| 2017 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 3–18, 2017 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Finals site | Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York |
| Champions | Air Force (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Frank Serratore (6th title) |
| MVP | Shane Starrett (Air Force) |
| Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2016 2018 → | |
The 2017 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 13th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017 at home campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The tournament champion Air Force was granted Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, will play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five 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-highest-ranked first round winner, the third seed and highest-ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed will 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 remaining seeds will play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2017 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
| 2016–17 Atlantic Hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
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| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Canisius† | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 90 | 53 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 107 | 85 | |
| #12 Air Force* | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 91 | 56 | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 133 | 93 | |
| Army | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 77 | 56 | 37 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 100 | 78 | |
| Robert Morris | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 86 | 73 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 123 | 95 | |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 78 | 78 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 99 | 106 | |
| RIT | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 90 | 79 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 108 | 111 | |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 82 | 83 | 39 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 106 | 123 | |
| Bentley | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 78 | 82 | 39 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 101 | 120 | |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 67 | 87 | 37 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 88 | 116 | |
| American International | 28 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 63 | 91 | 36 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 82 | 122 | |
| Niagara | 28 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 119 | 39 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 76 | 168 | |
| Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Army and Robert Morris finished tied for third. Army wins the 5th tiebreaker (record against #1 seed). RIT, Mercyhurst and Bentley finished tied for sixth place. RIT was seeded sixth with tie breakers over both (head-to-head wins and conference wins) while Mercyhurst was placed seventh (conference wins).
| First round March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Canisius | 3 | 2 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | RIT | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | Niagara | 0 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Niagara | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Canisius | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Robert Morris | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Air Force | 4 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bentley | 0 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Robert Morris | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Air Force | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Army | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mercyhurst | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | Mercyhurst | 4 | 3* | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | American International | 3 | 0 | – | 2 | Air Force | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Army | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Robert Morris | 6 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bentley | 1 | 5 | 3** | 5 | Holy Cross | 3 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sacred Heart | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
First round
(6) RIT vs. (11) Niagara
| March 3 | RIT | 4 – 5 | Niagara | Gene Polisseni Center | Recap | |||
| (Logan, Mikowski) Jordan Peacock – 11:15 (Brubacher, Abt) Danny Smith – 14:48 (Abt, Valenzuela) Liam Kerins – 18:10 |
First period | 15:25 – Kris Spriggs (Kovachis, Cakebread) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:08 – EA – Stephen Pietrobon (Harper, Spriggs) | ||||||
| (Abt, Rotolo) Erik Brown – 10:25 | Third period | 16:05 – SH – Vinny Muto (Curran) 19:03 – EA – Johnny Curran (Rennaker, Sarcona) 19:49 – GW SH – Sam Rennaker (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 22 shots ) Mike Rotolo | Goalie stats | Jackson Teichroeb ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| March 4 | RIT | 5 – 0 | Niagara | Gene Polisseni Center | ||||
