2012 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2012 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 9th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. I was played between March 2 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, United States. Air Force won their 5th tournament and earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament after defeating RIT in the championship game.

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, play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular season standings receive 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 play 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 play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Current 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
#16 Air Forcedagger* 27 15 6 6 36 85 52 39 21 11 7 119 83
Niagara 27 14 6 7 35 80 53 37 17 11 9 101 81
RIT 27 14 7 6 34 72 52 39 20 13 6 99 86
Mercyhurst 27 15 8 4 34 79 68 40 20 16 4 111 116
Holy Cross 27 15 8 4 34 93 70 39 20 15 4 120 107
Bentley 27 13 7 7 33 81 59 40 16 16 8 114 109
Robert Morris 27 13 9 5 31 72 58 39 17 17 5 102 103
Connecticut 27 12 12 3 27 78 67 39 16 19 4 112 105
Canisius 27 10 14 3 23 54 74 36 10 22 4 66 111
American International 27 6 18 3 15 57 98 37 8 26 3 82 137
Sacred Heart 27 4 20 3 11 66 122 37 6 28 3 84 173
Army 27 3 19 5 11 52 96 34 4 23 7 65 120
Championship: Air Force 4, RIT 0
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

  First round
March 2–4		 Quarterfinals
March 9–11		 Semifinals
March 16		 Championship
March 17
                                             
  1 Air Force 4 1 4 1 Air Force 5  
5 Holy Cross 3 5 — 8 Connecticut 3 3 3 4 Mercyhurst 2  
12 Army 2 2 —
  2 Niagara 3 2 —
6 Bentley 5 2 5 7 Robert Morris 0 1 —     1 Air Force 4
11 Sacred Heart 3 4 0   3 RIT 0
  3 RIT 1 5** 3
7 Robert Morris 5 5 4* 6 Bentley 4 4 0
10 American International 3 7 3
  4 Mercyhurst 2 1 3 2 Niagara 1
8 Connecticut 4* 3 — 5 Holy Cross 1 3 1 3 RIT 2*  
9 Canisius 3 0 —

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

MVP

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Atlantic Hockey Championship". Go Air Force Falcons. 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
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