# 2011 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 8th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 19, 2011, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner of the tournament received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. For the first round, the twelve teams in the league are divided into the two "scheduling pods" used to devise the season schedule. Within each pod, the top two seeds received a bye, while the third and fourth seeds in each pod hosted the fifth and sixth seeds for a single game, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, the teams are reseeded without reference to the pods. The top four remaining seeds will host the bottom four remaining seeds in best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds will play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

### Current standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against The overall statistics include postseason games.
2010–11 Atlantic Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| RIT† | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 95 | 64 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 128 | 99 |
| #18 Air Force* | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 106 | 85 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 137 | 115 |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 97 | 73 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 128 | 118 |
| Niagara | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 99 | 92 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 124 | 120 |
| Robert Morris | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 89 | 72 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 107 | 97 |
| Connecticut | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 87 | 90 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 114 | 133 |
| Mercyhurst | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 98 | 80 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 131 | 112 |
| Canisius | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 76 | 83 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 110 | 135 |
| Army | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 69 | 84 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 86 | 115 |
| Bentley | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 70 | 88 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 86 | 117 |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 75 | 112 | 37 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 95 | 173 |
| American International | 27 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 75 | 113 | 33 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 85 | 140 |
| Championship: Air Force † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 5 | First round March 5 | First round March 5 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 |
| | | | 1 | RIT | 5 | 5 | — | | | | | | |
| 3E | Army | 3 | 12 | American International | 0 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| 6E | American International | 6 | | | | | | 1 | RIT | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 6 | Connecticut | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Air Force | 7 | 4 | — | | | | | | |
| 4E | Bentley | 3 | 11 | Sacred Heart | 5 | 0 | — | | | | | | |
| 5E | Sacred Heart | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1 | RIT | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Air Force | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Holy Cross | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 3W | Niagara | 3 | 8 | Canisius | 3 | 3* | 3 | | | | | | |
| 6W | Canisius | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Air Force | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | Holy Cross | 2 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Connecticut | 5 | 4* | — | | | | | | |
| 4W | Robert Morris | 1 | 7 | Mercyhurst | 2 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| 5W | Mercyhurst | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results
### Quarterfinals
#### (1) RIT vs. (12) American International

* RIT won series 2–0

#### (2) Air Force vs. (11) Sacred Heart

* Air Force won series 2–0

#### (3) Holy Cross vs. (8) Canisius

* Holy Cross won series 2–1

#### (6) Connecticut vs. (7) Mercyhurst

* Connecticut won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (1) RIT vs. (2) Air Force
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G Jason Torf (Air Force)
* D Tim Kirby (Air Force)
* D Scott Mathis (Air Force)
* F Jacques Lamoureux* (Air Force)
* F Sean Murphy (RIT)
* F Cole Schneider (Connecticut)
* Most Valuable Player(s)