The 2008 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2008. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while all 'Final Five' games were played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. All quarterfinal matchups were best-of-three series with the top three remaining seeds receiving byes into the semifinal round and the lowest two remaining seeds playing in a four-vs-five match. All rounds after the quarterfinals were conducted as single-elimination games. The winner of the four-vs-five game would advance to the semifinals to play the highest remaining seed while the other two remaining seeds faced off in the other semifinal game. The winners of the semifinal games advanced to play each other in a championship game with the tournament champion receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 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
Army281783378451371914410173
RIT2815853587723719126116109
Air Force*281495338965392112613091
Sacred Heart28141133191793816193111116
Mercyhurst2811107 2983894115197112133
Canisius2810135258079371120693121
Connecticut2811143256284371321379126
Bentley28913624818836921689124
Holy Cross289154226685361019788114
American International28817319679836823583135
Championship: Air Force
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

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Bracket

[5] Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals[6]
March 7–9
Four vs. Five[7]
March 14
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 16
1Army45
10American International02
1Army2
2RIT5*5*4Sacred Heart15Mercyhurst4
9Holy Cross445Mercyhurst4
3Air Force933Air Force5**
8Bentley215Mercyhurst4
4Sacred Heart624
7Connecticut53*12RIT0
3Air Force5
5Mercyhurst42*
6Canisius11

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Army vs. (10) American International

March 7[8] Army 4 – 0 American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Flicek, Meyer) Bryce Hollweg - GW - 03:11 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Pierson, Sefchik) Rob Ross - 08:56
(Anderson) Will Ryan - 12:25
(unassisted) Eric Sefchik - 13:10
Third period No scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Josh Kassel Goalie stats Dan Ramirez ( 27 saves / 31 shots )
March 8[9] Army 5 – 2 American International Tate Rink Recap  
(Ryan, Colvin) Joey Ammon - 13:15 First period 09:12 - PP - Mark Pavli (Bolognino, McMillan)
17:23 - Greg Genovese (Little, Campanale)
(Fearing, Colvin) Ken Rowe - 04:11
(unassisted) Owen Meyer - GW PS - 19:19
(Omilusik) Ken Rowe - 19:39
Second period No scoring
(Sefchik, Meyer) Bryce Hollweg - 01:59 Third period No scoring
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Josh Kassel Goalie stats Tom Fenton ( 29 saves / 34 shots )
Army won series 2–0

(2) RIT vs. (9) Holy Cross

March 7[10] RIT 5 – 4 OT Holy Cross Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
(Lambert, Ringwald) Matt Smith - PP - 08:25 First period 19:32 - Joe Brock (Dams, Reinhardt)
No scoring Second period 19:59 - Matt Znutas (unassisted)
(Sarazin, Burns) Stevan Matic - 02:33
(Ringwald, Lambert) Matt Smith - PP - 08:54
(Burns) Matt Smith - 16:01
Third period 06:21 - PP - Matt Burke (Forshner)
09:06 - Brodie Sheahan (Forshner, Gabriel)
(Lambert, Ringwald) Matt Crowell - GW - 15:19 First overtime period No scoring
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Louis Menard Goalie stats Adam Roy ( 36 saves / 41 shots )
March 8[11] RIT 5 – 4 OT Holy Cross Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Recap  
(Lambert, Murphy) Matt Smith - PP - 03:12
(Favot, Lambert) Matt Crowell - 15:43
First period 08:19 - Dale Reinhardt (Dams)
(Lambert, Murphy) Matt Smith - PP - 01:07 Second period 05:16 - Cal St. Denis (Franklin, Jelinek)
05:54 - Rob Forshner (Sheen, Werry)
12:34 - Rob Forshner (Burke, Brock)
(Draper, Kharin) Jesse Newman - 08:32 Third period No scoring
(Patry, Walton) Matt Smith - GW - 04:17 First overtime period No scoring
( 17 saves / 21 shots ) Louis Menard Goalie stats Adam Roy ( 33 saves / 38 shots )
RIT won series 2–0

(3) Air Force vs. (8) Bentley

March 7[12] Air Force 9 – 2 Bentley Cadet Ice Arena  
(Fairchild, Flynn) Josh Schaffer - 09:01 First period 11:07 - Pat Percella (Preece)
(Nylander, Hajner) Derrick Burnett - PP - 02:50
(Olson, Frider) Scott Kozlak - GW - 04:18
(Nylander, Mayra) Sean Bertsch - 04:54
(Charbonneau, Frider) Mike Phillipich - PP - 07:22
(Hajner, Burnett) Brett Nylander - 09:33
(Kelly, Sellers) Blake Page - 13:05
(Hajner) Greg Flynn - PP - 16:37
Second period No scoring
(Bertsch, Phillipich) Brad Sellers - 07:26 Third period 12:49 - Jeff Gumaer (Canzoneri, Prewitt)
( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Andrew Volkening Goalie stats Joe Calvi ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) / Nick Moise ( 14 saves / 19 shots )
March 8[13] Air Force 3 – 1 Bentley Cadet Ice Arena Recap  
(Fairchild, Flynn) Brent Olson - PP - 09:27
(Hajner, Burnett) Greg Flynn - GW PP - 10:03
First period No scoring
(Burnett, Charbonneau) Jeff Hajner - PP - 03:59 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:12 - Dain Prewitt (Cloutier, Canzoneri)
( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Andrew Volkening Goalie stats Joe Calvi ( 43 saves / 46 shots )
Air Force won series 2–0

