Riley Trophy

The Riley Trophy is an award given to the Atlantic Hockey tournament champion since 2018. The trophy is named after long-time Army head coach Jack Riley and was created a little over a year after the legendary coach's death.
==History==
The AHA Tournament began the year after the dissolution of the MAAC's ice hockey division with all 8 remaining programs founding Atlantic Hockey. As the MAAC had previously been awarded an automatic berth, Atlantic Hockey immediately qualified for the postseason entry. The winner of the Riley Trophy will receive Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to that years NCAA Tournament.
==Champions==
The Riley Trophy has been awarded every year since 2018. Past tournament champions for both Atlantic Hockey and its predecessor, MAAC, have also been included.
===MAAC Champions===
Year	Winning team 	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Score	Location 	Finals venue
1999	Holy Cross 	 	Canisius 	 	4–3 	Worcester, Massachusetts	Hart Center
2000	Connecticut 	 	Iona 	 	6–1 	Storrs, Connecticut 	UConn Ice Arena
2001	Mercyhurst 	 	Quinnipiac 	 	6–5 	Storrs, Connecticut 	UConn Ice Arena
2002	Quinnipiac 	 	Mercyhurst 	 	6–4 	Worcester, Massachusetts	Hart Center
2003	Mercyhurst (2)	 	Quinnipiac 	 	4–3 	West Point, New York 	Tate Rink
===Atlantic Hockey Champions===
Year	Winning team 	Coach 	Losing team 	Coach	Score 	Location 	Finals venue
2004	Holy Cross 	 	Sacred Heart 	 	4–0 	West Point, New York 	Tate Rink
2005	Mercyhurst 	 	Quinnipiac 	 	3–2 (OT) 	North Branford, Connecticut	Northford Ice Pavilion
2006	Holy Cross (2)	 	Bentley 	 	5–2 	Worcester, Massachusetts 	Hart Center
2007	Air Force 	 	Army 	 	6–1 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2008	Air Force (2) 	 	Mercyhurst 	 	5–4 (2OT)	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2009	Air Force (3) 	 	Mercyhurst 	 	2–0 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2010	RIT 	 	Sacred Heart 	 	6–1 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2011	Air Force (4) 	Frank Serratore	RIT 	 	1–0 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2012	Air Force (5) 	Frank Serratore	RIT 	 	4–0 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2013	Canisius 	 	Mercyhurst 	 	7–2 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2014	Robert Morris 	 	Canisius 	 	7–4 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2015	RIT (2) 	 	Mercyhurst 	 	5–1 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2016	RIT (3) 	 	Robert Morris	 	7–4 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
2017	Air Force (6) 	 	Robert Morris	 	2–1 	Rochester, New York 	Blue Cross Arena
===Riley Trophy===
Year	Winning team 	Coach 	Losing team 	Coach 	Score 	Location 	Finals venue
2018	Air Force (7) 	 	Robert Morris 	 	5–1 	Rochester, New York	Blue Cross Arena
2019	American International 	 	Niagara 	 	3-2 (OT) 	Buffalo, New York 	Harborcenter
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic	Buffalo, New York 	Harborcenter
==Championships==
===By school===
School	Championships	Appearances	Pct.
 	7 	7 	1.000
 	3 	8 	.375
 	3 	5 	.600
 	3 	3 	1.000
 	1 	4 	.250
 	1 	4 	.250
 	1 	3 	.333
 	1 	1 	1.000
 	1 	1 	1.000
 	0 	2 	.000
 	0 	1 	.000
 	0 	1 	.000
 	0 	1 	
 	0 	1 	.000
===By coach===
Coach 	Championships
Frank Serratore	7
Rick Gotkin 	3
Paul Pearl 	3
Wayne Wilson 	3
Rand Pecknold 	1
Derek Schooley 	1
Dave Smith 	1
Eric Lang 	1
Bruce Marshall 	1
==References==
==External links==
*Atlantic Hockey Online
 
Category:College ice hockey in the United States lists