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.
| 2024–25 AHA men's season | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Conference | AHA |
| Division | Division I |
| Sport | men's ice hockey |
| Duration | October 4, 2024– March 21, 2025 |
| Number of teams | 11 |
| TV partner(s) | FloHockey |
| Regular season | |
| Atlantic Hockey America Tournament | |
| NCAA tournament | |
| AHA men's seasons « 2023–24 2025–26 » | |
Offseason
editAfter the conclusion of the previous season, Atlantic Hockey and 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
editBrian Riley announced prior to the season that he would retire after this campaign.[1]
Records
edit| 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
edit| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OW | OL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| Air Force | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| American International | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Army | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Bentley | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Canisius | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Holy Cross | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Mercyhurst | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Niagara | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| RIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Robert Morris | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Sacred Heart | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Championship: March 21, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy) * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||||||
Regular season record
editStatistics
editConference tournament
editNCAA tournament
editRankings
editUSCHO
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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 | 23 | 36 | 48 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| American International | 28 | 53 | 44 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Army | 20 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 49 | 56 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bentley | 28 | 41 | 33 | 37 | 28 | 43 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canisius | 11 | 50 | 58 | 54 | 46 | 54 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 48 | 55 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 32 | 47 | 58 | 58 | 64 | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Niagara | 28 | 26 | 46 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RIT | 2 | 21 | 34 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Robert Morris | 28 | 57 | 29 | 21 | 35 | 27 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 38 | 37 | 22 | 45 | 50 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[2]
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.