2018-19 Atlantic Hockey Season

This is the 2018-19 Atlantic Hockey Conference season. This is the conference's 14th season under this name and the conference's 19th season overall.
On September 7, 2018 the conference announced that the conference tournament semifinals and finals would be moved from the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York to the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York starting with the 2018-19 season.
==Membership Changes==
*None
==Membership==
School 	Hockey Arena 	Location 	Capacity
Air Force Falcons 	Cadet Ice Arena 	Colorado Springs, CO 	2,502
American International Yellow Jackets	MassMutual Center 	Springfield, MA 	6,679
Army Black Knights 	Tate Rink 	West Point, NY 	2,648
Bentley Falcons 	Bentley Multipurpose Arena 	Watertown, MA 	1,200
Canisius Golden Griffins 	HarborCenter 	Buffalo, NY 	1,800
Holy Cross Crusaders 	Hart Center 	Worcester, MA 	1,600
Mercyhurst Lakers 	Mercyhurst Ice CenterErie Insurance Arena (Alternate)	Erie, PA 	1,5006,833
Niagara Purple Eagles 	Dwyer Arena 	Lewiston, NY 	1,400
Robert Morris Colonials 	Colonials ArenaPPG Paints Arena(alternate) 	Neville Island, PAPittsburgh	1,20018,387
RIT Tigers 	Gene Polisseni Center 	Henrietta, NY 	4,300
RIT (alternate) 	Blue Cross Arena 	Rochester, NY 	10,556
Sacred Heart Pioneers 	Webster Bank Arena 	Bridgeport, Connecticut 	8,412
Tournament 	HarborCenter 	Buffalo, New York 	1,800
==Standings==
Atlantic Hockey Association 	Atlantic Hockey Association	Atlantic Hockey Association	Atlantic Hockey Association	Atlantic Hockey Association	Atlantic Hockey Association	Atlantic Hockey Association	Atlantic Hockey Association	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
American International Yellow Jackets	28 	17 	9 	1 	102 	77 	37 	41 	23 	17 	1 	129 	119
Bentley Falcons 	28 	15 	9 	4 	94 	75 	34 	37 	17 	15 	5 	113 	98
Air Force Falcons 	28 	14 	10 	4 	65 	63 	32 	36 	16 	15 	5 	90 	92
Sacred Heart Pioneers 	28 	14 	10 	3 	85 	73 	31 	37 	16 	17 	4 	107 	106
RIT Tigers 	28 	13 	11 	4 	81 	76 	30 	38 	17 	17 	4 	113 	111
Niagara Purple Eagles 	28 	11 	12 	5 	94 	96 	27 	41 	17 	19 	5 	127 	140
Mercyhurst Lakers 	28 	11 	13 	4 	88 	94 	26 	38 	13 	20 	5 	113 	134
Robert Morris Colonials 	28 	11 	15 	2 	72 	78 	24 	38 	10 	21 	5 	91 	112
Holy Cross Crusaders 	28 	10 	14 	4 	81 	89 	24 	40 	16 	22 	2 	102 	127
Army Black Knights 	28 	8 	13 	7 	71 	82 	23 	39 	12 	20 	7 	94 	117
Canisius Golden Griffins 	28 	8 	16 	4 	77 	107 	20 	37 	12 	20 	5 	103 	133
==Riley Cup 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 semifinal and final rounds will be held at the HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York on March 22-23, 2019. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===First Round===
*Niagara Purple Eagles defeated Canisius Golden Griffins2 games to 1
*Army Black Knights defeated Mercyhurst Lakers 2 games to none
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 2 games to none
===Quarterfinals===
*American International Yellow Jackets defeated Army Black Knights 2 games to 1
*Niagara Purple Eagles defeated Air Force Falcons 2 games to none
*RIT Tigers defeated Sacred Heart Pioneers 2 games to 1
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Bentley Falcons 2 games to 1
===Semifinals===
*American International Yellow Jackets defeated Robert Morris Colonials 3-2 (ot)
*Niagara Purple Eagles defeated RIT Tigers 1-0 (ot)
===Final===
*American International Yellow Jackets defeated Niagara Purple Eagles 3-2 (ot)
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