  Canisius 3 7 2 3  Mercyhurst 5*  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International

(8) Sacred Heart vs. (9) Connecticut

Quarterfinals

(1) Air Force vs. (8) Sacred Heart

Air Force won series 2–1

(2) RIT vs. (7) Holy Cross

RIT won series 2–1

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Army

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(4) Bentley vs. (5) Canisius

Bentley won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Air Force vs. (4) Bentley

(2) RIT vs. (3) Mercyhurst

Championship

(1) Air Force vs. (3) Mercyhurst

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

MVP

References

  1. 1 2 Lerch, Chris (2009-03-21). "Air Force captures third consecutive Atlantic Hockey crown". U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-22.

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