2006 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2006 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 11 and March 18, 2006. Opening round games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Holy Cross home venue: Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. By winning the tournament, Holy Cross received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. This was the final year in which the AHA championship game was played at a non-neutral site.
| 2006 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11–18, 2006 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Holy Cross (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Pearl (2nd title) |
| MVP | James Sixsmith (Holy Cross) |
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Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. All games in the tournament are single-elimination. In the quarterfinals, the first and eighth seeds, 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 2006 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
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #14 Holy Cross†* | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 98 | 65 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 130 | 95 | |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 119 | 87 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 150 | 118 | |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 92 | 55 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 116 | 82 | |
| Bentley | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 75 | 82 | 37 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 94 | 117 | |
| Army | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 64 | 67 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 80 | 94 | |
| Connecticut | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 79 | 106 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 97 | 136 | |
| Canisius | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 87 | 35 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 87 | 114 | |
| American International | 28 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 64 | 110 | 32 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 69 | 129 | |
| Championship: Holy Cross † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 11[1] | Semifinals March 17[2] | Championship March 18[3] | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Holy Cross | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | American International | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Holy Cross | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Sacred Heart | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Connecticut | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Holy Cross | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Bentley | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Bentley | 4** | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Army | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Bentley | 3** | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mercyhurst | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mercyhurst | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Canisius | 2 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Holy Cross vs. (8) American International
| March 11 | Holy Cross | 3 – 1 | American International | Hart Recreation Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:53 - Ryan Robin | ||||||
| Blair Bartlett - 19:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Burke - GW - 00:50 Jon Landry - 14:11 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tony Quesada ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tom Fenton ( 39 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Canisius
| March 11 | Mercyhurst | 7 – 2 | Canisius | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Recap | |||
| Jamie Hunt - PP - 02:58 | First period | PP - 09:20 - Tommy Flikeid | ||||||
| Dave Borrelli - PP - 09:57 Chris Trafford - GW - 15:56 |
Second period | 10:10 - Tommy Flikeid | ||||||
| Ryan Toomey - SH - 00:47 Kyle Gourgon - 02:43 Ryan Toomey - PP - 11:48 Dave Borrelli - EN SH - 17:38 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Small ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Griffin ( 38 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
(3) Sacred Heart vs. (6) Connecticut
| March 11 | Connecticut | 4 – 1 | Sacred Heart | Milford Ice Pavilion | Recap | |||
| Matt Scherer - 05:12 Matt Scherer - GW PP - 13:46 |
First period | 18:38 - Peter Ferraro | ||||||
| Scott McDougall - 05:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Scherer - EN - 18:54 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Smith ( 52 saves / 53 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jason Smith ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Bentley vs. (5) Army
| March 11 | Bentley | 4 – 3 | 2OT | Army | John A. Ryan Arena | Recap | ||
| Marc Zwicky - 15:26 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 09:01 - Luke Flicek 19:18 - Chris Bilec | ||||||
| Dain Prewitt - 01:31 Dain Prewitt - SH - 18:38 |
Third period | 03:48 - Luke Flicek | ||||||
| Brett Murphy - GW - 14:30 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ray Jean ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) | Goalie stats | Brad Roberts ( 51 saves / 55 shots ) | ||||||
Semifinals
(1) Holy Cross vs. (6) Connecticut
| March 17 | Holy Cross | 4 – 1 | Connecticut | Hart Recreation Center | Recap | |||
| Tyler McGregor - 03:20 | First period | 19:47 - Chris Uber | ||||||
| James Sixsmith - GW SH - 05:24 James Sixsmith - PP - 06:59 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pierre Napert-Frenette - 13:31 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tony Quesada ( 37 saves / 38 shots ) | Goalie stats | Brad Smith ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Bentley
| March 17 | Bentley | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Mercyhurst | Hart Recreation Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 16:55 - Jamie Hunt | ||||||
| Jaye Judd - PP - 02:55 Marc Zwicky - 07:53 |
Third period | 15:37 - Scott Champagne | ||||||
| Jaye Judd - GW - 00:58 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ray Jean ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tyler Small ( 53 saves / 56 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(1) Holy Cross vs. (4) Bentley
| March 18 | Holy Cross | 5 – 2 | Bentley | Hart Recreation Center | Recap | |||
| Tyler McGregor - PP - 12:14 James Sixsmith - PP - 16:33 |
First period | 12:45 - Dain Prewitt | ||||||
| Pierre Napert-Frenette - GW PP - 02:07 Jon Landry - PP - 12:31 Sean Nappo - 18:41 |
Second period | 12:45 - Jeff Gumaer | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tony Quesada ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Ray Jean ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) / Geordan Murphy ( 5 saves / 5 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- G: Tony Quesada (Holy Cross)
- D: Jaye Judd (Bentley)
- D: Jamie Hunt (Mercyhurst)
- F: Tom Dickhudt (Bentley)
- F: Pierre Napert-Frenette (Holy Cross)
- F: James Sixsmith (Holy Cross)
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