2009 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2009
Conference:Atlantic Hockey
Dates:March 7–21, 2009
Teams:10
Finalarena:Blue Cross Arena
Finalcity:Rochester, New York
Champions:Air Force
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Frank Serratore
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Matt Fairchild
Mvpteam:Air Force
Prevseason Year:2008
Prevseason Link:2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2010
Nextseason Link:2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2009 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 6th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 7 and March 21, 2009, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. Air Force won their third consecutive Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds play a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and highest ranked first round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds play a best-of-three series, with the winner 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 and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(8) Sacred Heart vs. (9) Connecticut

Quarterfinals

(4) Bentley vs. (5) Canisius

Semifinals

(2) RIT vs. (3) Mercyhurst

Championship

(1) Air Force vs. (3) Mercyhurst

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lerch . Chris . Air Force captures third consecutive Atlantic Hockey crown . U.S. College Hockey Online . 2009-03-21 . 2009-03-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090325133820/http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20082009/m/03/21/merc-afa.php . March 25, 2009 .