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Connecticut

March 7[14] Sacred Heart 6 – 5 Connecticut Milford Ice Pavilion  
(Tyll, Drew) Alexandre Parent - 17:47 First period No scoring
(Knowlton, Johnson) Scott Marchesi - PP - 05:06
(Tyll) Alexandre Parent - SH - 10:30
Second period 13:09 - PP - Brendan Olinyk (Ochoa, Hernandez)
17:28 - PP - Matt Pedemonti (Schneider, Behler)
18:12 - Matt Miller (Krispel, Olson)
(Jarman) Erik Boisvert - SH - 06:10
(Parent, Grimson) Bear Trapp - PP - 08:41
(Parent, Boisvert) Dave Jarman - GW - 15:38
Third period 07:04 - Jeff Sapieha (Olinyk, Miller)
19:45 - Matt Pedemonti (Olson, Schneider)
( 30 saves / 35 shots ) Stefan Drew Goalie stats Beau Erickson ( 19 saves / 25 shots )
March 8[15] Sacred Heart 2 – 3 OT Connecticut Milford Ice Pavilion  
(Trapp, Giosa) Nick Johnson - 07:09 First period 09:46 - Jason Krispel (Olson, Spicer)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Gordon) Evan Mladenoff - 18:02 Third period 06:08 - Andrew Olson (Spicer, Krispel)
No scoring First overtime period 05:28 - GW - Michael Coppola (Solberg, Bergin)
( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Stefan Drew Goalie stats Beau Erickson ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 9[16] Sacred Heart 4 – 1 Connecticut Milford Ice Pavilion  
(Rodriguez, Berube) Adam DeJong - 04:22 First period No scoring
(Knowlton, Berube) Adam DeJong - GW - 07:12 Second period No scoring
(Tyll) Evan Mladenoff - 11:45
(Trapp) Alexandre Parent - EN - 18:48
Third period 05:03 - Chris Spicer (Miller)
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Stefan Drew Goalie stats Beau Erickson ( 44 saves / 47 shots )
Sacred Heart won series 2–1

(5) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Canisius

March 7[17] Mercyhurst 4 – 1 Canisius Mercyhurst Ice Center  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Pierce, Eddy) Brett Robinson - 04:32
(Echtermach, Eddy) Chris Risi - GW - 10:07
(Robinson, Cottreau) Matt Pierce - PP - 11:41
Second period No scoring
(Bremner, Graham) Mike Gurtler - 16:15 Third period 06:16 - Jason Weeks (Kasch, Heidinger)
( 41 saves / 42 shots ) Matt Lundin Goalie stats Andrew Loewen ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
March 8[18] Mercyhurst 2 – 1 OT Canisius Mercyhurst Ice Center  
(Terminesi, Fennell) Matt Pierce - PP - 10:24 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 18:21 - Vincent Scarsella (Jenks)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Vansenbeld, Cottreau) Kerry Bowman - GW - 01:45 First overtime period No scoring
( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Lundin Goalie stats Andrew Loewen ( 32 saves / 34 shots )
Mercyhurst won series 2–0

Four vs. Five

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Mercyhurst

March 14[19] Sacred Heart 1 – 4 Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Grimson, Trapp) Dave Jarman - PP - 09:13 First period 06:16 - PP - Matt Pierce (Terminesi, Robinson)
No scoring Second period 00:41 - GW - Cullen Eddy (unassisted)
No scoring Third period 10:14 - Ben Cottreau (Fennell)
17:30 - Chris Risi (Medernach, Lundin)
( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Stefan Drew Goalie stats Matt Lundin ( 38 saves / 39 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Army vs. (5) Mercyhurst

March 15[20] Army 2 – 4 Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Ryan, Ammon) Aaron Anderson - 14:23 First period 07:29 - PP - Matt Pierce (Fennell, Robinson)
15:24 - Mike Gurtler (Graham, Phillips)
(Omilusik, Flicek) Bryce Hollweg - PP - 01:39 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 00:25 - GW SH - Chris Risi (Vandenbeld)
05:41 - EA - Neil Graham (Bremner, Gurtler)
( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Kassel Goalie stats Matt Lundin ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

(2) RIT vs. (3) Air Force

March 15[21] RIT 0 – 5 Air Force Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 06:32 - GW PP - Brent Olson (Frider, Charbonneau)
No scoring Second period 05:49 - Mike Phillipich (Charbonneau, Schaffer)
10:04 - SH - Matt Fairchild (Nylander)
17:18 - PP - Brent Olson (Charbonneau, Hajner)
No scoring Third period 10:34 - Matt Fairchild (Hajner, Mayra)
( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Louis Menard / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Jared DeMichiel Goalie stats Andrew Volkening ( 24 saves / 24 shots )

Championship

(3) Air Force vs. (5) Mercyhurst

March 16[22] Air Force 5 – 4 2OT Mercyhurst Blue Cross Arena Recap  
(Phillipich, Flynn) Brent Olson - PP - 19:58 First period No scoring
(Kozlak, Frider) Frank Schiavone - 13:23 Second period 17:11 - PP - Matt Pierce (Cottreau, Terminesi)
07:53 - PP - Steve Cameron (Pitt, Coccimiglio)
(Phillipich, Bertsch) Josh Schaffer - 09:50
(Olson, Kozlak) Josh Frider - 11:30
Third period 03:50 - Nick Vandenbeld (Risi)
11:09 - Brett Robinson (Pierce)
(Olson) Josh Frider - 00:56 Second overtime period No scoring
( 49 saves / 53 shots ) Andrew Volkening Goalie stats Matt Lundin ( 42 saves / 47 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G Andrew Volkening (Air Force)
  • D Matt Charbonneau (Air Force)
  • D Jeff Terminesi (Mercyhurst)
  • F Brent Olson* (Air Force)
  • F Matt Pierce (Mercyhurst)
  • F Chris Risi (Mercyhurst)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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