2003 MAAC men's ice hockey tournament

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2003 MAAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 15–23, 2003
Teams8
Finals siteTate Rink
West Point, New York
ChampionsMercyhurst (2nd title)
Winning coachRick Gotkin[1] (2nd title)
MVPDavid Wrigley (Mercyhurst)
MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2003 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th and final championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 15 and March 23, 2003. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, the home venue of the Army Black Knights. By winning the tournament Mercyhurst received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

After the 2003 season, both the Fairfield Stags and Iona Gaels discontinued their hockey programs. The remaining 9 teams in the conference then formed Atlantic Hockey which began play in 2003-04.

Format[edit]

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 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2002–03 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Mercyhurst†* 26 19 5 2 40 105 73 37 22 13 2 135 129
Quinnipiac 26 18 7 1 37 109 72 36 22 13 1 139 98
Holy Cross 26 14 11 1 29 81 67 36 17 18 1 109 105
Sacred Heart 26 13 10 3 29 79 62 35 14 15 6 95 86
Bentley 26 13 13 0 26 77 80 34 15 19 0 94 122
Army 26 13 13 0 26 67 72 34 18 16 0 93 92
Canisius 26 11 13 2 24 66 71 37 12 21 4 85 126
Iona 26 11 14 1 23 80 80 35 11 22 2 91 122
American International 26 9 16 1 19 66 105 32 10 20 2 83 137
Connecticut 26 7 16 3 17 74 102 34 8 23 3 91 148
Fairfield 26 7 17 2 16 67 87 33 8 23 2 86 121
Championship: Mercyhurst
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket[edit]

[2] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Quarterfinals[3]
March 15 		Semifinals[4]
March 21 		Championship
March 23
         
1 Mercyhurst 5
8 Iona 3
1 Mercyhurst 10
5 Bentley 2
4 Sacred Heart 0
5 Bentley 2
1 Mercyhurst 4
2 Quinnipiac 3
2 Quinnipiac 3
7 Canisius 2
2 Quinnipiac 3
3 Holy Cross 0
3 Holy Cross 3
6 Army 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals[edit]

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Iona[edit]

March 15[5] Mercyhurst 5 – 4 Iona Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
(Wrigley, Rivers) Dave Borrelli - 02:26
(Rivers, Muldoon) Dave Borrelli - 11:36
(Muldoon, Borrelli) David Wrigley - 15:04 		First period 08:54 - PP - Mark Hallam (Carroll, Swanson)
11:12 - PP - Tim Krueckl (Hallam, Carroll)
(Hansen, Tackaberry) T. J. Kemp - PP - 07:58
(Hansen, Wrigley) Peter Rynshoven - GW PP - 12:02 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 06:30 - Neil Clark (Kakepetum, Williams)
11:23 - Brent Williams (Clark, Bararuk)
Andy Franck ( 43 saves / 47 shots ) Goalie stats Ian Vigier ( 26 saves / 31 shots )


(2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Canisius[edit]

March 15[6] Quinnipiac 3 – 2 Canisius Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
No Scoring First period 04:30 - Robert Carroll (Ovcjak, Dawe)
13:40 - Jeff Street (Martin, Bouffard)
(Ennis, Falite) John Kelly - 06:09 Second period No scoring
(Bordieri, Kelly) Craig Falite - 05:52
(Morrison, White) Aaron Ludwig - GW - 12:58 		Third period No scoring
Justin Eddy ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Bryan Worosz ( 26 saves / 29 shots )


(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Army[edit]

March 15[7] Holy Cross 3 – 2 Army Hart Center Recap  
(Bianchi, Coskren) Andrew McKay - 15:23 First period 15:55 - Mike McLean (Quinlan, MacLeod)
(Coskren, Doria) Jeff Dams - PP - 06:44 Second period No scoring
(Doria, Kealey) Tyler McGregor - GW - 18:06 Third period 15:58 - Nic Serre (Hines, Dudek)
Tony Quesada ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Brad Roberts ( 21 saves / 24 shots )


(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Bentley[edit]

March 15[8] Sacred Heart 0 – 2 Bentley Milford Ice Pavilion  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 04:55 - GW PP - Joe Lovell (Markarian, Mayhew)
11:43 - Ryan Lessnau (Plattner, Peters)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Eddy Ferhi ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 34 saves / 37 shots )


Semifinals[edit]

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (5) Bentley[edit]

March 21[9] Mercyhurst 10 – 2 Bentley Tate Rink Recap  
(Wrigley, Rivers) Dave Borrelli - 19:13 First period No scoring
(Wrigley, Rivers) Dave Borrelli - 01:11
(Reynolds, Carter) Erik Johnson - GW - 01:56
(Rivers, Wrigley) Dave Borrelli - PP - 03:40
(Muldoon) Adam Tackaberry - 06:06
David Wrigley - 07:35
(Rivers) Marty Rychley - 13:27 		Second period No scoring
Marty Rychley - PP - 04:08
(Tackaberry, Kemp) P.J. Hiscock - 16:01
(Brown, Chambers) Peter Rynshoven - 16:01 		Third period 09:24 - Troy Wiebler (Calabro, Chase)
10:49 - PP - Ryan Lessnau (Chase, Goodwin)
Andy Franck ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Goalie stats Simon St. Pierre ( 16 saves / 22 shots ) / Geordan Murphy ( 14 saves / 18 shots )


(2) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Holy Cross[edit]

March 21[10] Quinnipiac 3 – 0 Holy Cross Tate Rink Recap  
(Kelly) Michael Bordieri - GW - 03:39
(Craig, Testa) Matt Froehlich - 11:07
(Froehlich, Winkler) Matt Craig - 16:57 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jamie Holden ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Tony Quesada ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) / Ben Conway ( 11 saves / 11 shots )


Championship[edit]

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac[edit]

March 23[11] Mercyhurst 4 – 3 Quinnipiac Tate Rink Recap  
(Chambers) Rich Hansen - 08:19 First period 06:18 - John Kelly (Ennis, Rossi)
13:26 - Chris White (Morrison, Ludwig)
(Muldoon) David Wrigley - 01:11
(Reynolds, King) Mike Carter - 13:56 		Second period No scoring
(Wrigley, Tackaberry) T. J. Kemp - GW PP - 08:45 Third period 04:10 - Tim Morrison (Ludwig, White)
Andy Franck ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Jamie Holden ( 30 saves / 34 shots )


Tournament awards[edit]

All-Tournament Team[edit]

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mercyhurst Men's Team History". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "MAAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  3. ^ "MAAC men's 2002-03 Results Week 25". Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "MAAC men's 2002-03 Results Week 26". Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "Mercyhurst 5, Iona 4". USCHO.com. March 15, 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  6. ^ "Quinnipiac 3, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. March 15, 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross 3, Army 2". USCHO.com. March 15, 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  8. ^ "Sacred Heart 3, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. March 15, 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  9. ^ "Mercyhurst 10, Bentley 2". USCHO.com. March 21, 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  10. ^ "Quinnipiac 3, Holy Cross 0". USCHO.com. March 21, 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  11. ^ "Mercyhurst 4, Quinnipiac 3". USCHO.com. March 23, 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  12. ^ "2003 MAAC Championship". Inside College Hockey. March 23, 2003. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
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