2024 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2024
Conference:Atlantic Hockey
Gender:men's
Dates:March 2–23, 2023
Teams:11
Finalarena:Gene Polisseni Center
Finalcity:Henrietta, New York
Champions:RIT
Titlecount:4th
Coach:Wayne Wilson
Coachcount:4th
Mvp:Elijah Gonsalves
Mvpteam:RIT
Prevseason Year:2023
Prevseason Link:2023 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
Nextseason Year:2025
Nextseason Link:2025 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2024 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 20th edition of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 2 and March 23, 2024. The RIT Tigers defeated the AIC Yellow Jackets in the championship game, earning Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play, with eleven conference teams participating. The top five teams, according to the conference standings, received byes to the quarterfinal round. The remaining six teams were arranged so that the sixth seed played the eleventh seed, the seventh seed played the tenth seed and the eighth seed played the ninth seed in first round matches. The winners of the first-round games were reseeded entering the quarterfinal round and became the final three participants in the round, with the new eighth-, seventh-, and sixth-seeded teams facing the first-, second-, and third-place teams respectively, in addition to the fourth- and fifth-overall seeds playing each other. The winners of the quarterfinal round werere then reseeded so that the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the other two semifinalists met. The winners of the semifinal matches advanced to the championship to determine which team received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.[1] The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds are best-of-three series while the championship and first round matches are single elimination. All matchups were hosted by the higher-seeded team.

Bracket

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

Results

Note: All game times are local.

First Round

(8) Canisius vs. (9) Mercyhurst

Quarterfinals

(1) RIT vs. (11) Robert Morris

RIT wins series 2–0

(2) Holy Cross vs. (8) Canisius

Holy Cross wins series 2–0

(3) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Niagara

Niagara wins series 2–0

(4) Air Force vs. (5) American International

American International wins series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) RIT vs. (7) Niagara

RIT Won Series 2–0

(2) Holy Cross vs. (5) American International

American International Won Series 2–1

Championship

(1) RIT vs. (5) American International

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 Atlantic Hockey Postseason . Atlantic Hockey . February 25, 2024.
  2. News: RIT Wins the 2024 Atlantic Hockey Championship . Atlantic Hockey . March 23, 2024 . March 24, 2024 .