# 2022–23 Atlantic Hockey season

The 2022–23 Atlantic Hockey season was the 20th season of play for Atlantic Hockey and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 1, 2022, and concluded on February 25, 2023, with the RIT Tigers finishing with the best record. The postseason tournament began on March 3, 2023, and ended with the championship game on March 23, 2023, won by the Canisius Golden Griffins.

## Coaches
### Records

| Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | Atlantic Hockey record |
| Air Force | Frank Serratore | 26 | 426–395–96 | 222–141–67 |
| American International | Eric Lang | 7 | 104–86–17 | 85–50–15 |
| Army | Brian Riley | 19 | 218–317–86 | 179–223–79 |
| Bentley | Ryan Soderquist | 21 | 266–356–83 | 201–220–74 |
| Canisius | Trevor Large | 6 | 68–78–16 | 55–55–12 |
| Holy Cross | Bill Riga | 2 | 12–23–2 | 11–14–2 |
| Mercyhurst | Rick Gotkin | 35 | 588–478–100 | 244–198–60 |
| Niagara | Jason Lammers | 6 | 58–93–18 | 46–61–18 |
| RIT Tigers | Wayne Wilson | 24 | 409–290–77 | 228–146–53 |
| Sacred Heart | C. J. Marottolo | 14 | 157–255–49 | 126–176–41 |

## Standings

2022–23 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 |
| RIT † | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 85 | 55 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 127 | 100 |
| American International | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 87 | 62 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 124 | 98 |
| Sacred Heart | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 87 | 72 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 107 | 112 |
| Canisius * | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 76 | 71 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 118 | 119 |
| Army | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 72 | 81 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 98 | 119 |
| Niagara | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 73 | 86 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 119 | 129 |
| Holy Cross | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 73 | 71 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 98 | 119 |
| Mercyhurst | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 77 | 80 | 36 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 98 | 122 |
| Bentley | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 61 | 89 | 34 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 81 | 124 |
| Air Force | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 63 | 87 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 95 | 128 |
| Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy) * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||||||

## Non-Conference record

Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten were via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings, which take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. As a result, teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall. Atlantic Hockey produced another poor non-conference season, as just one team finished with a winning record (Niagara) and while some were near .500, most finished well below average in non-league games, including the conference as a whole. They did manage a winning mark against Independent teams, however, many of those victories came against Lindenwood in its first season of varsity play.

### Regular season record

| Team | Big Ten | CCHA | ECAC Hockey | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
| Air Force | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 3–2–0 | 1–1–0 | 4–5–1 |
| American International | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 1–2–1 | 2–1–1 | 0–0–0 | 3–4–3 |
| Army | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–1 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–5–2 |
| Bentley | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–5–0 |
| Canisius | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 2–6–0 |
| Holy Cross | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–1 | 1–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–6–1 |
| Mercyhurst | 0–4–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–3–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–7–0 |
| Niagara | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–1–0 | 6–2–0 |
| RIT Tigers | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 4–4–0 |
| Sacred Heart | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–2–0 | 1–4–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–6–0 |
| Overall | 0–10–1 | 1–1–0 | 9–14–3 | 5–13–0 | 8–6–0 | 4–6–0 | 27–50–4 |

## Statistics
### Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Eric Esposito | Graduate | Mercyhurst | 26 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 12 |
| Jack Ricketts | Junior | Holy Cross | 26 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 24 |
| John Keranen | Senior | Army | 25 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 34 |
| Carter Wilkie | Sophomore | RIT | 26 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 49 |
| Keaton Mastrodonato | Senior | Canisius | 26 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 26 |
| Ryan Miotto | Senior | Canisius | 26 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 21 |
| Neil Shea | Senior | Sacred Heart | 26 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 8 |
| Aiden Hansen-Bukata | Junior | RIT | 24 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 18 |
| Gianfranco Cassaro | Senior | RIT | 26 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 18 |
| Max Itagaki | Freshman | Army | 26 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 26 |

### 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 |
| Jarrett Fiske | Senior | American International | 18 | 971:31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 2 | .931 | 1.91 |
| Tommy Scarfone | Sophomore | RIT | 23 | 1391:42 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 3 | .927 | 2.11 |
| Justin Evanson | Senior | Army | 11 | 654:20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | .921 | 2.38 |
| Luke Lush | Senior | Sacred Heart | 25 | 1449:34 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 1 | .905 | 2.52 |
| Thomas Gale | Sophomore | Holy Cross | 16 | 901:58 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 1 | .902 | 2.59 |

## Conference tournament

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| 1 | RIT | 5 | 4* | - | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mercyhurst | 3 | 3 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mercyhurst | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | RIT | 0 | 4* | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Holy Cross | 1* | 3 | 5 | | | |
| 2 | American International | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | Holy Cross | 1* | 3 | 5 | | | |
| 7 | Holy Cross | 1 | 4 | 4* | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Holy Cross | 1 | 4 | 4* | | | | | | 7 | Holy Cross | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Canisius | 3 |
| 3 | Sacred Heart | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 4 | Canisius | 3 |
| 6 | Niagara | 1 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Niagara | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | Canisius | 1 | 5 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Niagara | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Canisius | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | Niagara | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Army | 2 | 1* | 0 | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Rankings
### USCHO

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Final |
| Air Force | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| American International | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Army | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Bentley | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Canisius | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Holy Cross | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Mercyhurst | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Niagara | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| RIT | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | NR | NR | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Sacred Heart | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13 and 26.

### USA Today

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Final |
| Air Force | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| American International | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Army | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Bentley | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Canisius | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Holy Cross | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Mercyhurst | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Niagara | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| RIT | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | NR | 19 | 18 | NR | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Sacred Heart | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |

### Pairwise

| Team | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Air Force | 22 | 26 | 48 | 42 | 45 | 31 | 31 | 42 | 50 | 56 | 55 | 51 | 49 | 58 | 60 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 57 |
| American International | 18 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 38 | 32 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 39 | 40 | 36 | 41 | 36 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 35 |
| Army | 2 | 29 | 40 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 58 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 57 | 53 | 54 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 52 |
| Bentley | 22 | 50 | 30 | 36 | 43 | 50 | 52 | 58 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 53 | 57 | 54 | 58 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 54 |
| Canisius | 22 | 50 | 38 | 40 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 58 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 49 | 44 | 45 | 43 | 41 |
| Holy Cross | 22 | 50 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 44 | 44 | 51 | 57 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 49 | 50 | 48 | 50 | 47 | 44 | 47 |
| Mercyhurst | 22 | 47 | 45 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 54 |
| Niagara | 22 | 39 | 34 | 41 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 42 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 35 |
| RIT | 17 | 19 | 14 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| Sacred Heart | 22 | 50 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 42 |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.

## Awards
### NCAA

| Award | Award | Recipient |
| Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award | Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award | Noah Wilson, Army |

### Atlantic Hockey

| Award | Award | Recipient |
| Player of the Year | Player of the Year | Carter Wilkie, RIT |
| Rookie of the Year | Rookie of the Year | Max Itagaki, Army |
| Best Defensive Forward | Best Defensive Forward | Cody Laskosky, RIT |
| Best Defenseman | Best Defenseman | Aiden Hansen-Bukata, RIT |
| Individual Sportsmanship Award | Individual Sportsmanship Award | Braeden Tuck, Sacred Heart |
| Team Sportsmanship Award | Team Sportsmanship Award | Sacred Heart |
| Regular Season Scoring Trophy | Regular Season Scoring Trophy | Eric Esposito, Mercyhurst |
| Regular Season Goaltending Award | Regular Season Goaltending Award | Jarrett Fiske, American International |
| Coach of the Year | Coach of the Year | Wayne Wilson, RIT |
| All-Atlantic Hockey Teams |||
| First Team | Position | Second Team |
| Tommy Scarfone, RIT | G | Jarrett Fiske, American International |
| Gianfranco Cassaro, RIT | D | Luke Rowe, Air Force |
| Aiden Hansen-Bukata, RIT | D | Brian Kramer, American International |
| Carter Wilkie, RIT | F | Jack Ricketts, Holy Cross |
| Neil Shea, Sacred Heart | F | Eric Esposito, Mercyhurst |
| Blake Bennett, American International | F | Joey Baez, Army |
| Third Team | Position | Rookie Team |
| Jacob Barczewski, Canisius | G | Owen Say, Mercyhurst |
| Nick Hale, Holy Cross | D | Chris Hedden, Air Force |
| Hunter Sansbury, Sacred Heart | D | Mack Oliphant, Holy Cross |
| Keaton Mastrodonato, Canisius | F | Max Itagaki, Army |
| John Keranen, Army | F | Nicholas Niemo, Bentley |
| Jordan Biro, American International | F | Marcus Joughin, Sacred Heart |

#### Conference tournament

Tournament MVP :
| Jacob Barczewski | Jacob Barczewski | Canisius |
| All-Tournament Team |||
| Player | Pos | Team |
| Jacob Barczewski | G | Canisius |
| Jack Robilotti | D | Holy Cross |
| Jackson Decker | D | Canisius |
| Liam McLinskey | F | Holy Cross |
| Keaton Mastrodonato | F | Canisius |
| Nick Bowman | F | Canisius |