2017 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2017 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 13th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017 at home campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The tournament champion Air Force was granted Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, will play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five teams from the conference regular season standings receive a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first round winner, the second seed and second-highest-ranked first round winner, the third seed and highest-ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed will play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest remaining seeds will play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Standings

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

2016–17 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Canisius281846429053392111710785
#12 Air Force*281963419156422710513393
Army2815103337756371814510078
Robert Morris2815103338673382212412395
Holy Cross2811107297878361415799106
RIT28131502690793714221108111
Mercyhurst28111342682833915204106123
Bentley28101262678823913197101120
Sacred Heart2810153236787371319588116
American International28714721639136820882122
Niagara28323285511939531376168
Championship: March 18, 2017
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

Bracket

Army and Robert Morris finished tied for third. Army wins the 5th tiebreaker (record against #1 seed). RIT, Mercyhurst and Bentley finished tied for sixth place. RIT was seeded sixth with tie breakers over both (head-to-head wins and conference wins) while Mercyhurst was placed seventh (conference wins).

  First round
March 3–5
Quarterfinals
March 10–12
Semifinals
March 17
Championship
March 18
                                             
  1 Canisius 3 2 1 Canisius 2  
6 RIT 4 5 1 11 Niagara 0 1 4 Robert Morris 6  
11 Niagara 5 0 4
  2 Air Force 4 2
7 Mercyhurst 4 5 8 Bentley 0 1     4 Robert Morris 1
10 American International 3 0   2 Air Force 2
  3 Army 6 2 4
8 Bentley 1 5 3** 7 Mercyhurst 4 3* 3
9 Sacred Heart 4 2 2
  4 Robert Morris 6 3 2 Air Force 1
  5 Holy Cross 3 2 3 Army 0  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

(6) RIT vs. (11) Niagara

Niagara won series 2–1

(7) Mercyhurst vs. (10) American International

Mercyhurst won series 2–0

(8) Bentley vs. (9) Sacred Heart

Bentley won series 2–1

(1) Canisius vs. (11) Niagara

Canisius won series 2–1

(2) Air Force vs. (8) Bentley

Air Force won series 2–0

(3) Army vs. (7) Mercyhurst

Army won series 2–1

(4) Robert Morris vs. (5) Holy Cross

Robert Morris won series 2–0

(1) Canisius vs. (4) Robert Morris

(2) Air Force vs. (3) Army

(2) Air Force vs. (4) Robert Morris

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G Shane Starrett* (Air Force)
  • D John Hrabovsky (Air Force)
  • D
  • F Jordan Himley (Air Force)
  • F Tyler Ledford (Air Force)
  • F Brady Ferguson (Robert Morris)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

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  14. "Mercyhurst 3, Army 2". USCHO.com. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  15. "Army 4, Mercyhurst 3". USCHO.com. 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  16. "Robert Morris 6, Holy Cross 3". USCHO.com. 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
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