2013 Atlantic Hockey men's ice 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

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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

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

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 38 23 10 5 116 95
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 4 28 90 73 41 19 17 5 128 112
#19 Canisius * 27 12 13 2 26 71 69 43 19 19 5 113 104
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

Bracket

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

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First round

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

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March 8 Robert Morris 4 – 1 Sacred Heart 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Hervato, South) Jeff Jones - 01:12
(Lynch, Renwick) Mac Roy - GW - 06:17
(Blazek) Greg Gibson - 14:14
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Jacklin, Wydo) Adam Brace - EN - 19:16 Third period 14:46 - Eric Delong (Sheehan, Barthelmess)
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Eric Levine Goalie stats Andrew Bodnarchuk ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
March 9 Robert Morris 6 – 1 Sacred Heart 84 Lumber Arena Recap  
(Brace, Brace) Colin South - 09:27 First period 16:14 - Kyle Verbeek (Lake, Curry)
(Brace, Golightly) Tyler Hinds - GW - 02:22
(Jacklin, Brace) Cody Wydo - EN - 06:01
(Lynch) Matt Cope - 17:41
Second period No scoring
(Brace) Cody Wydo - PP - 10:32
(Renwick, Cope) Greg Gibson - 14:35
Third period No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Eric Levine Goalie stats Andrew Bodnarchuk ( 40 saves / 34 shots )
Robert Morris won series 2–0


(6) Mercyhurst vs. (11) Army

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March 8 Mercyhurst 3 – 1 Army Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 17:49 - Andy Starczewski (Richards, Lalor)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(O'Donoghue, Mastrodicasa) Kyle Just - 10:38
(Misiak, O'Donoghue) Zac Frischmon - GW - 14:34
(Zay, Blakey) Chris Bodo - EN - 19:02
Third period No scoring
( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Jordan Tibbett Goalie stats Rob Tadazak ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
March 9 Mercyhurst 5 – 2 Army Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
(Zay, Bodo) Grant Blakey - 05:24 First period No scoring
(Just, Frischmon) Daniel O'Donoghue - 04:38 Second period 13:39 - PP - Willie Faust (Pomarico, Zaremba)
(Just, Jones) Grant Blakey - GW - 08:56
(Frischmon, Just) Daniel O'Donoghue - 16:28
(Jones) Ryan Misiak - EN - 19:09
Third period 15:07 - Joe Kozlak (Clark)
( 36 saves / 38 shots ) Max Strang Goalie stats Rob Tadazak ( 34 saves / 38 shots )
Mercyhurst won series 2–0


(7) Canisius vs. (10) Bentley

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March 8 Canisius 4 – 0 Bentley Buffalo State Sports Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Gibbons, Sullivan) Cody Freeman - GW - 05:00 Second period No scoring
(Sullivan, Gibbons) Ben Parker - 02:26
(Cuddemi) Preston Shupe - PP - 15:09
(McCrank, Roe) Preston Shupe - SH EN - 19:24
Third period No scoring
( 35 saves / 35 shots ) Tony Capobianco Goalie stats Branden Komm ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
March 9 Canisius 2 – 1 Bentley Buffalo State Sports Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Gibbons, Roe) Cody Freeman - 14:36
(Gibbons, Farrell) Cody Freeman - 19:01
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:20 - Andrew Gladiuk (Rickord, Koudys)
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Tony Capobianco Goalie stats Branden Komm ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
Canisius won series 2–0


