2019-20 Atlantic Hockey season

This is the 2019-20 Atlantic Hockey Conference season. This is the conference's 15th season under this name and the conference's 20th season overall. On September 7, 2018 the conference announced that the conference tournament semifinals and finals would be moved from the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York to the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York starting with the 2018-19 season.

Rule Changes

The conference has adopted a five minute 3-on-3 overtime and then shootout format for 2019-20 season. The conference has also adopted a three point system for conference games, matching the format used by the Big Ten and WCHA.

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	Bentley Multipurpose Arena	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 Insurance Arena (Alternate)	Erie, PA	1,500 6,833
Niagara Purple Eagles	Dwyer Arena	Lewiston, NY	1,400
Robert Morris Colonials	Colonials Arena PPG Paints Arena(alternate)	Neville Island, PA Pittsburgh	1,200 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	HarborCenter	Buffalo, New York	1,800

Standings

Atlantic Hockey Association								Overall Record
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
American International Yellow Jackets	28	21	6	1	103	52	64	34	21	12	1	110	74
Sacred Heart Pioneers	28	18	8	2	109	66	56	34	21	10	3	132	85
RIT Tigers	28	15	9	4	91	79	50	36	19	13	4	113	104
Army Black Knights	28	14	11	3	71	68	45	33	17	13	3	83	80
Niagara Purple Eagles	28	12	12	4	74	67	42	34	12	18	4	82	89
Bentley Falcons	28	13	13	2	67	75	41	36	17	16	3	103	102
Robert Morris Colonials	28	11	12	5	66	72	41	37	13	19	5	84	104
Air Force Falcons	28	10	12	6	84	84	36	36	12	18	6	84	102
Canisius Golden Griffins	28	9	13	6	80	85	36	36	10	20	6	93	122
Holy Cross Crusaders	28	9	16	3	71	92	32	37	11	21	5	88	115
Mercyhurst Lakers	28	3	23	2	51	127	11	36	5	29	2	68	158

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 HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York on March 20-21, 2020. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Cancellation of Tournament

The conference announced it would be cancelling its tournament on March 12th due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

First Round

• Bentley Falcons defeated Mercyhurst Lakers 2 games to none
• Robert Morris Colonials defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 2 games to 1
• Air Force Falcons defeated Canisius Golden Griffins 2 games to none