# 2005 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2005 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2005. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Quinnipiac home venue: Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Connecticut. By winning the tournament, Mercyhurst received the Atlantic Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## 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 2005 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
2004–05 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 |
| Quinnipiac† | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 96 | 64 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 120 | 102 |
| Canisius | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 76 | 62 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 98 | 98 |
| Mercyhurst* | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 86 | 64 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 124 | 116 |
| Holy Cross | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 76 | 60 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 108 | 102 |
| Sacred Heart | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 76 | 73 | 35 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 89 | 128 |
| Connecticut | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 64 | 71 | 37 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 90 | 128 |
| Bentley | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 65 | 83 | 34 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 81 | 125 |
| Army | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 71 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 60 | 97 |
| American International | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 88 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 63 | 116 |
| Championship: Mercyhurst † 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
| Play-In March 9 | Play-In March 9 | Play-In March 9 | Quarterfinals March 12 | Quarterfinals March 12 | Quarterfinals March 12 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 |
| | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Army | 5 | 8 | Army | 0 | | | | | | |
| 9 | American International | 3 | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Bentley | 1 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Canisius | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Bentley | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Mercyhurst | 3* |
| | | | 3 | Mercyhurst | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Connecticut | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Mercyhurst | 4* | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Holy Cross | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Holy Cross | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Sacred Heart | 2 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Championship
#### (1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Mercyhurst
## Tournament awards
### Three Stars of the Tournament

* 3 Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)
* 2 Jamie Holden (Quinnipiac)
* 1 Matt Ella (Mercyhurst)

### MVP

* Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst)