Year: | 2010 |
Conference: | Atlantic Hockey |
Dates: | March 5–20, 2010 |
Teams: | 10 |
Finalarena: | Blue Cross Arena |
Finalcity: | Rochester, New York |
Champions: | RIT |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Coach: | Wayne Wilson |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Cameron Burt |
Mvpteam: | RIT |
Prevseason Year: | 2009 |
Prevseason Link: | 2009 Atlantic Hockey Tournament |
Nextseason Year: | 2011 |
Nextseason Link: | 2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament |
The 2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 7th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 20, 2010 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, RIT received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds played a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lower-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and higher-ranked first-round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)