2024 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2024 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
The Gene Polisseni Center during RIT's Championship Game victory
Dates	March 2–23, 2023
Teams	11
Finals site	Gene Polisseni Center Henrietta, New York
Champions	RIT (4th title)
Winning coach	Wayne Wilson (4th title)
MVP	Elijah Gonsalves (RIT)
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The 2024 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 20th edition of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 2 and March 23, 2024. The RIT Tigers defeated the AIC Yellow Jackets in the championship game, earning Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Format

AIC faces off against Holy Cross in AHA Semifinals Game 1

The tournament featured four rounds of play, with eleven conference teams participating. The top five teams, according to the conference standings, received byes to the quarterfinal round. The remaining six teams were arranged so that the sixth seed played the eleventh seed, the seventh seed played the tenth seed and the eighth seed played the ninth seed in first round matches. The winners of the first-round games were reseeded entering the quarterfinal round and became the final three participants in the round, with the new eighth-, seventh-, and sixth-seeded teams facing the first-, second-, and third-place teams respectively, in addition to the fourth- and fifth-overall seeds playing each other. The winners of the quarterfinal round werere then reseeded so that the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the other two semifinalists met. The winners of the semifinal matches advanced to the championship to determine which team received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds are best-of-three series while the championship and first round matches are single elimination. All matchups were hosted by the higher-seeded team.

Conference standings

2023–24 Atlantic Hockey Standings
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OW	OL	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#17 RIT †*	26	18	7	1	3	2	0	54	102	64		40	27	11	2	156	96
Holy Cross	26	13	10	3	0	3	1	46	78	62		39	21	14	4	116	93
Sacred Heart	26	14	10	2	2	2	1	45	75	70		36	14	19	3	91	113
Air Force	26	15	10	1	3	0	1	44	88	75		38	18	19	1	115	119
American International	26	12	10	4	1	1	2	42	79	68		40	20	16	4	119	111
Bentley	26	12	12	2	1	2	2	41	69	58		35	16	17	2	95	82
Niagara	26	13	10	3	3	1	1	41	78	79		39	18	18	3	111	122
Canisius	26	10	12	4	2	1	0	33	73	87		37	12	21	4	103	126
Mercyhurst	26	7	15	4	0	1	4	30	77	91		35	9	22	4	98	126
Army	26	8	16	2	0	1	1	28	66	96		35	10	23	2	93	139
Robert Morris	26	7	17	2	0	1	1	25	60	95		39	11	25	3	94	142
Championship: March 23, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy) * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

	First Round March 2					Quarterfinals March 8–10							Semifinals March 15–17							Championship March 23
						1	RIT	7	5	-
	6	Bentley	3			11	Robert Morris	0	1	-
	11	Robert Morris	4*										1	RIT	4	5	-
													7	Niagara	1	2	-
						2	Holy Cross	4	2**	-
	7	Niagara	4			8	Canisius	3	1	-
	10	Army	1																	1	RIT	5
																				5	American International	2
						3	Sacred Heart	3	1	-
	8	Canisius	5			7	Niagara	6	5	-
	9	Mercyhurst	2										2	Holy Cross	5	0	1
													5	American International	2	3	3
						4	Air Force	1	2	-
						5	American International	3	3*	-

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

First Round

(6) Bentley vs. (11) Robert Morris

March 2, 2024 7:00 pm

Bentley

3–4 (OT) (0–1, 1–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Robert Morris

Bentley Arena Attendance: 1,678

Game reference
	Connor Hasley	Goalies	Chad Veltri	Referees: William McGoldrick III Andy O'Brien Linesmen: Cameron Carlson Patrick Philbin
	0–1 12:28 – PP – Tanner Klimpke (14) (Zacher, Townend) (Castagna, Bochen) Ethan Leyh (13) – 20:49 1–1 1–2 31:20 – PP – Luke Johnson (2) (St. Onge, Reineke) 1–3 35:39 – Rylee St. Onge (11) (Tulik) (Davis, Kramer) Garrett Horsager (2) – 44:53 2–3 (Horsager, Castagna) Nick Bochen (6) – PP – 49:24 3–3 3–4 79:50 – GW – Cameron Garvey (11) (unasssited)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	32

