2017-18 Atlantic Hockey Season

This is the 2017-18 Atlantic Hockey Conference season. This is the conference's 13th season under this name and the conference's 18th season overall.
==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 	John A. Ryan ArenaBentley Multipurpose Arena (Feb. 2018)	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 Center 	Erie, PA 	1,500
Mercyhurst (alternate) 	Erie Insurance Arena 	Erie, PA 	6,833
Niagara Purple Eagles 	Dwyer Arena 	Lewiston, NY 	1,400
Robert Morris Colonials 	84 Lumber Arena 	Neville Island, PA 	1,200
Robert Morris (alternate) 	PPG Paints Arena 	Pittsburgh 	18,387
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 	Blue Cross Arena 	Rochester, NY 	10,556
==Standings==
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 	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
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mercyhurst 	28 	16 	8 	4 	36 	90 	81 	 	37 	21 	12 	4 	124 	111
Canisius 	28 	17 	11 	0 	34 	94 	76 	 	38 	19 	17 	2 	117 	108
Holy Cross 	28 	12 	10 	6 	30 	80 	70 	 	36 	13 	16 	7 	97 	100
Army 	28 	12 	10 	6 	30 	80 	70 	 	36 	15 	15 	6 	93 	91
#14 Air Force * 	28 	13 	11 	4 	30 	73 	64 	 	43 	23 	15 	5 	115 	94
RIT 	28 	13 	14 	1 	27 	91 	90 	 	37 	15 	20 	2 	114 	127
Robert Morris 	28 	12 	13 	3 	27 	79 	78 	 	41 	18 	20 	3 	119 	118
 	28 	11 	13 	4 	26 	63 	75 	 	39 	15 	20 	4 	88 	116
Niagara 	28 	10 	15 	3 	23 	76 	90 	 	36 	11 	22 	3 	93 	123
Bentley 	28 	9 	14 	5 	23 	72 	87 	 	37 	13 	18 	6 	96 	114
Sacred Heart 	28 	9 	15 	4 	22 	79 	96 	 	39 	13 	22 	4 	107 	135
Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018	Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018
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==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 Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York on March 16-17, 2018. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===First Round===
*Sacred Heart Pioneers defeated RIT Tigers 2 games to 1
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Bentley Falcons 2 games to 1
*American International Yellow Jackets defeated Niagara Purple Eagles 2 games to none
===Quarterfinals===
*Mercyhurst Lakers defeated Sacred Heart Pioneers 2 games to none
*Canisius Golden Griffins defeated American International Yellow Jackets 2 games to 1
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 2 games to none
*Air Force Falcons defeated Army Black Knights 2 games to 1
===Semifinals===
*Air Force Falcons defeated Canisius Golden Griffins 3-0
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Mercyhurst Lakers 5-4 (ot)
===Final===
*Air Force Falcons defeated Robert Morris Colonials 5-1
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