2004 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Ice Hockey Conference Tournament
| Year = 2004
| Conference = Atlantic Hockey
| Gender = Men's
| Image =
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| Caption =
| Dates = March 12–20, 2004
| Teams = 9
| FinalArena = Tate Rink
| FinalCity = West Point, New York
| Champions = Holy Cross
| TitleCount = 1st
| Coach = Paul Pearl{{cite news|title=Mercyhurst Men's Team History |url=http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/holy-cross/mens-hockey/ |accessdate=2013-06-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203205329/http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/holy-cross/mens-hockey/ |archivedate=2014-02-03 |url-status=live }}
| CoachCount = 1st
| MVP = Greg Kealey
| MVPTeam = Holy Cross
| prevseason_year =
| prevseason_link =
| nextseason_year = 2005
| nextseason_link = 2005 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
}}
The 2004 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the inaugural Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004. All games were played at the Tate Rink in West Point, New York, the home venue of the Army Black Knights. By winning the tournament, Holy Cross received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 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 single-elimination. The play-in game consists of the eighth and ninth seeds competing to decide the final qualifier. In the quarterfinals, the first seed plays the winner of the play-in game while the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds play to determine who advances to the semifinals. of the four remaining teams, the highest and lowest remaining ranked teams play each other with the other two teams facing one another to determine the championship participants. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 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
{{2003–04 Atlantic Hockey standings (men)}}
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals
{{9TeamBracket
|team-width=160
| RD1=Play-In{{cite news|title=Atlantic Hockey 2003-04 Week 25|url=http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/atlantic-hockey/2003-2004/list-25/|publisher=USCHO.com|date=2004-03-14|accessdate=2013-06-22}}
March 12
| RD1-seed1=8
| RD1-team1=Army
| RD1-score1=3
| RD1-seed2=9
| RD1-team2=American International
| RD1-score2=4
| RD2=Quarterfinals
March 13
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=Holy Cross
| RD2-score1=5
| RD2-seed2=9
| RD2-team2=American International
| RD2-score2=0
| RD2-seed3=3
| RD2-team3=Quinnipiac
| RD2-score3=0
| RD2-seed4=6
| RD2-team4=Canisius
| RD2-score4=1*
| RD2-seed5=2
| RD2-team5=Mercyhurst
| RD2-score5=5
| RD2-seed6=7
| RD2-team6=Bentley
| RD2-score6=4
| RD2-seed7=4
| RD2-team7=Sacred Heart
| RD2-score7=3
| RD2-seed8=5
| RD2-team8=Connecticut
| RD2-score8=0
| RD3=Semifinals
March 14
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=Holy Cross
| RD3-score1=4
| RD3-seed2=6
| RD3-team2=Canisius
| RD3-score2=1
| RD3-seed3=2
| RD3-team3=Mercyhurst
| RD3-score3=2
| RD3-seed4=4
| RD3-team4=Sacred Heart
| RD3-score4=3
| RD4=Championship{{cite news|title=Atlantic Hockey 2003-04 Week 26|url=http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/atlantic-hockey/2003-2004/list-26/|publisher=USCHO.com|date=2004-03-20|accessdate=2013-06-22}}
March 20
| RD4-seed1=1
| RD4-team1=Holy Cross
| RD4-score1=4
| RD4-seed2=4
| RD4-team2=Sacred Heart
| RD4-score2=0
}}
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
=Play-in=
==(8) Army vs. (9) American International==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Army
|team2 = American International
|stadium1 = Tate Rink
|score1 = 3 – 4
|recap1 = http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/12/aic-drops-army-in-atlantic-opener/
|won1 = 2
|1-1-1 = (Picone) Jon Boyle - 06:40
(Mayfield, Cruthers) Chris Casey - PP - 08:41
|1-1-2 = 05:47 - Troy Johnston (Walbert, Valdes)
13:28 - Jay Fennessy
|1-2-2 = 10:13 - John Levesque (McConnell, Miller)
|1-3-1 = (Mayfield, Rudd) Chris Casey - 14:21
|1-3-2 = 10:10 - GW PP - Guillaume Caron (Walbert)
|goalie1-1 = ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Brad Roberts
|goalie1-2 = Frank Novello ( 34 saves / 37 shots )}}
=Quarterfinals=
==(1) Holy Cross vs. (9) American International==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Holy Cross
|team2 = American International
|stadium1 = Tate Rink
|score1 = 5 – 0
|recap1 = http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/13/quesada-holy-cross-blank-aic/
|won1 = 1
|1-1-1 = (O'Grady, Kealey) Jeff Dams - GW - 07:03
|1-2-1 = (McGregor, Napert-Frenette) Andrew McKay - 19:46
|1-3-1 = (Dams) Greg Kealey - PP - 01:09
