2011 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2011 Atlantic Hockey ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 5–19, 2011
Teams	12
Finals site	Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York
Champions	Air Force (4th title)
Winning coach	Frank Serratore (4th title)
MVP	Jacques Lamoureux (Air Force)
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The 2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 8th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 19, 2011, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. For the first round, the twelve teams in the league are divided into the two "scheduling pods" used to devise the season schedule. Within each pod, the top two seeds received a bye, while the third and fourth seeds in each pod hosted the fifth and sixth seeds for a single game, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals, the teams are reseeded without reference to the pods. The top four remaining seeds will host the bottom four remaining seeds in best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest 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 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Current standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
The overall statistics include postseason games.

2010–11 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
RIT†	27	15	5	7	37	95	64		38	19	11	8	128	99
#18 Air Force*	27	14	7	6	34	106	85		38	20	12	6	137	115
Holy Cross	27	14	8	5	33	97	73		38	17	16	5	128	118
Niagara	27	15	10	2	32	99	92		35	18	13	4	124	120
Robert Morris	27	13	9	5	31	89	72		35	18	12	5	107	97
Connecticut	27	13	12	2	28	87	90		37	15	18	4	114	133
Mercyhurst	27	12	13	2	26	98	80		37	15	18	4	131	112
Canisius	27	10	12	5	25	76	83		38	13	19	6	110	135
Army	27	10	13	4	24	69	84		35	11	20	4	86	115
Bentley	27	9	13	5	23	70	88		34	10	18	6	86	117
Sacred Heart	27	5	16	6	16	75	112		37	6	25	6	95	173
American International	27	7	19	1	15	75	113		33	8	24	1	85	140
Championship: Air Force † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Bracket

	First round March 5					Quarterfinals March 11–13							Semifinals March 18					Championship March 19
						1	RIT	5	5	—
	3E	Army	3			12	American International	0	1	—
	6E	American International	6										1	RIT	4
													6	Connecticut	2
						2	Air Force	7	4	—
	4E	Bentley	3			11	Sacred Heart	5	0	—
	5E	Sacred Heart	6															1	RIT	0
																		2	Air Force	1
						3	Holy Cross	6	2	7
	3W	Niagara	3			8	Canisius	3	3*	3
	6W	Canisius	6										2	Air Force	3
													3	Holy Cross	2
						6	Connecticut	5	4*	—
	4W	Robert Morris	1			7	Mercyhurst	2	3	—
	5W	Mercyhurst	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

(12)(6E) American International at (9)(3E) Army

March 5	Army		3 – 6		American International	Tate Rink	Recap
Mark Dube - pp - 03:50 Danny Colvin - 07:05		First period			01:54 - Tom Mele 12:26 - 5x3 - Jon Puskar
No scoring		Second period			01:36 - Greg Vatrano
Matt Celin - pp - 07:50		Third period			10:11 - Adam Pleskach 13:30 - pp - Blake Peake 18:53 - en - Nielsson Arcibal
Jay Clark ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot )		Goalie stats			Ben Meisner ( 36 saves / 39 shots )

(11)(5E) Sacred Heart at (10)(4E) Bentley

March 5	Bentley		3 – 6		Sacred Heart	John A. Ryan Arena	Recap
Dustin Cloutier - 06:14		First period			07:32 - pp - Evan Mladenoff
Jamie Nudy - 03:20 Cloutier - 13:22		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			07:54 - Mladenoff 10:41 - Matt Gingera 10:50 - Ben Ketchum 12:24 - Gingera 19:37 - en - Gingera
Joe Calvi ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot )		Goalie stats			Olivier St. Onge ( 42 saves / 45 shots )

(8)(6W) Canisius at (4)(3W) Niagara

March 5	Niagara		3 – 6		Canisius	Dwyer Arena	Recap
Derek Foam - pp - 19:36		First period			01:08 - Eric Rex
No scoring		Second period			06:52 - pp - Vincent Scarsella 09:34 - 5x3 - Preston Shupe 11:33 - Scott Moser 15:19 - Scarsella
Giancarlo Iuorio - 05:58 Bryan Haczyk - pp - 07:39		Third period			16:52 - Rex
Cody Campbell ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) Chris Noonan (ice hockey) ( 9 saves / 11 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Morrison ( 48 saves / 51 shots )

