2001 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2001 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 10–17, 2001
Teams	8
Finals site	UConn Ice Arena Storrs, Connecticut
Champions	Mercyhurst (1st title)
Winning coach	Rick Gotkin[1] (1st title)
MVP	Jeff Gould (Mercyhurst)
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The 2001 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 10 and March 17, 2001. 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. by winning the tournament Mercyhurst received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 receives an automatic bid to the 2001 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

2000–01 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#12 Mercyhurst†*	26	19	6	1	39	110	52		36	22	12	2	140	89
Quinnipiac	26	17	7	2	36	106	67		37	22	11	4	141	106
Iona	26	16	6	4	36	122	84		35	18	13	4	136	121
Canisius	26	13	9	4	30	95	90		33	17	12	4	117	111
Connecticut	26	12	11	3	27	94	86		35	12	19	4	108	123
Sacred Heart	26	11	10	5	27	81	76		31	14	12	5	103	91
Army	26	11	15	0	22	84	101		35	14	20	1	112	132
Fairfield	26	10	14	2	22	82	104		32	11	19	2	101	139
American International	26	10	15	1	21	75	96		31	10	20	1	80	123
Holy Cross	26	8	16	2	18	81	99		32	8	22	2	89	133
Bentley	26	3	21	2	8	67	142		29	4	23	2	72	153
Championship: Mercyhurst † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket^[2]

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

	Quarterfinals March 10					Semifinals March 15					Championship March 17
	1	Mercyhurst	10
	8	Fairfield	5
						1	Mercyhurst	4
						4	Canisius	3
	4	Canisius	4
	5	Connecticut	1
											1	Mercyhurst	6
											2	Quinnipiac	5
	2	Quinnipiac	4*
	7	Army	3
						2	Quinnipiac	4
						3	Iona	1
	3	Iona	3*
	6	Sacred Heart	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Fairfield

March 10[3]	Mercyhurst		10 – 5		Fairfield	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
(Rynshoven) Adam Tackaberry - 04:27 (Goulet) Jody Robinson - 08:08		First period			18:54 - Tim Viens (Desmarais)
(Goulet, Rivers) Eric Ellis - 01:05 (Hiscock) Marty Rychley - 03:47 (Goulet, Ellis) Tom McMonagle - PP - 04:08 (Carter, Olsen) Adam Rivers - GW - 05:26 P.J. Hiscock - SH - 08:06 (Rychley) P.J. Hiscock - 17:43 (Rivers) Mike Carter - 18:06		Second period			10:44 - Blaise Silka (Metz, Gately) 14:06 - James Lubinski (Whelan)
(Lyke, Goulet) Tom McMonagle - 04:58		Third period			04:24 - PP - Casey Laflamme (Cotter) 16:50 - Tim Desmarais
Peter Aubry ( 20 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Craig Schnappinger ( 22 saves / 32 shots )

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Army

March 10[4]	Quinnipiac		4 – 3	OT	Army	Northford Ice Pavilion	Recap
(Poliquin, Erhart) Ryan Olson - 12:38		First period			13:51 - SH - Nathan Mayfield (Finnegan, McLean)
(Poliquin, Cerrella) Ryan Olson - 03:11		Second period			No scoring
(Mansoff, Winkler) Dennis Palaia - 04:59		Third period			14:09 - PP - Mike Fairman (Fisher, Carpenter) 14:34 - PP - Garrett Brougham (Boyle, Serre)
(Poliquin, Olson) Chris Cerrella - GW - 07:44		First overtime period			No scoring
Justin Eddy ( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Hamilton ( 39 saves / 43 shots )

(3) Iona vs. (6) Sacred Heart

March 10[5]	Iona		3 – 2	OT	Sacred Heart	Sports Plus at New Roc	Recap
(Fisher, Bouchard) Ryan Carter - 12:56		First period			19:14 - Martin Paquet (Fournier, McRae)
No scoring		Second period			11:38 - Les Hrapchak (Drake)
Nathan Lutz - 15:47		Third period			No scoring
(Kellogg, Fisher) Brian Schroeder - GW - 04:03		First overtime period			No scoring
Ben Brady ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Eddy Ferhi ( 39 saves / 42 shots )

(4) Canisius vs. (5) Connecticut

March 10[6]	Canisius		4 – 1		Connecticut	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Recap
(Deeves) Rob Martin - 09:53		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Birch) Todd Houston - GW - 05:44 (Martin, Street) Daryl Pierce - 08:54 (Pierce) Paul DiPasquale - EN SH - 19:55		Third period			12:36 - Mike Anderson (Kamienski, Longobardi)
Stephen Fabiilli ( 21 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Jason Casey ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Canisius

March 15[7]	Mercyhurst		4 – 3		Canisius	UConn Ice Arena	Recap
(Robinson, Goulet) Jeff Gould - PP - 10:31		First period			19:36 - PP - Rob Martin (Deeves, Pierce)
(Olsen, Rivers) Mike Carter - 05:59 (Tackaberry, Rynshoven) Jeff Gould - 05:16 (Carter) Brad Olsen - GW - 18:35		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			15:41 - PP - Jeff Street (Deeves, Kenny) 19:27 - EA - Rob Martin (Duggan, Street)
Peter Aubry ( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Stephen Fabiilli ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Iona

March 15[8]	Quinnipiac		4 – 1		Iona	UConn Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			13:41 - Michael LoCicero (Segal)
(Holtzman, Harris) Bill Class - 02:55		Second period			No scoring
(Herbert, Harris) Shawn Mansoff - GW PP - 01:04 (Cerrella) Ben Blais - 05:58 (Murray, Morton) Terry Harris - 10:32		Third period			No scoring
Justin Eddy ( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Ben Brady ( 18 saves / 22 shots )

Championship

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac

March 17[9]	Mercyhurst		6 – 5		Quinnipiac	UConn Ice Arena	Recap
(Ellis) Louis Goulet - 03:04 (McDonald) Adam Rivers - 08:26 (Robinson, Tackaberry) Jeff Gould - 11:28		First period			00:48 - Brian Herbert (Palaia)
(Tackaberry, Gould) Peter Rynshoven - 15:10		Second period			06:54 - Dennis Palaia (Herbert, Mansoff) 07:02 - Jed Holtzman (Blais)
(Goulet, Brown) Eric Ellis - 11:00 (Ellis, Goulet) Mike Carter - GW - 13:12		Third period			01:37 - PP - Todd Bennett (Holtzman, Breen) 08:33 - Terry Harris (Morton, Blais)
Peter Aubry ( 27 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Justin Eddy ( 16 saves / 22 shots )

Tournament awards

MVP

• Jeff Gould (Mercyhurst)^[10]

References

1. "Mercyhurst Men's Team History". Retrieved 2013-06-02.
2. "MAAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
3. "Mercyhurst 10, Fairfield 5". USCHO.com. 2001-03-10. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
4. "Quinnipiac 4, Army 3". USCHO.com. 2001-03-10. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
5. "Iona 3, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. 2001-03-10. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
6. "Canisius 4, Connecticut 1". USCHO.com. 2001-03-10. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
7. "Mercyhurst 4, Canisius 3". USCHO.com. 2001-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
8. "Quinnipiac 4, Iona 1". USCHO.com. 2001-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
9. "Mercyhurst 6, Quinnipiac 5". USCHO.com. 2001-03-17. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
10. "MAAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

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