2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2013 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was held from March 8 through March 23, 2013. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season[]

2012–13 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#15 Niagara	27	20	5	2	42	92	60	37	23	9	5	115	93
Air Force	27	15	7	5	35	92	56	37	17	13	7	120	92
Holy Cross	27	15	9	3	33	83	79	37	20	14	3	111	106
Connecticut	27	14	10	3	31	77	70	37	19	14	4	102	94
Robert Morris	27	13	11	3	29	85	85	38	20	14	4	118	105
Mercyhurst	27	12	11	2	28	90	73	41	19	17	5	128	112
Canisius *	27	12	13	2	26	71	69	42	19	18	5	110	100
RIT	27	11	12	4	26	88	89	38	15	18	5	122	126
American International	27	9	12	6	24	72	78	35	12	17	6	88	112
Bentley	27	10	14	3	23	85	87	35	12	20	3	108	116
Army	27	7	15	5	19	64	92	34	7	22	5	73	121
Sacred Heart	27	2	21	4	8	67	128	36	2	30	4	83	182
Championship: March 23, 2013 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion

Format[]

All twelve teams qualify for the tournament. The first round has seeds 5 though 12 playing in a best of three first round at the arena of the higher seeded team. Seed 5 host seed 12, 6 host 11, 7 host 10, and 8 host 9. The teams were re-seeded after the first round. The quarterfinal round has seed 1 host seed 8, seed 2 host 7, 3 host 6, 4 host 5. This round was also best of three at the arena of the higher seed. Teams were re-seed for the semifinal round. The Atlantic Hockey Championships (semifinal and final rounds) were held at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York on March 22nd and 23rd.

First Round[]

#5 Robert Morris vs #12 Sacred Heart[]

Robert Morris defeated Sacred Heart 2 games to none (4-1, 6-1)

#6 Mercyhurst vs. #11 Army[]

Mercyhurst defeated Army 2 games to none (3-1, 5-2)

#7 Canisius vs #10 Bentley[]

Canisius defeated Bentley 2 games to none (3-0, 5-0)

#8 RIT vs #9 American International[]

RIT defeated American International 2 games to none (2-1, 7-1)

Quarterfinals[]

#1 Niagara vs #8 RIT[]

Niagara defeated RIT 2 games to none (3-2, 2-1 (OT))

#2 Air Force vs #7 Canisius[]

Canisius defeated Air Force 2 games to none (4-3, 4-3 (OT)

#3 Holy Cross vs #6 Mercyhurst[]

Mercyhurst defeated Holy Cross 2 games to none (3-2, 2-3, 1-0)

#4 Connecticut vs #5 Robert Morris[]

Connecticut defeated Robert Morris 2 games to none (4-1, 4-3)

Semifinals[]

#1 Niagara vs #7 Canisius[]

Canisius defeated Niagara 5 to 3

#2 Connecticut vs #6 Mercyhurst[]

Mercyhurst defeated Connecticut 4 to 1

Final[]

#6 Mercyhurst vs #7 Canisius[]

Canisius defeated Mercyhurst 7 to 2

Mercyhurst received the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament