2013 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2013 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament
2013 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 8–23, 2013
Teams	12
Finals site	Blue Cross Arena; Rochester, New York
Champions	Canisius (1st title)
Winning coach	Dave Smith (1st title)
MVP	Kyle Gibbons (Canisius)
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The 2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It will be played between March 8 and March 23, 2013 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, United States. The winner of the tournament will earn Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 receives an automatic bid to the 2013 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

2012–13 Atlantic Hockey standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#15 Niagara †	27	20	5	2	42	92	60	38	23	10	5	116	95
Air Force	27	15	7	5	35	92	56	37	17	13	7	120	92
Holy Cross	27	15	9	3	33	83	79	37	20	14	3	111	106
Connecticut	27	14	10	3	31	77	70	37	19	14	4	102	94
Robert Morris	27	13	11	3	29	85	85	38	20	14	4	118	105
Mercyhurst	27	12	11	4	28	90	73	41	19	17	5	128	112
#19 Canisius *	27	12	13	2	26	71	69	43	19	19	5	113	104
RIT	27	11	12	4	26	88	89	38	15	18	5	122	126
American International	27	9	12	6	24	72	78	35	12	17	6	88	112
Bentley	27	10	14	3	23	85	87	35	12	20	3	108	116
Army	27	7	15	5	19	64	92	34	7	22	5	73	121
Sacred Heart	27	2	21	4	8	67	128	36	2	30	4	83	182
Championship: March 23, 2013 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

First round March 8–10					Quarterfinals March 15–17					Semifinals March 22			Championship March 23

					1	Niagara	3	2*	—
5	Robert Morris	4	6	—	8	RIT	2	1	—
12	Sacred Heart	1	1	—						1	Niagara	3
										7	Canisius	5
					2	Air Force	3	3	—
6	Mercyhurst	3	5	—	7	Canisius	4	4*	—
11	Army	1	2	—									6	Mercyhurst	2
													7	Canisius	7
					3	Holy Cross	2	3	0
7	Canisius	4	2	—	6	Mercyhurst	3	2	1
10	Bentley	0	1	—						4	Connecticut	1
										6	Mercyhurst	4
					4	Connecticut	4	4	—
8	RIT	2	7	—	5	Robert Morris	1	3	—
9	American International	1	1	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Sacred Heart

March 8	Robert Morris		4 – 1	Sacred Heart	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
(Hervato, South) Jeff Jones - 01:12 (Lynch, Renwick) Mac Roy - GW - 06:17 (Blazek) Greg Gibson - 14:14		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Jacklin, Wydo) Adam Brace - EN - 19:16		Third period		14:46 - Eric Delong (Sheehan, Barthelmess)
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Eric Levine		Goalie stats		Andrew Bodnarchuk ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

March 9	Robert Morris		6 – 1	Sacred Heart	84 Lumber Arena	Recap
(Brace, Brace) Colin South - 09:27		First period		16:14 - Kyle Verbeek (Lake, Curry)
(Brace, Golightly) Tyler Hinds - GW - 02:22 (Jacklin, Brace) Cody Wydo - EN - 06:01 (Lynch) Matt Cope - 17:41		Second period		No scoring
(Brace) Cody Wydo - PP - 10:32 (Renwick, Cope) Greg Gibson - 14:35		Third period		No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Eric Levine		Goalie stats		Andrew Bodnarchuk ( 40 saves / 34 shots )

Robert Morris won series 2–0

(6) Mercyhurst vs. (11) Army

March 8	Mercyhurst		3 – 1	Army	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		17:49 - Andy Starczewski (Richards, Lalor)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(O'Donoghue, Mastrodicasa) Kyle Just - 10:38 (Misiak, O'Donoghue) Zac Frischmon - GW - 14:34 (Zay, Blakey) Chris Bodo - EN - 19:02		Third period		No scoring
( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Jordan Tibbett		Goalie stats		Rob Tadazak ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

March 9	Mercyhurst		5 – 2	Army	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
(Zay, Bodo) Grant Blakey - 05:24		First period		No scoring
(Just, Frischmon) Daniel O'Donoghue - 04:38		Second period		13:39 - PP - Willie Faust (Pomarico, Zaremba)
(Just, Jones) Grant Blakey - GW - 08:56 (Frischmon, Just) Daniel O'Donoghue - 16:28 (Jones) Ryan Misiak - EN - 19:09		Third period		15:07 - Joe Kozlak (Clark)
( 36 saves / 38 shots ) Max Strang		Goalie stats		Rob Tadazak ( 34 saves / 38 shots )

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(7) Canisius vs. (10) Bentley

