2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

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, United States. 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 272052429260 382310511695
Air Force 271575359256 371713712092
Holy Cross 271593338379 3720143111106
Connecticut 2714103317770 371914410294
Robert Morris 2713113298585 3820144118105
Mercyhurst 2712114289073 4119175128112
#19 Canisius * 2712132267169 4319195113104
RIT 2711124268889 3815185122126
American International 279126247278 351217688112
Bentley 2710143238587 3512203108116
Army 277155196492 34722573121
Sacred Heart 272214867128 36230483182
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)

Results

(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Sacred Heart

Robert Morris won series 2–0

(6) Mercyhurst vs. (11) Army

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(7) Canisius vs. (10) Bentley

Canisius won series 2–0

(8) RIT vs. (9) American International

RIT won series 2–0

(1) Niagara vs. (8) RIT

Niagara won series 2–0

(2) Air Force vs. (7) Canisius

Canisius won series 2–0

(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Mercyhurst

Mercyhurst won series 2–1

(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris

Connecticut won series 2–0

(1) Niagara vs. (7) Canisius

(4) Connecticut vs. (6) Mercyhurst

(6) Mercuhurst vs. (7) Canisius

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G Tony Capobianco (Canisius)
  • D Ben Danford (Canisius)
  • D Nick Jones (Mercyhurst)
  • F Kyle Gibbons* (Canisius)
  • F Tyler Wiseman (Canisius)
  • F Paul Chiasson (Mercyhurst)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

  1. "Griffs Win 2013 Atlantic Hockey Championship!". Canisius Golden Griffins. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
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