2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
# 2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2014 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2014, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament was the Robert Morris Colonials, who earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## 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, played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular-season standings received 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 played 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 played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

### Standings

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

2013–14 Atlantic Hockey standingsvte :

| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Mercyhurst | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 107 | 65 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 148 | 124 |
| Bentley | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 100 | 67 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 127 | 99 |
| Air Force | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 81 | 73 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 115 | 106 |
| Connecticut | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 75 | 61 | 36 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 91 | 86 |
| Robert Morris* | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 95 | 78 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 145 | 130 |
| Niagara | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 89 | 78 | 40 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 113 | 122 |
| Canisius | 27 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 81 | 78 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 120 | 125 |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 68 | 72 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 97 | 114 |
| RIT | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 67 | 84 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 94 | 124 |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 75 | 99 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 82 | 137 |
| American International | 27 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 74 | 107 | 36 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 90 | 151 |
| Army | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 110 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 73 | 146 |
| Championship: Robert Morris indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014 |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 7–9 | First round March 7–9 | First round March 7–9 | First round March 7–9 | First round March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Semifinals March 21 | Semifinals March 21 | Semifinals March 21 | Championship March 22 | Championship March 22 | Championship March 22 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | Mercyhurst | 5* | 4 | — | | | | | | |
| 5 | Robert Morris | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Holy Cross | 4 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| 12 | Army | 4 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | Mercyhurst | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Canisius | 5** | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Bentley | 4* | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Niagara | 1** | 4 | — | 7 | Canisius | 3 | 5** | 3 | | | | | | |
| 11 | American International | 0 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | 7 | Canisius | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Robert Morris | 7 |
| | | | | | 3 | Air Force | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Canisius | 3 | 5 | — | 6 | Niagara | 1 | 4 | 4* | | | | | | |
| 10 | Sacred Heart | 0 | 0 | — | | | | | | 5 | Robert Morris | 5* | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Niagara | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Connecticut | 0 | 2 | — | | | | | | |
| 8 | Holy Cross | 2 | 5 | 3* | 5 | Robert Morris | 3 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| 9 | RIT | 3* | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results

### First round

**(5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Army**

* Robert Morris won series 2–1

**(6) Niagara vs. (11) American International**

* Niagara won series 2–0

**(7) Canisius vs. (10) Sacred Heart**

* Canisius won series 2–0

**(8) Holy Cross vs. (9) RIT**

* Holy Cross won series 2–1

### Quarterfinals

**(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Holy Cross**

* Mercyhurst won series 2–0

**(2) Bentley vs. (7) Canisius**

* Canisius won series 2–1

**(3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara**

* Niagara won series 2–1

**(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris**

* Robert Morris won series 2–0

## Tournament awards

### All-Tournament Team

* G Dalton Izyk (Robert Morris).
* D Doug Jessey (Canisius).
* D Chris Rumble (Canisius).
* F Ralph Cuddemi (Robert Morris).
* F Greg Gibson (Robert Morris).
* F Cody Wydo* (Robert Morris).
* Most Valuable Player(s)
