2023 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2023 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 3–18, 2023
Teams10
Finals siteLECOM Harborcenter
Buffalo, New York
ChampionsCanisius (2nd title)
Winning coachTrevor Large (1st title)
MVPJacob Barczewski (Canisius)
Atlantic Hockey men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2023 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 19th edition of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023. By winning the tournament, Canisius earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The top eight teams according to the conference standings participated. In the Quarterfinals, the 1st-seed hosted the 8th-seed, the 2nd-seed hosted the 7th-seed, the 3rd-seed hosted the 6th-seed and the 4th-seed hosted the 5th-seed in a best-of-three series. The teams that advanced out of the quarterfinals are reseeded in the Semifinal with the highest remaining seed hosting the lowest remaining seed and the second highest remaining seed hosting the second lowest remaining seed, again in a best-of-three series. The teams that advance from the Semifinals meet for a Championship game held at the home venue of the higher seed. The winner of Atlantic Hockey Tournament Championship received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.[1]

Conference standings

2022–23 Atlantic Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OW OL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
RIT † 26 18 7 1 1 3 0 57 85 55 39 25 13 1 127 100
American International 26 14 8 4 2 0 3 47 87 62 39 18 14 7 124 98
Sacred Heart 26 14 9 3 2 0 2 45 87 72 37 17 17 3 107 112
Canisius * 26 13 10 3 3 1 1 41 76 71 42 20 19 3 118 119
Army 26 12 12 2 3 3 1 39 72 81 37 14 19 4 98 119
Niagara 26 10 13 3 0 3 2 38 73 86 40 19 18 3 119 129
Holy Cross 26 12 12 2 3 1 1 37 73 71 41 17 21 3 98 119
Mercyhurst 26 9 14 3 1 5 1 35 77 80 36 10 23 3 98 122
Bentley 26 8 16 2 1 1 1 27 61 89 34 11 21 2 81 124
Air Force 26 8 17 1 1 0 0 24 63 87 36 12 22 2 95 128
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 3–5 		Semifinals
March 10–12 		Championship
March 18
             
1 RIT 5 4* -
8 Mercyhurst 3 3 -
1 RIT 0 4* 1
7 Holy Cross 1* 3 5
2 American International 3 3 3
7 Holy Cross 1 4 4*
7 Holy Cross 0
4 Canisius 3
3 Sacred Heart 3 1 3
6 Niagara 1 4 7
4 Canisius 1 5 4
6 Niagara 2 1 2
4 Canisius 5 0 3
5 Army 2 1* 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

Quarterfinals

(1) RIT vs. (8) Mercyhurst

March 3, 2023
7:05 PM		RIT5–3
(1–0, 0–0, 4–3)		MercyhurstGene Polisseni Center
Attendance: 2,259
Game reference
Tommy ScarfoneGoaliesTyler HarmonReferees:
Chris Leavitt
Jared Waitt
Linesmen:
Christopher Pike
Brian Kimmins
(Laskosky, Wilkie) Matt Kellenberger (3) – 05:151–0
1–1(Bisson, St. Onge) Carson Briere (5) – 40:23
1–2(Townend) Eric Esposito (16) – 41:12
(Petrucci) Adam Jeffery (1) – 42:182–2
2–3(Fedulov, Hunter) Jonathan Bendorf (4) – 46:24
(Nicholson, Gonsalves) Dimitri Mikrogiannakis (4) – 50:143–3
(Moretz) Adam Jeffery (2) – GW – 58:254–3
(Mahan, Mikrogiannakis) Grady Hobbs (8) – EN – 59:475–3
4 minPenalties4 min
52Shots23
March 4, 2023
7:05 PM		RIT4–3 (OT)
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		MercyhurstGene Polisseni Center
Attendance: 2,901
Game reference
Tommy ScarfoneGoaliesTyler HarmonReferees:
Chris Leavitt
Jared Waitt
Linesmen:
Christopher Pike
Brian Kimmins
0–1(Townend, Dahm) Mickey Burns (11) – 04:36
(Mikrogiannakis, Moretz) Xavier Lapointe (1) – 09:181–1
1–2(Unassisted) Eric Esposito (17) – 12:37
1–3(St. Onge, Townend) Marko Reifenberger (6) – 25:03
(Cassaro, Wilkie) Simon Isabelle (6) – PP – 38:132–3
(Cassaro) Cody Laskosky (12) – 43:463–3
(Laskosky, Moretz) Gianfranco Cassaro (13) – PP GW – 63:094–3
14 minPenalties10 min
44Shots35
RIT Won Series 2–0

