2014 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2014 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 7–22, 2014
Teams	12
Finals site	Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York
Champions	Robert Morris (1st title)
Winning coach	Derek Schooley (1st title)
MVP	Cody Wydo (Robert Morris)
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The 2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2014, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament was the Robert Morris Colonials, who earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular-season standings, played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular-season standings received a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the highest-ranked first-round winner played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2013–14 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Mercyhurst†	27	17	4	6	40	107	65		41	21	13	7	148	124
Bentley	27	16	7	4	36	100	67		37	19	14	4	127	99
Air Force	27	15	9	3	33	81	73		39	21	14	4	115	106
Connecticut	27	15	9	3	33	75	61		36	18	14	4	91	86
Robert Morris*	27	13	9	5	31	95	78		42	19	18	5	145	130
Niagara	27	11	11	5	27	89	78		40	15	20	5	113	122
Canisius	27	11	13	3	25	81	78		41	17	21	3	120	125
Holy Cross	27	11	13	3	25	68	72		39	14	22	3	97	114
RIT	27	10	14	3	23	67	84		37	12	20	5	94	124
Sacred Heart	27	11	16	0	22	75	99		36	12	24	0	82	137
American International	27	9	17	1	19	74	107		36	10	25	1	90	151
Army	27	5	22	0	10	60	110		34	6	28	0	73	146
Championship: Robert Morris † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

	First round March 7–9							Quarterfinals March 14–16							Semifinals March 21					Championship March 22
								1	Mercyhurst	5*	4	—
	5	Robert Morris	8	2	3			8	Holy Cross	4	1	—
	12	Army	4	4	1										1	Mercyhurst	4
															7	Canisius	5**
								2	Bentley	4*	4	2
	6	Niagara	1**	4	—			7	Canisius	3	5**	3
	11	American International	0	2	—															7	Canisius	4
																				5	Robert Morris	7
								3	Air Force	2	3	3
	7	Canisius	3	5	—			6	Niagara	1	4	4*
	10	Sacred Heart	0	0	—										5	Robert Morris	5*
															6	Niagara	4
								4	Connecticut	0	2	—
	8	Holy Cross	2	5	3*			5	Robert Morris	3	3	—
	9	RIT	3*	1	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Army

March 7	Robert Morris		8 – 4		Army	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			16:44 - PP - Andrew O'Leary (Zaremba, Gehrt)
(Friedmann, Jones) Colin South - 01:53 (Rey, Gibson) Brandon Denham - 02:12 (Gibson, Denham) Matt Cope - 04:16 (Moore, Wydo) Scott Jacklin - 06:21 (Golightly, Renwick) Cody Wydo - GW - 09:19 (Rigatti) Daniel Leavens - 11:56		Second period			No scoring
(Jacklin, Wydo) Zac Lynch - 00:32 (Jacklin, Lynch) Cody Wydo - PP - 02:15		Third period			11:06 - Luke Jenkins (Richards, Lalor) 18:48 - PP - Maurice Alvarez (Reuschlein, Roberts) 19:47 - Garret Peterson (O'Leary)
( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Terry Shafer		Goalie stats			Parker Gahagen ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) / Tanner Creel ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

March 8	Robert Morris		2 – 4		Army	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			01:05 - Brian Schultz (Pomarico, Hearn)
(Wydo, Blazek) Scott Jacklin - 09:51 (Lynch, Blazek) Scott Jacklin - PP - 19:13		Second period			01:27 - PP - Jonny Gehrt (Kozlak, Reuschlein) 04:38 - GW - Brian Schultz (Reuschlein, Roberts) 14:28 - Maurice Alvarez (Pomarico, Reuschlein)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Terry Shafer		Goalie stats			Parker Gahagen ( 34 saves / 36 shots )

March 9	Robert Morris		3 – 1		Army	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Cope) Greg Gibson - 04:44 (Golightly, Renwick) David Friedmann - GW - 11:34		Second period			02:02 - SH - Luke Jenkins (unassisted)
(Lynch) Andrew Blazek - 05:42		Third period			No scoring
( 10 saves / 11 shots ) Terry Shafer / ( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Dalton Izyk		Goalie stats			Parker Gahagen ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

