2004 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2004 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the inaugural

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

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 1 33 105 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
9 American International 4 1 Holy Cross 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

March 9[4] Army 3 – 4 American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Picone) Jon Boyle - 06:40
(Mayfield, Cruthers) Chris Casey - PP - 08:41
First period 05:47 -
Troy Johnston (Walbert, Valdes)
13:28 - Jay Fennessy
No scoring Second period 10:13 - John Levesque (McConnell, Miller)
(Mayfield, Rudd) Chris Casey - 14:21 Third period 10:10 - GW PP - Guillaume Caron (Walbert)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Brad Roberts Goalie stats Frank Novello ( 34 saves / 37 shots )


Quarterfinals

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

March 13[5] Holy Cross 5 – 0 American International Tate Rink Recap  
(O'Grady, Kealey) Jeff Dams - GW - 07:03 First period No scoring
(McGregor, Napert-Frenette) Andrew McKay - 19:46 Second period No scoring
(Dams) Greg Kealey - PP - 01:09
(Sixsmith) Greg Kealey - 06:43
Matt Conway - 13:14
Third period No scoring
( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Tony Quesada Goalie stats Frank Novello ( 44 saves / 49 shots )


(2) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Bentley

March 13[6] Mercyhurst 5 – 4 Bentley Tate Rink Recap  
(Carter, Rynshoven) Adam Tackaberry - 01:41 First period No scoring
(Hansen, Champagne) T. J. Kemp - 11:31 Second period 03:46 - Paul Markarian (McCartin)
10:24 - Brendan McCartin (Markarian, Lovell)
17:35 - Brendan McCartin (Markarian, Lovell)
(Borrelli, Reynolds)
Rich Hansen
- GW PP - 16:17
Third period 07:33 - Brendan McCartin (Plattner)
( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Andy Franck / ( 6 saves / 7 shots ) Jordan Wakefield Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 26 saves / 31 shots )


(3) Quinnipiac vs. (6) Canisius

March 13[7] Quinnipiac 0 – 1 OT Canisius Tate Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 01:37 - GW - Justin Carre
( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Jamie Holden Goalie stats Bryan Worosz ( 27 saves / 27 shots )


(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Connecticut

March 12[8] Sacred Heart 3 – 0 Connecticut Tate Rink Recap  
(Billinghurst, Chmiel) Peter Giatrelis - GW PP - 04:19 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Connerty, Chmiel) William Billinghurst - 11:15
(Molinaro) Garrett Larson - EN - 18:17
Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Kevin LaPointe Goalie stats Scott Tomes ( 26 saves / 28 shots )


Semifinals

(1) Holy Cross vs. (6) Canisius

March 14[9] Holy Cross 4 – 1 Canisius Tate Rink Recap  
(Bianchi, Kealey) Jeff Dams - 00:31 First period No scoring
(Walker, Coskren) Jonas Tomiuck - GW PP - 14:48 Second period No scoring
(Coskren, Dams) Greg Kealey - PP - 10:27
Greg Kealey - EN SH - 18:52
Third period 06:31 - Rob Martin (Corcoran, Cohen)
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Tony Quesada Goalie stats Bryan Worosz ( 21 saves / 24 shots )


(2) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Sacred Heart

March 14[10] Mercyhurst 2 – 3 Sacred Heart Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period 14:22 - Pierre-Luc O'Brien (Ferraro, Wright)
Kyle Gourgon - 02:55
(Martin, Reynolds) Erik Johnson - SH - 05:33
Second period 04:06 - Konn Hawkes (Larson, Molinaro)
16:48 - Pierre-Luc O'Brien
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Jordan Wakefield Goalie stats Kevin LaPointe ( 22 saves / 24 shots )


Championship

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

March 20[11] Holy Cross 4 – 0 Sacred Heart Tate Rink Recap  
(Napert-Frenette) Andrew McKay - GW - 05:06
(Dams, Sixsmith) Greg Kealey - 09:54
First period (Coskren, Sixsmith) Jeff Dams - PP - 08:15
(Napert-Frenette, Irving) Andrew McKay - PP - 16:15
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Tony Quesada Goalie stats Kevin LaPointe ( 29 saves / 33 shots )


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

*

Most Valuable Player(s)

[12]

References

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  4. ^ "American International 4, Army 3". USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross 5, American International 0". USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  6. ^ "Mercyhurst 5, Bentley 4". USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  7. ^ "Canisius 1, Quinnipiac 4". USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  8. ^ "Sacred Heart 3, Connecticut 0". USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  9. ^ "Holy Cross 4, Canisius 1". USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  10. ^ "Sacred Heart 3, Mercyhurst 2". USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  11. ^ "Holy Cross 4, Sacred Heart 0". USCHO.com. March 20, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  12. ^ "2004 Atlantic Hockey Championship". Inside College Hockey. March 20, 2004. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2013.