| (unassisted) Myles Powell – GW SH – 06:15 (Cameron, Abt) Ryan Kruper – 13:25 (Kruper) Darren Brady – 19:42 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Girduckis, Brubacker) Danny Smith – 03:27 (Powell, Brubacher) Matt Abt – PP – 11:44 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Mike Rotolo | Goalie stats | Jackson Teichroeb ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) / Joe O'Brien ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) | ||||||
| March 5 | RIT | 1 – 4 | Niagara | Gene Polisseni Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 01:00 – Kris Spriggs (Pietrobon, Muto) 03:49 – GW – Sam Rennaker (Curran, Dzakhov) | ||||||
| (Logan) Jordan Peacock – 05:00 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:10 – PP – Stanislav Dzakhov (Delman, Boman) 16:56 – EN – Stanislav Dzakhov (Harper, Teichroeb) | ||||||
| ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) Mike Rotolo | Goalie stats | Jackson Teichroeb ( 42 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| Niagara won series 2–1 | |
(7) Mercyhurst vs. (10) American International
| March 3 | Mercyhurst | 4 – 3 | American International | Mercyhurst Ice Center | ||||
| (Duszak, Riley) Derek Barach – 03:27 (Dsuzak, Wu) Taylor Best – PP – 12:14 (Baker, Lancaster) Michael Verboom – 17:24 |
First period | 18:20 – PP – Martin Mellberg (Christensen, Mueller) | ||||||
| (Enns, Charbonneau) Derek Barach – GW – 16:32 | Second period | 05:08 – Kyle Stephan (Christian, Demel) 06:00 – Hugo Reinhardt (Orszulak, Florian) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Brandon Wildung | Goalie stats | Zackarais Skog ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| March 4 | Mercyhurst | 5 – 0 | American International | Mercyhurst Ice Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Enns, Piacentini) Stephen Hrehoriak – GW – 09:00 (Lancaster, Best) Derek Barach – PP – 11:19 (Barach, Lancaster) Jonathan Charbonneau – 13:30 (Drouin, Barach) Jack Riley – PP – 17:41 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Lammon, Whittaker) Joseph Duszak – 01:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Brandon Wildung | Goalie stats | Zackarais Skog ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Mercyhurst won series 2–0 | |
(8) Bentley vs. (9) Sacred Heart
| March 3 | Bentley | 1 – 4 | Sacred Heart | John A. Ryan Arena | ||||
| (Riggleman, Callin) Alexey Soloyev – 10:46 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:13 – Mike Crocock (McIlmurray, De Concilys) 10:15 – GW – Vito Bavaro (Jasper, Tsekos) 17:23 – Justin Danforth (Hladin, Nylen) 19:16 – EN – Stephen Hladin (Minello, Danforth) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Aiden Pelino | Goalie stats | Brett Magnus ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 4 | Bentley | 5 – 2 | Sacred Heart | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:01 – Vito Bavaro (Tsekos) | ||||||
| (Desbiens, Gorowsky) Max French – 06:39 (French) Chris Buchanan – 07:48 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McMurphy, McDonald) Kyle Schmidt – GW – 11:28 (Schmidt, Gorowsky) Max French – 18:13 (unassisted) Max French – EN – 19:29 |
Third period | 02:13 – Jeff Caroll (McIlmurray, Doerksen) | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Jayson Argue | Goalie stats | Brett Magnus ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| March 5 | Bentley | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Sacred Heart | John A. Ryan Arena | |||
| (Gorowsky) Max French – SH – 19:25 | First period | 12:42 – Jordan Minello (Doherty, Danforth) | ||||||
| (Berry, DePourcq) Matt Riggleman – 08:55 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:53 – Ruslan Rakhmatov (Danforth, Minello) | ||||||
| (French, Desbiens) Ryner Gorowsky – GW – 00:30 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Jayson Argue | Goalie stats | Brett Magnus ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| Bentley won series 2–1 | |
Quarterfinals
(1) Canisius vs. (11) Niagara
| March 10 | Canisius | 3 – 0 | Niagara | HarborCenter | ||||
| (Chamberland, McLaughlin) Jimmy Mazza – GW PP – 14:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Parrottino, Heath) Dylan McLaughlin – 03:32 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Chamberland) Nick Hutchison – 01:48 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Charles Williams | Goalie stats | Jackson Teichroeb ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Canisius | 2 – 1 | Niagara | HarborCenter | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schmelzer, Parrottino) Felix Chamberland – PP – 03:06 (Mazza, Stief) Ryan Schmelzer – GW PP – 18:45 |
Third period | 03:49 – PP – Vinny Muto (Curran, Rennaker) | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Charles Williams | Goalie stats | Jackson Teichroeb ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Canisius won series 2–1 | |
(2) Air Force vs. (8) Bentley
| March 10 | Air Force | 4 – 0 | Bentley | Cadet Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Bailry, Serratore) Phil Boje – GW – 03:12 (Stone, Boje) Evan Feno – 08:26 (Feno, Boje) Dan Bailey – 09:01 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Feno) Matt Koch – EN SH – 17:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 18 shots ) Shane Starrett | Goalie stats | Jayson Argue ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) / Aidan Pelino ( 12 saves / 12 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Air Force | 2 – 1 | Bentley | Cadet Ice Arena | ||||
