This is the 2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament. The tournament was held from March 10 to March 18, 2000. The winner of the tournament did NOT receive an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Regular season[]
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Quinnipiac† | 27 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 152 | 60 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 195 | 95 | |
| Mercyhurst | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 113 | 64 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 143 | 94 | |
| Canisius | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 93 | 79 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 113 | 95 | |
| Connecticut* | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 104 | 77 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 133 | 116 | |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 86 | 74 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 104 | 104 | |
| Iona | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 93 | 93 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 126 | 132 | |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 83 | 110 | 35 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 98 | 158 | |
| Bentley | 27 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 90 | 130 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 98 | 159 | |
| American International | 27 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 72 | 124 | 30 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 83 | 136 | |
| Fairfield | 27 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 144 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 78 | 183 | |
| Championship: Connecticut † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Format[]
Only the top eight teams (out of ten) in the regular season standings qualified for the tournament. All rounds were single elimination. The quarterfinal round was held at the home rink of the higher seeded team. Teams were reseeded after the quarterfinal round. The semifinal and final rounds were held at the UConn Ice Arena located in Storrs, Connecticut, the home rink of the UConn Huskies.
Quarterfinals[]
Games held March 10th and 11
#1 Quinnipiac vs #8 Bentley[]
- Quinnipiac defeated Bentley 9 to 2
#2 Mercyhurst vs #7 Holy Cross[]
- Mercyhurst defeated Holy Cross 10 to 3
#3 Canisius vs #6 Iona[]
- Iona defeated Canisius 4 to 3
#4 Connecticut vs #5 Sacred Heart[]
- Connecticut defeated Sacred Heart 5 to 4
Semifinals[]
Games held March 16
#1 Quinnipiac vs #6 Iona[]
- Iona defeated Quinnipiac 6 to 2
#2 Mercyhurst vs #4 Connecticut[]
- Connecticut defeated Mercyhurst 2 to 0
Finals[]
Game played March 18
#4 Connecticut vs #6 Iona[]
- Connecticut defeated Iona 6 to 1
Most Valuable Player[]
- Marc Senerchia, G, Connecticut