2016 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2016 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 12th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It will be played between March 4 and March 19, 2016, at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The tournament winner will earn Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2016 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 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2015–16 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Robert Morris dagger 28 18 6 4 40 116 69 34 21 9 4 139 91
Air Force 28 16 7 5 37 85 60 34 18 11 5 101 82
Holy Cross 28 16 7 5 37 89 59 34 18 11 5 108 85
Mercyhurst 28 15 9 4 34 86 82 34 17 13 4 106 109
RIT* 28 14 9 5 33 93 77 34 14 14 6 103 105
Army 28 8 11 9 25 64 74 35 12 14 9 82 86
Canisius 28 10 13 5 25 72 82 37 12 20 5 90 113
Bentley 28 9 13 6 24 74 85 37 13 18 6 98 111
Sacred Heart 28 10 15 3 23 72 78 37 13 20 4 96 109
Niagara 28 5 18 5 15 58 95 37 6 25 6 71 126
American International 28 6 19 3 15 57 105 39 7 29 3 80 159
Championship: March 19, 2016
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016

Bracket

Air Force and Holy Cross finished tied for second place; Air Force is the second seed based on the third tiebreaker (head-to-head goal differential). Army and Canisius finished tied for sixth place; Army is the sixth seed based on the first tiebreaker (head-to-head results). Niagara and American International finished tied for tenth place; Niagara is the tenth seed based on the first tiebreaker.

  First round
March 4–6		 Quarterfinals
March 11–13		 Semifinals
March 18		 Championship
March 19
                                             
  1  Robert Morris 3 4 6 1  Robert Morris 2*  
6  Army 5 2 4 8  Bentley 4 1 3 6  Army 1  
11  American International 0 3* 0
  2  Air Force 4 4 —
7  Canisius 2 1 4 7  Canisius 1 1 —     1  Robert Morris 4
10  Niagara 3 0 1   5  RIT 7
  3  Holy Cross 0 1 —
8  Bentley 5 1 4 7  Army 3 2 —
9  Sacred Heart 4 2* 1
  4  Mercyhurst 1 1 — 2  Air Force 1
  5  RIT 2 4 — 5  RIT 2*  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

MVP

References

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