2019 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2019
Conference:Atlantic Hockey
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 8–23, 2019
Teams:11
Finalarena:HarborCenter
Finalcity:Buffalo, New York
Champions:American International
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Eric Lang
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Zackarias Skog
Mvpteam:American International
Prevseason Year:2018
Prevseason Link:2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2020
Nextseason Link:2020 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2019 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 15th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, at home campus locations and at the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. By winning the tournament, American International earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, will play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five teams from the conference regular season standings receive a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the fifth seed will play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest remaining seeds will play a single game each, with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.[1]

Standings

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the quarterfinals and semifinalsNote: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

(8) Robert Morris vs. (9) Holy Cross

Quarterfinals

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) RIT

Semifinals

(5) RIT vs. (6) Niagara

Championship

(1) American International vs. (6) Niagara

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlantic Hockey. atlantichockeyonline.com.
  2. News: AIC Wins First Atlantic Hockey Championship as Reinhardt Nets OT Winner . Atlantic Hockey . March 24, 2019 . March 25, 2019 .