(7) Niagara vs. (10) Army

March 2, 2024 7:00 pm

Niagara

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Army

Dwyer Arena Attendance: 710

Game reference
	Jarrett Fiske	Goalies	Gavin Abric	Referees: Ron Morello Brendan Blanchard Linesmen: Brian Kimmins Joe Gladnick
	(unassisted) Jack Richard (8) – 11:30 1–0 1–1 15:15 – PP – Joey Baez (14) (Driscoll, Itagaki) (Prohorenkovs, Gauthier) Noah Carlin (3) – GW – 35:59 2–1 (Randklev) Tyler Wallace (11) – 42:05 3–1 (Ott, Carlin) Connor Mylymok (6) – EN – 58:19 4–1
	21 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	43

(8) Canisius vs. (9) Mercyhurst

March 2, 2024 6:05 pm

Canisius

5–2 (2–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Mercyhurst

LECOM Harborcenter Attendance: 388

Game reference
	David Fessenden	Goalies	Owen Say	Referees: Mark Dungan Ryan Sweeney Linesmen: Joe Sherman James Rogowsky
	(Bottini, Haskins) Erik Urbank (4) – 11:54 1–0 (Giampa, Connor) Griffin Loughran (6) – 17:31 2–0 (unassisted) Kyle Haskins (4) – GW – 35:47 3–0 (Fessenden) Stefano Bottini (4) – 38:05 4–0 4–1 50:29 – PP EA – Keanan Stewart (10) (Skalos, Sambrook) 4–2 57:14 – PP EA – Will Margel (6) (Dahm) (unassisted) Powell Connor (1) – SH EN – 58:09 5–2
	25 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	24

Quarterfinals

(1) RIT vs. (11) Robert Morris

March 8, 2024 7:05 pm

RIT

7–0 (0–0, 1–0, 6–0)

Robert Morris

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 2,988

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Chad Veltri out 53:02 Francis Boisvert in 53:02	Referees: CJ Hallman Anthony Kenny Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Joe Sherman
	(Laskosky, Cassaro) Matthew Wilde (16) – GW PP – 32:37 1–0 (Moretz, Stewart) Tyler Fukakusa (6) – 42:14 2–0 (Andrew, Jacques) Gianfranco Cassaro (15) – 48:37 3–0 (Laskosky, Hansen-Bukata) Carter Wilkie (15) – PP – 51:56 4–0 (Wilde) Christian Catalano (8) – 53:02 5–0 (Gonsalves, Mahan) Tyler Fukakusa (7) – 56:34 6–0 (Fukakusa, Gonsalves) Grady Hobbs (10) – PP – 58:09 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	21

March 9, 2024 7:05 pm

RIT

5–1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Robert Morris

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 3,248

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Chad Veltri out 31:14 Francis Boisvert in 31:14	Referees: CJ Hallman Anthony Kenny Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Joe Sherman
	(Scott, Hobbs) Simon Isabelle (8) – 14:22 1–0 (Catalano, Wilde) Tyler Fukakusa (8) – GW – 19:56 2–0 (Fukakusa) Christian Catalano (9) – 20:57 3–0 (Fukakusa, Andrew) Xavier Lapointe (2) – 28:12 4–0 4–1 51:35 – Tanner Klimpke (15) (Zacher) (Wilkie, Gonsalves) Gianfranco Cassaro (16) – 54:35 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	29 min
	49	Shots	18

RIT wins series 2–0

(2) Holy Cross vs. (8) Canisius

March 8, 2024 7:00 pm

Holy Cross

4–3 (0–1, 2–2, 2–0)

Canisius

Hart Center Attendance: 444

Game reference
	Jason Grande	Goalies	David Fessenden	Referees: Conor Foley Patrick Philbin Linesmen: Ryan Sweeney William McGoldrick III
	0–1 11:23 – Max Kouznetsov (7) (Bottini, Haar) (McLinskey) Jack Ricketts (19) – 23:24 1–1 1–2 24:36 – PP – Max Kouznetsov (8) (Giampa, Melaragni) 1–3 33:49 – Trey Funk (7) (Haar, Farthing) (Stockfish, Ghirardosi) Matt Shatsky (2) – 35:41 2–3 (Seymour, Higgins) Liam McLinskey (16) – 49:02 3–3 (McLinskey, Guerra) Jack Stockfish (9) – GW PP – 50:04 4–3
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	46	Shots	28

March 9, 2024 7:00 pm

Holy Cross

2–1 (2 OT) (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Canisius

Hart Center Attendance: 559

Game reference
	Jason Grande	Goalies	Ethan Robertson	Referees: Ryan Sweeney William McGoldrick III Linesmen: Conor Foley Patrick Philbin
	0–1 11:23 – Grant Porter (7) (Nieuwendyk, Datema) (Thorne, Gagno) Jack Robilotti (3) – 23:24 1–1 (McLinskey, Ricketts) Jack Seymour (5) – GW – 82:53 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	39

Holy Cross wins series 2–0

(3) Sacred Heart vs. (7) Niagara

March 8, 2024 7:00 pm

Sacred Heart

3–6 (1–0, 1–1, 1–5)

Niagara

Martire Family Arena Attendance: 2,354

Game reference
	Justin Robbins	Goalies	Jarrett Fiske	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Chris Leavitt Linesmen: Dylan Lewis Josh Cleary
	(Walsh, Jaworski) Braeden Tuck (5) – PP – 14:09 1–0 (Walsh, Joughin) Kevin Lombardi (11) – 24:05 2–0 2–1 33:26 – Tyler Wallace (14) (Randklev, Ahearn) 2–2 41:21 – Carter Randklev (9) (Ahearn, Carlin) 2–3 41:51 – Carter Randklev (10) (Wallace, Carlin) 2–4 42:04 – GW – Jonathan Ziskie (2) (Richard) (Jaworski) Braeden Tuck (6) – 48:49 3–4 3–5 49:58 – PP – Jack Richard (9) (Rødne) 3–6 59:11 – EN – Glebs Prohorenkovs (11) (Gauthier)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	34

March 9, 2024 7:00 pm

Sacred Heart

1–5 (1–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Niagara

Martire Family Arena Attendance: 2,639

Game reference
	Justin Robbins	Goalies	Jarrett Fiske	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Chris Leavitt Linesmen: Dylan Lewis Josh Cleary
	(Bongo) Daniel Ebrahim (9) – 00:19 1–0 1–1 23:11 – Carter Randklev (11) (Wallace, Ahearn) 1–2 34:32 – GW – Jay Ahearn (8) (Randklev, Wallace) 1–3 35:19 – PP – Jay Ahearn (9) (Ott, Randklev) 1–4 44:30 – PP – Jack Richard (10) (Prohorenkovs, Rødne) 1–5 56:42 – EN – Lane Brockhoff (2) (C. Mylymok)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	37	Shots	21

Niagara wins series 2–0

(4) Air Force vs. (5) American International

March 8, 2024 7:05 pm

Air Force

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

American International

Cadet Ice Arena Attendance: 1,818

Game reference
	Guy Blessing	Goalies	Nils Wallström	Referees: Andy Bethmann Ron Morello Linesmen: Seth Mukai Joshua Pergande
	0–1 6:28 – PP – John Lundy (13) (Manz, Geschwind) (unassisted) Andrew DeCarlo (5) – 51:18 1–1 1–2 55:11 – GW – Josh Barnes (2) (Wells, Angesved) 1–3 59:42 – Blake Wells (4) (McDonald)
	2 min	Penalties	17 min
	32	Shots	18

March 9, 2024 7:05 pm

Air Force

2–3 (OT) (2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

American International

Cadet Ice Arena Attendance: 1,688

Game reference
	Guy Blessing	Goalies	Nils Wallström	Referees: Andy Bethmann Ron Morello Linesmen: Seth Mukai Joshua Pergande
	(DeCarlo, Staring) Austin Schwartz (5) – 5:20 1–0 (Cosentino, Cunningham) Chris Hedden (8) – 17:16 2–0 2–1 40:33 – Brett Callahan (13) (Biro, Janhonen) 2–2 58:29 – EA – John Lundy (14) (Kramer, Biro) 2–3 72:18 – GW – Nico Somerville (3) (Manz)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	38

American International wins series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) RIT vs. (7) Niagara

March 15, 2024 7:05 pm

RIT

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Niagara

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 2,564

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Jarrett Fiske	Referees: Ron Morello Ryan Sweeney Linesmen: Brian Kimmins Joe Sherman
	(Stewart, Gonsalves) Tyler Mahan (6) – 14:54 1–0 (Miller, Andrew) Aiden Hansen-Bukata (5) – GW – 26:49 2–0 (Catalano) Matthew Wilde (17) – 53:53 3–0 3–1 51:35 – EA – Jay Ahearn (15) (Prohorenkovs, Wallace) (unassisted) Gianfranco Cassaro (17) – EN – 59:53 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	39