(8) RIT vs. (9) American International

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March 8 RIT 2 – 1 American International Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
(Colavecchia, Noyes) Chris Saracino - PP - 13:58 First period No scoring
(McGowan, Garbowsky) Josh Mitchell - GW - 19:47 Second period 03:16 - Jon Puskar (Porter)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Jordan Ruby Goalie stats Ben Meisner ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
March 9 RIT 7 – 1 American International Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
(Noyes, Garbowsky) Chris Saracino - PP - 11:03
(Garbowsky, Saracino) Dan Schuler - GW SH - 19:19
First period No scoring
(Schuler, Garbowsky) Nolan Descoteaux - 09:14
(Raibl) Brad McGowan - 17:45
Second period No scoring
(Schuler) Matt Garbowsky - 10:46
(Noyes, Mitchell) Ben Lynch - 13:15
(Kuqali, Lynch) Jeff Smith - 14:06
Third period 03:16 - Chris Porter (Lubin, Puskar)
( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Jordan Ruby Goalie stats Ben Meisner ( 23 saves / 30 shots ) / Chandler Long ( 1 saves / 1 shots )
RIT won series 2–0


Quarterfinals

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(1) Niagara vs. (8) RIT

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March 15 Niagara 3 – 2 RIT Dwyer Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Iuorio, Murphy) Jason Beattie - 15:02 Second period 06:11 - Matt Garbowsky (McGowan, Schuler)
(Chartrain, Ryan) Giancarlo Iuorio - 03:27
(Weiss, Zanette) Giancarlo Iuorio - GW - 11:28
Third period 09:26 - Adam Mitchell (Colavecchia, Garbowsky)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Carsen Chubak Goalie stats Jordan Ruby ( 29 saves / 32 shots )
March 16 Niagara 2 – 1 OT RIT Dwyer Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 01:12 - SH - Josh Mitchell (Lynch)
(Ryan, Murphy) Patrick Divjak - 14:17 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Murphy) Marc Zanette - 13:12 First overtime period No scoring
( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Carsen Chubak Goalie stats Jordan Ruby ( 39 saves / 41 shots )
Niagara won series 2–0


(2) Air Force vs. (7) Canisius

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March 15 Air Force 3 – 4 Canisius Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 11:57 - Ryan Bohrer (Larsson, Miller)
(Gunner, Walsh) Kyle De Laurell - 06:36
(Gunner) Stephen Carew - 14:45
Second period 09:11 - Patrick Sullivan (Jessey, Parker)
(Weissenhofer, De Laurell) Tony Thomas - SH EA - 18:52 Third period 07:56 - PP - Patrick Sullivan (unassisted)
19:51 - GW PP - Kyle Gibbons (Freeman, McCrank)
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Jason Torf Goalie stats Tony Capobianco ( 40 saves / 43 shots )
March 16 Air Force 3 – 4 OT Canisius Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(Kruse, Halloran) Ben Carey - 18:04 First period 06:13 - Preston Shupe (Cuddemi, Jessey)
(Holm, Carey) Adam McKenzie - 02:21
(De Laurell, Carew) Adam McKenzie - PP - 11:25
Second period 16:33 - Kyle Gibbons (Sullivan, Parker)
No scoring Third period 18:02 - Matthew Grazen (Miller, Lindsay)
No scoring First overtime period 01:08 - Duncan McKellar (unassisted)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Jason Torf Goalie stats Tony Capobianco ( 50 saves / 53 shots )
Canisius won series 2–0


(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Mercyhurst

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March 15 Holy Cross 2 – 3 Mercyhurst Hart Center Recap  
(Schmidt, Nunn) Shayne Stockton - 10:31 First period No scoring
(Beckman, Youso) Mike McNamara - 18:20 Second period 16:07 - PP - Tyler Shiplo (Just, O'Donoghue)
18:29 - Daniel Bahntge (unassisted)
No scoring Third period 07:17 - GW - Grant Blakey (Bodo, Gettinger)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Ginn Goalie stats Jordan Tibbett ( 24 saves / 26 shots )
March 16 Holy Cross 3 – 2 Mercyhurst Hart Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 14:39 - Chris Bodo (Shiplo, Blakey)
(Linsmayer, Stockton) Brandon Nunn - PP - 12:43 Second period 14:30 - Grant Blakey (Just, Shiplo)
(McNamara, Ginn) Shayne Stockton - 06:06
(Stockton, Beckman) Joe McNamara - GW - 09:08
Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Matt Ginn Goalie stats Max Strang ( 35 saves / 38 shots )
March 17 Holy Cross 0 – 1 Mercyhurst Hart Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 16:49 - Grant Blakey (Bahntge)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Matt Ginn Goalie stats Jordan Tibbett ( 28 saves / 28 shots )
Mercyhurst won series 2–1


