2020 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2020 Atlantic Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 6–21, 2020
Teams	11
Finals site	HarborCenter Buffalo, New York
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The 2020 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 16th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was scheduled to be played between March 6 and March 21, 2020 at home campus locations and at the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. On March 12, 2020, Atlantic Hockey announced that the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. ^{[1] [2]}

Format

The tournament featured 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, played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five teams from the conference regular season standings received 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 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. ^[3]

Conference standings

2019–20 Atlantic Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record									Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#20 American International	28	21	6	1	0	64	96	46		34	21	12	1	103	68
Sacred Heart	28	18	8	2	0	56	104	63		34	21	10	3	127	82
RIT	28	15	9	4	1	50	86	73		36	19	13	4	108	98
Army	28	14	11	3	3	48	70	64		33	17	13	3	82	76
Niagara	28	12	12	4	2	42	64	65		34	12	18	4	72	87
Air Force	28	10	12	6	5	41	60	67		34	10	18	6	70	95
Robert Morris	28	11	12	5	3	41	65	65		34	11	18	5	75	90
Bentley	28	13	13	2	0	41	75	80		34	15	16	3	83	94
Canisius	28	9	13	6	3	36	71	83		34	10	18	6	80	109
Holy Cross	28	9	16	3	2	32	67	83		34	10	19	5	80	99
Mercyhurst	28	3	23	2	0	11	49	118		34	5	27	2	64	141
Championship: March 20, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the quarterfinals and semifinals

	First round March 6–8							Quarterfinals March 13–15							Semifinals March 20					Championship March 21
								1	American International
	6	Air Force	3	5	—			8	Bentley
	11	Mercyhurst	1	1	—
								2	Sacred Heart
								7	Robert Morris
								3	RIT
	7	Robert Morris	0	2*	5			6	Air Force
	10	Holy Cross	2	1	1
								4	Army
	8	Bentley	6	5	—			5	Niagara
	9	Canisius	1	3	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

References

1. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
2. "Remainder of 2020 Atlantic Hockey Tournament Cancelled". atlantichockeyonline.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
3. "2019 Atlantic Hockey Tournament - Atlantic Hockey Association".