2010 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament explained

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.

Format

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.

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)

Results

First round

(8) Bentley vs. (9) Connecticut

Quarterfinals

(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Canisius

Semifinals

(2) Sacred Heart vs. (3) Air Force

Championship

(1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)