| (unassisted) Jordan Himley – 05:59 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:10 – Andrew McDonald (Callin, Orr) | ||||||
| (Feno) Ben Kucera – GW – 00:39 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 13 saves / 14 shots ) Shane Starrett | Goalie stats | Aidan Pelino ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| Air Force won series 2–0 | |
(3) Army vs. (7) Mercyhurst
| March 10 | Army | 6 – 4 | Mercyhurst | Tate Rink | ||||
| (Andrle, Pham) Joe Shecter – 03:53 | First period | 12:57 – PP – Joseph Duszak (Barach, Charbonneau) | ||||||
| (Soucie, Nick) Dominic Franco – PP – 07:42 (Evancho, Andrle) Nick DeCenzo – 15:35 |
Second period | 02:52 – Kyle Dutra (Sienerth, Bucci) | ||||||
| (Nick, Franco) Brendan Soucie – 03:29 (unassisted) Michael Wilson – PP – 05:41 (Fidler, Franco) Brendan Soucie – 10:41 |
Third period | 04:12 – Jonathan Charbonneau (Riley, Todd) 18:01 – EA – Stephen Hrehoriak (Dutra, Drouin) | ||||||
| ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) Parker Gahagen | Goalie stats | Brandon Wildung ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) / Colin DeAugustine ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Army | 2 – 3 | OT | Mercyhurst | Tate Rink | |||
| (Nick) Conor Andrle – PP – 15:50 | First period | 08:27 – Matthew Whittaker (Ferriero, Duszak) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Reuschlein, Fidler) Brendan Soucie – 14:18 | Third period | 09:33 – PP – Josh Lammon (Whittaker, Wu) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:33 – GW PP – Matthew Whittaker (Lancaster, Best) | ||||||
| ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Parker Gahagen | Goalie stats | Brandon Wildung ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | Army | 4 – 3 | Mercyhurst | Tate Rink | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Reuschlein, Wilkinson) Matt Riggleman – PP – 08:55 (Andrle, Pham) Zach Evancho – 15:20 |
Second period | 12:53 – Philippe Drouin (Duszak, Todd) 13:03 – Wes baker (Lancaster, Verboom) 13:41 – Josh Lammon (Wu, Whittaker) | ||||||
| (unassisted) Trevor Fidler – 00:57 (Mansfield, Maruya) Mike Preston – GW – 11:02 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) Parker Gahagen / ( 9 saves / 9 shots ) Cole Bruns | Goalie stats | Colin DeAugustine ( 30 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Army won series 2–1 | |
(4) Robert Morris vs. (5) Holy Cross
| March 10 | Robert Morris | 6 – 3 | Holy Cross | 84 Lumber Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 17:35 – PP – Mike Barrett (Moore, Lopez) | ||||||
| (Leavens, Israel) Alex Tonge – PP – 12:36 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Moore, Ghantous) Spencer Dorowicz – 01:50 (Bontje) Brady Ferguson – SH – 02:32 (Lynch, Mann) Daniel Mantenuto – GW – 06:11 (Mantenuto, Leavens) Alex Tonge – 09:36 (Robillard, Dagnal) Kyle Horsman – 16:14 |
Third period | 13:35 – SH – Ryan Ferrill (unassisted) 17:54 – Mitch Collett (Robinson, Mackie) | ||||||
| ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) Francis Marotte | Goalie stats | Paul Berrafato ( 21 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Robert Morris | 3 – 2 | Holy Cross | 84 Lumber Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ferguson, Israel) Daniel Leavens – PP – 08:37 (Tonge, Ferguson) Daniel Leavens – 16:34 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Bontje) Brady Ferguson – GW EN – 18:42 | Third period | 16:09 – Mitch Mollett (Mulcahy, Skelly) 19:36 – EA – Peter Crinella (Pooley, Trapp) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Francis Marotte | Goalie stats | Paul Berrafato ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
| Robert Morris won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals
(1) Canisius vs. (4) Robert Morris
| March 17 | Canisius | 2 – 6 | Robert Morris | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:01 – Spencer Dorowicz (Watt, Ghantous) 19:48 – Daniel Mantanuto (unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:40 – GW – Brady Ferguson (Leavens, Tonge) | ||||||
| (Hoover, Edmondson) Nick Hutchison – PP – 04:45 (McLaughlin, Jerry) David Parrottino – EA – 18:03 |
Third period | 14:31 – PP – Brady Ferguson (Leavens) 17:20 – EN – Alex Tonge (Ghantous, Marotte) 18:54 – EN SH – Brady Ferguson (Leavens) | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Charles Williams | Goalie stats | Francis Marotte ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Air Force vs. (3) Army
| March 17 | Air Force | 1 – 0 | Army | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Hrabovsky, Giesler) Ben Kucera – GW – 11:03 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 29 shots ) Shane Starrett | Goalie stats | Parker Gahagan ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(2) Air Force vs. (4) Robert Morris
| March 18 | Air Force | 2 – 1 | Robert Morris | Blue Cross Arena | Recap | |||
| (Himley, Ledford) Erik Baskin – 01:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ledford) Jordan Himley – GW – 19:29 | Second period | 16:02 – Ben Robillard (Israel) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Shane Starrett | Goalie stats | Francis Marotte ( 12 saves / 14 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- G Shane Starrett* (Air Force)
- D Johnny Hrabovsky (Air Force)
- D
- F Jordan Himley (Air Force)
- F Tyler Ledford (Air Force)
- F Brady Ferguson (Robert Morris)
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