(7)(5E) Mercyhurst at (5)(4E) Robert Morris

March 5	Robert Morris		1 – 5		Mercyhurst	Island Sports Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			07:02 - Scott Pitt
No scoring		Second period			08:36 - Pitt 12:43 - Jesse Echternach
Trevor Lewis - sh - 01:59		Third period			16:35 - Taylor Holstrom 17:59 - en - Mike Gurtler
Brooks Ostergard ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Empty net ( 1 shot ) Eric Ferber ( 5 saves / 5 shots )		Goalie stats			Ryan Zapolski ( 30 saves / 31 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) RIT vs. (12) American International

March 11	RIT		5 – 0		American International	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
(Burt) Bryan Potts - GW - 17:44		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Favot) Ben Lynch - 07:47 (Murphy, Burt) Nolan Descoteaux - 09:09 (unassisted) Mark Cornacchia - 10:16 (Saracino, Favot) Tyler Brenner - EN - 18:17		Third period			No scoring
( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Shane Madolora		Goalie stats			Ben Meisner ( 39 saves / 44 shots )

March 12	RIT		5 – 1		American International	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			14:56 - SH - Nielsson Arcibal (unassisted)
(McReynolds, Hartley) Adam Mitchell - 04:28 (Burt, Potts) Sean Murphy - GW - 06:11 (Lynch, Brenner) Andrew Favot - 11:54 (Saracino, Noyes) Tyler Brenner - PP - 18:17		Second period			No scoring
(Cornacchia) Scott Knowles - SH EN - 19:19		Third period			No scoring
( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Shane Madolora		Goalie stats			Ben Meisner ( 46 saves / 50 shots )

RIT won series 2–0

(2) Air Force vs. (11) Sacred Heart

March 11	Air Force		7 – 5		Sacred Heart	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(Kirby, Mathis) John Kruse - 03:57 (Weisgarber, Kruse) George Michalke - 05:28 (Burnett, De Laurell) Jacques Lamoureux - 06:03 (Timar) Sean Bertsch - 11:11		First period			03:38 - Torin Snydeman (Delong, Gingera) 10:45 - Matt Gingera (unassisted) 18:45 - PP - Kyle Verbeek (Stretch, Lewis)
(Mathis, Kirby) Jacques Lamoureux - PP - 00:35 (Fabian, Kruse) Tony Thomas - GW - 19:07		Second period			03:18 - Anthony Yelovich (Knowlton) 06:09 - PP - Matt Gingera (Knowlton, Stuart)
(Lamoureux, Burnett) Kyle De Laurell - 16:02		Third period			No scoring
( 11 saves / 16 shots ) Jason Torf / ( 12 saves / 12 shots ) Stephen Caple		Goalie stats			Olivier St. Onge ( 6 saves / 9 shots ) / Steven Legatto ( 28 saves / 32 shots )

March 12	Air Force		4 – 0		Sacred Heart	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(McKenzie, Sellers) Casey Kleisinger - GW PP - 11:44		First period			No scoring
(Kleisinger, Michalke) Paul Weisgarber - 07:11		Second period			No scoring
(De Laurell) Jacques Lamoureux - 14:32 (De Laurell, Fabian) John Kruse - 16:39		Third period			No scoring
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Jason Torf		Goalie stats			Steven Legatto ( 41 saves / 45 shots )

Air Force won series 2–0

(3) Holy Cross vs. (8) Canisius

March 11	Holy Cross		6 – 3		Canisius	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			11:10 - Kyle Gibbons (unassisted)
(Reppucci, Nunn) Kyle Fletcher - 00:58 (Silvia, Vos) Matt Clune - 03:28		Second period			06:12 - Chris Forsman (Danowski, Kenney)
(Reppucci, Daly) Adam Schmidt - 01:36 (Linsmayer, Fletcher) Brandon Nunn - GW PP - 14:23 (unassisted) Shayne Stockton - 19:02 (unassisted) Rob Linsmayer - EN - 19:32		Third period			15:46 - Vincent Scarsella (Jenks, Lindsay)
( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Adam Roy		Goalie stats			Dan Morrison ( 24 saves / 29 shots )

