2008 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's March 7–16, 2008 10 Blue Cross Arena Rochester, New York Air ForceAir Force Men's Hockey Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/air-force/mens-hockey/ USCHO.com 2014-08-10 2nd Frank SerratoreFrank Serratore Year-by-Year Coaching Record http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,10/frank-serratore/ USCHO.com 2014-08-10 2nd Brent OlsonAtlantic Hockey Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/aha_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archive 2014-08-10 Air Force 2007 2007 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2009 2009 Atlantic Hockey Tournament The 2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2008. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while all 'Final Five' games were played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Format The tournament featured four rounds of play. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. All quarterfinal matchups were best-of-three series with the top three remaining seeds receiving byes into the semifinal round and the lowest two remaining seeds playing in a four-vs-five match. All rounds after the quarterfinals were conducted as single-elimination games. The winner of the four-vs-five game would advance to the semifinals to play the highest remaining seed while the other two remaining seeds faced off in the other semifinal game. The winners of the semifinal games advanced to play each other in a championship game with the tournament champion receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Conference standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Men's Division I Hockey Standings: 2007-2008 http://www.uscho.com/standings/division-i-men/2007-2008/ USCHO.com 2014-08-10 Bracket Atlantic Hockey Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/aha_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archive 2014-08-10 Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals QuarterfinalsAtlantic Hockey 2007-08 Week 24 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/atlantic-hockey/2007-2008/list-24/ USCHO.com 2008-03-09 2014-08-10March 7–9 1 Army 4 5 — 10 American International 0 2 — 2 RIT 5* 5* — 9 Holy Cross 4 4 — 3 Air Force 9 3 — 8 Bentley 2 1 — 4 Sacred Heart 6 2 4 7 Connecticut 5 3* 1 5 Mercyhurst 4 2* — 6 Canisius 1 1 — Four vs. FiveAtlantic Hockey 2007-08 Week 25 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/atlantic-hockey/2007-2008/list-25/ USCHO.com 2008-03-16 2014-08-10March 14 4 Sacred Heart 1 5 Mercyhurst 4 SemifinalsMarch 15 1 Army 2 5 Mercyhurst 4 2 RIT 0 3 Air Force 5 ChampionshipMarch 16 3 Air Force 5** 5 Mercyhurst 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (1) Army vs. (10) American International Army American International Tate Rink March 7Army 4, American International 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/07/american-international-vs-army/ USCHO.com 2008-03-07 2014-08-10 4 – 0 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2008/03/07/aic-denied-entry-to-armys-kassel/ 1 (Flicek, Meyer) Bryce Hollweg - GW - 03:11 (Pierson, Sefchik) Rob Ross - 08:56(Anderson) Will Ryan - 12:25(unassisted) Eric Sefchik - 13:10 ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Josh Kassel Dan Ramirez ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) March 8Army 5, American International 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/08/american-international-vs-army/ USCHO.com 2008-03-08 2014-08-10 5 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2008/03/08/blackout-then-jackets-out-as-army-advances/ 1 (Ryan, Colvin) Joey Ammon - 13:15 09:12 - PP - Mark Pavli (Bolognino, McMillan)17:23 - Greg Genovese (Little, Campanale) (Fearing, Colvin) Ken Rowe - 04:11(unassisted) Owen Meyer - GW PS - 19:19(Omilusik) Ken Rowe - 19:39 (Sefchik, Meyer) Bryce Hollweg - 01:59 ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Josh Kassel Tom Fenton ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) Army won series 2–0 (2) RIT vs. (9) Holy Cross RIT Holy Cross Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena March 7RIT 5, Holy Cross 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/07/holy-cross-vs-rit/ USCHO.com 2008-03-07 2014-08-10 5 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2008/03/07/rit-edges-holy-cross-in-ot/ 1 1 (Lambert, Ringwald) Matt