# 2010 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2010 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 7th Atlantic Hockey Tournament played between March 5 and March 20, 2010 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, RIT received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds played a single game with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lower-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and higher-ranked first-round winner, the third and sixth seeds, and the fourth and fifth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds played a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

### Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2009–10 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 |
| #10 RIT†* | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 109 | 51 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 145 | 90 |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 99 | 86 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 131 | 123 |
| Air Force | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 86 | 70 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 103 | 96 |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 103 | 70 | 38 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 121 | 118 |
| Canisius | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 97 | 89 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 125 | 122 |
| Army | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 80 | 83 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 98 | 114 |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 70 | 74 | 37 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 87 | 102 |
| Bentley | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 78 | 105 | 35 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 94 | 123 |
| Connecticut | 28 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 48 | 91 | 37 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 59 | 135 |
| American International | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 59 | 110 | 33 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 69 | 131 |
| Championship: RIT † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 5–6 | First round March 5–6 | First round March 5–6 | Quarterfinals March 12–13 | Quarterfinals March 12–13 | Quarterfinals March 12–13 | Quarterfinals March 12–13 | Quarterfinals March 12–13 | Semifinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | Championship March 20 | Championship March 20 |
| | | | 1 | RIT | 4* | 4 | — | | | | | | |
| 7 | Holy Cross | 4 | 9 | Connecticut | 3 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| 10 | American International | 2 | | | | | | 1 | RIT | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 5 | Canisius | 0 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Sacred Heart | 4 | 4* | — | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Holy Cross | 0 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | RIT | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Sacred Heart | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Air Force | 3 | 4 | — | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bentley | 1 | 6 | Army | 0 | 2 | — | | | | | | |
| 9 | Connecticut | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Sacred Heart | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | Air Force | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Mercyhurst | 1 | 4 | — | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Canisius | 5 | 5** | — | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results
### Quarterfinals
#### (1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut

* RIT won series 2–0

#### (2) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Holy Cross

* Sacred Heart won series 2–0

#### (3) Air Force vs. (6) Army

* Air Force won series 2–0

#### (4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Canisius

* Canisius won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G Jared DeMichiel (RIT)
* D Dan Ringwald (RIT)
* D Chris Tanev (RIT)
* F Tyler Brenner (RIT)
* F Patrick Knowlton (Sacred Heart)
* F Cameron Burt* (RIT)
* Most Valuable Player(s)