2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
2014 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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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) |
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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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.
Contents
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
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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 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 144 | 119 | |
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 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 130 | 115 | |
Niagara | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 89 | 78 | 39 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 109 | 117 | |
Canisius | 27 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 81 | 78 | 39 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 111 | 114 | |
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![]() 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 |
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1 | Mercyhurst | 5* | 4 | — | 1 | Mercyhurst | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Robert Morris | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Holy Cross | 4 | 1 | — | 7 | Canisius | 5** | |||||||||||||||
12 | Army | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Bentley | 4* | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Niagara | 1** | 4 | — | 7 | Canisius | 3 | 5** | 3 | 5 | Robert Morris | 7 | |||||||||||||||
11 | AIC | 0 | 2 | — | 7 | Canisius | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Air Force | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Canisius | 3 | 5 | — | 6 | Niagara | 1 | 4 | 4* | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Sacred Heart | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Connecticut | 0 | 2 | — | 5 | Robert Morris | 5* | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Holy Cross | 2 | 5 | 3* | 5 | Robert Morris | 3 | 3 | — | 6 | Niagara | 4 | |||||||||||||||
9 | RIT | 3* | 1 | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- Goaltender: Dalton Izyk (Robert Morris)
- Defensemen: Doug Jessey (Canisius), Chris Rumble (Canisius)
- Forwards: Ralph Cuddemi (Robert Morris), Greg Gibson (Robert Morris), Cody Wydo (Robert Morris)
MVP
- Cody Wydo, Robert Morris