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.

2005 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 9–19, 2005
Teams	9
Finals site	Northford Ice Pavilion Northford, Connecticut
Champions	Mercyhurst (1st title)
Winning coach	Rick Gotkin[1] (1st title)
MVP	Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)
Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2004 2006 →

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

2004–05 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Quinnipiac†	24	16	6	2	34	96	64		37	21	13	3	120	102
Canisius	24	14	7	3	31	76	62		35	16	15	4	98	98
Mercyhurst*	24	14	7	3	31	86	64		38	18	16	4	124	116
Holy Cross	24	12	7	5	29	76	60		36	16	14	6	108	102
Sacred Heart	24	13	10	1	27	76	73		35	13	21	1	89	128
Connecticut	24	10	12	2	22	64	71		37	11	23	3	90	128
Bentley	24	6	13	5	17	65	83		34	8	20	6	81	125
Army	24	5	16	3	13	47	71		31	7	21	3	60	97
American International	24	4	16	4	12	50	88		31	4	23	4	63	116
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	0
	8	Army	5
	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]

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