2019-20 Atlantic Hockey season

This is the 2019-20 Atlantic Hockey Conference season. This is the conference's 15th season under this name and the conference's 20th 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.
==Rule Changes==
The conference has adopted a five minute 3-on-3 overtime and then shootout format for 2019-20 season. The conference has also adopted a three point system for conference games, matching the format used by the Big Ten and WCHA. http://atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2019/7/22/mens-ice-hockey-atlantic-hockey-to-adopt-3-on-3-shootout-overtime-protocol.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2lf3tJ7a1Tb4DAgLVm1JXCnImSD571PP2tFM93JZHgN7vb0SpwPALgHFs
==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 	21 	6 	1 	103 	52 	64 	34 	21 	12 	1 	110 	74
Sacred Heart Pioneers 	28 	18 	8 	2 	109 	66 	56 	34 	21 	10 	3 	132 	85
RIT Tigers 	28 	15 	9 	4 	91 	79 	50 	36 	19 	13 	4 	113 	104
Army Black Knights 	28 	14 	11 	3 	71 	68 	45 	33 	17 	13 	3 	83 	80
Niagara Purple Eagles 	28 	12 	12 	4 	74 	67 	42 	34 	12 	18 	4 	82 	89
Bentley Falcons 	28 	13 	13 	2 	67 	75 	41 	36 	17 	16 	3 	103 	102
Robert Morris Colonials 	28 	11 	12 	5 	66 	72 	41 	37 	13 	19 	5 	84 	104
Air Force Falcons 	28 	10 	12 	6 	84 	84 	36 	36 	12 	18 	6 	84 	102
Canisius Golden Griffins 	28 	9 	13 	6 	80 	85 	36 	36 	10 	20 	6 	93 	122
Holy Cross Crusaders 	28 	9 	16 	3 	71 	92 	32 	37 	11 	21 	5 	88 	115
Mercyhurst Lakers 	28 	3 	23 	2 	51 	127 	11 	36 	5 	29 	2 	68 	158
==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 20-21, 2020. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Cancellation of Tournament===
The conference announced it would be cancelling its tournament on March 12th due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.https://www.uscho.com/2020/03/12/nchc-wcha-cancel-postseason-tournaments-due-to-coronavirus-precautions/
===First Round===
*Bentley Falcons defeated Mercyhurst Lakers 2 games to none
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 2 games to 1
*Air Force Falcons defeated Canisius Golden Griffins 2 games to none
==References==
Category:2020 in hockey
Category:Atlantic Hockey