Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The Eighth Annual Atlantic Hockey Association Championship Tournament format will be the same for the second year in a row, as the tournament will be contested on three straight weekends.  The First Round will be four one-game series with the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th seeds hosting the 12th, 11th, 10th and 9th seeds, repspectively on Saturday, March 5.  The following weekend will be a best two-out-of-three quarterfinal series with the top four seeds hosting.  The Semifinals will be on Friday, March 18 with the Championship contest being played on Saturday, March 19.  Last season, RIT defeated Sacred Heart in the Championship contest, 6-1 to earn its first-ever Atlantic Hockey Tournament crown.  The Tigers then made an impressive run in the NCAA Tournament, defeating Denver, 2-1 in the East Regional Semifinals, then dropping New Hampshire, 6-2 in the East Regional Final.  RIT then became the first-ever Atlantic Hockey institution to participate in the Frozen Four, where the Tigers run came to an end at the hands of Wisconsin.

The eventual Atlantic Hockey champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


Tickets for the First and Quarterfinal rounds may be purchased through the host institutions.

Tickets for the Blue Cross Arena may be purchased by contacting the Blue Cross Arena Ticket Office, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling TicketMaster at 585-232-1900.


ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
All Times Subject To Change


Saturday, March 5 - First Round
at Campus Sites - 7:05 pm
#12 seed at #5 seed
#11 seed at #6 seed
#10 seed at #7 seed
#9 seed at #8 seed 

Friday-Sunday, March 11-13 - Quarterfinals

at Campus Sites - Top Four Seeds host - 7:05 pm
Best two-out-of-three series

Lowest remaining seed at #1 seed
Next lowest seed at #2 seed
Next lowest seed at #3 seed
Highest remaining seed at #4 seed 

Friday, March 18 - Semifinals
at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y.
Semifinal #1 - 4:05 pm
Semifinal #2 - 1 hour after completion of Semifinal #1

Saturday, March 19 - Championships
at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y.
Section V All-Star Game, 2:00 pm
Championship Game, 7:05 pm