2016-17 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, however the American International Yellow Jackets announced they were moving their home games from the Olympia Ice Center to the MassMutual Center which is located about a mile from the campus of the University.  The Olympia Ice Center is located about 6 miles (9km) off campus in West Springfield, Massachusetts and the Sacred Heart Pioneers annnounced they would move their home games to the Webster Bank Arena under a five-year agreement.  The agreement included a dedicated locker room, training facilities, a team room, and coaches offices for the team.
==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 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 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) 	Consol Energy Center 	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==
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
Canisius Golden Griffins 	28 	18 	4 	6 	90 	53 	42 	40 	21 	11 	7 	107 	85
Air Force Falcons 	28 	19 	6 	3 	91 	56 	41 	42 	27 	10 	5 	133 	93
Army Black Knights 	28 	15 	10 	3 	77 	56 	33 	37 	18 	14 	5 	100 	78
Robert Morris Colonials 	28 	15 	10 	3 	86 	73 	33 	38 	22 	12 	4 	123 	95
Holy Cross Crusaders 	28 	11 	101 	7 	78 	78 	29 	36 	14 	15 	7 	99 	106
RIT Tigers 	28 	13 	15 	0 	90 	79 	26 	37 	14 	22 	1 	108 	111
Mercyhurst Lakers 	28 	11 	13 	4 	82 	83 	26 	39 	15 	20 	4 	106 	123
Bentley Falcons 	28 	10 	12 	6 	78 	82 	26 	39 	13 	19 	7 	101 	120
Sacred Heart Pioneers 	28 	10 	15 	3 	67 	87 	23 	37 	13 	19 	5 	88 	116
American International Yellow Jackets	28 	7 	14 	7 	63 	91 	21 	36 	8 	20 	8 	82 	122
Niagara Purple Eagles 	28 	3 	23 	2 	55 	119 	8 	39 	5 	31 	3 	76 	168
==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 17-18, 2017. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===First Round===
* Niagara Purple Eagles defeated RIT Tigers 2 games to 1
*Mercyhurst Lakers defeated American International Yellow Jackets 2 games to none
*Bentley Falcons defeated Sacred Heart Pioneers 2 games to 1
===Quarterfinals===
*Canisius Golden Griffins defeated Niagara Purple Eagles 2 games to none
*Air Force Falcons defeated Bentley Falcons 2 games to none
*Army Black Knights defeated Mercyhurst Lakers 2 games to 1
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 2 games to none
===Semifinals===
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Canisius Golden Griffins 6-2
*Air Force Falcons defeated Army Black Knights 1-0
===Final===
*Air Force Falcons defeated Robert Morris Colonials 2-1
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