| 2012 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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| Dates | March 2–17, 2012 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | Air Force (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Frank Serratore (5th title) |
| MVP | Jason Torf (Air Force) |
| Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2011 2013 → | |
The 2012 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 9th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, United States. Air Force won their 5th tournament and earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament after defeating RIT in the championship game.
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 received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Current standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| 2011–12 Atlantic Hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
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| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #16 Air Force†* | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 85 | 52 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 119 | 83 | |
| Niagara | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 80 | 53 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 101 | 81 | |
| RIT | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 72 | 52 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 99 | 86 | |
| Mercyhurst | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 79 | 68 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 111 | 116 | |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 93 | 70 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 120 | 107 | |
| Bentley | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 81 | 59 | 40 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 114 | 109 | |
| Robert Morris | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 72 | 58 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 102 | 103 | |
| Connecticut | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 78 | 67 | 39 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 112 | 105 | |
| Canisius | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 54 | 74 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 66 | 111 | |
| American International | 27 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 57 | 98 | 37 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 82 | 137 | |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 66 | 122 | 37 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 84 | 173 | |
| Army | 27 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 96 | 34 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 65 | 120 | |
| Championship: Air Force 4, RIT 0 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
| First round March 2–4 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Holy Cross | 3 | 5 | — | 8 | Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Army | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | Air Force | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mercyhurst | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Niagara | 3 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Bentley | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Robert Morris | 0 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Sacred Heart | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Air Force | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | RIT | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | RIT | 1 | 5** | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Robert Morris | 5 | 5 | 4* | 6 | Bentley | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | American International | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | Niagara | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | RIT | 2* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mercyhurst | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Connecticut | 4* | 3 | — | 5 | Holy Cross | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Canisius | 3 | 0 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
First round
(5) Holy Cross vs. (12) Army
| March 2 | Holy Cross | 3 – 2 | Army | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| (Davis, Stockton) Brandon Nunn - 05:48 (Daly, Stockton) Erik Vos - 17:05 |
First period | 10:36 - Andy Starczewski (Lalor, Hull) | ||||||
| (Silvia, Atkins) Shayne Stockton - GW PP - 09:55 | Second period | 18:31 - Bryant Skarda (Day) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Matt Ginn | Goalie stats | Ryan Leets ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Holy Cross | 5 – 2 | Army | Hart Center | Recap | |||
| (Nagy, Cox) Adam Schmidt - 08:15 (Vos) Shayne Stockton - 09:20 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Matt Clune - GW PP - 08:56 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schmidt, Daly) Andrew Cox - PP - 12:50 (Nagy) Kyle Fletcher - EN - 19:02 |
Third period | 06:04 - PP - Marcel Alvarez (Mau. Alvarez, Starczewski) 18:35 - Mike Hull (Starczewski, Colvin) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Matt Ginn | Goalie stats | Ryan Leets ( 36 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| Holy Cross won series 2–0 | |
(6) Bentley vs. (11) Sacred Heart
| March 2 | Bentley | 5 – 3 | Sacred Heart | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| (Switzer, Gensler) Alex Grieve - 13:37 (Campanelli, Stonacek) Justin Breton - 17:50 |
First period | 04:13 - Chad Filteau (Gingera, George) | ||||||
| (Weinstein) Brett Gensler - 09:55 (Gensler, Rickord) Alex Grieve - GW - 14:23 |
Second period | 03:10 - Chad Filteau (Gingera) | ||||||
| (Bonnett, Switzer) Brett Gensler - EN - 18:56 | Third period | 03:10 - Torin Snydeman (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Branden Komm | Goalie stats | Andrew Bodnarchuk ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Bentley | 2 – 4 | Sacred Heart | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| (Switzer) Joe Campanelli - 01:35 | First period | 04:49 - Matt Gingera (Filteau, Felice) 15:14 - Matt Gingera (Rayner, Eng) | ||||||
| (Ledford, Breton) Joe Campanelli - 01:20 | Second period | 04:22 - GW - Matt Gingera (George, Filteau) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:11 - Drew George (Gingera) | ||||||
| ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) Branden Komm | Goalie stats | Andrew Bodnarchuk ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 4 | Bentley | 5 – 0 | Sacred Heart | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| (Weinstein, Switzer) Brett Gensler - GW - 19:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Alex Kubiak - 09:20 (Kubiak) Dan Koudys - 18:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Jared Rickord - 07:04 (Grieve, Gensler) Brett Switzer - 18:02 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Branden Komm | Goalie stats | Andrew Bodnarchuk ( 31 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| Bentley won series 2–1 | |
(7) Robert Morris vs. (10) American International
| March 2 | Robert Morris | 5 – 3 | American International | Island Sports Center | Recap | |||
| (Brace, Wydo) Tyson Wilson - PP - 16:08 | First period | 04:13 - PP - Adam Pleskach (Ceccacci, Arcibal) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:11 - Nathan Sliwinski (Penny, Markiewicz) 10:57 - Michael Penny (Sandor, Pleskach) | ||||||
| (Hinds, Lewis) Adam Brace - 05:40 (Lewis, Crichton) Adam Brace - PP - 10:59 (Crichton, Hinds) Trevor Lewis - GW - 18:56 (Lewis, Crichton) Adam Brace - 16:55 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Brooks Ostergard | Goalie stats | Ben Meisner ( 35 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Robert Morris | 5 – 7 | American International | Island Sports Center | Recap | |||
| (Brace, Lewis) Cody Crichton - 04:38 (Cramer) Zach Hervato - 5:17 (Cartier, Lewis) Adam Brace - EA - 14:30 |
First period | 00:42 - Jon Puskar (Penny, Ceccacci) 05:55 - Alexander MacMillan (Grasso, Ceccacci) | ||||||
| (unassisted) Cody Wydo - 09:23 (Cartier) Evan Renwick - 17:25 |
Second period | 02:21 - Jason Popek (Sandor, Cassidy) 04:53 - Nick Sandor (Popek, Ceccacci) 11:40 - Michael Penny (Puskar, Markiewicz) 15:52 - GW PP - Jeff Ceccacci (Arcibal, Sandor) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:35 - Jon Puskar (Mele, Penny) | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 35 shots ) Brooks Ostergard | Goalie stats | Ben Meisner ( 42 saves / 47 shots ) | ||||||
| March 4 | Robert Morris | 4 – 3 | OT | American International | Island Sports Center | Recap | ||
| (Lyle) Colin South - 02:36 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Jacklin, Lewis) Nick Chiavetta - PP - 08:01 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Jared Rickord - PP - 03:34 | Third period | 05:55 - Nielsson Arcibal (Pleskach, Penny) 11:39 - Nielsson Arcibal (Ceccacci) 19:49 - EA - Nielsson Arcibal (Pleskach, Ceccacci) | ||||||
| (Cramer, Hervato) Brandon Blandina - GW - 02:13 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Brooks Ostergard | Goalie stats | Ben Meisner ( 54 saves / 58 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–1 | |
