College ice hockey tournament
| 2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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| Dates | March 7–16, 2008 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | Air Force (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Frank Serratore (2nd title) |
| MVP | Brent Olson (Air Force) |
| Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2007 2009 → | |
The 2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2008. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while all 'Final Five' games were played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. All quarterfinal matchups were best-of-three series with the top three remaining seeds receiving byes into the semifinal round and the lowest two remaining seeds playing in a four-vs-five match. All rounds after the quarterfinals were conducted as single-elimination games. The winner of the four-vs-five game would advance to the semifinals to play the highest remaining seed while the other two remaining seeds faced off in the other semifinal game. The winners of the semifinal games advanced to play each other in a championship game with the tournament champion receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| 2007–08 Atlantic Hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Army† | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 84 | 51 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 101 | 73 | |
| RIT | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 87 | 72 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 116 | 109 | |
| Air Force* | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 89 | 65 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 130 | 91 | |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 91 | 79 | 38 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 111 | 116 | |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 83 | 89 | 41 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 112 | 133 | |
| Canisius | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 80 | 79 | 37 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 93 | 121 | |
| Connecticut | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 62 | 84 | 37 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 79 | 126 | |
| Bentley | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 81 | 88 | 36 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 89 | 124 | |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 66 | 85 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 88 | 114 | |
| American International | 28 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 67 | 98 | 36 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 83 | 135 | |
| Championship: Air Force † 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
| Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Four vs. Five March 14 | Semifinals March 15 | Championship March 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Army | 4 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | American International | 0 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Army | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | RIT | 5* | 5* | — | 4 | Sacred Heart | 1 | 5 | Mercyhurst | 4 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Holy Cross | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | Mercyhurst | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 9 | 3 | — | 3 | Air Force | 5** | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Bentley | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | Mercyhurst | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Sacred Heart | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Connecticut | 5 | 3* | 1 | 2 | RIT | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Mercyhurst | 4 | 2* | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Canisius | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Army vs. (10) American International
| March 7 | Army | 4 – 0 | American International | Tate Rink | Recap | |||
| (Flicek, Meyer) Bryce Hollweg - GW - 03:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Pierson, Sefchik) Rob Ross - 08:56 (Anderson) Will Ryan - 12:25 (unassisted) Eric Sefchik - 13:10 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Josh Kassel | Goalie stats | Dan Ramirez ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Army | 5 – 2 | American International | Tate Rink | Recap | |||
| (Ryan, Colvin) Joey Ammon - 13:15 | First period | 09:12 - PP - Mark Pavli (Bolognino, McMillan) 17:23 - Greg Genovese (Little, Campanale) | ||||||
