2010 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2010 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 5 and March 20, 2010, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The winner received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
==Format==
The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and eighth and ninth seeds play 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 play 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 play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive 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
==Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Results==
===First round===
====(7) Holy Cross vs. (10) American International====
====(8) Bentley vs. (9) Connecticut====
===Quarterfinals===
====(1) RIT vs. (9) Connecticut====
====(2) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Holy Cross====
====(3) Air Force vs. (6) Army====
====(4) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Canisius====
===Semifinals===
====(1) RIT vs. (5) Canisius====
====(2) Sacred Heart vs. (3) Air Force====
===Championship===
====(1) RIT vs. (2) Sacred Heart====
==Tournament awards==
===All-Tournament Team===
*Goaltender: Jared DeMichiel (RIT)
*Defensemen: Dan Ringwald (RIT), Chris Tanev (RIT)
*Forwards: Tyler Brenner (RIT), Cameron Burt (RIT), Patrick Knowlton (Sacred Heart)
===MVP===
*Cameron Burt (RIT)
==References==
==External links==
*2010 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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