This (last) Week in Atlantic Hockey: American International now ‘looking to the future’ with 2019-20 season wiped out

Words like “historic” and “unbelievable” get thrown around a lot in the sports world, often at things that aren’t really that historic or unbelievable. But in the case of the end of the 2019-20 college hockey season, they’re absolutely appropriate, along with “gut-wrenching,” “painful” and “devastating” (photo: Omar Phillips).

USCHO’s Dan Rubin: With recent events forcing college hockey to abruptly end, I believe there is light hatching from the darkness

If you’re like me, you probably sat by your computer to watch the last week unfold in real time. You watched the world continually change, minute after minute, through social media and news alerts. Sports adapted to atmospheres without crowds before shutting down for the interim (photo: Bentley Athletics).

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Top two seeds AIC, Sacred Heart start conference playoffs with confidence, but both have ‘more to accomplish’

Sacred Heart is 15-4-2 since Thanksgiving, and AIC is 12-1 in its last 13 games with its only loss coming to the Pioneers. Three years after finishing next to each other in the standings, AIC and SHU did it again but this time as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds (photo: Omar Phillips).

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Last weekend of regular season has all teams looking ‘to be playing as long as you can’ with playoffs looming

The 2019-20 regular season began five months ago with the preseason coaches call, but it feels like it happened this morning. I still remember how quickly that meeting felt, how everyone brimmed with confidence and excitement and how coaches oozed the same feelings for Atlantic Hockey (photo: Omar Phillips).