# 2000 MAAC men's ice hockey tournament

The 2000 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 10 and March 18, 2000. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the UConn Ice Arena in Storrs, Connecticut, the home venue of the Connecticut Huskies.

## Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion does not receive an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
1999–00 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 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† | 27 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 152 | 60 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 195 | 95 |
| Mercyhurst | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 113 | 64 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 143 | 94 |
| Canisius | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 93 | 79 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 113 | 95 |
| Connecticut* | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 104 | 77 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 133 | 116 |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 86 | 74 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 104 | 104 |
| Iona | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 93 | 93 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 126 | 132 |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 83 | 110 | 35 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 98 | 158 |
| Bentley | 27 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 90 | 130 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 98 | 159 |
| American International | 27 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 72 | 124 | 30 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 83 | 136 |
| Fairfield | 27 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 144 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 78 | 183 |
| Championship: Connecticut † 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
| Quarterfinals March 10–11 | Quarterfinals March 10–11 | Quarterfinals March 10–11 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| 1 | Quinnipiac | 9 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bentley | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bentley | 2 | 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Iona | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Canisius | 3 | 6 | Iona | 6 | | | |
| 6 | Iona | 4 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Iona | 4 | | | | 6 | Iona | 1 |
| | | | | | | 4 | Connecticut | 6 |
| 2 | Mercyhurst | 10 | | | | | | | 4 | Connecticut | 6 |
| 7 | Holy Cross | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Holy Cross | 3 | 2 | Mercyhurst | 0 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Connecticut | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Connecticut | 5 | 4 | Connecticut | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Sacred Heart | 4 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Championship
#### (4) Connecticut vs. (6) Iona
## Tournament awards
### MVP

* Marc Senerchia (Connecticut)