2019 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2019 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 15th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019 at home campus locations and at the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. By winning the tournament, American International earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2019 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 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. [1]

Standings

2018–19 Atlantic Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#16 American International †*28189137102774123171129119
Bentley281594349475371715511398
Air Force281410432656336161559092
Sacred Heart28141133185733716174107106
RIT28131143081763817174113111
Niagara28111252794964117195127140
Mercyhurst28111342688943813205113134
Robert Morris28111522472784016222102127
Holy Cross2810144248189361021591112
Army288137237182391220794117
Canisius28816420771073712205103133
Championship: March 23, 2019
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the quarterfinals and semifinals

  First round
March 8-10
Quarterfinals
March 13–17
Semifinals
March 22
Championship
March 23
                                             
  1 American International 4 1 4 1 American International 3*  
6 Niagara 5** 3 2 10 Army 0 2 1 8 Robert Morris 2  
11 Canisius 4 4* 1
  2 Bentley 3 1 3
7 Mercyhurst 2 1 - 8 Robert Morris 2 2 4*     1 American International 3*
10 Army 3* 5 -   6 Niagara 2
  3 Air Force 2 4 -
8 Robert Morris 1 3 - 6 Niagara 3* 5 -
9 Holy Cross 0 2 -
  4 Sacred Heart 9 3 1 5 RIT 0
  5 RIT 4 7 3 6 Niagara 1*  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

(6) Niagara vs. (11) Canisius

Niagara won series 2–1

(7) Mercyhurst vs. (10) Army

Army won series 2–0

(8) Robert Morris vs. (9) Holy Cross

Robert Morris won series 2–0

(1) American International vs. (10) Army

American International won series 2–1

(2) Bentley vs. (8) Robert Morris

Robert Morris won series 2–1

(3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara

Niagara won series 2–0

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) RIT

RIT won series 2–1

(1) American International vs. (8) Robert Morris

(5) RIT vs. (6) Niagara

(1) American International vs. (6) Niagara

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G Zackarias Skog* (American International)
  • D Jānis Jaks (American International)
  • D Ryan Polin (American International)
  • F Hugo Reinhardt (American International)
  • F Blake Christensen (American International)
  • F Ludwig Stenlund (Niagara)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[2]

References

  1. "Atlantic Hockey". atlantichockeyonline.com.
  2. "AIC Wins First Atlantic Hockey Championship as Reinhardt Nets OT Winner". Atlantic Hockey. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
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