Atlantic Hockey

Inter-pod play is now over for the season in Atlantic Hockey, as the East and West scheduling “Pods” will play only in-region games for the rest of the regular season. The West held a 41-18-13 advantage over the East, so it’s not a surprise that the top six teams in the standings are all from … Read more

The final weekend of East-West pod play had the West coming out on top again, but by a closer margin. Pending this evening’s game between Canisius and American International, the West won the weekend 5-3-3, an improvement for the East over last weekend’s 8-1-1 domination by the West pod. Army was the only East team … Read more

It was East vs. West last weekend with five two-game series played, each pitting a team from the East scheduling pod against the West. The West came out on top, sweeping three series and taking three points in another. Only the Army at Air Force series resulted in a split, with the Falcons taking a … Read more

Last Friday, Robert Morris was smoked 8-0 by North Dakota. By all accounts, the beatdown was not as bad as the score indicated, but the Colonials never recovered after getting into an early a hole thanks to some bad bounces. The first Sioux goal went off an RMU defender’s stick and the second off a … Read more

While AHA teams weren’t able to pick up any non-conference wins last weekend, three games went down to the wire. Robert Morris was dominated by North Dakota 8-0 on Friday, but Saturday was a different story, with the Colonials battling the Fighting Sioux to a scoreless tie though the first 56 minutes before eventually falling … Read more

Before the holiday break, I looked at what would happen from a playoffs standpoint  if season ended today. And while the playoff picture is still up in the air, some candidates for individual honors have begun to emerge. Here are my picks for the Atlantic Hockey All-Star teams at the midway point of the season. … Read more

Tournaments, conference games and some non-con matchups were on the bill for a busy Holiday week. Air Force was the only team to pick up four league points over the break, sweeping Bentley in a pair of close contests. The Falcons from Colorado defeated the Falcons from Massachusetts  3-2 in overtime last Thursday and then … Read more

There were just five games in the week leading up to the Christmas break, but two teams picked up big non-conference sweeps. Robert Morris continued its best start ever with a home sweep of Colgate. The Colonials got a goal from Nathan Longpre in overtime to win 3-2 on Saturday, and then came back with … Read more

Former American International goaltender Tom Fenton got to suit up for the Phoenix Coyotes last night. You can read about his experience here.

As we wind down towards the Christmas break, it’s a good time to look at where each team in Atlantic Hockey stands. What’s been going well (and what hasn’t), as well as who’s making the biggest impact. Air Force (6-7-2; 4-3-2 AHA) Plus – The Falcons have a couple of nice wins this season, including … Read more

As we wind down towards the holiday break, games are getting scarce. There were just four league games played last weekend, with RIT picking up four points in a sweep of Mercyhurst, and Army and Connecticut getting wins in single game affairs. RIT continued its dominance of Mercyhurst in Erie, expended its unbeaten streak to … Read more

Atlantic Hockey has announced its November award winners, and they come as no surprise: Player of the Month for November: Paul Zanette, Niagara The senior from Nobleton, Ontario led all of Division I in goals per game in November (.93). His three shorthanded goals are also first in the nation. He had at least a … Read more

Four points again proved to be elusive in Atlantic Hockey.  Robert Morris and Air Force were able to get three each, while every other team in league play was able to pick up at least one. The most dramatic ending came at Air Force, where Jacques Lamoureux scored with one second remaining in regulation to … Read more