March 8	Canisius		4 – 0	Bentley	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Gibbons, Sullivan) Cody Freeman - GW - 05:00		Second period		No scoring
(Sullivan, Gibbons) Ben Parker - 02:26 (Cuddemi) Preston Shupe - PP - 15:09 (McCrank, Roe) Preston Shupe - SH EN - 19:24		Third period		No scoring
( 35 saves / 35 shots ) Tony Capobianco		Goalie stats		Branden Komm ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

March 9	Canisius		2 – 1	Bentley	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Gibbons, Roe) Cody Freeman - 14:36 (Gibbons, Farrell) Cody Freeman - 19:01		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		15:20 - Andrew Gladiuk (Rickord, Koudys)
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Tony Capobianco		Goalie stats		Branden Komm ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

Canisius won series 2–0

(8) RIT vs. (9) American International

March 8	RIT		2 – 1	American International	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
(Colavecchia, Noyes) Chris Saracino - PP - 13:58		First period		No scoring
(McGowan, Garbowsky) Josh Mitchell - GW - 19:47		Second period		03:16 - Jon Puskar (Porter)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Jordan Ruby		Goalie stats		Ben Meisner ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

March 9	RIT		7 – 1	American International	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Recap
(Noyes, Garbowsky) Chris Saracino - PP - 11:03 (Garbowsky, Saracino) Dan Schuler - GW SH - 19:19		First period		No scoring
(Schuler, Garbowsky) Nolan Descoteaux - 09:14 (Raibl) Brad McGowan - 17:45		Second period		No scoring
(Schuler) Matt Garbowsky - 10:46 (Noyes, Mitchell) Ben Lynch - 13:15 (Kuqali, Lynch) Jeff Smith - 14:06		Third period		03:16 - Chris Porter (Lubin, Puskar)
( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Jordan Ruby		Goalie stats		Ben Meisner ( 23 saves / 30 shots ) / Chandler Long ( 1 saves / 1 shots )

RIT won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Niagara vs. (8) RIT

March 15	Niagara		3 – 2	RIT	Dwyer Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Iuorio, Murphy) Jason Beattie - 15:02		Second period		06:11 - Matt Garbowsky (McGowan, Schuler)
(Chartrain, Ryan) Giancarlo Iuorio - 03:27 (Weiss, Zanette) Giancarlo Iuorio - GW - 11:28		Third period		09:26 - Adam Mitchell (Colavecchia, Garbowsky)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Carsen Chubak		Goalie stats		Jordan Ruby ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

March 16	Niagara		2 – 1	OT	RIT	Dwyer Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			01:12 - SH - Josh Mitchell (Lynch)
(Ryan, Murphy) Patrick Divjak - 14:17		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Murphy) Marc Zanette - 13:12		First overtime period			No scoring
( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Carsen Chubak		Goalie stats			Jordan Ruby ( 39 saves / 41 shots )

Niagara won series 2–0

(2) Air Force vs. (7) Canisius

March 15	Air Force		3 – 4	Canisius	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		11:57 - Ryan Bohrer (Larsson, Miller)
(Gunner, Walsh) Kyle De Laurell - 06:36 (Gunner) Stephen Carew - 14:45		Second period		09:11 - Patrick Sullivan (Jessey, Parker)
(Weissenhofer, De Laurell) Tony Thomas - SH EA - 18:52		Third period		07:56 - PP - Patrick Sullivan (unassisted) 19:51 - GW PP - Kyle Gibbons (Freeman, McCrank)
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Jason Torf		Goalie stats		Tony Capobianco ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

March 16	Air Force		3 – 4	OT	Canisius	Cadet Ice Arena	Recap
(Kruse, Halloran) Ben Carey - 18:04		First period			06:13 - Preston Shupe (Cuddemi, Jessey)
(Holm, Carey) Adam McKenzie - 02:21 (De Laurell, Carew) Adam McKenzie - PP - 11:25		Second period			16:33 - Kyle Gibbons (Sullivan, Parker)
No scoring		Third period			18:02 - Matthew Grazen (Miller, Lindsay)
No scoring		First overtime period			01:08 - Duncan McKellar (unassisted)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Jason Torf		Goalie stats			Tony Capobianco ( 50 saves / 53 shots )

Canisius won series 2–0

(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Mercyhurst

March 15	Holy Cross		2 – 3	Mercyhurst	Hart Center	Recap
(Schmidt, Nunn) Shayne Stockton - 10:31		First period		No scoring
(Beckman, Youso) Mike McNamara - 18:20		Second period		16:07 - PP - Tyler Shiplo (Just, O'Donoghue) 18:29 - Daniel Bahntge (unassisted)
No scoring		Third period		07:17 - GW - Grant Blakey (Bodo, Gettinger)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Ginn		Goalie stats		Jordan Tibbett ( 24 saves / 26 shots )

