2017-18 Atlantic Hockey Season

This is the 2017-18 Atlantic Hockey Conference season. This is the conference's 13th season under this name and the conference's 18th season overall.

Membership Changes

 * None

Format
All teams qualify. The top 5 seeds earn a bye to the quarterfinals. The 6th place team played the 11th place team and 7-10, 8-9 also being paired off in a best-of-three series. The teams are re-seeded for the best-of-three quarterfinals, with 1 playing 8 and 2-7, 3-6, 4-5 also being paired off in a best-of-three series. The winners advance to the single game semifinals with those winners advancing to the conference championship game. The semifinal and final rounds will be held at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York on March 16-17, 2018. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

First Round

 * Sacred Heart Pioneers defeated RIT Tigers 2 games to 1
 * Robert Morris Colonials defeated Bentley Falcons 2 games to 1
 * American International Yellow Jackets defeated Niagara Purple Eagles 2 games to none

Quarterfinals

 * Mercyhurst Lakers defeated Sacred Heart Pioneers 2 games to none
 * Canisius Golden Griffins defeated American International Yellow Jackets 2 games to 1
 * Robert Morris Colonials defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 2 games to none
 * Air Force Falcons defeated Army Black Knights 2 games to 1

Semifinals

 * Air Force Falcons defeated Canisius Golden Griffins 3-0
 * Robert Morris Colonials defeated Mercyhurst Lakers 5-4 (ot)

Final

 * Air Force Falcons defeated Robert Morris Colonials 5-1