(2) American International vs. (7) Holy Cross

March 3, 2023
1:05 PM		American International3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)		Holy CrossMassMutual Center
Attendance: 147
Game reference
Jarrett FiskeGoaliesJason GrandeReferees:
Brendan Blanchard
Andy Bethmann
Linesmen:
Shane Kanaly
Patrick Philbin
(Manz, Cardelli) Timofei Khokhlachev (7) – 22:371–0
(Geschwind, Cardelli) Jordan Biro (11) – GW – 29:092–0
2–159:16 – EA – Liam McLinskey (13) (Shatsky, Guerra)
(Callahan) Dustin Manz (10) – EN – 59:243–1
0 minPenalties10 min
29Shots36
March 4, 2023
1:05 PM		American International3–4
(0–0, 2–1, 1–3)		Holy CrossMassMutual Center
Attendance: 264
Game reference
Jarrett FiskeGoaliesJason GrandeReferees:
Brendan Blanchard
Andy Bethmann
Linesmen:
Shane Kanaly
Patrick Philbin
(Bennett) Casey McDonald (4) – 31:521–0
(Geschwind, Rickard) Nicholas Cardelli (11) – 37:012–0
2–138:27 – Liam McLinskey (14) (Phillips, Peterson)
2–242:03 – PP – Matt Guerra (7) (Peterson)
2–351:49 – Matt DeBoer (3) (Young, MacNab)
2–452:47 – GW – Liam McLinskey (15) (Phillips, Spence)
(Kramer, Manz) Casey McDonald (5) – EA – 57:213–4
10 minPenalties6 min
14Shots39
March 5, 2023
1:05 PM		American International3–4 (OT)
(1–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)		Holy CrossMassMutual Center
Attendance: 297
Game reference
Jarrett FiskeGoaliesJason GrandeReferees:
Brendan Blanchard
Andy Bethmann
Linesmen:
Shane Kanaly
Patrick Philbin
0–104:34 – Liam McLinskey (16) (Phillips, Peterson)
(Biro, Rylance) Matt Rickard (2) – 06:281–1
1–215:02 – PP – Devin Phillips (6) (Shatsky, Cicero)
(Janhonen, Rickard) Blake Bennett (21) – 37:012–2
2–332:13 – PP – Tyler Ghirardosi (8) (Guerra, Peterson)
(Biro, Kramer) Blake Bennett (22) – PP – 37:003–3
3–478:46 – GW – Liam McLinskey (17) (Peterson)
12 minPenalties10 min
30Shots52
Holy Cross Won Series 2–1

(3) Sacred Heart vs. (6) Niagara

March 3, 2023
7:00 PM		Sacred Heart3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)		NiagaraMartire Family Arena
Attendance: 2,046
Game reference
Luke LushGoaliesChad VeltriReferees:
Ryan Sweeney
Ron Morello
Linesmen:
Anthony Valle
Christopher Zito
(Hutchison) Daniel Ebrahim (7) – 30:371–0
(Steele, Magera) Kevin Lombardi (11) – GW – 42:492–0
2–148:24 – PP – Jay Ahearn (6) (Pineo, Ott)
(Lombardi, Magera) Ryan Steele (10) – EN – 58:203–1
8 minPenalties2 min
22Shots34
March 4, 2023
7:00 PM		Sacred Heart1–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)		NiagaraMartire Family Arena
Attendance: 2,088
Game reference
Luke LushGoaliesChad VeltriReferees:
Ryan Sweeney
Ron Morello
Linesmen:
Anthony Valle
Christopher Zito
(Jaworski, Hutchison) Neil Shea (14) – 07:091–0
1–109:05 – Shane Ott (6) (Cox, Ahearn)
1–221:16 – GW – Olivier Gauthier (9) (unassisted)
1–345:18 – Ryan Naumovski (8) (Stanley, Rodne)
1–456:14 – EN – Casey Carreau (8) (Nilsson, Prohorenkovs)
2 minPenalties4 min
38Shots24
March 5, 2023
7:00 PM		Sacred Heart3–7
(1–2, 2–2, 0–3)		NiagaraMartire Family Arena
Attendance: 1,196
Game reference
Luke LushGoaliesChad VeltriReferees:
Ryan Sweeney
Ron Morello
Linesmen:
Anthony Valle
Christopher Zito
(Joughin, Hutchison) Austin Magera (8) – PP – 03:271–0
1–117:07 – PP – Casey Carreau (9) (Cox, Naumovski)
1–221:16 – Carter Randklev (9) (Pineo, Brockhoff)
(Tuck, Britt) Todd Goehring (11) – PP – 23:172–2
(Hutchison, Sansbury) Kevin Lombardi (12) – 23:563–2
3–326:49 – PP – Jay Ahearn (7) (Randklev, Ruoho)
3–435:11 – GW PP – Carter Randklev (13) (Ruoho, Pineo)
3–542:36 – Olivier Gauthier (10) (Randklev, Carlin)
3–649:42 – Ryan Naumovski (9) (Randklev)
3–759:17 – EN – Shane Ott (10) (Ahearn, Brockhoff)
12 minPenalties12 min
32Shots24
Niagara Won Series 2–1

