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College ice hockey tournament
The 2018 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 14th Atlantic Hockey Tournament . It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018 at home campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester , New York . It was the last tournament at Blue Cross Arena before the tournament moved to HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York . By winning the tournament, Air Force earned Atlantic Hockey 's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
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 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
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 (Riley Trophy ) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ; updated March 5, 2018
First round March 2–4
Quarterfinals March 9–11
Semifinals March 16
Championship March 17
1
Mercyhurst
4
3*
—
6
RIT
5*
3
0
11
Sacred Heart
2
2
—
11
Sacred Heart
4
4***
2
1
Mercyhurst
4
7
Robert Morris
5*
2
Canisius
8
1
3
8
American International
1
2*
0
7
Robert Morris
1
5
Air Force
5
3
Holy Cross
1
1
—
7
Robert Morris
3
3
3
7
Robert Morris
4
5
—
10
Bentley
1
4
2
2
Canisius
0
5
Air Force
3
4
Army
3
1
0
8
American International
4
4**
—
5
Air Force
5
0
1*
9
Niagara
1
3
—
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
(6) RIT vs. (11) Sacred Heart[ edit ]
Sacred Heart won series 2–1
(7) Robert Morris vs. (10) Bentley[ edit ]
Robert Morris won series 2–1
(8) American International vs. (9) Niagara[ edit ]
American International won series 2–0
(1) Mercyhurst vs. (11) Sacred Heart[ edit ]
Mercyhurst won series 2–0
(2) Canisius vs. (8) American International[ edit ]
(3) Holy Cross vs. (7) Robert Morris[ edit ]
Robert Morris won series 2–0
(4) Army vs. (5) Air Force[ edit ]
March 11[ 18]
Army
3 – 0
OT
Air Force
Tate Rink
Recap
show
No scoring
First period
No scoring
No scoring
Second period
No scoring
No scoring
Third period
No scoring
No scoring
First overtime period
06:38 – GW – Tyler Ledford (Baskin)
( 39 saves / 40 shots ) Cole Bruns
Goalie stats
Billy Christopoulos ( 15 saves / 15 shots )
(1) Mercyhurst vs. (7) Robert Morris[ edit ]
(2) Canisius vs. (5) Air Force[ edit ]
(5) Air Force vs. (7) Robert Morris[ edit ]
G Billy Christopoulos* (Air Force)
D Zack Mirageas (Air Force)
D Jonathan Kopacka (Air Force)
F Kyle Haak (Air Force)
F Jordan Himley (Air Force)
F Brady Ferguson (Robert Morris)
* Most Valuable Player(s)
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^ "Sacred Heart 4, RIT 3" . USCHO.com. March 3, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018 .
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^ "Rested Canisius rolls past American International" . USCHO.com. March 10, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018 .
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