2012 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

The 2012 Atlantic Hockey Tournament was the 9th Atlantic Hockey Tournament. I was played between March 2 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, United States. Air Force won their 5th tournament and earned Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament after defeating RIT in the championship game.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds, as determined by the conference regular season standings, play a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. The top four teams from the conference regular season standings receive a bye to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and the highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Current standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2011–12 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#16 Air Force*	27	15	6	6	36	85	52		39	21	11	7	119	83
Niagara	27	14	6	7	35	80	53		37	17	11	9	101	81
RIT	27	14	7	6	34	72	52		39	20	13	6	99	86
Mercyhurst	27	15	8	4	34	79	68		40	20	16	4	111	116
Holy Cross	27	15	8	4	34	93	70		39	20	15	4	120	107
Bentley	27	13	7	7	33	81	59		40	16	16	8	114	109
Robert Morris	27	13	9	5	31	72	58		39	17	17	5	102	103
Connecticut	27	12	12	3	27	78	67		39	16	19	4	112	105
Canisius	27	10	14	3	23	54	74		36	10	22	4	66	111
American International	27	6	18	3	15	57	98		37	8	26	3	82	137
Sacred Heart	27	4	20	3	11	66	122		37	6	28	3	84	173
Army	27	3	19	5	11	52	96		34	4	23	7	65	120
Championship: Air Force 4, RIT 0 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Tournament awards

References