(4) Canisius vs. (5) Army

March 3, 2023
7:00 PM		Canisius5–2
(2–0, 1–1, 2–1)		ArmyLECOM Harborcenter
Attendance: 231
Game reference
Jacob BarczewskiGoaliesJustin EvensonReferees:
William McGoldrick III
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Sam Cuccinotta
Joe Sherman
(Kouznetsov) Nick Bowman (8) – 04:051–0
(Hernández, Pogue) Tyrell Buckley (1) – 07:282–0
2–133:29 – PP – Joey Baez (21) (Abdelnour, Keranen)
(Loven, Urbank) Randy Hernández (7) – GW – 33:563–1
3–242:01 – PP – Thomas Farrell (6) (Driscoll, Sacco)
(unassisted) Erik Urbank (5) – 49:094–2
(Erne) Hudson Lambert (2) – EN – 58:495–2
40 minPenalties2 min
27Shots37
March 4, 2023
7:30 PM		Canisius0–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		ArmyLECOM Harborcenter
Attendance: 361
Game reference
Jacob BarczewskiGoaliesGavin AbricReferees:
William McGoldrick III
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Sam Cuccinotta
Joe Sherman
0–166:17 – GW – Brett Abdelnour (21) (Smyth, Wilson)
4 minPenalties4 min
23Shots35
March 5, 2023
5:00 PM		Canisius3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		ArmyLECOM Harborcenter
Attendance: 216
Game reference
Jacob BarczewskiGoaliesGavin AbricReferees:
William McGoldrick III
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Sam Cuccinotta
Joe Sherman
(Mastrodonato, Kouznetsov) Ryan Miotto (15) – GW – 21:351–0
(Loven) Erik Urbank (6) – 39:562–0
(Buckley, Urbank) Stefano Bottini (4) – EN – 58:413–0
10 minPenalties8 min
36Shots29
Canisius Won Series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) RIT vs. (7) Holy Cross

March 10, 2023
7:05 PM		RIT0–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		Holy CrossGene Polisseni Center
Attendance: 2,442
Game reference
Tommy ScarfoneGoaliesJason GrandeReferees:
Brendan Blanchard
William McGoldrick III
Linesmen:
Shane Kanaly
Anthony Valle
0–168:01 – GW – Liam McLinskey (18) (Hale)
4 minPenalties4 min
40Shots23
March 12, 2023
7:05 PM		RIT4–3 (OT)
(1–0, 2–3, 0–0, 1–0)		Holy CrossGene Polisseni Center
Attendance: 2,622
Game reference
Tommy ScarfoneGoaliesJason GrandeReferees:
William McGoldrick III
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Sam Cuccinotta
Joe Sherman
(Hansen-Bukata, Cassaro) Cody Laskosky (13) – PP – 12:511–0
1–129:20 – Devin Phillips (7) (Higgins)
(Kellenberger, Berry) Carter Wilkie (14) – 31:052–1
2–235:28 – PP – Liam McLinskey (19) (Guerra, Peterson)
2–335:54 – PP – Liam McLinskey (20) (Ghirardosi, Guerra)
(Mahan, Moretz) Gianfranco Cassaro (14) – 38:423–3
(Moretz, Hansen-Bukata) Elijah Gonsalves (7) – GW – 68:094–3
14 minPenalties14 min
41Shots27
March 12, 2023
5:05 PM		RIT1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)		Holy CrossGene Polisseni Center
Attendance: 1,932
Game reference
Tommy ScarfoneGoaliesJason GrandeReferees:
William McGoldrick III
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Sam Cuccinotta
Joe Sherman
0–117:15 – Jack Ricketts (7) (DeBoer, Oliphant)
0–218:22 – GW SH – Grayson Constable (19) (Young, Higgins)
(Laskosky, Kellenberger) Grady Hobbs (7) – 29:091–2
1–338:34 – Grayson Constable (6) (Ghirardosi)
1–457:20 – EN – Alec Cicero (4) (Guerra)
1–558:21 – EN – Liam McLinskey (21) (unassisted)
26 minPenalties8 min
26Shots24
Holy Cross Won Series 2–0