(8) Connecticut vs. (9) Canisius
| March 2 | Connecticut | 4 – 3 | OT | Canisius | Freitas Ice Forum | Recap | ||
| (Schneider, Ambrosie) Billy Latta - PP - 06:21 (Waterstradt, Ambrosie) Brant Harris - 10:02 |
First period | 04:34 - Cody Freeman (Sullivan) | ||||||
| (Poe, Gerke) Cole Schneider - 13:31 | Second period | 03:57 - Mitch McCrank (Day) 09:51 - Tyler Wiseman (McCrank, Law) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ambrosie, Schneider) Alex Gerke - 11:11 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) Garrett Bartus | Goalie stats | Dan Morrison ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Connecticut | 4 – 0 | Canisius | Freitas Ice Forum | Recap | |||
| (Harris, Gerke) Cole Schneider - GW - 07:57 (Smith, Janosz) Ryan Tyson - 09:25 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Sharib, Harris) Jordan Sims - 14:58 (Ambrosie) Brant Harris - SH EN - 16:56 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Garrett Bartus | Goalie stats | Dan Morrison ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| Connecticut won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals
(1) Air Force vs. (8) Connecticut
| March 9 | Air Force | 4 – 3 | Connecticut | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Weissenhofer, McKenzie) Scott Holm - 06:11 | First period | 03:15 - Brad Smith (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Holm, Weissenhofer) Ryan Timar - 17:47 (Kirby, Thomas) Casey Kleisinger - 18:10 |
Second period | 06:30 - Billy Latta (Waterstradt, Sharib) | ||||||
| (Carew, Kirby) Kyle De Laurell - GW - 11:13 | Third period | 14:56 - Brad Cooper (Schneider) | ||||||
| ( 8 saves / 11 shots ) Jason Torf / ( 10 saves / 10 shots ) Stephen Caple | Goalie stats | Garrett Bartus ( 38 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Air Force | 1 – 3 | Connecticut | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 14:56 - SH - Trevor Gerling (Jendras, Schneider) | ||||||
| (Timar, Michalke) Scott Holm - 06:35 | Second period | 00:48 - GW PP - Brant Harris (Schneider, Ambrosie) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:44 - EN - Cole Schneider (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 2 saves / 3 shots ) Jason Torf / ( 9 saves / 10 shots ) Stephen Caple | Goalie stats | Garrett Bartus ( 46 saves / 47 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Air Force | 4 – 3 | Connecticut | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Weisgarber, McKenzie) Scott Holm - PP - 09:13 | First period | 15:44 - Cole Schneider (Gerke, Cooper) | ||||||
| (Mathis, Kleisinger) Tim Kirby - 14:11 (McKenzie) Jason Fabian - 18:17 |
Second period | 07:53 - Cole Schneider (Schneider, Ambrosie) 15:40 - PP - Corey Jendras (Poe, Ranallo) | ||||||
| (Gunner) George Michalke - GW - 03:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Stephen Caple | Goalie stats | Garrett Bartus ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| Air Force won series 2–1 | |
(2) Niagara vs. (7) Robert Morris
| March 9 | Niagara | 3 – 0 | Robert Morris | Dwyer Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Rashid) Matt Williams - GW - 04:38 (Iuorio, Divjak) Isaac Kohls - 05:11 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kohls, Williams) Giancarlo Iuorio - EN - 19:59 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Chris Noonan | Goalie stats | Brooks Ostergard ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Niagara | 2 – 1 | Robert Morris | Dwyer Arena | Recap | |||
| (Ryan, Iuorio) Isaac Kohls - 17:41 | First period | 16:26 - Tyler Hinds (unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Chris Lochner - GW - 19:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Chris Noonan | Goalie stats | Brooks Ostergard ( 42 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–0 | |
(3) RIT vs. (6) Bentley
| March 9 | RIT | 1 – 4 | Bentley | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Burt, Haltigin) Michael Colavecchia - 10:40 | First period | 04:47 - Brett Gensler (Switzer, Campanelli) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:45 - GW - Brett Gensler (Williams, Grieve) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:47 - EN - Brett Switzer (Bonnett) 19:26 - EN - Joe Campanelli (Breton, Bonnett) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Shane Madolora | Goalie stats | Branden Komm ( 46 saves / 47 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | RIT | 5 – 4 | 2OT | Bentley | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Burt, Colavecchia) Chris Haltigin - 09:00 (Garbowsky, Lynch) Adam Mitchell - 16:09 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Burt, Colavecchia) Jeff Smith - 11:02 (McReynolds) Matt Garbowsky - SH - 14:41 |
