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Atlantic Hockey is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. Unlike several other Division I hockey conferences, Atlantic Hockey has no women's division. From 1997 to 2003, Atlantic Hockey was known as the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

There are currently ten member schools:

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Quinnipiac University left the league for the ECAC Hockey League after the 2004-05 season. Air Force and RIT joined the league after the 2005-06 season. Air Force came from College Hockey America and RIT came from the Division III ECAC West (with a requisite intervening year as a Division I independent).

List of Championship Games


From 1999 to 2003, the conference tournament was operated by the MAAC. Starting in 2007, the tournament will be held on neutral ice, at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York.

  • 1999 Holy Cross def. Canisius 4-3 (Worcester, MA)
  • 2000 Connecticut def. Iona 6-1 (Storrs, CT)
  • 2001 Mercyhurst def. Quinnipiac 6-5 (Storrs, CT)
  • 2002 Quinnipiac def. Mercyhurst 6-4 (Worcester, MA)
  • 2003 Mercyhurst def. Quinnipiac 4-3 (West Point, NY)
  • 2004 Holy Cross def. Sacred Heart 4-0 (West Point, NY)
  • 2005 Mercyhurst def. Quinnipiac 3-2 (Northford, CT)
  • 2006 Holy Cross def. Bentley 5-2 (Worcester, MA)

Conference Arenas


School Hockey Arena Arena capacity
Air Force Cadet Field House Ice Arena 2,635
American International Olympia Ice Center 1,200
Army Tate Rink 2,648
Bentley John A. Ryan Arena 1,200
Canisius Buffalo State Sports Arena 1,800
Connecticut Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum 2,000
Holy Cross Hart Center 1,400
Mercyhurst Mercyhurst Ice Center 1,500
RIT Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena 2,100
Sacred Heart Milford Ice Pavilion 1,000

External links


College athletics conferences | College ice hockey | Ice hockey leagues | Atlantic Hockey

 

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