# 2024–25 Atlantic Hockey America men's season

The 2024–25 Atlantic Hockey America men's season is the inaugural season of play for Atlantic Hockey America and take place during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 4, 2024.
This is the only Atlantic Hockey America season, and last Division I season, for American International, which had been a member of AHA's men's predecessor of the Atlantic Hockey Association for that league's entire existence. On November 11, 2024, American International College announced that its men's hockey team would join the bulk of AIC's other sports in the Northeast-10 Conference, which plays the sport under NCAA Division II regulations and does not participate in the Division I championship.

## Offseason

After the conclusion of the previous season, the men's Atlantic Hockey Association and women's College Hockey America merged to form Atlantic Hockey America. The amalgamation did not change the new league's arrangement as the same number of teams were on the men's side. The standings, conference schedules, and tournament all continued without alteration.

## Coaches

Army head coach Brian Riley announced prior to the season that he would retire after this campaign.

### Records

| Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | Atlantic Hockey record * |
| Air Force | Frank Serratore | 28 | 456–436–99 | 245–168–69 |
| American International | Eric Lang | 9 | 142–115–28 | 111–68–23 |
| Army | Brian Riley | 22 | 242–359–92 | 199–251–83 |
| Bentley | Andy Jones | 2 | 16–17–2 | 12–12–2 |
| Canisius | Trevor Large | 7 | 100–119–23 | 78–78–16 |
| Holy Cross | Bill Riga | 4 | 50–58–9 | 35–36–7 |
| Mercyhurst | Rick Gotkin | 37 | 607–523–107 | 260–227–67 |
| Niagara | Jason Lammers | 8 | 95–129–24 | 69–84–24 |
| RIT Tigers | Wayne Wilson | 26 | 464–314–80 | 264–160–55 |
| Robert Morris | Derek Schooley | 19 | 286–300–71 | 142–121–41 |
| Sacred Heart | C. J. Marottolo | 16 | 188–291–55 | 154–195–46 |
* Record in the previous conference.

## Standings

2024–25 Atlantic Hockey America 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 |
| Holy Cross † | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 92 | 47 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 119 | 85 |
| Sacred Heart | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 80 | 64 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 116 | 93 |
| Bentley | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 79 | 57 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 100 | 75 |
| Niagara | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 90 | 70 | 37 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 124 | 109 |
| Army | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 84 | 74 | 36 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 102 | 109 |
| Canisius | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 84 | 79 | 37 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 98 | 120 |
| Air Force | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 59 | 58 | 40 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 86 | 112 |
| American International | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 63 | 77 | 38 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 92 | 117 |
| RIT | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 65 | 102 | 35 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 82 | 133 |
| Robert Morris | 26 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 72 | 86 | 35 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 95 | 115 |
| Mercyhurst | 26 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 59 | 113 | 35 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 77 | 150 |
| Championship: March 22, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy) * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: March 10, 2025 |||||||||||||||||||

### Regular season record

For its first season as Atlantic Hockey America, the conference had dreadful results in their non-conference play. None of the conference members had a winning record outside of league play while almost half of the programs had one or fewer wins. Unsurprisingly, this left the conference lagging behind in the PairWise with most teams sitting in the bottom quarter of the rankings. Individually, AHA did not fare well against any of the other conferences with the league only able to earn a winning record versus independent programs.
| Team | Big Ten | CCHA | ECAC Hockey | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
| Air Force | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–3–0 | 3–6–1 |
| American International | 0–1–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–3–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–5–1 |
| Army | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–7–0 |
| Bentley | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 2–5–1 |
| Canisius | 0–4–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–4–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–8–0 |
| Holy Cross | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–7–0 |
| Mercyhurst | 0–2–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–3–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–7–1 |
| Niagara | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–4–1 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–5–1 |
| RIT | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–3–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–7–0 |
| Robert Morris | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–3–0 | 3–5–0 |
| Sacred Heart | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–1–2 | 1–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–3–2 |
| Overall | 0–9–1 | 0–5–0 | 4–22–5 | 3–18–0 | 7–4–1 | 3–7–0 | 17–65–7 |

