The 2004 Atlantic Hockey tournament was held from March 12 to March 20, 2004. The winning team was awarded the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 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 | ||
| Holy Cross†* | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 83 | 54 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 117 | 89 | |
| Mercyhurst | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 105 | 71 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 145 | 122 | |
| Quinnipiac | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 67 | 53 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 87 | 87 | |
| Sacred Heart | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 87 | 68 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 107 | 114 | |
| Connecticut | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 89 | 86 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 115 | 127 | |
| Canisius | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 67 | 73 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 84 | 107 | |
| Bentley | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 55 | 71 | 32 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 79 | 103 | |
| Army | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 84 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 82 | 107 | |
| American International | 24 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 97 | 34 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 71 | 138 | |
| Championship: Holy Cross † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Format[]
The eighth and ninth seeded teams played off in the first round on March 12, The quarterfinals had all eight remaining teams play on March 13. The semifinals were held on March 14. The final was held on March 20. All games were played at Tate Rink West Point, New York
First Round[]
#8 Army vs #9 American International[]
- American International defeated Army 4 to 3
Quarterfinals[]
#1 Holy Cross vs #9 American International[]
- Holy Cross defeated American International 5 to 0
#2 Mercyhurst vs #7 Bentley[]
- Mercyhurst defeated Bently 5 to 4
#3 Quinnipiac vs #6 Canisius[]
- Canisius defeated Quinnipiac 1 to 0 in overtime
#4 Sacred Heart vs #5 Connecticut[]
- Sacred Heart defeated Connecticut 3 to 0
Semifinals[]
#1 Holy Cross vs #6 Canisius[]
- Holy Cross defeated Canisius 4 to 1
#2 Mercyhurst vs #4 Sacred Heart[]
- Sacred Heart defeated Mercyhurst 3 to 2
Final[]
#1 Holy Cross vs #4 Sacred Heart[]
- Holy Cross defeated Sacred Heart 4 to 0
Holy Cross earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament