2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

2013 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 8–23, 2013
Teams	12
Finals site	Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York
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The 2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It will be played between March 8 and March 23, 2013 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament will earn Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2013 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, play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular season standings receive 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 play 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 play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2013 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

2012–13 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#15 Niagara	27	20	5	2	42	92	60		37	23	9	5	115	93
Air Force	27	15	7	5	35	92	56		37	17	13	7	120	92
Holy Cross	27	15	9	3	33	83	79		37	20	14	3	111	106
Connecticut	27	14	10	3	31	77	70		37	19	14	4	102	94
Robert Morris	27	13	11	3	29	85	85		38	20	14	4	118	105
Mercyhurst	27	12	11	2	28	90	73		41	19	17	5	128	112
Canisius *	27	12	13	2	26	71	69		42	19	18	5	110	100
RIT	27	11	12	4	26	88	89		38	15	18	5	122	126
American International	27	9	12	6	24	72	78		35	12	17	6	88	112
Bentley	27	10	14	3	23	85	87		35	12	20	3	108	116
Army	27	7	15	5	19	64	92		34	7	22	5	73	121
Sacred Heart	27	2	21	4	8	67	128		36	2	30	4	83	182
Championship: March 23, 2013 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 25, 2013

Bracket

	First round March 8–10							Quarterfinals March 15–17							Semifinals March 22					Championship March 23
								1	Niagara	3	2*	—			1	Niagara	3
	5	Robert Morris	4	6	—			8	RIT	2	1	—			7	Canisius	5
	12	Sacred Heart	1	1	—
								2	Air Force	3	3	—
	6	Mercyhurst	3	5	—			7	Canisius	4	4*	—								6	Mercyhurst	2
	11	Army	1	2	—															7	Canisius	7
								3	Holy Cross	2	3	0
	7	Canisius	4	2	—			6	Mercyhurst	3	2	1
	10	Bentley	0	1	—
								4	Connecticut	4	4	—			4	Connecticut	1
	8	RIT	2	7	—			5	Robert Morris	1	3	—			6	Mercyhurst	4
	9	American International	1	1	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• Goaltender:
• Defensemen:
• Forwards:

MVP

• Kyle Gibbons (Canisius)

External links

• 2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament