{"id":97090,"date":"2013-03-10T19:34:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T00:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/atlantic-hockey-blog\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2013-03-10T19:34:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T00:34:25","slug":"three-things-atlantic-hockey-monday-march-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2013\/03\/10\/three-things-atlantic-hockey-monday-march-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Things: Atlantic Hockey – Monday, March 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three things from Atlantic Hockey play this weekend:<\/p>\n

Onward<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A first-round sweep by the four home teams sets up quarterfinal series match ups that line up per the top eight seeds:<\/p>\n

No. 8 Rochester Institute of Technology at No. 1 Niagara
\nNo. 7 Canisius at No. 2 Air Force
\nNo. 6 Mercyhurst at No. 3 Holy Cross
\nNo. 5 Robert Morris at No. 4 Connecticut<\/p>\n

There have now been 29 best-of-three series in the ten years of Atlantic Hockey tournament play, and the home team has won an amazing 28 of them. The only exception was in 2010 when No. 5 Canisius swept No. 4 Mercyhurst in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

No drama
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

This past weekend’s first round held little excitement with only two of the eight playoff games decided by a goal. The average score of the games was 4-1. Mercyhurst outscored Army 8-3, Robert Morris defeated Sacred Heart by a combined score of 10-2, Canisius topped Bentley by a 6-1 margin, and RIT outscored AIC 9-2.<\/p>\n

Attendance was less than stellar as well. Combined attendance for the series were:
\n• RIT: 2,234 (53% capacity)
\n• Mercyhurst: 1,927 (74%)
\n• Robert Morris: 1,235 (56%)
\n• Canisius: 700 (19%)<\/p>\n

All except Mercyhurst were below the average regular season attendance for each team.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Exiting the stage<\/strong><\/p>\n

AIC goaltender Ben Meisner left Saturday’s game at RIT with 5:54  to play and his team trailing 7-1, but few at Ritter Arena knew what a significant curtain call it was. The senior ended his career with 3,684 saves, good for 12th all-time in NCAA Division I play and best in Atlantic Hockey History.<\/p>\n

That included 1,106 in his senior campaign, a career high. He also posted career bests in wins (11), GAA (2.98) and save percentage (.923).<\/p>\n

I’ll be going through all 12 senior classes in this week’s Atlantic Hockey column.<\/p>\n

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