March 16	Holy Cross		3 – 2	Mercyhurst	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		14:39 - Chris Bodo (Shiplo, Blakey)
(Linsmayer, Stockton) Brandon Nunn - PP - 12:43		Second period		14:30 - Grant Blakey (Just, Shiplo)
(McNamara, Ginn) Shayne Stockton - 06:06 (Stockton, Beckman) Joe McNamara - GW - 09:08		Third period		No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Matt Ginn		Goalie stats		Max Strang ( 35 saves / 38 shots )

March 17	Holy Cross		0 – 1	Mercyhurst	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		16:49 - Grant Blakey (Bahntge)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Matt Ginn		Goalie stats		Jordan Tibbett ( 28 saves / 28 shots )

Mercyhurst won series 2–1

(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris

March 15	Connecticut		4 – 1	Robert Morris	Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
(Ambrosie, Sims) Brant Harris - 13:16		First period		11:00 - PP - Cody Wydo (Brace)
(Poe) Joey Ferriss - GW - 04:55 (Gerke, Kirtland) Shawn Pauly - 05:45		Second period		No scoring
(unassisted) Evan Carriere - EN - 18:53		Third period		No scoring
( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Matt Grogan		Goalie stats		Eric Levine ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

March 16	Connecticut		4 – 3	Robert Morris	Freitas Ice Forum	Recap
No Scoring		First period		10:02 - Zach Hervato (South, Jones)
(Pauly, Gerling) Cody Sharib - 01:36 (Sharib, Huson) Shawn Pauly - 12:27 (Gerke, Cooke) Joey Ferriss - 12:43		Second period		14:48 - Andrew Blazek (Hervato)
(Bouchard, Smutek) Trevor Gerling - GW - 03:01		Third period		16:17 - EA - Cody Wydo (Hervato, South)
( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Matt Grogan		Goalie stats		Eric Levine ( 26 saves / 30 shots )

Connecticut won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Niagara vs. (7) Canisius

March 22	Niagara		3 – 5	Canisius	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Murphy) Giancarlo Iuorio - 03:26		First period		10:33 - Cody Freeman (Sullivan, Gibbons) 19:21 - Ben Danford (McKellar, Gibbons)
(Kohls) Hugo Turcotte - 04:05 (Zanette, Ryan) Giancarlo Iuorio - 13:11		Second period		10:33 - Tyler Wiseman (Miller, McCrank) 19:40 - GW PP - Duncan McKellar (Wiseman, Farrell)
No scoring		Third period		01:58 - Tyler Wiseman (Miller, McCrank)
( 24 saves / 29 shots ) Carsen Chubak		Goalie stats		Tony Capobianco ( 41 saves / 44 shots )

(4) Connecticut vs. (6) Mercyhurst

March 22	Connecticut		1 – 4	Mercyhurst	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
(Sharib, Pauly) Trevor Gerling - 07:36		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		09:15 - Zac Frischmon (unassisted) 15:59 - GW - Paul Chiasson (Jones, DeWald)
No scoring		Third period		13:19 - PP - Ryan Misiak (Just, Shiplo) 18:06 - EN - Paul Chiasson (Tibbett)
( 29 saves / 32 shots ) Matt Grogan		Goalie stats		Jordan Tibbett ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

Championship

(6) Mercuhurst vs. (7) Canisius

March 23	Mercuhurst		2 – 7	Canisius	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		09:23 - Kyle Gibbons (Sullivan)
(Jones, O'Donoghue) Matthew Zay - 13:22		Second period		04:36 - PP - Kyle Gibbons (Danford, Freeman) 12:31 - GW - Ralph Cuddemi (Shupe, Grazen) 19:03 - PP - Ralph Cuddemi (Wiseman, Shupe)
(Blakey, Bahntge) Nick Jones - PP - 00:58		Third period		07:03 - Cody Freeman (Gibbons, Parker) 08:17 - Torrey Lindsay (Larsson) 14:42 - PP - Ben Parker (ice hockey)Ben Parker (Gibbons, Danford)
( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Jordan Tibbett / ( 4 saves / 6 shots ) Max Strang		Goalie stats		Tony Capobianco ( 34 saves / 36 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G Tony Capobianco (Canisius)
D Ben Danford (Canisius)
D Nick Jones (Mercyhurst)
F Kyle Gibbons* (Canisius)
F Tyler Wiseman (Canisius)
F Paul Chiasson (Mercyhurst)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

^ "Griffs Win 2013 Atlantic Hockey Championship!". Canisius Golden Griffins. Retrieved August 15, 2018.

[1] "Griffs Win 2013 Atlantic Hockey Championship!". Canisius Golden Griffins. Retrieved August 15, 2018.

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