March 16, 2024 7:05 pm

RIT

5–2 (3–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Niagara

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 3,284

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Jarrett Fiske	Referees: Ron Morello Ryan Sweeney Linesmen: Brian Kimmins Joe Sherman
	(Catalano, Wilde) Tyler Fukakusa (9) – 1:18 1–0 (Cassaro) Elijah Gonsalves (16) – 8:44 2–0 (unassisted) Carter Wilkie (16) – GW – 15:56 3–0 (Hobbs, Wilkie) Dimitri Mikrogiannakis (1) – 38:57 4–0 4–1 47:25 – Shane Ott (5) (Richard) 4–2 48:42 – PP – Tyler Wallace (13) (Randklev, Ahearn) (Nicholson, Wilkie) Elijah Gonsalves (17) – EN – 56:44 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	27

RIT Won Series 2–0

(2) Holy Cross vs. (5) American International

March 15, 2024 7:00 pm

Holy Cross

5–2 (3–1, 0–1, 2–0)

American International

Hart Center Attendance: 796

Game reference
	Jason Grande	Goalies	Nils Wallström	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Chris Leavitt Linesmen: Conor Foley Patrick Philbin
	0–1 2:31 – PP – Brett Rylance (4) (Jenuwine, Angesved) (Higgins) Alec Cicero (10) – 14:22 1–1 (Stockfish, Petruolo) Tyler Ghirardosi (14) – 19:19 2–1 (Guerra, Stockfish) Liam McLinskey (17) – GW – 19:51 3–1 3–2 21:26 – Casey McDonald (15) (Rylance) (unassisted) Liam McLinskey (18) – EN – 58:24 4–2 (Higgins) Alec Cicero (11) – EN – 59:22 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	24

March 16, 2024 7:00 pm

Holy Cross

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

American International

Hart Center Attendance: 787

Game reference
	Jason Grande	Goalies	Nils Wallström	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Chris Leavitt Linesmen: Conor Foley Patrick Philbin
	0–1 13:35 – GW – Nico Somerville (4) (unassisted) 0–2 21:26 – PP – Brett Rylance (15) (Stella) 0–3 58:58 – EN – Brett Rylance (6) (unassisted)
	9 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	25

March 17, 2024 5:00 pm

Holy Cross

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

American International

Hart Center Attendance: 656

Game reference
	Jason Grande	Goalies	Nils Wallström	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Chris Leavitt Linesmen: Conor Foley Patrick Philbin
	0–1 24:37 – Theo Angesved (2) (unassisted) 0–2 30:12 – GW – Dario Beljo (2) (Somerville, Lundy) (Ricketts) Liam McLinskey (19) – 34:20 1–2 1–3 57:48 – EN – Dustin Manz (6) (unassisted)
	39 min	Penalties	20 min
	45	Shots	17

American International Won Series 2–1

Championship

(1) RIT vs. (5) American International

March 23, 2024 7:05 pm

RIT

5–2 (2–2, 1–0, 2–0)

American International

Gene Polisseni Center Attendance: 4,233

Game reference
	Tommy Scarfone	Goalies	Nils Wallström	Referees: Brendan Blanchard Ryan Sweeney Linesmen: Brendan Lewis Joe Sherman
	0–1 4:06 – Jordan Biro (6) (Long) (Fukakusa, Gonsalves) Dimitri Mikrogiannakis (2) – 11:56 1–1 (Wilkie, Mikrogiannakis) Elijah Gonsalves (18) – 16:06 2–1 2–2 18:59 – Jordan Biro (7) (Kramer, Janhonen) (Hansen-Bukata, Gonsalves) Matthew Wilde (16) – GW PP – 21:48 3–2 (unassisted) Elijah Gonsalves (19) – EN – 58:34 4–2 (Wilkie, Jeffery) Matthew Wilde (19) – EN – 59:08 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	26

Tournament awards

RIT celebrates after winning the AHA Championship Game

All-Tournament Team

• G: Tommy Scarfone (RIT)
• D: Gianfranco Cassaro (RIT)
• D: Nico Somerville (American International)
• F: Elijah Gonsalves* (RIT)
• F: Tyler Fukakusa (RIT)
• F: Jordan Biro (American International)

* Most Valuable Player(s)