# 2004 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 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 |
| Holy Cross†* | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 83 | 54 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 117 | 89 |
| Mercyhurst | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 105 | 71 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 145 | 122 |
| Quinnipiac | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 67 | 53 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 87 | 87 |
| Sacred Heart | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 87 | 68 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 107 | 114 |
| Connecticut | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 89 | 86 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 115 | 127 |
| Canisius | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 67 | 73 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 84 | 107 |
| Bentley | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 55 | 71 | 32 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 79 | 103 |
| Army | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 84 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 82 | 107 |
| American International | 24 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 97 | 34 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 71 | 138 |
| Championship: Holy Cross † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals
| Play-In March 12 | Play-In March 12 | Play-In March 12 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 20 | Championship March 20 | Championship March 20 |
| | | | 1 | Holy Cross | 5 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Army | 3 | 9 | American International | 0 | | | | | | |
| 9 | American International | 4 | | | | 1 | Holy Cross | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Canisius | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Quinnipiac | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Canisius | 1* | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Holy Cross | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Sacred Heart | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Mercyhurst | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Bentley | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Mercyhurst | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Sacred Heart | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Sacred Heart | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Connecticut | 0 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Championship
#### (1) Holy Cross vs. (4) Sacred Heart
## Tournament awards
### 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)
* Most Valuable Player(s)