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The 2023–24 Atlantic Hockey season was the 21st season of play for Atlantic Hockey and took place during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 7, 2023, and concluded on March 28, 2024, with RIT losing in the West Regional Semifinal of the NCAA tournament.[1]

Coaches

Ryan Soderquist retired after 21 years with Bentley, turning the program over to former Massachusetts Lowell assistant coach, Andy Jones.[2]

Robert Morris restarted its program with Derek Schooley back at the helm. He has been the team's only coach since its inception in 2004.[3]

Records

Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Atlantic Hockey record
Air Force Frank Serratore 27 438–417–98 230–158–68
American International Eric Lang 8 122–99–24 99–58–19
Army Brian Riley 20 232–336–90 191–235–81
Bentley Andy Jones 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Canisius Trevor Large 7 88–98–19 68–66–12
Holy Cross Bill Riga 3 29–44–5 22–26–4
Mercyhurst Rick Gotkin 36 598–501–103 253–212–63
Niagara Jason Lammers 7 77–111–21 56–74–21
RIT Tigers Wayne Wilson 25 437–303–78 246–153–54
Robert Morris Derek Schooley 18 275–275–68 135–104–39
Sacred Heart C. J. Marottolo 15 174–272–52 140–185–44

Standings

2023–24 Atlantic Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OW OL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#17 RIT †* 26 18 7 1 3 2 0 54 102 64 40 27 11 2 156 96
Holy Cross 26 13 10 3 0 3 1 46 78 62 39 21 14 4 116 93
Sacred Heart 26 14 10 2 2 2 1 45 75 70 36 14 19 3 91 113
Air Force 26 15 10 1 3 0 1 44 88 75 38 18 19 1 115 119
American International 26 12 10 4 1 1 2 42 79 68 40 20 16 4 119 111
Bentley 26 12 12 2 1 2 2 41 69 58 35 16 17 2 95 82
Niagara 26 13 10 3 3 1 1 41 78 79 39 18 18 3 111 122
Canisius 26 10 12 4 2 1 0 33 73 87 37 12 21 4 103 126
Mercyhurst 26 7 15 4 0 1 4 30 77 91 35 9 22 4 98 126
Army 26 8 16 2 0 1 1 28 66 96 35 10 23 2 93 139
Robert Morris 26 7 17 2 0 1 1 25 60 95 39 11 25 3 94 142
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Regular season record

While Atlanit Hockey had four teams posting .500 or better records in non-conference games, any benefit they received was wiped out by the five teams that were .250 or worse. As a whole, the conference performed well against Hockey East, which was one of the two best leagues during the regular season. This, and the collapse of the CCHA, helped move Atlantic Hockey up for the first time in years and the conference did not finish as the lowest-ranked league in Division I hockey.[4]

Team Big Ten CCHA ECAC Hockey Hockey East Independent NCHC Total
Air Force 1–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–2–0 0–3–0 3–7–0
American International 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 2–1–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 4–4–0
Army 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 2–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0 2–6–0
Bentley 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–4–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 4–4–0
Canisius 0–2–0 0–0–0 1–3–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 1–7–0
Holy Cross 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 3–1–1 1–0–0 0–0–0 5–2–1
Mercyhurst 0–4–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 2–6–0
Niagara 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–5–0 2–6–0
RIT 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–1 1–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 4–3–1
Robert Morris 0–2–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–3–1 0–0–0 3–6–1
Sacred Heart 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–4–1 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–7–1
Overall 3–12–0 3–3–0 4–14–2 10–11–1 8–6–1 2–12–0 30–58–4

Statistics

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[5]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Liam McLinskey Junior Holy Cross 26 11 20 31 28
Cody Laskosky Senior RIT 26 11 19 30 8
Will Gavin Senior Air Force 26 15 14 29 12
Chris Hedden Sophomore Air Force 26 5 23 28 29
Matteo Giampa Freshman Canisius 26 13 14 27 6
Carter Wilkie Junior RIT 26 11 16 27 22
John Jaworski Senior Sacred Heart 26 11 13 24 18
Garrett Dahm Junior Mercyhurst 26 6 18 24 23
Gianfranco Cassaro Graduate RIT 26 9 14 23 22
Elijah Gonsalves Graduate RIT 22 12 10 22 22
Jack Ricketts Senior Holy Cross 26 12 10 22 50
Matthew Wilde Senior RIT 26 11 11 22 8
Aiden Hansen-Bukata Senior RIT 24 3 19 22 24

Leading goaltenders

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average[6]

Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Nicholas Grabko Senior Bentley 11 610:35 4 6 1 21 2 .919 2.06
Jason Grande Senior Holy Cross 11 654:42 6 4 1 24 0 .926 2.20
Nils Wallström Freshman American International 20 1182:01 12 6 2 44 1 .916 2.23
Connor Hasley Sophomore Bentley 16 946:47 8 6 1 15 2 .901 2.28
Thomas Gale Junior Holy Cross 16 917:21 7 6 2 35 2 .922 2.29

Conference tournament

Main article: 2024 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

First Round
March 2 		Quarterfinals
March 8–10 		Semifinals
March 15–17 		Championship
March 23
1 RIT 7 5 -
6 Bentley 3 11 Robert Morris 0 1 -
11 Robert Morris 4* 1 RIT 4 5 -
7 Niagara 1 2 -
2 Holy Cross 4 2** -
7 Niagara 4 8 Canisius 3 1 -
10 Army 1 1 RIT 5
5 American International 2
3 Sacred Heart 3 1 -
8 Canisius 5 7 Niagara 6 5 -
9 Mercyhurst 2 2 Holy Cross 5 0 1
5 American International 2 3 3
4 Air Force 1 2 -
5 American International 3 3* -

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
March 28, 2024
4:00 pm		(1) Boston University6–3
(2–1, 2–1, 2–1)		(4) RITDenny Sanford Premier Center
Attendance: 5,691
Game reference
Mathieu CaronGoaliesTommy ScarfoneReferees:
Bruce Vida
Brady Johnson
Linesmen:
Tyler Landman
Nathan Voll
(M. Celebrini, Kaplan) Lane Hutson (14) – 11:561–0
(unassisted) Ryan Greene (12) – 13:012–0
2–115:40 – PP – Elijah Gonsalves (20) (Wilde, Cassaro)
(L. Hutson, Kaplan) Sam Stevens (9) – 28:163–1
3–235:20 – Gianfranco Cassaro (18) (Nicholson)
(Peterson, Zabaneh) Macklin Celebrini (32) – GW – 37:014–2
(Lachance, Willander) Jack Harvey (6) – 41:295–2
(Willander, Zabaneh) Dylan Peterson (8) – EN – 55:466–2
6–359:03 – Cody Laskosky (4) (Catalano, Blom)
6 minPenalties6 min
33Shots31

Rankings

Main article: 2023–24 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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
American International NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Army NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Bentley NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Canisius NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Holy Cross NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Mercyhurst NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Niagara NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
RIT NR NR NR NR NR 20 20 20 19 19 18 18 19 20 19 19 20 20 20 19 19 19 18 17 -
Robert Morris NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Sacred Heart NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -

USA Today

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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
American International NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Army NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Bentley NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Canisius NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Holy Cross NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Mercyhurst NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Niagara NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
RIT NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 NR 20 NR NR 20 20 19 19 18 17 -
Robert Morris NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
Sacred Heart NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -

Pairwise

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Final
Air Force 19 7 32 38 49 45 41 45 47 50 54 46 43 38 40 43 45 43 43 42 44 44 45
American International 32 39 26 26 39 24 18 17 19 21 22 25 29 27 28 30 31 32 33 32 29 25 27
Army 32 43 33 56 63 64 63 54 56 58 50 55 55 58 58 58 58 56 56 57 56 56 56
Bentley 30 53 37 43 40 28 39 40 37 40 40 45 47 33 44 45 42 44 42 44 43 43 44
Canisius 32 50 57 59 48 60 60 50 53 57 57 58 57 57 56 59 59 57 58 57 58 58 58
Holy Cross 1 1 11 23 33 46 36 32 37 35 36 34 33 33 30 27 27 23 25 26 24 29 28
Mercyhurst 32 40 54 55 59 55 54 52 48 51 56 52 53 57 61 62 62 60 59 61 59 59 59
Niagara 32 56 56 60 56 61 56 53 51 60 59 58 56 47 48 48 43 46 46 45 39 42 42
RIT 32 24 53 29 27 39 33 21 20 16 17 19 21 23 23 23 22 25 22 23 21 21 21
Robert Morris 32 34 42 49 60 59 62 63 63 63 63 62 62 63 63 61 60 61 61 59 60 60 60
Sacred Heart 32 55 55 53 57 52 50 38 30 40 43 42 44 46 51 48 48 49 49 50 53 53 53

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[7]

Awards

Atlantic Hockey

Award Recipient [8]
Player of the Year Liam McLinskey, Holy Cross
Goaltender of the Year Tommy Scarfone, RIT
Rookie of the Year Matteo Giampa, Canisius
Best Defensive Forward Austin Schwartz, Air Force
Best Defenseman Brian Kramer, American International
Individual Sportsmanship Award Braeden Tuck, Sacred Heart
Team Sportsmanship Award Sacred Heart
Regular Season Scoring Trophy Liam McLinskey, Holy Cross
Regular Season Goaltending Award Jason Grande, Holy Cross
Coach of the Year Wayne Wilson, RIT
Tournament MVP Elijah Gonsalves, RIT
All-Atlantic Hockey Teams[9]
First Team   Position   Second Team
Tommy Scarfone, RIT G Jason Grande, Holy Cross
Gianfranco Cassaro, RIT D Chris Hedden, Air Force
Brian Kramer, American International D Aiden Hansen-Bukata, RIT
Liam McLinskey, Holy Cross F Matteo Giampa, Canisius
Carter Wilkie, RIT F Jack Ricketts, Holy Cross
Will Gavin, Air Force F Joey Baez, Army
Cody Laskosky, RIT F
Third Team   Position   Rookie Team
Owen Say, Mercyhurst G Nils Wallström, American International
Luke Rowe, Air Force D Mac Gadowsky, Army
Nick Bochen, Bentley D Trent Sambrook, Mercyhurst
Ethan Leyh, Bentley F Matteo Giampa, Canisius
John Jaworski, Sacred Heart F Boris Skalos, Mercyhurst
Elijah Gonsalves, RIT F Jack Stockfish, Holy Cross

References

  1. ^ "Composite Schedule". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Bentley, entering 25th season of D-I hockey, tabs UMass Lowell associate head coach Jones new bench boss for Falcons". USCHO. June 28, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Staff, USCHO (December 17, 2021). "Robert Morris announces reinstatement of men's, women's college hockey teams for 2023–24 season". College Hockey | USCHO.com. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023-2024 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  6. ^ "2023-2024 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  7. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "Atlantic Hockey Announces 2023-24 Regular Season Awards". Atlantic Hockey. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Atlantic Hockey unveils three all-conference teams, one all-rookie team for 2023-24 season". USCHO.com. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Atlantic_Hockey_season