March 12	Holy Cross		2 – 3	OT	Canisius	Hart Center	Recap
(Stockton, Schmidt) Everett Sheen - 17:43		First period			No scoring
(Schmidt, Daly) Everett Sheen - 03:09		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			06:12 - Chris Forsman (Conacher, Scarsella) 06:12 - Kyle Gibbons (Conacher, Scarsella)
No scoring		First overtime period			15:46 - GW - Kyle Gibbons (Bohrer, Lindsay)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Adam Roy		Goalie stats			Dan Morrison ( 49 saves / 51 shots )

March 13	Holy Cross		7 – 3		Canisius	Hart Center	Recap
(Vos, Fletcher) Jeffrey Reppucci - 18:50 (Schmidt, Stockton) Everett Sheen - 19:23		First period			No scoring
(Nunn, Baker) Kyle Fletcher - 03:09		Second period			07:12 - PP - Vincent Scarsella (Danford, Shupe)
(unassisted) Shayne Stockton - GW - 09:52 (Baker) Kyle Fletcher - 10:11 (Sheen, Davis) Adam Schmidt - EN - 18:43 (Clune, Daly) Kyle Fletcher - PP EN - 19:16		Third period			01:31 - Scott Jenks (Conacher, Scarsella) 05:57 - Cory Conacher (Scarsella, Shupe)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Adam Roy		Goalie stats			Dan Morrison ( 26 saves / 31 shots )

Holy Cross won series 2–1

(6) Connecticut vs. (7) Mercyhurst

March 11	Connecticut		5 – 2		Mercyhurst	Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
(Sapieha, Bergin) Corey Jendras - 05:27		First period			No scoring
(Harris, Janosz) Corey Jendras - 02:28		Second period			06:33 - John Mousso (Gurtler, Raven) 18:37 - SH - John Mousso (unassisted)
(Schneider, Waterstradt) Corey Jendras - GW - 05:00 (Sims, Encarnacao) Marcello Ranallo - 05:52 (Encarnacao, Bergin) Corey Jendras - EN - 19:57		Third period			No scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Garrett Bartus		Goalie stats			Ryan Zapolski ( 21 saves / 25 shots )

March 12	Connecticut		4 – 3	OT	Mercyhurst	Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Krispel, Ambrosie) Steve Bergin - 12:30 (Ranallo) Cole Schneider - 13:39 (Cooper, Winter) Billy Latta - 15:34		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			06:09 - PP - Nate Jensen (Chiasson, Pitt) 06:27 - Scott Pitt (Goebel, Holstrom) 12:11 - PP - Mike Gurtler (Blakey)
(Ambrosie, Harris) Tom Janosz - GW - 11:41		First overtime period			No scoring
( 53 saves / 56 shots ) Garrett Bartus		Goalie stats			Ryan Zapolski ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) / Max Strang ( 11 saves / 12 shots )

Connecticut won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) RIT vs. (6) Connecticut

March 18	RIT		4 – 2		Connecticut	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Haltigin, Janda) Scott Knowles - 03:31 (Eckenswiller) Ben Lynch - 09:11 (unassisted) Sean Murphy - GW SH - 14:23		First period			18:25 - Cole Schneider (Gerke)
No scoring		Second period			19:53 - PP - Marcello Ranallo (Schneider, Winter)
(unassisted) Sean Murphy - 16:32		Third period			No scoring
( 39 saves / 41 shots ) Shane Madolora		Goalie stats			Garrett Bartus ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) / Matt Grogan ( 16 saves / 17 shots )

(2) Air Force vs. (3) Holy Cross

March 18	Air Force		3 – 2		Holy Cross	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Timar, Kozlak) Scott Mathis - 15:39		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			14:50 - Shayne Stockton (Sheen)
(De Laurell, Burnett) Jacques Lamoureux - 09:26 (De Laurell, Carew) Jacques Lamoureux - 15:44		Third period			02:51 - Erik Vos (Gordon, Cox)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Jason Torf		Goalie stats			Adam Roy ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

Championship

(1) RIT vs. (2) Air Force

March 19	RIT		0 – 1		Air Force	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			13:41 - Jacques Lamoureux (Kirby, Torf)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Shane Madolora		Goalie stats			Jason Torf ( 40 saves / 40 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G Jason Torf (Air Force)
• D Tim Kirby (Air Force)
• D Scott Mathis (Air Force)
• F Jacques Lamoureux* (Air Force)
• F Sean Murphy (RIT)
• F Cole Schneider (Connecticut)

* Most Valuable Player(s)