## Statistics
### Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Liam McLinskey | Senior | Holy Cross | 26 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 12 |
| Mac Gadowsky | Sophomore | Army | 26 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 4 |
| Matthew Wilde | Sophomore | RIT | 23 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 22 |
| Tyler Fukakusa | Sophomore | RIT | 26 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 16 |
| Ethan Leyh | Graduate | Bentley | 25 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 21 |
| Matteo Giampa | Sophomore | Canisius | 26 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 |
| Trevor Hoskin | Freshman | Niagara | 25 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 |
| Félix Trudeau | Junior | Sacred Heart | 26 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 48 |
| Shane Ott | Senior | Niagara | 26 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 |
| Devin Phillips | Junior | Holy Cross | 22 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 4 |
| Jay Ahearn | Senior | Niagara | 25 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0 |

### Leading goaltenders

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games. GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Thomas Gale | Senior | Holy Cross | 26 | 1547:14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 2 | .940 | 1.71 |
| Ethan Robertson | Sophomore | Canisius | 14 | 612:59 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | .932 | 1.86 |
| Connor Hasley | Junior | Bentley | 24 | 1425:41 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 8 | .921 | 1.98 |
| Gundarah Ajeet | Freshman | Sacred Heart | 21 | 1118:09 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 3 | .929 | 1.99 |
| Guy Blessing | Senior | Air Force | 25 | 1495:02 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 52 | 3 | .919 | 2.09 |

## Conference tournament

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
| First Round February 28–March 1 | First Round February 28–March 1 | First Round February 28–March 1 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Semifinals March 14–16 | Semifinals March 14–16 | Semifinals March 14–16 | Semifinals March 14–16 | Semifinals March 14–16 | Championship March 22 | Championship March 22 |
| | | | 1 | Holy Cross | 2 | 3 | 4* | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Canisius | 2 | 8 | American International | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Mercyhurst | 0 | | | | | | 1 | Holy Cross | 3* | 5 | - | | |
| | | | | | | | | 5 | Army | 2 | 1 | - | | |
| | | | 2 | Sacred Heart | 4 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Air Force | 4** | 7 | Air Force | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Robert Morris | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Holy Cross |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Bentley |
| | | | 3 | Bentley | 4 | 2 | - | | | | | | | |
| 8 | American International | 2* | 6 | Canisius | 0 | 0 | - | | | | | | | |
| 9 | RIT | 1 | | | | | | 2 | Sacred Heart | 2 | 0 | - | | |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | Bentley | 5 | 3 | - | | |
| | | | 4 | Niagara | 2 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Army | 3** | 3 | 4* | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Rankings
### USCHO

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Air Force | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| American International | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Army | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bentley | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canisius | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holy Cross | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mercyhurst | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Niagara | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RIT | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Robert Morris | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sacred Heart | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### USA Hockey

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Final |
| Air Force | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| American International | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Army | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bentley | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canisius | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holy Cross | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mercyhurst | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Niagara | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RIT | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Robert Morris | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sacred Heart | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Pairwise

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Air Force | 23 | 36 | 48 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 43 | 48 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 47 | 47 | - |
| American International | 28 | 53 | 44 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 50 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 51 | - |
| Army | 20 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 49 | 56 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 55 | 58 | 58 | 60 | 59 | 56 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 47 | - |
| Bentley | 28 | 41 | 33 | 37 | 28 | 43 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 36 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 29 | 25 | - |
| Canisius | 11 | 50 | 58 | 54 | 46 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 56 | - |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 48 | 55 | 51 | 45 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 44 | 39 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 24 | - |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 32 | 47 | 58 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | - |
| Niagara | 28 | 26 | 46 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 46 | 49 | 51 | 51 | 45 | 49 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 51 | - |
| RIT | 2 | 21 | 34 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | - |
| Robert Morris | 28 | 57 | 29 | 21 | 35 | 27 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 51 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 55 | 56 | - |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 38 | 37 | 22 | 45 | 50 | 32 | 30 | 44 | 40 | 39 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 26 | - |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.