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Atlantic Hockey Showdown: Playoff Primer



Atlantic Hockey Rankings 

1- Canisius 
2- Air Force 
3- Army 
4- RMU 
5- Holy Cross 
6- RIT 
7- Mercyhurst 
8- Bentley 
9- Sacred Heart 
10- AIC 
11- Niagara 

Playoff Round #1 (March 3rd-5th)

This round is a best of 3 game series hosted by the higher. The top 5 teams in the conference receive a bye and will host the winners from round #1 

#11 Niagara Vs. #6 RIT 

- RIT will be hosting this series at the Gene Polisseni Center in Rochester, NY 
- RIT swept the regular season series against Niagara, beating Niagara 7-1 and 6-2 
- Niagara is currently on a 12 game losing streak 

#10 AIC Vs. #7 Mercyhurst 

- Mercyhurst will be hosting this series at the Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, PA 
- Mercyhurst split the season series with AIC, losing the first game 3-5 but coming back the next night and winning 6-3
- Mercyhurst is currently on a three game losing streak while AIC enters this series unbeaten in their last three (one win, two ties) 

#9 Sacred Heart Vs. #8 Bentley 

- Bentley will be hosting this series at the John A Ryan Arena in Watertown, Mass
- Bentley split the season series with Sacred Heart, losing games 3-2 and 5-4 and winning 3-2 and 4-0

Playoff Round #2 (March 10th-12th)

The winners from the first round of the playoffs will travel to one of the top three teams in the conference and play another best of three game series (Canisius plays lowest remaining seed, Air Force plays the second lowest, and Army plays the highest remaining). #4 RMU will play host to Holy cross. 

Playoff Rounds 3-4 (March 17th-18th)

Both of these rounds are one game, single elimination games. Round #3 will consist of the highest remaining seed playing the lowest remaining and the two middle seeds playing each other. The final round will consist of the two winners of round #3 playing for the Championship. These games will take place at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY.

Winner to NCAA Tournament

Whichever team wins this conference will receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division One playoffs for the chance to battle for a National Championship. No team from this conference has ever won a National Championship. 


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