College ice hockey tournament
| 1999 MAAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 13–20, 1999 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Holy Cross (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Pearl (1st title) |
| MVP | Mike Maguire (Holy Cross) |
| MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← Inaugural 2000 → | |
The 1999 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 1st championship since the founding of the ice hockey conference in 1997. It was played between March 13 and March 20, 1999. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, the home venue of the Holy Cross Crusaders.
Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion does not receive an automatic bid to the 1999 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
| 1998–99 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Quinnipiac† | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 131 | 63 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 161 | 81 | |
| Holy Cross* | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 107 | 63 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 126 | 89 | |
| Connecticut | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 106 | 70 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 122 | 95 | |
| Canisius | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 112 | 82 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 143 | 119 | |
| American International | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 92 | 93 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 101 | 113 | |
| Iona | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 116 | 115 | 33 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 145 | 143 | |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 81 | 128 | 31 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 86 | 139 | |
| Fairfield | 28 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 186 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 64 | 227 | |
| Championship: Holy Cross † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 13 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Quinnipiac | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Fairfield | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Canisius | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Canisius | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | American International | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Canisius | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Holy Cross | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Holy Cross | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Sacred Heart | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Holy Cross | 4* | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Connecticut | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Connecticut | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Iona | 5 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Fairfield
| March 13 | Quinnipiac | 13 – 2 | Fairfield | East Haven Rink | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | 04:03 - Tim Desmarais | ||||||
| Joe Guerriero - 03:09 Todd Bennett - 03:37 Terry Harris - GW PP - 05:42 Ryan Olson - 06:43 Todd Bennett - 07:10 Terry Harris - SH - 10:11 Chris Cerrella - PP - 12:13 Todd Bennett - PP - 12:36 Chris Cerrella - 17:24 |
Second period | 10:31 - PP - Michael Shaheen | ||||||
| Jason Rothfuss - 05:41 Anthony DiPalma - 08:41 John Delorenzo - PP - 15:43 Joe Guerriero - 16:49 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan DiLeo ( 5 saves / 7 shots ) / J.C. Wells ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) / Jim White ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) | Goalie stats | John True ( 44 saves / 56 shots ) / Charles Fitzpatrick ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Holy Cross vs. (7) Sacred Heart
| March 13 | Holy Cross | 3 – 1 | Sacred Heart | Hart Center | ||||
| Chris Fattey - PP - 18:53 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul Cavanaugh - GW PP - 00:20 | Second period | 05:12 - SH - Eddy Bourget | ||||||
| Mike Ortwein - 04:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Simpson ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alexis Jutras-Binet ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
(3) Connecticut vs. (6) Iona
| March 13 | Connecticut | 6 – 5 | OT | Iona | UConn Ice Arena | |||
| Chris McNeill - 02:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ciro Longobardi - 10:24 Matthew Jarret - 16:18 Rob Martin - 18:00 |
Second period | 12:17 - Rob Kellogg | ||||||
| Chris McNeill - 09:53 | Third period | 07:24 - PP - Rob Kellogg 11:54 - Ryan Carter 15:22 - Erik Nates 18:38 - Chris Baboulis | ||||||
| Kevin Connell - GW - 01:24 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marc Senerchia ( 18 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan McGuire ( 21 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Canisius vs. (5) American International
| March 13 | Canisius | 7 – 5 | American International | Dann Memorial Rink | ||||
Semifinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (4) Canisius
| March 19 | Quinnipiac | 2 – 5 | Canisius | Hart Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anthony DiPalma - 19:54 | Second period | 00:38 - Derek Gilham 00:38 - Chris Duggan 00:38 - GW SH - Brad Kenny | ||||||
| Dan Ennis - PP - 11:29 | Third period | 04:54 - PP - Jarret Zielinski 11:54 - Chris Duggan | ||||||
| J.C. Wells ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Bob Janosz ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Holy Cross vs. (3) Connecticut
| March 19 | Holy Cross | 4 – 3 | OT | Connecticut | Hart Center | |||
| Joe Roache - 02:48 Tim Cantwell - 08:00 |
First period | 18:34 - SH - Michael Goldkind | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:55 - Dan Sheehan | ||||||
| Jeremy Tevald - 16:25 | Third period | 15:47 - Kevin Connell | ||||||
| Brett Cagliuso - GW - 04:37 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Simpson ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | Marc Senerchia ( 40 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(2) Holy Cross vs. (4) Canisius
| March 20 | Holy Cross | 4 – 3 | Canisius | Hart Center | ||||
| Patrick Rissmiller - 08:46 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Maguire - PP - 15:08 Mike Ortwein - 19:27 |
Second period | 04:45 - PP - Ryan Puntiri 05:35 - David Deeves 15:22 - Robert Othmann | ||||||
| Mike Maguire - GW - 01:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Simpson ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Bob Janosz ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
MVP
- Mike Maguire (Holy Cross)
Notes
- Quinnipiac's 13 goals are a tournament record
References
- "Holy Cross Men's Team History". Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "MAAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. 2003. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "Quinnipiac 13, Fairfield 2". USCHO.com. March 13, 1999. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "Holy Cross 3, Sacred Heart 1". USCHO.com. March 13, 1999. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "Connecticut 6, Iona 5". USCHO.com. March 13, 1999. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "Canisius 5, Quinnipiac 2". USCHO.com. March 19, 1999. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "Holy Cross 4, Connecticut 3". USCHO.com. March 19, 1999. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "Holy Cross 4, Canisius 3". USCHO.com. March 20, 1999. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "MAAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
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