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
Membership[]
| School | Hockey Arena | Location | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force Falcons | Cadet Ice Arena | Colorado Springs, CO | 2,502 |
| American International Yellow Jackets | MassMutual Center | Springfield, MA | 6,679 |
| Army Black Knights | Tate Rink | West Point, NY | 2,648 |
| Bentley Falcons | John A. Ryan Arena Bentley Multipurpose Arena (Feb. 2018) |
Watertown, MA | 1,200 |
| Canisius Golden Griffins | HarborCenter | Buffalo, NY | 1,800 |
| Holy Cross Crusaders | Hart Center | Worcester, MA | 1,600 |
| Mercyhurst Lakers | Mercyhurst Ice Center | Erie, PA | 1,500 |
| Mercyhurst (alternate) | Erie Insurance Arena | Erie, PA | 6,833 |
| Niagara Purple Eagles | Dwyer Arena | Lewiston, NY | 1,400 |
| Robert Morris Colonials | 84 Lumber Arena | Neville Island, PA | 1,200 |
| Robert Morris (alternate) | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh | 18,387 |
| RIT Tigers | Gene Polisseni Center | Henrietta, NY | 4,300 |
| RIT (alternate) | Blue Cross Arena | Rochester, NY | 10,556 |
| Sacred Heart Pioneers | Webster Bank Arena | Bridgeport, Connecticut | 8,412 |
| Tournament | Blue Cross Arena | Rochester, NY | 10,556 |
Standings[]
| 2017–18 Atlantic Hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Mercyhurst |
28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 90 | 81 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 124 | 111 | |
| Canisius | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 94 | 76 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 117 | 108 | |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 80 | 70 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 97 | 100 | |
| Army | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 80 | 70 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 93 | 91 | |
| #14 Air Force * | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 73 | 64 | 43 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 115 | 94 | |
| RIT | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 91 | 90 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 114 | 127 | |
| Robert Morris | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 79 | 78 | 41 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 119 | 118 | |
| American International | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 63 | 75 | 39 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 88 | 116 | |
| Niagara | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 76 | 90 | 36 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 93 | 123 | |
| Bentley | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 72 | 87 | 37 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 96 | 114 | |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 79 | 96 | 39 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 107 | 135 | |
| Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Riley Cup Conference Tournament[]
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
2018 AHA champions Air Force Falcons