# 2024 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2024 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 20th edition of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 2 and March 23, 2024. The RIT Tigers defeated the AIC Yellow Jackets in the championship game, earning Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play, with eleven conference teams participating. The top five teams, according to the conference standings, received byes to the quarterfinal round. The remaining six teams were arranged so that the sixth seed played the eleventh seed, the seventh seed played the tenth seed and the eighth seed played the ninth seed in first round matches. The winners of the first-round games were reseeded entering the quarterfinal round and became the final three participants in the round, with the new eighth-, seventh-, and sixth-seeded teams facing the first-, second-, and third-place teams respectively, in addition to the fourth- and fifth-overall seeds playing each other. The winners of the quarterfinal round werere then reseeded so that the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the other two semifinalists met. The winners of the semifinal matches advanced to the championship to determine which team received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds are best-of-three series while the championship and first round matches are single elimination. All matchups were hosted by the higher-seeded team.

## Conference standings

2023–24 Atlantic Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | OW | OL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #17 RIT †* | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 102 | 64 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 156 | 96 |
| Holy Cross | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 78 | 62 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 116 | 93 |
| Sacred Heart | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 75 | 70 | 36 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 91 | 113 |
| Air Force | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 88 | 75 | 38 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 115 | 119 |
| American International | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 79 | 68 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 119 | 111 |
| Bentley | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 69 | 58 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 95 | 82 |
| Niagara | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 78 | 79 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 111 | 122 |
| Canisius | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 73 | 87 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 103 | 126 |
| Mercyhurst | 26 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 77 | 91 | 35 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 98 | 126 |
| Army | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 66 | 96 | 35 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 93 | 139 |
| Robert Morris | 26 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 60 | 95 | 39 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 94 | 142 |
| Championship: March 23, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy) * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
| First Round March 2 | First Round March 2 | First Round March 2 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 15–17 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| | | | 1 | RIT | 7 | 5 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Bentley | 3 | 11 | Robert Morris | 0 | 1 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Robert Morris | 4* | | | | | | 1 | RIT | 4 | 5 | - | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 7 | Niagara | 1 | 2 | - | | | |
| | | | 2 | Holy Cross | 4 | 2** | - | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Niagara | 4 | 8 | Canisius | 3 | 1 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Army | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | RIT | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | American International | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Sacred Heart | 3 | 1 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Canisius | 5 | 7 | Niagara | 6 | 5 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Mercyhurst | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Holy Cross | 5 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 5 | American International | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Air Force | 1 | 2 | - | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | American International | 3 | 3* | - | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results

Note: All game times are local.

### Championship
#### (1) RIT vs. (5) American International
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G: Tommy Scarfone (RIT)
* D: Gianfranco Cassaro (RIT)
* D: Nico Somerville (American International)
* F: Elijah Gonsalves* (RIT)
* F: Tyler Fukakusa (RIT)
* F: Jordan Biro (American International)
* Most Valuable Player(s)