Smith - PP - 08:25 19:32 - Joe Brock (Dams, Reinhardt) 19:59 - Matt Znutas (unassisted) (Sarazin, Burns) Stevan Matic - 02:33(Ringwald, Lambert) Matt Smith - PP - 08:54(Burns) Matt Smith - 16:01 06:21 - PP - Matt Burke (Forshner)09:06 - Brodie Sheahan (Forshner, Gabriel) (Lambert, Ringwald) Matt Crowell - GW - 15:19 ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Louis Menard Adam Roy ( 36 saves / 41 shots ) March 8RIT 5, Holy Cross 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/08/holy-cross-vs-rit/ USCHO.com 2008-03-08 2014-08-10 5 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2008/03/08/rit-sweeps-holy-cross/ 1 1 (Lambert, Murphy) Matt Smith - PP - 03:12(Favot, Lambert) Matt Crowell - 15:43 08:19 - Dale Reinhardt (Dams) (Lambert, Murphy) Matt Smith - PP - 01:07 05:16 - Cal St. Denis (Franklin, Jelinek)05:54 - Rob Forshner (Sheen, Werry)12:34 - Rob Forshner (Burke, Brock) (Draper, Kharin) Jesse Newman - 08:32 (Patry, Walton) Matt Smith - GW - 04:17 ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) Louis Menard Adam Roy ( 33 saves / 38 shots ) RIT won series 2–0 (3) Air Force vs. (8) Bentley Air Force Bentley Cadet Ice Arena March 7Air Force 9, Bentley 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/07/bentley-vs-air-force/ USCHO.com 2008-03-07 2014-08-10 9 – 2 1 (Fairchild, Flynn) Josh Schaffer - 09:01 11:07 - Pat Percella (Preece) (Nylander, Hajner) Derrick Burnett - PP - 02:50(Olson, Frider) Scott Kozlak - GW - 04:18(Nylander, Mayra) Sean Bertsch - 04:54(Charbonneau, Frider) Mike Phillipich - PP - 07:22(Hajner, Burnett) Brett Nylander - 09:33(Kelly, Sellers) Blake Page - 13:05(Hajner) Greg Flynn - PP - 16:37 (Bertsch, Phillipich) Brad Sellers - 07:26 12:49 - Jeff Gumaer (Canzoneri, Prewitt) ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Andrew Volkening Joe Calvi ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) / Nick Moise ( 14 saves / 19 shots ) March 8Air Force 3, Bentley 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/08/bentley-vs-air-force/ USCHO.com 2008-03-08 2014-08-10 3 – 1 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2008/03/08/air-force-tops-bentley/ 1 (Fairchild, Flynn) Brent Olson - PP - 09:27(Hajner, Burnett) Greg Flynn - GW PP - 10:03 (Burnett, Charbonneau) Jeff Hajner - PP - 03:59 15:12 - Dain Prewitt (Cloutier, Canzoneri) ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Andrew Volkening Joe Calvi ( 43 saves / 46 shots ) Air Force won series 2–0 (4) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Connecticut Sacred Heart Connecticut Milford Ice Pavilion March 7Sacred Heart 6, Connecticut 5 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/07/connecticut-vs-sacred-heart/ USCHO.com 2008-03-07 2014-08-10 6 – 5 1 (Tyll, Drew) Alexandre Parent - 17:47 (Knowlton, Johnson) Scott Marchesi - PP - 05:06(Tyll) Alexandre Parent - SH - 10:30 13:09 - PP - Brendan Olinyk (Ochoa, Hernandez)17:28 - PP - Matt Pedemonti (Schneider, Behler)18:12 - Matt Miller (Krispel, Olson) (Jarman) Erik Boisvert - SH - 06:10(Parent, Grimson) Bear Trapp - PP - 08:41(Parent, Boisvert) Dave Jarman - GW - 15:38 07:04 - Jeff Sapieha (Olinyk, Miller)19:45 - Matt Pedemonti (Olson, Schneider) ( 30 saves / 35 shots ) Stefan Drew Beau Erickson ( 19 saves / 25 shots ) March 8Connecticut 3, Sacred Heart 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/08/connecticut-vs-sacred-heart/ USCHO.com 2008-03-08 2014-08-10 2 – 3 2 1 (Trapp, Giosa) Nick Johnson - 07:09 09:46 - Jason Krispel (Olson, Spicer) (Gordon) Evan Mladenoff - 18:02 06:08 - Andrew Olson (Spicer, Krispel) 05:28 - GW - Michael Coppola (Solberg, Bergin) ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Stefan Drew Beau Erickson ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) March 9Sacred Heart 4, Connecticut 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/09/connecticut-vs-sacred-heart/ USCHO.com 2008-03-09 2014-08-10 4 – 1 1 1 (Rodriguez, Berube) Adam DeJong - 04:22 (Knowlton, Berube) Adam DeJong - GW - 07:12 (Tyll) Evan Mladenoff - 11:45(Trapp) Alexandre Parent - EN - 18:48 05:03 - Chris Spicer (Miller) ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Stefan Drew Beau Erickson ( 44 saves / 47 shots ) Sacred Heart won series 2–1 (5) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Canisius Mercyhurst Canisius Mercyhurst Ice Center March 7Mercyhurst 4, Canisius 