Second period | 11:02 - Dan Koudys (Rickord, Kubiak) 19:09 - Alex Grieve (Maher, Weinstein) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:16 - Brett Switzer (Maher, Gensler) 11:31 - Brett Hartung (Switzer, Nudy) | ||||||
| (Smith) Cameron Burt - GW - 01:23 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 42 saves / 46 shots ) Shane Madolora | Goalie stats | Branden Komm ( 58 saves / 63 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | RIT | 3 – 0 | Bentley | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Cornacchia, McGowan) Adam Mitchell - GW - 05:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Eckenswiller, Garbowsky) Taylor McReynolds - 04:38 (unassisted) Taylor McReynolds - 10:06 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Shane Madolora | Goalie stats | Branden Komm ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| RIT won series 2–1 | |
(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Holy Cross
| March 9 | Mercyhurst | 2 – 1 | Holy Cross | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| (Nagtzaam, Blakey) Daniel Bahntge - 04:59 | First period | 02:25 - PP - Erik Vos (Stockton, Silvia) | ||||||
| (Shiplo, Noble) Daniel Bahntge - GW - 01:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Max Strang | Goalie stats | Matt Ginn ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Mercyhurst | 1 – 3 | Holy Cross | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:18 - Adam Schmidt (Daly, Clune) 06:27 - SH GW - Andrew Cox (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Elliott, Bodo) Tyler Shiplo - 07:41 | Third period | 19:44 - EN - Adam Schmidt (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 41 saves / 43 shots ) Max Strang | Goalie stats | Matt Ginn ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Mercyhurst | 3 – 1 | Holy Cross | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| (O'Donoghue, Jones) Paul Chiasson - PP - 02:31 | First period | 09:57 - PP - Matt Clune (Cox, Schmidt) | ||||||
| (O'Donoghue, Jones) Matthew Zay - GW - 13:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (O'Donoghue, Misiak) Matthew Zay - 01:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 41 saves / 42 shots ) Max Strang | Goalie stats | Matt Ginn ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| Mercyhurst won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals
(1) Air Force vs. (4) Mercyhurst
| March 16 | Air Force | 5 – 2 | Mercyhurst | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| (Carew) Cole Gunner - 01:40 (Carew, McKenzie) Paul Weisgarber - PP - 13:28 |
First period | 06:27 - Daniel O'Donoghue (Zay, Misiak) | ||||||
| (De Laurell) John Kruse - GW - 03:49 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kleisinger, Mathis) Jason Fabian - 18:13 (Timar, Fabian) Paul Weisgarber - EN - 19:10 |
Third period | 02:01 - Derek Elliott (Chiasson) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Jason Torf | Goalie stats | Max Strang ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Niagara vs. (3) RIT
| March 16 | Niagara | 1 – 2 | OT | RIT | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Chris Lochner - 14:40 | Third period | 03:25 - Matt Garbowsky (McReynolds) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:57 - GW - Taylor McReynolds (Eckenswiller, McGowan) | ||||||
| ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) Chris Noonan | Goalie stats | Shane Madolora ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(1) Air Force vs. (3) RIT
| March 19 | Air Force | 4 – 0 | RIT | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| (Kirby, Weisgarber) Cole Gunner - GW PP - 15:15 (Demers, McKenzie) John Kruse - 16:25 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Thomas, Kleisinger) Jason Fabian - 09:23 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Weisgarber) Jason Fabian - EN - 19:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 34 saves / 34 shots ) Jason Torf | Goalie stats | Shane Madolora ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- G Jason Torf* (Air Force)
- D Tim Kirby (Air Force)
- D Scott Mathis (Air Force)
- F Taylor MacReynolds (RIT)
- F Cole Gunner (Air Force)
- F Paul Weisgarber (Air Force)
References
- "2012 Atlantic Hockey Championship". Go Air Force Falcons. March 17, 2012. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- "Air Force blanks RIT for fifth Atlantic Hockey title in six seasons". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
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