1999 MAAC men's 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)
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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