Robert Morris won series 2–1

(6) Niagara vs. (11) American International

March 7	Niagara		1 – 0	2OT	American International	Dwyer Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Muto) Dan Kolenda - GW - 04:43		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 38 saves / 38 shots ) Jackson Teichroeb		Goalie stats			Hunter Leisner ( 48 saves / 49 shots )

March 8	Niagara		4 – 2		American International	Dwyer Arena	Recap
(Rashid) Sam Alfieri - 04:36 (Alfieri, Williams) Matt Chartrain - 08:18 (Akeson, Muto) Ryan Rashid - GW PP - 15:33		First period			No scoring
(Sarcona, Pietrobon) Matt Williams - 04:02		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			00:41 - David Norris (MacMillan, Puskar) 11:34 - David Norris (MacMillan)
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Jackson Teichroeb		Goalie stats			Hunter Leisner ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Niagara won series 2–0

(7) Canisius vs. (10) Sacred Heart

March 7	Canisius		3 – 0		Bentley	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Danford, Gibbons) Shane Conacher - GW PP - 02:12		Second period			No scoring
(Law, McCrank) Tyler Wiseman - 06:22 (Backhouse, Freeman) Kyle Gibbons - EN - 18:07		Third period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Tony Capobianco		Goalie stats			Alex Vazzano ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

March 8	Canisius		5 – 0		Bentley	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
(Sullivan, Bohrer) Ralph Cuddemi - GW - 13:23		First period			No scoring
(unassisted) Cody Freeman - SH - 04:59 (Roe) Braeden Rigney - 11:33		Second period			No scoring
(Gibbons, Sullivan) Cody Freeman - 06:20 (Danford, Gibbons) Cody Freeman - 14:25		Third period			No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Tony Capobianco		Goalie stats			Alex Vazzano ( 26 saves / 31 shots )

Canisius won series 2–0

(8) Holy Cross vs. (9) RIT

March 7	Holy Cross		2 – 3	OT	RIT	Hart Center	Recap
(Schmidt, Smith) Brett Lubanski - PP - 18:37		First period			10:23 - Greg Noyes (Mitchell, Lynch)
No scoring		Second period			11:41 - Adam Mitchell (Smith, Kuqali)
(McNamara, Vidal) Shayne Stockton - 12:44		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			13:23 - GW - Brad McGowan (Noyes)
( 45 saves / 48 shots ) Matt Ginn		Goalie stats			Mike Rotolo ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

March 8	Holy Cross		5 – 1		RIT	Hart Center	Recap
(Schmidt, Barrett) Tim Driscoll - 00:47 (unassisted) Shayne Stockton - GW - 02:14 (McGrath, Lubanski) Castan Sommer - 12:56		First period			No scoring
(McGrath, Sommer) Brett Lubanski - EA - 10:16		Second period			No scoring
(Vidal) Shayne Stockton - 13:38		Third period			03:51 - PP - Dan Schuler (Lynch, Noyes)
( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Matt Ginn		Goalie stats			Mike Rotolo ( 27 saves / 32 shots )

March 9	Holy Cross		3 – 2	OT	RIT	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			10:23 - Eliot Raibl (Miller, McGowan)
(Stockton, Nagy) Adam Schmidt - 04:08 (Youso) Tommy Dwyer - 08:37		Second period			03:00 - Danny Smith (Fostvelt)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Schmidt) Mike Barrett - GW - 00:38		First overtime period			No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Matt Ginn		Goalie stats			Mike Rotolo ( 39 saves / 42 shots )

Holy Cross won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Holy Cross

March 14	Mercyhurst		5 – 4	OT	Holy Cross	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			08:54 - PP - Brett McKinnon (Barrett, Stockton)
(Frischmon, Shields) Kyle Cook - 14:26 (O'Donoghue, Zay) Nick Jones - 19:21		Second period			00:30 - Brett McKinnon (McNamara, Beckman) 05:11 - Ryan McGrath (Sommer, Youso) 19:36 - Castan Sommer (Lubanski, Beckman)
(Nagtzaam, Mastrodicasa) Tyler Shiplo - PP - 07:03 (Bahntge, Hrehoriak) Daniel O'Donoghue - EA - 19:33		Third period			No scoring
(Misiak, Mastrodicasa) Kyle Cook - GW - 04:40		First overtime period			No scoring
( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Jimmy Sarjeant		Goalie stats			Matt Ginn ( 45 saves / 50 shots )

