# 2013 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 10th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It will be played between March 8 and March 23, 2013 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, United States. The winner of the tournament will earn Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular season standings receive a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

### Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2012–13 Atlantic Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #15 Niagara † | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 92 | 60 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 116 | 95 |
| Air Force | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 92 | 56 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 120 | 92 |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 83 | 79 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 111 | 106 |
| Connecticut | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 77 | 70 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 102 | 94 |
| Robert Morris | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 85 | 85 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 118 | 105 |
| Mercyhurst | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 90 | 73 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 128 | 112 |
| #19 Canisius * | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 71 | 69 | 43 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 113 | 104 |
| RIT | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 89 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 122 | 126 |
| American International | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 72 | 78 | 35 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 88 | 112 |
| Bentley | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 85 | 87 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 108 | 116 |
| Army | 27 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 64 | 92 | 34 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 73 | 121 |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 128 | 36 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 83 | 182 |
| Championship: March 23, 2013 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| | | | | | 1 | Niagara | 3 | 2* | — | | | | | | |
| 5 | Robert Morris | 4 | 6 | — | 8 | RIT | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| 12 | Sacred Heart | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | 1 | Niagara | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Canisius | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Air Force | 3 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| 6 | Mercyhurst | 3 | 5 | — | 7 | Canisius | 4 | 4* | — | | | | | | |
| 11 | Army | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | 6 | Mercyhurst | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Canisius | 7 |
| | | | | | 3 | Holy Cross | 2 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Canisius | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | Mercyhurst | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Bentley | 0 | 1 | — | | | | | | 4 | Connecticut | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Mercyhurst | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Connecticut | 4 | 4 | — | | | | | | |
| 8 | RIT | 2 | 7 | — | 5 | Robert Morris | 1 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| 9 | American International | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results
### First round
#### (5) Robert Morris vs. (12) Sacred Heart

* Robert Morris won series 2–0

#### (6) Mercyhurst vs. (11) Army

* Mercyhurst won series 2–0

#### (7) Canisius vs. (10) Bentley

* Canisius won series 2–0

#### (8) RIT vs. (9) American International

* RIT won series 2–0

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Niagara vs. (8) RIT

* Niagara won series 2–0

#### (2) Air Force vs. (7) Canisius

* Canisius won series 2–0

#### (3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Mercyhurst

* Mercyhurst won series 2–1

#### (4) Connecticut vs. (5) Robert Morris

* Connecticut won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (6) Mercuhurst vs. (7) Canisius
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G Tony Capobianco (Canisius)
* D Ben Danford (Canisius)
* D Nick Jones (Mercyhurst)
* F Kyle Gibbons* (Canisius)
* F Tyler Wiseman (Canisius)
* F Paul Chiasson (Mercyhurst)
* Most Valuable Player(s)