Atlantic Hockey Totally Explained

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Atlantic Hockey is a college athletic conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. Unlike several other Division I college hockey conferences, Atlantic Hockey has no women's division. From 1997 to 2003, Atlantic Hockey was sponsored by the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

Membership

Current

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Joined	Women's Conference	Primary Conference
United States Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Falcons	1954	Public/Federal	4,000	2006	N/A	Mountain West
American International College	Springfield, Massachusetts	Yellow Jackets	1885	Private/Non-sectarian	1,815		N/A	Northeast Ten (D-II)
United States Military Academy	West Point, New York	Black Knights	1802	Public/Federal	4,000		N/A	Patriot League
Bentley College	Waltham, Massachusetts	Falcons	1917	Private/Non-sectarian	5,547		N/A	Northeast Ten (D-II)
Canisius College	Buffalo, New York	Golden Griffins	1870	Private/Catholic	4,708		N/A	MAAC
University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	Huskies	1881	Public	27,500		Hockey East	Big East
College of the Holy Cross	Worcester, Massachusetts	Crusaders	1843	Private/Catholic	2,700		ECAC East (D-III)	Patriot League
Mercyhurst College	Erie, Pennsylvania	Lakers	1926	Private/Catholic	4,106		CHA	GLIAC (D-II)
Rochester Institute of Technology	Henrietta, New York	Tigers	1829	Private/Non-sectarian	13,046	2006	ECAC West (D-III)	Empire 8 (D-III)
Sacred Heart University	Fairfield, Connecticut	Pioneers	1963	Private/Catholic	6,100		D-I Independent	NEC

Former

Iona College (Dropped Hockey), 2003
Fairfield University (Dropped Hockey), 2003
Quinnipiac University (ECAC Hockey League), 2005

List of Championship Games

From 1999 to 2003, the conference tournament was operated by the MAAC. Since 2007, the tournament has been held on neutral ice, at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York.

1999 Holy Cross def. Canisius 4-3 (Worcester, MA)

2000 Connecticut def. Iona 6-1 (Storrs, CT)

2001 Mercyhurst def. Quinnipiac 6-5 (Storrs, CT)

2002 Quinnipiac def. Mercyhurst 6-4 (Worcester, MA)

2003 Mercyhurst def. Quinnipiac 4-3 (West Point, NY)

2004 Holy Cross def. Sacred Heart 4-0 (West Point, NY)

2005 Mercyhurst def. Quinnipiac 3-2 (Northford, CT)

2006 Holy Cross def. Bentley 5-2 (Worcester, MA)

2007 Air Force def. Army 6-1 (Rochester, NY)

2008 Air Force def. Mercyhurst 5-4 (2OT) (Rochester, NY)

Conference arenas

School	Hockey Arena	Location	Capacity
Air Force	Cadet Field House Ice Arena	Colorado Springs, CO	2,635
American International	Olympia Ice Center	West Springfield, MA	1,200
Army	Tate Rink	West Point, NY	2,648
Bentley	John A. Ryan Arena	Watertown, MA	1,200
Canisius	Buffalo State Sports Arena	Buffalo, NY	1,800
Connecticut	Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum	Storrs, CT	2,000
Holy Cross	Hart Center	Worcester, MA	1,400
Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Erie, PA	1,500
RIT	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	Henrietta, NY	2,100
Sacred Heart	Milford Ice Pavilion	Milford, CT	1,000
	Blue Cross Arena	Rochester, NY	11,215

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