2015-16 Atlantic Hockey Season

This is the 2015-16 Atlantic Hockey Association season a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference.  This is the conference's 12th season under the Atlantic Hockey Association banner, and the conference's 17th overall season.
==Membership changes==
*none
==Membership==
School 	Hockey Arena 	Location 	Capacity
Air Force 	Cadet Ice Arena 	Colorado Springs, CO	2,502
American International 	Olympia Ice Center 	Springfield, MA 	2,200
Army 	Tate Rink 	West Point, NY 	2,648
Bentley 	John A. Ryan Arena 	Watertown, MA 	1,200
Canisius 	HarborCenter 	Buffalo, NY 	1,800
Holy Cross 	Hart Center 	Worcester, MA 	1,600
Mercyhurst 	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Erie, PA 	1,500
Mercyhurst (alternate) 	Erie Insurance Arena 	Erie, PA 	6,833
Niagara 	Dwyer Arena 	Lewiston, NY 	1,400
Robert Morris 	84 Lumber Arena 	Neville Island, PA 	1,200
Robert Morris (alternate)	Consol Energy Center 	Pittsburgh 	18,387
RIT 	Gene Polisseni Center	Henrietta, NY 	4,300
RIT (alternate) 	Blue Cross Arena 	Rochester, NY 	10,556
Sacred Heart 	Milford Ice Pavilion 	Milford, CT 	1,000
Sacred Heart (alternate) 	Webster Bank Arena 	Bridgeport, CT 	8,412
Tournament 	Blue Cross Arena 	Rochester, NY 	10,556
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	SOL	GF 	GA	P
Robert Morris Colonials 	28	18	6 	4	- 	- 	116	69	40
Air Force Falcons 	28	16	7 	5	- 	- 	85 	60	37
Holy Cross Crusaders 	28	16	7 	5	- 	- 	89 	59	37
Mercyhurst Lakers 	28	15	9 	4	- 	- 	86 	82	34
RIT Tigers 	28	14	9 	5	- 	- 	93 	77	33
Army Black Knights 	28	8 	11	9	- 	- 	64 	74	25
Canisius Golden Griffins 	28	10	13	5	- 	- 	72 	82	25
Bentley Falcons 	28	9 	13	6	- 	- 	74 	85	24
Sacred Heart Pioneers 	28	10	15	3	- 	- 	72 	78	23
Niagara Purple Eagles 	28	5 	18	5	- 	- 	58 	95	15
American International Yellow Jackets	28	6 	19	3	- 	- 	57 	15	15
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
All teams qualify. The top 5 seeds earn a bye to the quarterfinals.  The 6th place team played the 11th place team and 7-10, 8-9 also being paired off in a best-of-three series. The teams are re-seeded for the best-of-three quarterfinals, with 1 playing 8 and 2-7, 3-6, 4-5 also being paired off in a best-of-three series.  The winners advance to the single game semifinals with those winners advancing to the conference championship game.  The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===First Round===
*Army defeated American International 2 games to 1 (5-0, 2-3 (ot), 4-0)
*Canisius defeated Niagara 2 games to 1 (2-3, 1-0, 4-1)
*Bentley defeated Sacred Heart 2 games to 1 (5-4, 1-2 (ot), 4-1)
===Quarterfinals===
*Robert Morris defeated Bentley 2 games to 1 (3-4, 4-1, 6-3)
*Air Force defeated Canisius 2 games to none (4-1, 4-1)
*Army defeated Holy Cross 2 games to none (3-0, 2-1)
*RIT defeated Mercyhurst 2 games to none (2-1, 4-1)
===Semifinals===
*Robert Morris defeated Army 2-1 (ot)
*RIT defeated Air Force 2-1 (ot)
===Final===
*RIT defeated Robert Morris 7 to 4
The Robert Morris Colonials earned the conference's automatic bid for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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