2003 MAAC men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2003 MAAC Men's March 15–23, 2003 8 Tate Rink West Point, New York Mercyhurst 2nd Rick GotkinMercyhurst Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/mercyhurst/mens-hockey/ 2013-06-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042824/http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/mercyhurst/mens-hockey/ 2016-03-04 live 2nd David Wrigley Mercyhurst 2002 2002 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2003 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th and final championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 15 and March 23, 2003. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Tate Rink in West Point, New York, the home venue of the Army Black Knights. By winning the tournament Mercyhurst received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament. After the 2003 season, both the Fairfield Stags and Iona Gaels discontinued their hockey programs. The remaining 9 teams in the conference then formed Atlantic Hockey which began play in 2003-04. Format The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2003 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 Bracket MAAC Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/maac_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archive 2013-06-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20140203080010/http://www.augenblick.org/chha/maac_trn.html 2014-02-03 live Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals QuarterfinalsMAAC men's 2002-03 Results Week 25 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/maac/2002-2003/list-25/ 2013-06-18March 15 1 Mercyhurst 5 8 Iona 3 4 Sacred Heart 0 5 Bentley 2 2 Quinnipiac 3 7 Canisius 2 3 Holy Cross 3 6 Army 2 SemifinalsMAAC men's 2002-03 Results Week 26 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/maac/2002-2003/list-26/ 2013-06-18March 21 1 Mercyhurst 10 5 Bentley 2 2 Quinnipiac 3 3 Holy Cross 0 ChampionshipMarch 23 1 Mercyhurst 4 2 Quinnipiac 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Iona Mercyhurst Iona Mercyhurst Ice Center March 15Mercyhurst 5, Iona 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2003/03/15/iona-vs-mercyhurst/ USCHO.com 2003-03-15 2013-06-18 5 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2003/03/15/mercyhurst-ends-iona-hockey-with-quarterfinal-win/ 1 (Wrigley, Rivers) Dave Borrelli - 02:26(Rivers, Muldoon) Dave Borrelli - 11:36(Muldoon, Borrelli) David Wrigley - 15:04 08:54 - PP - Mark Hallam (Carroll, Swanson)11:12 - PP - Tim Krueckl (Hallam, Carroll) (Hansen, Tackaberry) T. 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Kemp - PP - 07:58(Hansen, Wrigley) Peter Rynshoven - GW PP - 12:02 06:30 - Neil Clark (Kakepetum, Williams)11:23 - Brent Williams (Clark, Bararuk) Andy Franck ( 43 saves / 47 shots ) Ian Vigier ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) (2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Canisius Quinnipiac Canisius Northford Ice Pavilion March 15Quinnipiac 3, Canisius 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2003/03/15/canisius-vs-quinnipiac/ USCHO.com 2003-03-15 2013-06-18 3 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2003/03/15/quinnipiac-rallies-past-canisius/ 1 No Scoring 04:30 - Robert Carroll (Ovcjak, Dawe)13:40 - Jeff Street (Martin, Bouffard) (Ennis, Falite) John Kelly - 06:09 (Bordieri, Kelly) Craig Falite - 05:52(Morrison, White) Aaron Ludwig - GW - 12:58 Justin Eddy ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Bryan Worosz ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) (3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Army Holy Cross Army Hart Center March 15Holy Cross 3, Army 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2003/03/15/army-vs-holy-cross/ USCHO.com 2003-03-15 2013-06-18 3 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2003/03/15/holy-cross-returns-to-maac-semis/ 1 (Bianchi, Coskren) Andrew McKay - 15:23 15:55 - Mike McLean (Quinlan, MacLeod) (Coskren, Doria) Jeff Dams - PP - 06:44 (Doria, Kealey) Tyler McGregor - GW - 18:06 15:58 - Nic Serre (Hines, Dudek) Tony Quesada ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Brad Roberts ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) (4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Bentley Sacred Heart Bentley Milford Ice Pavilion March 15Sacred Heart 3, Canisius 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2003/03/15/bentley-vs-sacred-heart/ USCHO.com 2003-03-15 2013-06-18 0 – 2 2 No Scoring 04:55 - GW PP - Joe Lovell (Markarian, Mayhew)11:43 - Ryan Lessnau (Plattner, Peters) Eddy Ferhi ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Simon St. Pierre ( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Semifinals (1) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Bentley Mercyhurst Bentley Tate Rink March 21Mercyhurst 10, Bentley 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2003/03/21/bentley-vs-mercyhurst/ USCHO.com 2003-03-21 2013-06-18 10 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2003/03/21/mercyhurst-ends-bentley-run/ 1 (Wrigley, Rivers) Dave Borrelli - 19:13 (Wrigley, Rivers) Dave Borrelli - 01:11(Reynolds, Carter) Erik Johnson - GW - 01:56(Rivers, Wrigley) Dave Borrelli - PP - 03:40(Muldoon) Adam Tackaberry - 06:06David Wrigley - 07:35(Rivers) Marty Rychley - 13:27 Marty Rychley - PP - 04:08(Tackaberry, Kemp) P.J. Hiscock - 16:01(Brown, Chambers) Peter Rynshoven - 16:01 09:24 - Troy Wiebler (Calabro, Chase)10:49 - PP - Ryan Lessnau (Chase, Goodwin) Andy Franck ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Simon St. Pierre ( 16 saves / 22 shots ) / Geordan Murphy ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) (2) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Holy Cross Quinnipiac Holy Cross Tate Rink March 21Quinnipiac 3, Holy Cross 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2003/03/21/holy-cross-vs-quinnipiac/ USCHO.com 2003-03-21 2013-06-18 3 – 0 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2003/03/21/returning-holden-quinnipiac-shut-out-holy-cross/ 1 (Kelly) Michael Bordieri - GW - 03:39(Craig, Testa) Matt Froehlich - 11:07(Froehlich, Winkler) Matt Craig - 16:57 Jamie Holden ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Tony Quesada ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) / Ben Conway ( 11 saves / 11 shots ) Championship (1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac Mercyhurst Quinnipiac Tate Rink March 23Mercyhurst 4, Quinnipiac 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2003/03/23/quinnipiac-vs-mercyhurst/ USCHO.com 2003-03-23 2013-06-18 4 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2003/03/23/special-win-sends-lakers-to-ncaas/ 1 (Chambers) Rich Hansen - 08:19 06:18 - John Kelly (Ennis, Rossi)13:26 - Chris White (Morrison, Ludwig) (Muldoon) David Wrigley - 01:11(Reynolds, King) Mike Carter - 13:56 (Wrigley, Tackaberry) T. J. Kemp - GW PP - 08:45 04:10 - Tim Morrison (Ludwig, White) Andy Franck ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Jamie Holden ( 30 saves / 34 shots ) Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Matt Craig (Quinnipiac) F David Wrigley* (Mercyhurst) F Dave Borrelli (Mercyhurst) D Mike Muldoon (Mercyhurst) D T. J. Kemp (Mercyhurst) G Andy Franck (Mercyhurst) * Most Valuable Player(s) 2003 MAAC Championship http://insidecollegehockey.com/7Archives/Notebooks/maac_final.htm Inside College Hockey 2003-03-23 2013-06-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20101216235805/http://insidecollegehockey.com/7Archives/Notebooks/maac_final.htm 2010-12-16 live References 2 Category:Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's ice hockey tournament MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament