2024–25 Atlantic Hockey America men's season

2024–25 AHA men's season
Season2024–25
ConferenceAHA
DivisionDivision I
Sportmen's ice hockey
DurationOctober 4, 2024–
March 21, 2025
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)FloHockey
Regular season
Atlantic Hockey America Tournament
NCAA tournament
AHA men's seasons
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The 2024–25 Atlantic Hockey America men's season is the inaugural season of play for Atlantic Hockey America and take place during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 4, 2024.

This is the only Atlantic Hockey America season, and last Division I season, for American International, which had been a member of AHA's men's predecessor of the Atlantic Hockey Association for that league's entire existence. On November 11, 2024, American International College announced that its men's hockey team would join the bulk of AIC's other sports in the Northeast-10 Conference, which plays the sport under NCAA Division II regulations and does not participate in the Division I championship.[1]

Offseason

After the conclusion of the previous season, the men's Atlantic Hockey Association and women's College Hockey America merged to form Atlantic Hockey America. The amalgamation did not change the new league's arrangement as the same number of teams were on the men's side. The standings, conference schedules, and tournament all continued without alteration.

Coaches

Brian Riley announced prior to the season that he would retire after this campaign.[2]

Records

Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Atlantic Hockey record *
Air Force Frank Serratore 28 456–436–99 245–168–69
American International Eric Lang 9 142–115–28 111–68–23
Army Brian Riley 22 242–359–92 199–251–83
Bentley Andy Jones 2 16–17–2 12–12–2
Canisius Trevor Large 7 100–119–23 78–78–16
Holy Cross Bill Riga 4 50–58–9 35–36–7
Mercyhurst Rick Gotkin 37 607–523–107 260–227–67
Niagara Jason Lammers 8 95–129–24 69–84–24
RIT Tigers Wayne Wilson 26 464–314–80 264–160–55
Robert Morris Derek Schooley 19 286–300–71 142–121–41
Sacred Heart C. J. Marottolo 16 188–291–55 154–195–46

* Record in the previous conference.

Standings

2024–25 Atlantic Hockey America Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OW OL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bentley 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 24 36 21 14 9 4 1 45 30
Niagara 11 6 3 2 0 1 1 22 35 27 15 7 5 3 48 42
Sacred Heart 10 6 3 1 0 1 1 21 33 27 14 7 5 2 46 45
Army 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 15 25 32 12 5 7 0 28 36
Air Force 8 5 3 0 1 0 0 14 13 11 16 8 8 0 28 46
Canisius 7 4 2 1 0 0 0 13 23 13 13 4 8 1 33 41
Holy Cross 9 4 4 1 1 0 1 12 25 21 14 5 8 1 36 40
American International 8 3 5 0 0 1 0 10 18 23 14 4 9 1 29 46
RIT 9 2 6 1 0 0 1 7 21 32 14 3 10 1 34 48
Mercyhurst 12 2 9 1 1 0 0 6 28 44 16 2 13 1 37 60
Robert Morris 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 5 17 23 11 4 5 2 34 32
Championship: March 21, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: November 25, 2024

Regular season record

Statistics

Conference tournament

Main article: 2025 Atlantic Hockey America men's tournament

2025 Atlantic Hockey America men's tournament

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Rankings

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

USCHO

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Final
Air Force NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
American International NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Army NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bentley NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Canisius NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Holy Cross NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mercyhurst NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Niagara NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RIT NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Robert Morris NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sacred Heart NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

USA Hockey

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Final
Air Force NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
American International NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Army NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bentley NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Canisius NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Holy Cross NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mercyhurst NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Niagara NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RIT NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Robert Morris NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sacred Heart NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Pairwise

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Final
Air Force 23 36 48 43 43 42 38 42 47 45 48 - - - - - - - - - - - -
American International 28 53 44 32 36 40 50 46 49 50 50 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Army 20 20 18 30 49 56 46 50 56 55 58 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bentley 28 41 33 37 28 43 26 21 29 29 31 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Canisius 11 50 58 54 46 54 54 54 55 55 58 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Holy Cross 28 10 31 33 48 55 51 45 41 39 38 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mercyhurst 28 32 47 58 58 64 64 64 64 64 64 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Niagara 28 26 46 18 21 30 35 32 46 49 51 - - - - - - - - - - - -
RIT 2 21 34 49 53 58 58 57 60 62 62 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Robert Morris 28 57 29 21 35 27 48 50 52 51 44 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sacred Heart 28 38 37 22 45 50 32 30 44 40 39 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Pathway to Progress: Charting AIC's Future" (Press release). American International College. November 13, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Army West Point hockey coach Riley announces '24-25 will be his last with Black Knights; current associate head coach McKelvie to take over with '25-26 season". USCHO. August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.