2000 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 2000 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 10–18, 2000 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site |
UConn Ice Arena Storrs, Connecticut |
| Champions | Connecticut (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Bruce Marshall[1] (1st title) |
| MVP | Marc Senerchia (Connecticut) |
|
MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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
| Conference | 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[2]
Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 10–11 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Quinnipiac | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Bentley | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Iona | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Canisius | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Iona | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Iona | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mercyhurst | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Holy Cross | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mercyhurst | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Sacred Heart | 4 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Bentley
| March 10[3] | Quinnipiac | 9 – 2 | Bentley | Northford Ice Pavilion | ||||
| Matt Erhart - 03:09 Chris Cerrella - 06:49 Ryan Olson - GW PP - 16:27 Todd Bennett - 17:27 |
First period | 11:58 - PP - Steve Tobio 17:49 - Andy Peters | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Ennis - PP - 08:05 Ryan Olson - 09:03 Kris Cumming - 16:11 Todd Bennett - 17:20 Brian Herbert - 18:33 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| J.C. Wells ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Cullen ( 40 saves / 49 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Holy Cross
| March 11[4] | Mercyhurst | 10 – 3 | Holy Cross | Mercyhurst Ice Center | ||||
| Tom McMonagle - 03:40 Tom McMonagle - 07:01 |
First period | 15:31 - PP - Patrick Rissmiller | ||||||
| Louis Goulet - 00:21 Jody Robinson - GW - 02:17 Louis Goulet - PP - 06:19 Paul Hiscock - 06:59 Kelly Kochman - 08:48 Paul Hiscock - 15:56 |
Second period | 15:32 - Brian Askashian | ||||||
| Jody Robinson - 08:14 Fedor Zakuslio - 08:26 |
Third period | 13:55 - Chris Fattey | ||||||
| Ashley Stevens ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Bennett ( 17 saves / 25 shots ) / Matt Smith ( 8 saves / 8 shots ) / John Tocco ( 1 saves / 3 shots ) | ||||||
(3) Canisius vs. (6) Iona
| March 11[5] | Canisius | 3 – 4 | Iona | Buffalo State Sports Arena | ||||
| Paul Dusza - 01:33 Corey Lucas - 16:11 |
First period | 05:02 - Chris Baboulis 16:43 - John Gilbert | ||||||
| Robert Othmann - 06:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:51 - Ryan Manitowich 13:15 - GW - Ryan Carter | ||||||
| Sean Weaver ( 30 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Fraser ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Sacred Heart
| March 11[6] | Connecticut | 5 – 4 | Sacred Heart | UConn Ice Arena | ||||
| Michael Narotski - 00:37 | First period | 09:02 - PP - Les Hrapchak 13:21 - Nick Nutcher 18:03 - Lloyd Tennant | ||||||
| Mike Anderson - 01:37 | Second period | 00:54 - Nick Nutcher | ||||||
| Eric Goclowski - 01:37 Trent Landry - 05:02 Michael Goldkind - GW - 14:21 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marc Senerchia ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alexis Jutras-Binet ( 24 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
Semifinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (6) Iona
| March 16[7] | Quinnipiac | 4 – 6 | Iona | UConn Ice Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | 06:35 - Nathan Lutz 10:53 - John Gilbert 13:39 - Brian Schroeder | ||||||
| Shawn Mansoff - PP - 05:59 Chris Cerrella - PP - 11:47 |
Second period | 01:33 - PP - Ryan Carter | ||||||
| Chris Cerrella - 03:57 Ryan Olson - 16:58 |
Third period | 07:13 - GW - Mark Hallam 19:58 - EN - Ryan Carter | ||||||
| J.C. Wells ( 4 saves / 8 shots ) / Dan LiLeo ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Fraser ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Mercyhurst vs. (4) Connecticut
| March 16[8] | Mercyhurst | 0 – 2 | Connecticut | UConn Ice Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:19 - GW - Kevin Connell | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:30 - Michael Goldkind | ||||||
| Peter Aubry ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Marc Senerchia ( 37 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(4) Connecticut vs. (6) Iona
| March 18[9] | Connecticut | 6 – 1 | Iona | UConn Ice Arena | ||||
| Michael Narotski - PP - 07:11 | First period | 05:08 - Jean-Paul Chaput | ||||||
| Michael Goldkind - GW - 01:00 Ciro Longobardi - PP - 11:29 Trent Landry - 14:58 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ciro Longobardi - 04:35 Evan Stensrud - 18:40 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marc Senerchia ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Fraser ( 11 saves / 16 shots ) / Ben Brady ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
MVP
- Marc Senerchia (Connecticut)[10]
References
- ↑ "Connecticut Men's Team History". Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "MAAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "Quinnipiac 9, Bentley 2". USCHO.com. 2000-03-10. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "Mercyhurst 10, Holy Cross 3". USCHO.com. 2000-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "Iona 4, Canisius 3". USCHO.com. 2000-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "Connecticut 5, Sacred Heart 4". USCHO.com. 2000-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "Iona 6, Quinnipiac 4". USCHO.com. 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "Connecticut 2, Mercyhurst 0". USCHO.com. 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "Connecticut 6, Iona 1". USCHO.com. 2000-03-18. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "MAAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
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