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Gold:  Virginia Tech

Silver:  Georgetown

Bronze:  NC State

 

Championship:  Virginia Tech 4, Georgetown 2

Consolation:  NC State 8, North Carolina 6

 

Semi-Finals: 

Georgetown 6, NC State 3

Virginia Tech 5, North Carolina 0

Other Games:

Georgetown 6, University of Virginia 0.

University of North Carolina 5, Duke 3.

Duke 3, University of Virginia 1.

ACC Hockey League Championship Tournament

February 19-21, 2010
Kettler Capitals Iceplex
Washington, DC

Tournament Seeding:

1^ST SEED:   VIRGINIA TECH
2^ND SEED:   N C STATE UNIVERSITY
3^RD SEED:   GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
4^TH SEED:   UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
5^TH SEED:   DUKE UNIVERSITY
6^TH SEED:   UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Full Tournament Details

Friday Night

Georgetown vs. UVA                        North Carolina vs Duke
5:15 PM                                                   7:45 PM

Virginia Tech 5 Duke 2

The Blue Devils kept the game close in a hard fought game against the ACC’s regular season champion.  Late in the game, Tech pulled ahead, scoring an empty net goal to extend their margin of victory. 

Virginia Tech earns the ACC Hockey League Gold Medal, with Duke taking home the Silver.

North Carolina 6 Georgetown 3

The Tarheels scored on their first four power play opportunities on their way to a victory over the Hoyas in the ACC Hockey League Bronze Medal game.

Saturday 3rd Game: Virginia Tech 9 North Carolina 3

Saturday 3rd Game:
Virginia Tech 9
North Carolina 3

Virginia Tech moves on to meet Duke in the finals on Sunday at 2PM.  Duke is the only team to beat the Hokies this season, winning 2-1 in a shootout. 

North Carolina faces last year’s champion, Georgetown, in the Bronze Medal game on Sunday at 11AM.

Saturday 2nd Game: Duke 5 Georgetown 1

Saturday 2nd Game:
Duke 5
Georgetown 1

Duke advances to the finals to face the winner of the Virginia Tech and North Carolina game.  The final will be played on Sunday at 2PM.

Georgetown will play the loser of the Virginia Tech and North Carolina game in the Bronze Medal game on Sunday at 11AM.

Georgetown beat UVA 6-0 UNC beat NC State 5-4 in overtime

North Carolina avenged their two losses to NC State in the regular season in a exciting overtime finish, and Georgetown moved on to face rival Duke.

Saturday’s Matchups

11AM  – NC State vs Virginia
Virginia beat NC State last weekend for their first league win.  The Wolfpack will want to get even, while Virginia attempts to prove they are better team than their record shows.

2PM – Duke vs. Georgetown
A rematch of the ACCHL Finals from the last two year.  Georgetown won both of those, but this year, the two rivals split, with Duke winning the second meeting in a shootout on January 24th.

6PM - Virginia Tech vs North Carolina
The top ranked Hokies will try to win their third meeting against the Tarheels.  In the fall, Tech won 6-0, and last week, beat UNC 4-1.  Don’t count out the Tarheels, after beating NC State last night, North Carolina may be peaking at the right time to pull off the upset.

ESPN Radio will broadcast the entire ACCHL Tournament online.

ESPN Radio will broadcast every game of the 2009 ACCHL Tournament.  Games can be heard online by clicking the link below.

Listen Live!

Games can also be heard on the follow ESPN Stations:

• WKEX-ESPN 1430/94.1 (Blacksburg, Va.)
• WPIN-News Talk 810 (Blacksburg/Roanoke, Va.)
• WKTR-ESPN 840 (Charlottesville, Va.)
• WODY-ESPN 1160 (Martinsville Va.)

Friday February 20

7:00 PM – Seed 3 (GU) plays Seed 6 (UVA)

10:15 PM – Seed 4 (NSU) plays Seed 5 (UNC)

Saturday February 21

11:00 AM – Loser of game (1) players Loser of game (2)

2:00 PM – Seed 2 (Duke) plays highest seeded winner of games (1) or(2)

6:00 PM – Seed 1 (VT) plays lowest seeded winner of games (1) or (2)

Sunday February 22

Bronze Round

11:00 AM – Loser of Game (4) plays Loser of (5)

Championship Round

2:00 PM – Winner of Game (4) plays Winner of Game (5)

1. Virginia Tech 2. Duke 3. Georgetown 4. NC State 5. North Carolina 6. Virginia

This weekend, Duke handled Virginia Tech their first ACCHL loss.  After going 9-0 in league play, Tech tried to finish undefeated.  In a nailbiter, the Blue Devils and Hokeys skated to 1-1 tie.  The game was decided in a shootout, where Duke prevailed.

Virginia made a statement a week before the ACCHL tournament that their 1-9 league shouldn’t cause anyone to look past them.  Playing NC State, a team fighting for 2nd place in the league, the Cavaliers won 4-3, pushing the Wolfpack into 4th place. 

Final Standings
 

* Georgetown forfeited on Nov. 8th against NC State, resulting in a deduction of one point from their standings.