2004 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2004 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the inaugural Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004. All games were played at the Tate Rink in West Point, New York, the home venue of the Army Black Knights. By winning the tournament, Holy Cross received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the first appearance in team history.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play and a play-in game. All games in the tournament are single-elimination. The play-in game consists of the eighth and ninth seeds competing to decide the final qualifier. In the quarterfinals, the first seed plays the winner of the play-in game while the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds play to determine who advances to the semifinals. of the four remaining teams, the highest and lowest remaining ranked teams play each other with the other two teams facing one another to determine the championship participants. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Holy Cross†* 24 17 4 3 37 83 54 36 22 10 4 117 89
Mercyhurst 24 16 7 133 105 71 36 20 14 2 145 122
Quinnipiac 24 12 6 6 30 67 53 35 15 14 6 87 87
Sacred Heart 24 12 8 4 28 87 68 36 14 17 5 107 114
Connecticut 24 9 10 5 23 89 86 35 12 16 7 115 127
Canisius 24 9 11 4 22 67 73 34 10 16 8 84 107
Bentley 24 7 13 4 18 55 71 32 9 19 4 79 103
Army 24 6 15 3 15 55 84 33 12 18 3 82 107
American International 24 3 17 4 10 49 97 34 5 25 4 71 138
Championship: Holy Cross
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

  Play-In[2]
March 12
Quarterfinals
March 13
Semifinals
March 14
Championship[3]
March 20
                                     
    1 Holy Cross 5  
8 Army 3     9 American International 0    
  1 Holy Cross 4  
9 American International 4    
  6 Canisius 1    
3 Quinnipiac 0
   
  6 Canisius 1*  
    1 Holy Cross 4
  4 Sacred Heart 0
  2 Mercyhurst 5  
7 Bentley 4  
  2 Mercyhurst 2
  4 Sacred Heart 3  
4 Sacred Heart 3
  5 Connecticut 0  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Play-In

(8) Army vs. (9) American International

Quarterfinals

(1) Holy Cross vs. (9) American International

(2) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Bentley

(3) Quinnipiac vs. (6) Canisius

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Connecticut

Semifinals

(1) Holy Cross vs. (6) Canisius

(2) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Sacred Heart

Championship

(1) Holy Cross vs. (4) Sacred Heart

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[12]

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

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  2. "Atlantic Hockey 2003-04 Week 25". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  3. "Atlantic Hockey 2003-04 Week 26". USCHO.com. 2004-03-20. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  4. "American International 4, Army 3". USCHO.com. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  5. "Holy Cross 5, American International 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  6. "Mercyhurst 5, Bentley 4". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  7. "Canisius 1, Quinnipiac 4". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  8. "Sacred Heart 3, Connecticut 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  9. "Holy Cross 4, Canisius 1". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  10. "Sacred Heart 3, Mercyhurst 2". USCHO.com. 2004-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  11. "Holy Cross 4, Sacred Heart 0". USCHO.com. 2004-03-20. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  12. "2004 Atlantic Hockey Championship". Inside College Hockey. 2004-03-20. Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
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