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/07/canisius-vs-mercyhurst/ USCHO.com 2008-03-07 2014-08-10 4 – 1 1 No Scoring (Pierce, Eddy) Brett Robinson - 04:32(Echtermach, Eddy) Chris Risi - GW - 10:07(Robinson, Cottreau) Matt Pierce - PP - 11:41 (Bremner, Graham) Mike Gurtler - 16:15 06:16 - Jason Weeks (Kasch, Heidinger) ( 41 saves / 42 shots ) Matt Lundin Andrew Loewen ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) March 8Mercyhurst 2, Canisius 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/08/canisius-vs-mercyhurst/ USCHO.com 2008-03-08 2014-08-10 2 – 1 1 1 (Terminesi, Fennell) Matt Pierce - PP - 10:24 18:21 - Vincent Scarsella (Jenks) (Vansenbeld, Cottreau) Kerry Bowman - GW - 01:45 ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Lundin Andrew Loewen ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Mercyhurst won series 2–0 Four vs. Five (4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Mercyhurst Sacred Heart Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena March 14Mercyhurst 4, Sacred Heart 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/14/mercyhurst-vs-sacred-heart/ USCHO.com 2008-03-14 2014-08-10 1 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2008/03/14/mercyhurst-tops-sacred-heart/ 2 (Grimson, Trapp) Dave Jarman - PP - 09:13 06:16 - PP - Matt Pierce (Terminesi, Robinson) 00:41 - GW - Cullen Eddy (unassisted) 10:14 - Ben Cottreau (Fennell)17:30 - Chris Risi (Medernach, Lundin) ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Stefan Drew Matt Lundin ( 38 saves / 39 shots ) Semifinals (1) Army vs. (5) Mercyhurst Army Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena March 15Mercyhurst 4, Army 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/15/mercyhurst-vs-army/ USCHO.com 2008-03-15 2014-08-10 2 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2008/03/15/lakers-to-play-in-title-game/ 2 (Ryan, Ammon) Aaron Anderson - 14:23 07:29 - PP - Matt Pierce (Fennell, Robinson)15:24 - Mike Gurtler (Graham, Phillips) (Omilusik, Flicek) Bryce Hollweg - PP - 01:39 00:25 - GW SH - Chris Risi (Vandenbeld)05:41 - EA - Neil Graham (Bremner, Gurtler) ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Kassel Matt Lundin ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) (2) RIT vs. (3) Air Force RIT Air Force Blue Cross Arena March 15Air Force 5, RIT 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/15/air-force-vs-rit/ USCHO.com 2008-03-15 2014-08-10 0 – 5 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2008/03/15/air-force-shuts-out-rit/ 2 No Scoring 06:32 - GW PP - Brent Olson (Frider, Charbonneau) 05:49 - Mike Phillipich (Charbonneau, Schaffer)10:04 - SH - Matt Fairchild (Nylander)17:18 - PP - Brent Olson (Charbonneau, Hajner) 10:34 - Matt Fairchild (Hajner, Mayra) ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Louis Menard / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Jared DeMichiel Andrew Volkening ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Championship (3) Air Force vs. (5) Mercyhurst Air Force Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena March 16Air Force 5, Mercyhurst 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2008/03/16/mercyhurst-vs-air-force/ USCHO.com 2008-03-16 2014-08-10 5 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2008/03/16/air-force-edges-mercyhurst-in-double-ot/ 1 2 (Phillipich, Flynn) Brent Olson - PP - 19:58 (Kozlak, Frider) Frank Schiavone - 13:23 17:11 - PP - Matt Pierce (Cottreau, Terminesi)07:53 - PP - Steve Cameron (Pitt, Coccimiglio) (Phillipich, Bertsch) Josh Schaffer - 09:50(Olson, Kozlak) Josh Frider - 11:30 03:50 - Nick Vandenbeld (Risi)11:09 - Brett Robinson (Pierce) (Olson) Josh Frider - 00:56 ( 49 saves / 53 shots ) Andrew Volkening Matt Lundin ( 42 saves / 47 shots ) Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G Andrew Volkening (Air Force) D Matt Charbonneau (Air Force) D Jeff Terminesi (Mercyhurst) F Brent Olson* (Air Force) F Matt Pierce (Mercyhurst) F Chris Risi (Mercyhurst) * Most Valuable Player(s) Atlantic Hockey Finals http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/7Archives/Tourneys/0708/ahafinal_0627.htm Inside College Hockey 2008-03-16 2014-08-10 References 50em Aha tournament Category:Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament Category:College ice hockey tournaments in New York (state) Category:Sports competitions in Rochester, New York