| (Fearing, Colvin) Ken Rowe - 04:11 (unassisted) Owen Meyer - GW PS - 19:19 (Omilusik) Ken Rowe - 19:39 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Sefchik, Meyer) Bryce Hollweg - 01:59 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Josh Kassel | Goalie stats | Tom Fenton ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Army won series 2–0 | |
(2) RIT vs. (9) Holy Cross
| March 7 | RIT | 5 – 4 | OT | Holy Cross | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Lambert, Ringwald) Matt Smith - PP - 08:25 | First period | 19:32 - Joe Brock (Dams, Reinhardt) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:59 - Matt Znutas (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Sarazin, Burns) Stevan Matic - 02:33 (Ringwald, Lambert) Matt Smith - PP - 08:54 (Burns) Matt Smith - 16:01 |
Third period | 06:21 - PP - Matt Burke (Forshner) 09:06 - Brodie Sheahan (Forshner, Gabriel) | ||||||
| (Lambert, Ringwald) Matt Crowell - GW - 15:19 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Louis Menard | Goalie stats | Adam Roy ( 36 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | RIT | 5 – 4 | OT | Holy Cross | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Lambert, Murphy) Matt Smith - PP - 03:12 (Favot, Lambert) Matt Crowell - 15:43 |
First period | 08:19 - Dale Reinhardt (Dams) | ||||||
| (Lambert, Murphy) Matt Smith - PP - 01:07 | Second period | 05:16 - Cal St. Denis (Franklin, Jelinek) 05:54 - Rob Forshner (Sheen, Werry) 12:34 - Rob Forshner (Burke, Brock) | ||||||
| (Draper, Kharin) Jesse Newman - 08:32 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Patry, Walton) Matt Smith - GW - 04:17 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) Louis Menard | Goalie stats | Adam Roy ( 33 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| RIT won series 2–0 | |
(3) Air Force vs. (8) Bentley
| March 7 | Air Force | 9 – 2 | Bentley | Cadet Ice Arena | ||||
| (Fairchild, Flynn) Josh Schaffer - 09:01 | First period | 11:07 - Pat Percella (Preece) | ||||||
| (Nylander, Hajner) Derrick Burnett - PP - 02:50 (Olson, Frider) Scott Kozlak - GW - 04:18 (Nylander, Mayra) Sean Bertsch - 04:54 (Charbonneau, Frider) Mike Phillipich - PP - 07:22 (Hajner, Burnett) Brett Nylander - 09:33 (Kelly, Sellers) Blake Page - 13:05 (Hajner) Greg Flynn - PP - 16:37 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Bertsch, Phillipich) Brad Sellers - 07:26 | Third period | 12:49 - Jeff Gumaer (Canzoneri, Prewitt) | ||||||
| ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Andrew Volkening | Goalie stats | Joe Calvi ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) / Nick Moise ( 14 saves / 19 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Air Force | 3 – 1 | Bentley | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Fairchild, Flynn) Brent Olson - PP - 09:27 (Hajner, Burnett) Greg Flynn - GW PP - 10:03 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Burnett, Charbonneau) Jeff Hajner - PP - 03:59 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:12 - Dain Prewitt (Cloutier, Canzoneri) | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Andrew Volkening | Goalie stats | Joe Calvi ( 43 saves / 46 shots ) | ||||||
| Air Force won series 2–0 | |
(4) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Connecticut
| March 7 | Sacred Heart | 6 – 5 | Connecticut | Milford Ice Pavilion | ||||
| (Tyll, Drew) Alexandre Parent - 17:47 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Knowlton, Johnson) Scott Marchesi - PP - 05:06 (Tyll) Alexandre Parent - SH - 10:30 |
Second period | 13:09 - PP - Brendan Olinyk (Ochoa, Hernandez) 17:28 - PP - Matt Pedemonti (Schneider, Behler) 18:12 - Matt Miller (Krispel, Olson) | ||||||
| (Jarman) Erik Boisvert - SH - 06:10 (Parent, Grimson) Bear Trapp - PP - 08:41 (Parent, Boisvert) Dave Jarman - GW - 15:38 |
Third period | 07:04 - Jeff Sapieha (Olinyk, Miller) 19:45 - Matt Pedemonti (Olson, Schneider) | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 35 shots ) Stefan Drew | Goalie stats | Beau Erickson ( 19 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Sacred Heart | 2 – 3 | OT | Connecticut | Milford Ice Pavilion | |||
| (Trapp, Giosa) Nick Johnson - 07:09 | First period | 09:46 - Jason Krispel (Olson, Spicer) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Gordon) Evan Mladenoff - 18:02 | Third period | 06:08 - Andrew Olson (Spicer, Krispel) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:28 - GW - Michael Coppola (Solberg, Bergin) | ||||||
| ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Stefan Drew | Goalie stats | Beau Erickson ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Sacred Heart | 4 – 1 | Connecticut | Milford Ice Pavilion | ||||
| (Rodriguez, Berube) Adam DeJong - 04:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Knowlton, Berube) Adam DeJong - GW - 07:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Tyll) Evan Mladenoff - 11:45 (Trapp) Alexandre Parent - EN - 18:48 |
Third period | 05:03 - Chris Spicer (Miller) | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Stefan Drew | Goalie stats | Beau Erickson ( 44 saves / 47 shots ) | ||||||
| Sacred Heart won series 2–1 | |
(5) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Canisius
| March 7 | Mercyhurst | 4 – 1 | Canisius | Mercyhurst Ice Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Pierce, Eddy) Brett Robinson - 04:32 (Echtermach, Eddy) Chris Risi - GW - 10:07 (Robinson, Cottreau) Matt Pierce - PP - 11:41 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Bremner, Graham) Mike Gurtler - 16:15 | Third period | 06:16 - Jason Weeks (Kasch, Heidinger) | ||||||
| ( 41 saves / 42 shots ) Matt Lundin | Goalie stats | Andrew Loewen ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8 | Mercyhurst | 2 – 1 | OT | Canisius | Mercyhurst Ice Center | |||
| (Terminesi, Fennell) Matt Pierce - PP - 10:24 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:21 - Vincent Scarsella (Jenks) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Vansenbeld, Cottreau) Kerry Bowman - GW - 01:45 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Lundin | Goalie stats | Andrew Loewen ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Mercyhurst won series 2–0 | |
Four vs. Five
(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Mercyhurst
| March 14 | Sacred Heart | 1 – 4 | Mercyhurst | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| (Grimson, Trapp) Dave Jarman - PP - 09:13 | First period | 06:16 - PP - Matt Pierce (Terminesi, Robinson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:41 - GW - Cullen Eddy (unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:14 - Ben Cottreau (Fennell) 17:30 - Chris Risi (Medernach, Lundin) | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Stefan Drew | Goalie stats | Matt Lundin ( 38 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
Semifinals
(1) Army vs. (5) Mercyhurst
| March 15 | Army | 2 – 4 | Mercyhurst | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| (Ryan, Ammon) Aaron Anderson - 14:23 | First period | 07:29 - PP - Matt Pierce (Fennell, Robinson) 15:24 - Mike Gurtler (Graham, Phillips) | ||||||
| (Omilusik, Flicek) Bryce Hollweg - PP - 01:39 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:25 - GW SH - Chris Risi (Vandenbeld) 05:41 - EA - Neil Graham (Bremner, Gurtler) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Kassel | Goalie stats | Matt Lundin ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
(2) RIT vs. (3) Air Force
| March 15 | RIT | 0 – 5 | Air Force | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 06:32 - GW PP - Brent Olson (Frider, Charbonneau) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:49 - Mike Phillipich (Charbonneau, Schaffer) 10:04 - SH - Matt Fairchild (Nylander) 17:18 - PP - Brent Olson (Charbonneau, Hajner) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:34 - Matt Fairchild (Hajner, Mayra) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Louis Menard / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Jared DeMichiel | Goalie stats | Andrew Volkening ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(3) Air Force vs. (5) Mercyhurst
| March 16 | Air Force | 5 – 4 | 2OT | Mercyhurst | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | ||
| (Phillipich, Flynn) Brent Olson - PP - 19:58 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kozlak, Frider) Frank Schiavone - 13:23 | Second period | 17:11 - PP - Matt Pierce (Cottreau, Terminesi) 07:53 - PP - Steve Cameron (Pitt, Coccimiglio) | ||||||
| (Phillipich, Bertsch) Josh Schaffer - 09:50 (Olson, Kozlak) Josh Frider - 11:30 |
Third period | 03:50 - Nick Vandenbeld (Risi) 11:09 - Brett Robinson (Pierce) | ||||||
| (Olson) Josh Frider - 00:56 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 49 saves / 53 shots ) Andrew Volkening | Goalie stats | Matt Lundin ( 42 saves / 47 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- G Andrew Volkening (Air Force)
- D Matt Charbonneau (Air Force)
- D Jeff Terminesi (Mercyhurst)
- F Brent Olson* (Air Force)
- F Matt Pierce (Mercyhurst)
- F Chris Risi (Mercyhurst)
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