2017 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2017 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament
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 v t e
	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^[1]	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^[2]	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^[3]	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^[4]	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^[5]	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^[6]	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^[7]	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^[8]	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^[9]	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^[10]	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^[11]	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^[12]	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^[13]	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^[14]	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^[15]	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^[16]	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^[17]	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^[18]	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^[19]	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^[20]	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)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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