2026 Atlantic Hockey America men's tournament

2026 Atlantic Hockey America men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 3–March 21, 2025
Teams10
Finals siteBentley Arena
Waltham, Massachusetts
ChampionsBentley (2nd title)
Winning coachAndy Jones (2nd title)
MVPMichael Mesic, Kellan Hjartarson (Bentley)
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The 2026 Atlantic Hockey America Tournament is the 2nd edition of the Atlantic Hockey America Tournament. It is played between March 3 and March 21, 2026.

Format

This tournament featured four rounds of play, with all ten conference teams participating. The top six teams, according to the conference standings, received byes to the quarterfinal round. The remaining four teams were arranged so that the seventh seed played the tenth seed while the eighth seed played the ninth seed in first round matches. The winners of the first-round games were reseeded for the quarterfinal round with the new eighth- and seventh-seeded teams facing the first- and second-place teams respectively in . The other quarterfinal series included the fourth- and fifth-overall seeds and the third- and sixth-overall seeds. The winners of the quarterfinal round were then reseeded so that the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the other two semifinalists met. The winners of the semifinal matches advanced to the championship to determine which team received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.[1] The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were best-of-three series while the championship and first round matches were single elimination. All matchups were hosted by the higher-seeded team.

Conference standings

2025–26 Atlantic Hockey America Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OW OL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#20 Bentley †* 26 16 6 4 1 0 2 53 85 56 39 23 11 5 122 89
Sacred Heart 26 15 8 3 1 0 1 48 80 61 40 23 14 3 118 96
Robert Morris 26 13 11 2 0 2 2 45 69 69 40 16 21 3 103 128
Holy Cross 26 14 10 2 1 1 1 45 81 69 38 18 18 2 113 116
RIT 26 13 11 2 2 1 2 42 69 68 36 17 17 2 93 96
Air Force 26 13 10 3 2 1 0 41 75 73 37 18 15 4 108 112
Canisius 26 12 12 2 1 0 2 39 81 74 35 17 16 2 107 105
Niagara 26 9 16 1 1 3 0 30 67 83 37 13 23 1 93 118
Army 26 7 15 4 2 3 2 28 61 75 35 12 17 6 91 96
Mercyhurst 26 5 18 3 0 0 1 19 47 87 37 6 28 3 65 143
Championship: March 21, 2026
† indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 22, 2026
Source: AHA

Bracket

Note: Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals.

First Round
March 3 		Quarterfinals
March 6–8 		Semifinals
March 13–15 		Championship
March 21
1 Bentley 4*** 6 -
7 Canisius 2 10 Mercyhurst 3 0 -
10 Mercyhurst 5 1 Bentley 3* 4 -
4 Holy Cross 2 0 -
2 Sacred Heart 3 2 -
8 Niagara 5 8 Niagara 1 1 -
9 Army 4 1 Bentley 3
2 Sacred Heart 2
3 Robert Morris 2 4 5
6 Air Force 3** 1 2
2 Sacred Heart 5 2 5
3 Robert Morris 1 5 0
4 Holy Cross 2* 5* -
5 RIT 1 4 -

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

First Round

(7) Canisius vs. (10) Mercyhurst

March 3, 2026
6:00 pm		Canisius2–5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2)		MercyhurstLECOM Harborcenter
Attendance: 452
Game reference
Chase ClarkGoaliesCharles-Edward Gravel
0–18:50 – Brooks (3) (James, Sambrook)
0–214:15 – PP – Coughlin (5) (Bartecko, James)
(Miller, Kincaid) Price (8) – 15:201–2
1–324:59 – James (7) (DesRochers, Iasenza)
(Porter, Chiddenton) Zacher (19) – PP – 50:542–3
2–458:02 – EN – Fitzgerald (4) (Coughlin)
2–559:23 – EN – Kocsis (5) (Lamb, Brooks)
4 minPenalties12 min
49Shots13

(8) Niagara vs. (9) Army

March 3, 2026
7:00 pm		Niagara5–4
(3–0, 0–3, 2–1)		ArmyDwyer Arena
Attendance: 323
Game reference
Deivs RolovsGoaliesJJ CataldoReferees:
Ronald Morello
Matthewe Terreri
Linesmen:
Joe Sherman
James Rogowsky
Finnie (11) (Murakami, Muranov) – 2:421–0
Jacob Maillet (8) (Murakami, Melin) – 6:342–0
Finnie (12) (Young, Muranov) – 15:443–0
3–128:04 – Ivey (13) (Forselius, Woodring)
3–229:08 – Wegner (2) (Batten)
3–333:55 – Ivey (14) (Chapman, Forselius)
3–450:08 – Hong (11) (Cataldo)
Nicholas Niemo (3) (Prohorenkovs) – 50:224–4
Hackett (12) (Finnie, Oickle) – PP – 52:555–4
8 minPenalties8 min
27Shots35

Quarterfinals

(1) Bentley vs. (10) Mercyhurst

March 6, 2026
7:00 pm		Bentley4–3 (3OT)
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		MercyhurstBentley Arena
Attendance: 1,184
Game reference
Lukas SwedinGoaliesCharles-Edward GravelReferees:
Jared Waitt
Matthew Fuller
Linesmen:
Conor Foley
Adam Drexel
0–14:19 – Christian Kocsis (Leblanc, LeBlanc)
0–210:20 – Jacob Leblanc (1) (James, Dimitriadis)
(Black, Hjartarson) Michael Mesic (11) – 16:471–2
(Dalton) Jake Black (17) – PP – 22:122–2
(Mesic, Black) Alec Leonard (5) – 35:033–2
3–353:07 – PP – Brendan Lamb (7) (Iasenza, DesRochers)
(Hjartarson) Jake Black (18) – 106:434–3
8 minPenalties6 min
69Shots26
March 7, 2026
6:00 pm		Bentley6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		MercyhurstBentley Arena
Attendance: 1,110
Game reference
Lukas SwedinGoaliesSalvatore EvolaReferees:
Jared Waitt
Matthew Fuller
Linesmen:
Conor Foley
Adam Drexel
(Gaspar, Leonard) David Helledy (4) – 4:341–0
(Castagna, Helledy) Kellan Hjartarson (8) – 9:162–0
(Upson, Salo) Chase Davis (7) – 28:543–0
(Castagna, Hjartarson) Jake Black (19) – PP – 30:434–0
(Bakkevig, Nemes) David Helledy (5) – 44:165–0
(Nemes) Arlo Merritt (6) – 51:536–0
4 minPenalties4 min
40Shots14
Bentley wins series 2–0

(2) Sacred Heart vs. (8) Niagara

March 6, 2026
7:00 pm		Sacred Heart3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		NiagaraMartire Family Arena
Attendance: 1,374
Game reference
Ajeet GundarahGoaliesDeivs RolovsReferees:
Kevin McManus
Brendan Blanchard
Linesmen:
Dylan Lewis
Robert Peterkin
(Bryant, Trudeau) Reid Pabich (12) – PP – 15:221–0
1–121:44 – Dallon Melin (4) (McDonnell, Maillet)
(Lesakowski, Rubin) Vitaly Levyy (17) – GW – 35:462–1
(VanRooyan, Joughin) Félix Trudeau (24) – EN – 57:513–1
10 minPenalties6 min
30Shots30
March 7, 2026
5:00 pm		Sacred Heart2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		NiagaraMartire Family Arena
Attendance: 1,613
Game reference
Ajeet GundarahGoaliesDeivs RolovsReferees:
Kevin McManus
Brendan Blanchard
Linesmen:
Dylan Lewis
Robert Peterkin
(unassisted) Paul Minnehan (2) – 22:341–0
1–128:51 – PP – Dallon Melin (4) (Oickle, Young)
(Bongo, Huard) Vitaly Levyy (17) – GW – 50:442–1
6 minPenalties6 min
30Shots24
Sacred Heart wins series 2–0

