# 2019 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2019 Atlantic Hockey Tournament is the 15th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, at home campus locations and at the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York. By winning the tournament, American International earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament features 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, will play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top five teams from the conference regular season standings receive 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 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

### Standings

2018–19 Atlantic Hockey Standingsvte :
| | 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 | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #16 American International †* | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 102 | 77 | 41 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 129 | 119 |
| Bentley | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 94 | 75 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 113 | 98 |
| Air Force | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 65 | 63 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 90 | 92 |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 85 | 73 | 37 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 107 | 106 |
| RIT | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 81 | 76 | 38 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 113 | 111 |
| Niagara | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 94 | 96 | 41 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 127 | 140 |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 94 | 38 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 113 | 134 |
| Robert Morris | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 72 | 78 | 40 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 102 | 127 |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 81 | 89 | 36 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 91 | 112 |
| Army | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 71 | 82 | 39 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 94 | 117 |
| Canisius | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 77 | 107 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 103 | 133 |
| Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the quarterfinals and semifinals
| First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 13–17 | Quarterfinals March 13–17 | Quarterfinals March 13–17 | Quarterfinals March 13–17 | Quarterfinals March 13–17 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| | | | | | 1 | American International | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Niagara | 5** | 3 | 2 | 10 | Army | 0 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Canisius | 4 | 4* | 1 | | | | | | 1 | American International | 3* | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Robert Morris | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Bentley | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Robert Morris | 2 | 2 | 4* | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | American International | 3* |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Niagara | 2 |
| | | | | | 3 | Air Force | 2 | 4 | - | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mercyhurst | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | Niagara | 3* | 5 | - | | | | | | |
| 10 | Army | 3* | 5 | - | | | | | | 5 | RIT | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Niagara | 1* | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Sacred Heart | 9 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Robert Morris | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | RIT | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Holy Cross | 0 | 2 | - | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results
### First round
#### (6) Niagara vs. (11) Canisius

* Niagara won series 2–1

#### (7) Mercyhurst vs. (10) Army

* Army won series 2–0

#### (8) Robert Morris vs. (9) Holy Cross

* Robert Morris won series 2–0

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) American International vs. (10) Army

* American International won series 2–1

#### (2) Bentley vs. (8) Robert Morris

* Robert Morris won series 2–1

#### (3) Air Force vs. (6) Niagara

* Niagara won series 2–0

#### (4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) RIT

* RIT won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (1) American International vs. (6) Niagara
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G Zackarias Skog* (American International)
* D Jānis Jaks (American International)
* D Ryan Polin (American International)
* F Hugo Reinhardt (American International)
* F Blake Christensen (American International)
* F Ludwig Stenlund (Niagara)
* Most Valuable Player(s)