March 15	Mercyhurst		4 – 1		Holy Cross	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
(Bahntge, O'Donoghue) Nick Jones - 02:27		First period			No scoring
(Frischmon, Bodo) Alec Shields - 02:41 (O'Donoghue, Shiplo) Matthew Zay - 15:20		Second period			No scoring
(Hrehoriak, Just) Ryan Misiak - 15:46		Third period			16:52 - Mike Barrett (Smith, Driscoll)
( 45 saves / 46 shots ) Jimmy Sarjeant		Goalie stats			Matt Ginn ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(2) Bentley vs. (7) Canisius

March 14	Bentley		4 – 3	OT	Canisius	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
(Weinstein, Gensler) Alex Grieve - PP - 02:46 (Reardon, Fitzstephens) Derek Bacon - 08:48		First period			13:46 - Patrick Sullivan (Freeman, Gibbons)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Grieve, Switzer) Brett Gensler - EA - 19:37		Third period			03:39 - Tyler Wiseman (Law, Jessey) 05:59 - Patrick Sullivan (Law, Wiseman)
(Gensler, Blomquist) Brett Switzer - GW - 00:40		First overtime period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Branden Komm		Goalie stats			Tony Capobianco ( 27 saves / 31 shots )

March 15	Bentley		4 – 5	2OT	Canisius	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
(Grieve) Brett Gensler - 09:46 (Weinstein) Tyler Deresky - 19:07		First period			No scoring
(Grieve, Gensler) Brett Switzer - 07:08 (Gensler, Weinstein) Alex Grieve - 18:30		Second period			01:34 - Ralph Cuddemi (Conacher, McCrank)
No scoring		Third period			05:15 - Ben Danford (Backhouse, Gibbons) 11:19 - PP - Ralph Cuddemi (Danford, Conacher) 15:55 - Shane Conacher (Jessey, McCrank)
No scoring		Second overtime period			06:59 - GW - Kyle Gibbons (Wiseman, Backhouse)
( 40 saves / 45 shots ) Branden Komm		Goalie stats			Tony Capobianco ( 42 saves / 46 shots )

March 16	Bentley		2 – 3		Canisius	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
(Weinstein, Blomquist) Brett Gensler - 11:06 (Gensler, Gladiuk) Alex Grieve - 18:05		First period			11:56 - Mitch McCrank (Danford)
No scoring		Second period			03:59 - Mitch McCrank (Jessey, Rumble)
No scoring		Third period			08:52 - Mitch McCrank (Cuddemi, Conacher)
( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Branden Komm		Goalie stats			Tony Capobianco ( 38 saves / 40 shots )

Canisius won series 2–1

(3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara

March 14	Air Force		2 – 1		Niagara	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Demers, Halloran) Cole Gunner - 06:28 (Michalke) Max Hartner - GW - 09:43		Second period			06:58 - Patrick Divjak (unassisted)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Jason Torf		Goalie stats			Jackson Teichroeb ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

March 15	Air Force		3 – 4		Niagara	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			13:43 - Hugo Turcotte (Ryan, Conderman)
(Holm, Gunner) Chad Demers - 04:14 (Thomas, Michalke) Ben Carey - 12:25		Second period			02:43 - Vinny Muto (Williams, Turcotte) 14:43 - Hugo Turcotte (Kolenda, Patterson)
(unassisted) Patrick Conte - 01:44		Third period			11:40 - GW - Ryan Timar (Michalke, Torrel)
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Jason Torf		Goalie stats			Jackson Teichroeb ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