(3) Robert Morris vs. (6) Air Force

March 6, 2026
7:05 pm		Robert Morris2–3 (2OT)
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–0, 0–1)		Air ForceClearview Arena
Attendance: 952
Game reference
Charlie SchenkelGoaliesDominik WasikReferees:
Mark Duggan
Billy McGoldrick
Linesmen:
Austin March
Joe Gladnick
0–115:29 – Will Staring (6) (Peterson, Yu)
0–229:52 – Mason McCormick (7) (unassisted)
(Reineke, Babcock) Tanner Klimpke (13) – 54:081–2
(Craig, Reineke) Tanner Klimpke (14) – EA – 58:202–2
2–386:40 – GW PP – Nick Sajevic (14) (Cunningham, Hedden)
14 minPenalties12 min
40Shots51
March 7, 2026
7:05 pm		Robert Morris4–1
(2–0, 2–0, 0–1)		Air ForceClearview Arena
Attendance: 853
Game reference
Charlie SchenkelGoaliesDominik Wasik (out 40:00)
Carter Clafton (in 40:00)		Referees:
Mark Duggan
Billy McGoldrick
Linesmen:
Austin March
Joe Gladnick
(Wilson, Babcock) Julian Beaumont (5) – 2:481–0
(Reineke, Klimpke) Dario Beljo (1) – GW – 3:362–0
(Craig, Reineke) Patrick Johnson (5) – 29:443–0
(Reineke, Craig) Luke van Why (3) – 37:504–0
4–141:36 – Chris Hedden (12) (Nichol)
6 minPenalties8 min
31Shots34
March 8, 2026
7:05 pm		Robert Morris5–2
(1–0, 2–0, 2–2)		Air ForceClearview Arena
Attendance: 814
Game reference
Charlie SchenkelGoaliesDominik WasikReferees:
Mark Duggan
Billy McGoldrick
Linesmen:
Austin March
Joe Gladnick
(Reineke, Krotiris) Max Wattvil (1) – 13:421–0
(Elliott, van Why) Ryan Taylor (5) – 35:252–0
(Beaumont, Wilson) Michael Felsing (7) – GW – 39:493–0
3–145:29 – Jake Peterson (12) (Willis, Oliphant)
3–248:19 – Owen Dubois (2) (Genest, Houge)
(Johnson) Michael Felsing (8) – 52:444–2
(Garvey, Elliott) John Babcock (4) – EN – 55:425–2
10 minPenalties31 min
17Shots62
Robert Morris wins series 2–1

(4) Holy Cross vs. (5) RIT

March 6, 2026
7:00 pm		Holy Cross2–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		RITHart Center
Attendance: 988
Game reference
Danick LerouxGoaliesJakub KrbecekReferees:
Anthony Kenney
Christopher Leavitt
Linesmen:
Cameron Carlson
Patrick Philbin
0–142:24 – PP – Zach Wigle (8) (Catalano, Lapointe)
(Gagno, Heinke) Noah Eyre (8) – PP EA – 59:081–1
(Phillips, Stockfish) William Elias (2) – GW – 69:062–1
6 minPenalties10 min
44Shots34
March 7, 2026
7:00 pm		Holy Cross5–4 (OT)
(0–0, 4–1, 0–3, 1–0)		RITHart Center
Attendance: 1,092
Game reference
Danick LerouxGoaliesJakub KrbecekReferees:
Anthony Kenney
Christopher Leavitt
Linesmen:
Cameron Carlson
Patrick Philbin
(Stockfish, Oliphant) Devin Phillips (6) – PP – 22:531–0
(Abgrall, Elias) Connor Welsh (8) – 23:112–0
2–136:16 – Ty Whyte (3) (Williams, Scott)
(Oliphant, Kursonis) David Hymovitch (4) – 39:173–1
(Phillips, Gagno) Jack Stockfish (13) – 39:514–1
4–246:38 – Will Moore (11) (Scott, Allen)
4–348:15 – Austin Brimmer (9) (Wigle, Konyen)
4–459:29 – EA – Austin Brimmer (8) (Lapointe)
(Phillips, McCall) Jack Stockfish (14) – GW – 64:065–4
12 minPenalties10 min
24Shots37
Holy Cross wins series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Bentley vs. (4) Holy Cross

March 13, 2026
7:00 pm		Bentley3–2 (OT)
(0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 1–0)		Holy CrossBentley Arena
Attendance: 1,466
Game reference
Lukas SwedinGoaliesDanick LerouxReferees:
Christopher Leavitt
Andrew Bethmann
Linesmen:
Cameron Carlson
Conor Foley
0–137:32 – Matthew Kursonis (DeBoer, Welsh)
(Hjartarson) Michael Mesic (12) – PP – 40:201–1
1–254:06 – Brody Gagno (2) (Welsh)
(Dalton, Helledy) Michael Mesic (13) – EA – 59:072–2
(Helledy) Owen Goodbrand (10) – GW – 76:323–2
6 minPenalties8 min
39Shots25
March 14, 2026
6:00 pm		Bentley4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		Holy CrossBentley Arena
Attendance: 1,688
Game reference
Lukas SwedinGoaliesDanick LerouxReferees:
Christopher Leavitt
Andrew Bethmann
Linesmen:
Cameron Carlson
Conor Foley
(Bakkevig, Leonard) Owen Goodbrand (11) – GW – 09:361–0
(Larsen, Salo) Ryan Upson (2) – 24:562–0
(Leonard, Cameron) Michael Mesic (14) – EN – 57:273–0
(Castagna, Helledy) Owen Goodbrand (12) – 57:564–0
4 minPenalties8 min
30Shots23
Bentley wins series 2–0

