2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2014, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament was the Robert Morris Colonials, who earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2014 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, played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular season standings received 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 played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 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

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Mercyhurstdagger 27 17 4 6 40 107 65 41 21 13 7 148 124
Bentley 27 16 7 4 36 100 67 37 19 14 4 127 99
Air Force 27 15 9 3 33 81 73 39 21 14 4 115 106
Connecticut 27 15 9 3 33 75 61 36 18 14 4 91 86
Robert Morris* 27 13 9 5 31 95 78 42 19 18 5 145 130
Niagara 27 11 11 5 27 89 78 40 15 20 5 113 122
Canisius 27 11 13 3 25 81 78 41 17 21 3 120 125
Holy Cross 27 11 13 3 25 68 72 39 14 22 3 97 114
RIT 27 10 14 3 23 67 84 37 12 20 5 94 124
Sacred Heart 27 11 16 0 22 75 99 36 12 24 0 82 137
American International 27 9 17 1 19 74 107 36 10 25 1 90 151
Army 27 5 22 0 10 60 110 34 6 28 0 73 146
Championship: Robert Morris
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

  First round
March 7–9		 Quarterfinals
March 14–16		 Semifinals
March 21		 Championship
March 22
                                             
  1  Mercyhurst 5* 4 — 1  Mercyhurst 4  
5  Robert Morris 8 2 3 8  Holy Cross 4 1 — 7  Canisius 5**  
12  Army 4 4 1
  2  Bentley 4* 4 2
6  Niagara 1** 4 — 7  Canisius 3 5** 3     5  Robert Morris 7
11  AIC 0 2 —   7  Canisius 4
  3  Air Force 2 3 3
7  Canisius 3 5 — 6  Niagara 1 4 4*
10  Sacred Heart 0 0 —
  4  Connecticut 0 2 — 5  Robert Morris 5*
8  Holy Cross 2 5 3* 5  Robert Morris 3 3 — 6  Niagara 4  
9  RIT 3* 1 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

MVP

References

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