March 16	Air Force		3 – 4	OT	Niagara	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(McKenzie, Holm) Alex Halloran - PP - 08:42 (Fabian, Halloran) George Michalke - 13:28		First period			05:23 - Michael Benedict (Albers, Conte) 12:56 - Stephen Pietrobon (unassisted)
No scoring		Second period			16:16 - Patrick Conte (Williams, Nasca)
(Michalke, Hrabovsky) Ryan Timar - 06:29		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			04:49 - GW - Matt Williams (Sarcona)
( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Jason Torf		Goalie stats			Jackson Teichroeb ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Niagara won series 2–1

(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris

March 14	Connecticut		0 – 3		Robert Morris	Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:14 - GW - Jeff Jones (Blazek, Friedmann)
No scoring		Third period			06:53 - Cody Wydo (Renwick) 18:18 - Brandon Denham (Gibson, Cope)
( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Rob Nichols		Goalie stats			Dalton Izyk ( 33 saves / 33 shots )

March 15	Connecticut		2 – 3		Robert Morris	Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Ferriss, Tyson) Tyler Cooke - 04:41 (Skibba, Gaffney) Trevor Gerling - 07:18		Second period			02:35 - PP - Zac Lynch (Wydo, Wilson) 07:42 - Evan Moore (Gibson, Blazek) 12:35 - GW - Ben Robillard (Rigatti, Golightly)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Matt Grogan		Goalie stats			Dalton Izyk ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

Robert Morris won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Canisius

March 21	Mercyhurst		4 – 5	2OT	Canisius	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Monteith) Alec Shields - 09:40 (Just, O'Donoghue) Nick Jones - 17:34		First period			07:40 - Ralph Cuddemi (McCrank, McKellar)
(Frischmon, Shiplo) Alec Shields - 11:03		Second period			01:19 - Ralph Cuddemi (Conacher) 17:10 - Patrick Sullivan (Gibbons, Jessey)
(Zay, Bahntge) Daniel O'Donoghue - 11:48		Third period			06:51 - Mitch McCrank (Conacher, Backhouse)
No scoring		Second overtime period			13:30 - GW - Stephen Farrell (Roe, Cuddemi)
( 42 saves / 47 shots ) Jimmy Sarjeant		Goalie stats			Tony Capobianco ( 58 saves / 62 shots )

(5) Robert Morris vs. (6) Niagara

March 21	Robert Morris		5 – 4	OT	Niagara	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Cope) Greg Gibson - 02:56		First period			No scoring
(Denham, Golightly) Matt Cope - 09:30		Second period			03:39 - Hugo Turcotte (Kolenda, Albers)
(Friedmann, Jones) Colin South - 11:29 (Lynch, Jacklin) Cody Wydo - 12:29		Third period			08:32 - Stephen Pietrobon (Williams, Sarcona) 16:57 - Patrick Divjak (Williams, Sarcona) 17:44 - Hugo Turcotte (Williams, Conte)
(Lynch, Golightly) Scott Jacklin - GW - 14:56		First overtime period			No scoring
( 51 saves / 55 shots ) Dalton Izyk		Goalie stats			Jackson Teichroeb ( 38 saves / 43 shots )

Championship

(5) Robert Morris vs. (7) Canisius

March 22	Robert Morris		7 – 4		Canisius	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(unassisted) Cody Wydo - 00:26 (Lynch, Izyk) Cody Wydo - 17:34		Second period			06:08 - Doug Jessey (Rumble, Beck)
(Rey, Denham) Greg Gibson - 01:31 (Rigatti, Golightly) Matt Cope - 07:11 (Lynch, Wydo) David Friedmann - GW - 11:04 (Blazek, Cope) Greg Gibson - 13:04 (Jacklin) Cody Wydo - 18:06		Third period			01:16 - Shane Conacher (McCrank, Jessey) 10:27 - Mitch McCrank (Cuddemi, Rumble) 12:35 - PP - Chris Rumble (Jessey, Beck)
( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Dalton Izyk		Goalie stats			Tony Capobianco ( 26 saves / 33 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G Dalton Izyk (Robert Morris).
• D Doug Jessey (Canisius).
• D Chris Rumble (Canisius).
• F Ralph Cuddemi (Robert Morris).
• F Greg Gibson (Robert Morris).
• F Cody Wydo* (Robert Morris).

* Most Valuable Player(s)