(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris

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March 15 Connecticut 4 – 1 Robert Morris Freitas Ice Forum Recap  
(Ambrosie, Sims) Brant Harris - 13:16 First period 11:00 - PP - Cody Wydo (Brace)
(Poe) Joey Ferriss - GW - 04:55
(Gerke, Kirtland) Shawn Pauly - 05:45
Second period No scoring
(unassisted) Evan Carriere - EN - 18:53 Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Matt Grogan Goalie stats Eric Levine ( 20 saves / 23 shots )
March 16 Connecticut 4 – 3 Robert Morris Freitas Ice Forum Recap  
No Scoring First period 10:02 - Zach Hervato (South, Jones)
(Pauly, Gerling) Cody Sharib - 01:36
(Sharib, Huson) Shawn Pauly - 12:27
(Gerke, Cooke) Joey Ferriss - 12:43
Second period 14:48 - Andrew Blazek (Hervato)
(Bouchard, Smutek) Trevor Gerling - GW - 03:01 Third period 16:17 - EA - Cody Wydo (Hervato, South)
( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Matt Grogan Goalie stats Eric Levine ( 26 saves / 30 shots )
Connecticut won series 2–0


Semifinals

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(1) Niagara vs. (7) Canisius

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March 22 Niagara 3 – 5 Canisius Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Murphy) Giancarlo Iuorio - 03:26 First period 10:33 - Cody Freeman (Sullivan, Gibbons)
19:21 - Ben Danford (McKellar, Gibbons)
(Kohls) Hugo Turcotte - 04:05
(Zanette, Ryan) Giancarlo Iuorio - 13:11
Second period 10:33 - Tyler Wiseman (Miller, McCrank)
19:40 - GW PP - Duncan McKellar (Wiseman, Farrell)
No scoring Third period 01:58 - Tyler Wiseman (Miller, McCrank)
( 24 saves / 29 shots ) Carsen Chubak Goalie stats Tony Capobianco ( 41 saves / 44 shots )


(4) Connecticut vs. (6) Mercyhurst

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March 22 Connecticut 1 – 4 Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Sharib, Pauly) Trevor Gerling - 07:36 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 09:15 - Zac Frischmon (unassisted)
15:59 - GW - Paul Chiasson (Jones, DeWald)
No scoring Third period 13:19 - PP - Ryan Misiak (Just, Shiplo)
18:06 - EN - Paul Chiasson (Tibbett)
( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Matt Grogan Goalie stats Jordan Tibbett ( 31 saves / 32 shots )


Championship

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(6) Mercuhurst vs. (7) Canisius

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March 23 Mercuhurst 2 – 7 Canisius Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 09:23 - Kyle Gibbons (Sullivan)
(Jones, O'Donoghue) Matthew Zay - 13:22 Second period 04:36 - PP - Kyle Gibbons (Danford, Freeman)
12:31 - GW - Ralph Cuddemi (Shupe, Grazen)
19:03 - PP - Ralph Cuddemi (Wiseman, Shupe)
(Blakey, Bahntge) Nick Jones - PP - 00:58 Third period 07:03 - Cody Freeman (Gibbons, Parker)
08:17 - Torrey Lindsay (Larsson)
14:42 - PP - Ben Parker (ice hockey)Ben Parker (Gibbons, Danford)
( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Jordan Tibbett / ( 4 saves / 6 shots ) Max Strang Goalie stats Tony Capobianco ( 34 saves / 36 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "Griffs Win 2013 Atlantic Hockey Championship!". Canisius Golden Griffins. Retrieved August 15, 2018.