Atlantic Hockey Predictions and Awards

Atlantic Hockey came right down to the wire. But at the end it was Holy Cross who came away with the regular season crown. But that means notthing in terms of the Crusaders making the NCAA. They will need to win the tournament in order to secure themselves an automatic bid.

So here are the matchups.

#1 Holy Cross vs #8 American International
#2 Mercyhurst vs #7 Canisius
#3 Sacred Heart vs #6 Connecticut
#4 Bentley vs #5 Army

Here are the picks (everything is single elimination)

Quarterfinals

#1 Holy Cross over #8 American International
#2 Mercyhurst over #7 Canisius
#3 Sacred Heart over #6 Connecticut
#5 Army over #4 Bentley

Semifinals

#1 Holy Cross over #5 Army
#2 Mercyhurst over #3 Sacred Heart

Finals

#2 Mercyhurst over #1 Holy Cross

Now here are the all conference teams and the awards

1st team

Pierre-Luc O'Brien JR. F- Sacred Heart
Dave Borelli SR. F- Mercyhurst
Tyler McGregor SR. F- Holy Cross
Jamie Hunt JR. D- Mercyhurst
Jon Landry JR. D- Holy Cross
Jason Smith JR. G- Sacred Heart

2nd team

Ben Cottreau SO. F- Mercyhurst
Scott Champagne JR. F- Mercyhurst
Bear Trapp FR. F- Sacred Heart
Tim Matheny FR. D- Army
Brendan McCartin SR. D- Bentley
Tony Quesada SR. G- Holy Cross

All freshman team

Bear Trapp F- Sacred Heart
Chris Myhro F- Connecticut
Jeff Gumaer F- Bentley
Tim Manthey D- Army
Sean Erickson D- Connecticut
Tyler Small G- Mercyhurst

Player of the Year: Jason Smith JR. G- Sacred Heart
Rookie of the Year: Bear Trapp F- Sacred Heart
Coach of the year: Shaun Hannah 10th year Sacred Heart (21-11-2)