(4) Canisius vs. (6) Niagara

March 10, 2023
6:05 PM		Canisius1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)		NiagaraLECOM Harborcenter
Attendance: 546
Game reference
Jacob BarczewskiGoaliesChad VeltriReferees:
Chris Leavitt
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
Joe Sherman
0–110:33 – PP – Ryan Cox (14) (Naumovski, Carlin)
(Pogue, Gravel) Randy Hernández (8) – 21:461–1
1–222:42 – GW – Casey Carreau (10) (Prohorenkovs)
6 minPenalties25 min
29Shots36
March 11, 2023
7:35 PM		Canisius5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)		NiagaraLECOM Harborcenter
Attendance: 500
Game reference
Jacob BarczewskiGoaliesChad VeltriReferees:
Chris Leavitt
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
Joe Sherman
(Bottini) Brenden Datema (1) – 08:031–0
(Gravel, Miotto) Max Kouznetsov (5) – PP GW – 18:192–0
(Boguslavsky) Jackson Decker (3) – 28:093–0
3–135:35 – Olivier Gauthier (14) (Pineo)
(Loven, DiGrande) Nick Bowman (9) – EN – 55:274–1
(Miotto, Mastrodonato) Max Kouznetsov (6) – EN – 56:115–1
12 minPenalties8 min
27Shots26
March 12, 2023
7:05 PM		Canisius4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		NiagaraLECOM Harborcenter
Attendance: 457
Game reference
Jacob BarczewskiGoaliesChad VeltriReferees:
Chris Leavitt
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
Joe Sherman
0–104:08 – Gļebs Prohorenkovs (12) (Nilsson, Carreau)
(Melaragni) Ryan Miotto (16) – PP – 15:161–1
(Mastrodonato, Melaragni) Ryan Miotto (17) – PP – 23:562–1
2–239:09 – PP – Albin Nilsson (10) (Naumovski, Carreau)
(Hernández, Loven) J. D. Pogue (4) – GW – 44:393–2
(Mastrodonato, Melaragni) Simon Gravel (5) – PP – 50:334–2
12 minPenalties25 min
30Shots29
Canisius Won Series 2–1

Championship

(4) Canisius vs. (7) Holy Cross

March 18, 2023
7:05 PM		Canisius3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		Holy CrossLECOM Harborcenter
Attendance: 1,805
Game reference
Jacob BarczewskiGoaliesJason GrandeReferees:
Brendan Blanchard
Ryan Sweeney
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
Joe Sherman
(Decker, Melaragni) Nick Bowman (10) – GW – 37:591–0
(unassisted) Markus Boguslavsky (4) – EN – 58:322–0
(Lambert) Keaton Mastrodonato (16) – EN – 58:573–0
2 minPenalties2 min
25Shots24

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G: Jacob Barczewski* (Canisius)
  • D: Jack Robilotti (Holy Cross)
  • D: Jackson Decker (Canisius)
  • F: Liam McLinskey (Holy Cross)
  • F: Keaton Mastrodonato (Canisius)
  • F: Nick Bowman (Canisius)

[2]

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

  1. ^ "2023 Atlantic Hockey Postseason". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Canisius Wins the 2023 Atlantic Hockey Championship". Atlantic Hockey. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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