Atlantic Hockey

The Atlantic Hockey Association was an NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States. It participated in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference. Unlike several other college athletic conferences, Atlantic Hockey had no women's division, though it shared some organizational and administrative roles with the women's-only College Hockey America.
It was formed in 1997 and began play in the 1998–1999 season as the hockey division of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Within three years, it was granted an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. However, in 2003, Iona and Fairfield dropped hockey, leaving Canisius as the only full MAAC member that sponsored hockey. This proved somewhat problematic for MAAC Hockey, since conference bylaws only allowed full members to vote. On June 30, 2003, MAAC Hockey broke off from the MAAC and reorganized as Atlantic Hockey.
On June 6, 2023, it was announced that Atlantic Hockey would be merging all operations with CHA, effective in 2024. Details regarding this merger, including whether the new league would carry the Atlantic or College Hockey name, were to be announced at a later date. Shortly after the 2024 season, the new conference was announced as Atlantic Hockey America.

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Membership

Iona University, 2003; then known as Iona College
Fairfield University, 2003
Quinnipiac University, 2005
University of Connecticut, 2014

Timeline

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Atlantic Hockey champions

Season	Tournament	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion	Notes
2003–04	2004	Holy Cross	Holy Cross	Atlantic Hockey Association founded by American International, Army, Bentley, Canisius, Connecticut, Holy Cross, Mercyhurst, Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart
2004–05	2005	Quinnipiac	Mercyhurst	Final AHA season for Quinnipiac,
2005–06	2006	Holy Cross	Holy Cross
2006–07	2007	RIT	Air Force	Air Force and RIT join the AHA
2007–08	2008	Army	Air Force
2008–09	2009	RIT / Air Force	Air Force
2009–10	2010	RIT	RIT
2010–11	2011	RIT	Air Force	Niagara and Robert Morris join the AHA
2011–12	2012	Air Force	Air Force
2012–13	2013	Niagara	Canisius
2013–14	2014	Mercyhurst	Robert Morris	Final AHA season for Connecticut,
2014–15	2015	Robert Morris	RIT
2015–16	2016	Robert Morris	RIT
2016–17	2017	Canisius	Air Force
2017–18	2018	Mercyhurst	Air Force
2018–19	2019	American International	American International
2019–20	2020	American International	Cancelled	Tournament cancelled after quarterfinals due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	2021	American International	American International
2021–22	2022	American International	American International	Robert Morris suspended its program prior to the start of the season
2022–23	2023	RIT	Canisius
2023–24	2024	RIT	RIT	Robert Morris reinstated to Atlantic Hockey for this season after restarting its hockey programs
2024–25	2025	Holy Cross	Bentley	-

Atlantic Hockey tournament champions by school

No tournament was held in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

National tournament history

– at-large selection.

† – Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Awards

At the conclusion of each regular season schedule the coaches of each Atlantic Hockey team vote which players they choose to be on the three or four All-Conference teams: first team, second team and rookie team. Additionally they vote to award 7 of the 10 individual trophies to an eligible player and 1 team award at the same time. Atlantic Hockey also awards a regular season goaltending award and regular season scoring title that are not voted on, as well as a Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player, which is voted on at the conclusion of the conference tournament. All individual and team awards except Goaltender of the Year have been awarded since Atlantic Hockey's inaugural season in 2003–04.

Atlantic Hockey Hall of Honor

In 2023, in honor of its 20th anniversary, the conference selected the top 20 players from its history: