2005 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2005 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2005. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Quinnipiac home venue: Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Connecticut. By winning the tournament, Mercyhurst received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

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
Quinnipiac2416623496643721133120102
Canisius24147331766235161549898
Mercyhurst*2414733186643818164124116
Holy Cross2412752976603616146108102
Sacred Heart2413101277673351321189128
Connecticut2410122226471371123390128
Bentley24613517658334820681125
Army2451631347713172136097
American International24416412508831423463116
Championship: Mercyhurst
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

Play-In[2]
March 9
Quarterfinals[3]
March 12
Semifinals[4]
March 18
Championship
March 19
1 Quinnipiac 2
8 Army 5 8 Army 0
9 American International 3 1 Quinnipiac 4
7 Bentley 1
2 Canisius 2
7 Bentley 4
1 Quinnipiac 2
3 Mercyhurst 3*
3 Mercyhurst 7
6 Connecticut 4
3 Mercyhurst 4*
4 Holy Cross 3
4 Holy Cross 4
5 Sacred Heart 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(8) Army vs. (9) American International

March 9[5] Army 5 – 3 American International Tate Rink Recap  
Brady Dolim - 08:54 First period 13:37 - CJ McConnell
Aaron Anderson - 08:05 Second period No scoring
Luke Flicek - 05:30
David Andros - GW PP - 08:54
Luke Flicek - 12:18
Third period 07:31 - CJ McConnell
16:17 - PP - CJ McConnell
Brad Roberts ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats Frank Novello ( 28 saves / 33 shots )

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Army

March 12[6] Quinnipiac 2 – 0 Army Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Ben Nelson - GW - 05:57
Rob Hammel - 17:44
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jamie Holden ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Brad Roberts ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

(2) Canisius vs. (7) Bentley

March 12[7] Canisius 2 – 4 Bentley Buffalo State Sports Arena Recap  
Jon Durno - 00:21 First period No scoring
No Scoring Second period 08:57 - Brendan McCartin
Joe Kitchen - 07:01 Third period 02:54 - PP - Ryan Lessnau
09:07 - GW - Paul Markarian
19:11 - EN - Paul Scalisi
Bryan Worosz ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut

March 12[8] Mercyhurst 7 – 4 Connecticut Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
T.J. Kemp - PP - 09:40
Dave Borrelli - PP - 16:29
First period 01:49 - William Magnuson
01:57 - Chris Uber
13:16 - PP - William Crum
Ben Cottreau - PP - 09:41
T.J. Kemp - PP - 11:57
David Wrigley - GW - 12:47
Second period 06:12 - William Crum
Rich Hansen - 14:44
Dave Borrelli - EN - 19:34
Third period No scoring
Mike Ella ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Scott Tomes ( 28 saves / 34 shots )

(4) Holy Cross vs. (5) Sacred Heart

March 12[9] Holy Cross 4 – 2 Sacred Heart Hart Center Recap  
Andrew Weber - 10:56
Andrew Weber - 16:00
First period 14:26 - Garrett Larson
19:39 - PP - Bernie Chmiel
Matt Burke - GW PP - 04:57 Second period No scoring
Andrew Weber - 03:26 Third period No scoring
Tony Quesada ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Kevin LaPointe ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Bentley

March 18[10] Quinnipiac 4 – 1 Bentley Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
Matt Craig - PP - 11:00 First period 17:16 - Bryan Goodwin
Jamie Bates - GW - 03:42
Matt Froehlich - 08:22
Second period No scoring
Matt Froehlich - EN - 08:22 Third period No scoring
Jamie Holden ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

(3) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Holy Cross

March 18[11] Mercyhurst 4 – 3 OT Holy Cross Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
David Wrigley - 02:45 First period 03:30 - Tyler McGregor
Scott Reynolds - 07:20
Scott Champagne - 08:23
Second period 05:37 - Dale Reinhardt
18:13 - Andrew McKay
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ryan Toomey - GW - 02:03 First overtime period No scoring
Mike Ella ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) Goalie stats Tony Quesada ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Mercyhurst

March 19[12] Quinnipiac 2 – 3 OT Mercyhurst Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Aaron Ludwig - 02:06
Matt Craig - 12:27
Second period 05:17 - Dave Borrelli
No Scoring Third period 14:03 - Erik Johnson
No Scoring First overtime period 04:56 - GW - Scott Champagne
Jamie Holden ( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Ella ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

Tournament awards

Three Stars of the Tournament

  • 3 Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)
  • 2 Jamie Holden (Quinnipiac)
  • 1 Matt Ella (Mercyhurst)

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MVP

  • Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)[14]

References

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  7. "Bentley 4, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  8. "Mercyhurst 7, Connecticut 4". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  9. "Holy Cross 4, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
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  11. "Mercyhurst 4, Holy Cross 3". USCHO.com. March 18, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  12. "Mercyhurst 3, Quinnipiac 2". USCHO.com. March 19, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  13. "Ella Leads Lakers to Title, Tournament". Inside College Hockey. March 19, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
  14. "Atlantic Hockey Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
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