(Sixsmith) Greg Kealey - 06:43
Matt Conway - 13:14
|goalie1-1 = ( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Tony Quesada
|goalie1-2 = Frank Novello ( 44 saves / 49 shots )}}
==(2) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Bentley==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Mercyhurst
|team2 = Bentley
|stadium1 = Tate Rink
|score1 = 5 – 4
|recap1 = http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/13/near-death-experience-mercyhurst-needs-rally-to-top-bentley/
|won1 = 1
|1-1-1 = (Carter, Rynshoven) Adam Tackaberry - 01:41
|1-2-1 = (Hansen, Champagne) T. J. Kemp - 11:31
|1-2-2 = 03:46 - Paul Markarian (McCartin)
10:24 - Brendan McCartin (Markarian, Lovell)
17:35 - Brendan McCartin (Markarian, Lovell)
|1-3-1 = (Borrelli, Reynolds) Erik Johnson - 09:24
(Champagne) David Wrigley - EA PP - 15:24
(Wrigley, Kemp) Rich Hansen - GW PP - 16:17
|1-3-2 = 07:33 - Brendan McCartin (Plattner)
|goalie1-1 = ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Andy Franck / ( 6 saves / 7 shots ) Jordan Wakefield
|goalie1-2 = Simon St. Pierre ( 26 saves / 31 shots )}}
==(3) Quinnipiac vs. (6) Canisius==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Quinnipiac
|team2 = Canisius
|stadium1 = Tate Rink
|score1 = 0 – 1
|recap1 = http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/13/canisius-upsets-quinnipiac-in-overtime/
|won1 = 2
|ot1 = 1
|1-1-1 = No Scoring
|1-4-2 = 01:37 - GW - Justin Carre
|goalie1-1 = ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Jamie Holden
|goalie1-2 = Bryan Worosz ( 27 saves / 27 shots )}}
==(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Connecticut==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Sacred Heart
|team2 = Connecticut
|stadium1 = Tate Rink
|score1 = 3 – 0
|recap1 = http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/13/sacred-heart-shuts-down-connecticut/
|won1 = 1
|1-1-1 = (Billinghurst, Chmiel) Peter Giatrelis - GW PP - 04:19
|1-3-1 = (Connerty, Chmiel) William Billinghurst - 11:15
(Molinaro) Garrett Larson - EN - 18:17
|goalie1-1 = ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Kevin LaPointe
|goalie1-2 = Scott Tomes ( 26 saves / 28 shots )}}
=Semifinals=
==(1) Holy Cross vs. (6) Canisius==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Holy Cross
|team2 = Canisius
|stadium1 = Tate Rink
|score1 = 4 – 1
|recap1 = http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/14/two-way-star-kealey-leads-holy-cross-into-aha-title-game/
|won1 = 1
|1-1-1 = (Bianchi, Kealey) Jeff Dams - 00:31
|1-2-1 = (Walker, Coskren) Jonas Tomiuck - GW PP - 14:48
|1-3-1 = (Coskren, Dams) Greg Kealey - PP - 10:27
Greg Kealey - EN SH - 18:52
|1-3-2 = 06:31 - Rob Martin (Corcoran, Cohen)
|goalie1-1 = ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Tony Quesada
|goalie1-2 = Bryan Worosz ( 21 saves / 24 shots )}}
==(2) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Sacred Heart==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Mercyhurst
|team2 = Sacred Heart
|stadium1 = Northford Ice Pavilion
|score1 = 2 – 3
|recap1 = http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/14/obrien-lapointe-lead-sacred-heart-into-aha-finals/
|won1 = 2
|1-1-1 = No Scoring
|1-1-2 = 14:22 - Pierre-Luc O'Brien (Ferraro, Wright)
|1-2-1 = Kyle Gourgon - 02:55
(Martin, Reynolds) Erik Johnson - SH - 05:33
|1-2-2 = 04:06 - Konn Hawkes (Larson, Molinaro)
16:48 - Pierre-Luc O'Brien
|goalie1-1 = ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Jordan Wakefield
|goalie1-2 = Kevin LaPointe ( 22 saves / 24 shots )}}
=Championship=
==(1) Holy Cross vs. (4) Sacred Heart==
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1 = Holy Cross
|team2 = Sacred Heart
|stadium1 = Tate Rink
|score1 = 4 – 0
|recap1 = http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/20/quesada-mckay-lead-holy-cross-into-ncaas/
|won1 = 1
|1-1-1 = (Napert-Frenette) Andrew McKay - GW - 05:06
(Dams, Sixsmith) Greg Kealey - 09:54
|1-1-2 = (Coskren, Sixsmith) Jeff Dams - PP - 08:15
(Napert-Frenette, Irving) Andrew McKay - PP - 16:15
|goalie1-1 = ( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Tony Quesada
|goalie1-2 = Kevin LaPointe ( 29 saves / 33 shots )}}
Tournament awards
=[[List of Atlantic Hockey All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament Team]]=
- G Tony Quesada (Holy Cross)
- D Konn Hawkes (Sacred Heart)
- D R. J. Irving (Holy Cross)
- F Pierre-Luc O'Brien (Sacred Heart)
- F Greg Kealey* (Holy Cross)
- F Jeff Dams (Holy Cross)
References
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{{Atlantic Hockey Tournament}}
{{2004 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament navbox}}
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