(2) Sacred Heart vs. (3) Robert Morris

March 13, 2026
7:00 pm		Sacred Heart5–1
(0–1, 3–0, 2–0)		Robert MorrisMartire Family Arena
Attendance: 2,519
Game reference
Ajeet GundarahGoaliesCharlie Schenkel (out 51:09)
Lucas Massie (in 51:09)		Referees:
Bill McGoldrick
Brendan Blanchard
Linesmen:
Joe Sherman
Patrick Philbin
0–17:08 – Ryan Taylor (Krotiris, Babcock)
(Pabich, VanRooyan) Marcus Joughin (6) – 20:371–1
(Trudeau, Joughin) Noah Ellis (9) – GW – 21:412–1
(unassisted) Jack Hillier (1) – 29:593–1
(Ellis, Huard) Vitaly Levyy (7) – 42:074–1
(VanRooyan) Reid Pabich (13) – 49:225–1
2 minPenalties17 min
35Shots24
March 14, 2026
5:00 pm		Sacred Heart2–5
(1–0, 1–3, 0–2)		Robert MorrisMartire Family Arena
Attendance: 3,156
Game reference
Ajeet GundarahGoaliesCharlie SchenkelReferees:
Bill McGoldrick
Brendan Blanchard
Linesmen:
Joe Sherman
Patrick Philbin
(Pabich, Adamson) Félix Trudeau (25) – PP – 5:101–0
1–121:37 – Tanner Klimpke (15) (Taylor, Garvey)
1–231:14 – Cameron Garvey (10) (Craig, van Why)
1–334:53 – GW – Tanner Klimpke (16) (Taylor, Wattvil)
(Lesakowski, Trudeau) Marcus Joughin (7) – 36:222–3
2–441:19 – Cameron Garvey (unassisted)
2–557:03 – EN – Julian Beaumont (Reineke)
2 minPenalties4 min
23Shots27
March 15, 2026
5:00 pm		Sacred Heart5–0
(3–0, 0–0, 2–0)		Robert MorrisMartire Family Arena
Attendance: 2,610
Game reference
Ajeet GundarahGoaliesCharlie SchenkelReferees:
Bill McGoldrick
Brendan Blanchard
Linesmen:
Joe Sherman
Patrick Philbin
(Adamson, Bryant) Marcus Joughin (8) – GW PP – 6:101–0
(Trudeau, Joughin) Reid Pabich (14) – 15:212–0
(Bryant, Hillier) Michael Rubin (2) – 17:283–0
(Bryant, Joughin) Reid Pabich (15) – PP – 44:164–0
(Pabich) Michael Rubin (3) – EN – 55:095–0
8 minPenalties6 min
21Shots36
Sacred Heart wins series 2–1

Championship

(1) Bentley vs. (2) Sacred Heart

March 21, 2026
7:00 pm		Bentley3–2
(0–0, 1–2, 2–0)		Sacred HeartBentley Arena
Attendance: 2,500
Game reference
Lukas SwedinGoaliesAjeet GundarahReferees:
Brendan Blanchard
Christopher Leavitt
Linesmen:
Patrick Philbin
Conor Foley
(Black, Hjartarson) Michael Mesic (15) – 22:431–0
1–125:59 – Vitaly Levyy (8) (Adamson, Huard)
1–235:15 – PP – Gavin Bryant (10) (Adamson, Trudeau)
(Mesic, Helledy) Kellan Hjartarson (9) – 43:122–2
(Mesic) Kellan Hjartarson (10) – GW – 52:473–2
2 minPenalties2 min
35Shots26

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • F: Michael Mesic* (Bentley)
  • F: Marcus Joughin (Sacred Heart)
  • F: Kellan Hjartarson (Bentley)
  • D: David Helledy (Bentley)
  • D: John Babcock (Robert Morris)
  • G: Lukas Swedein (Bentley)

* Most Outstanding Player(s) [2]

References

  1. ^ "2025 Atlantic Hockey America Men's Postseason". Atlantic Hockey America. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  2. ^ "AHA Men's Final Frame (March 21, 2026)". Atlantic Hockey America. March 21, 2026. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
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