Atlantic Hockey tournament

The Atlantic Hockey tournament was the conference tournament for the Atlantic Hockey Association. The winner of the tournament received an automatic berth into the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament. The Atlantic Hockey tournament was discontinued after the 2024 edition, following the merger of the CHA and AHA. The tournament is succeeded by the Atlantic Hockey America men's tournament.

The tournament was first held in 2004—the first year of conference play—following the MAAC ending their hockey sponsorship. The Atlantic Hockey tournament was preceded by the MAAC ice hockey tournament. The final four games were held at Tate Rink in West Point, New York in 2004. The tournament championship moved to the Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Connecticut for 2005, then to the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts for 2006. Starting with the 2007 tournament, the final four was moved to a neutral site, the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, the home of the AHL's Rochester Americans.^[1] From 2023–24, all tournament games were moved to campus sites, hosted by the higher seeds of each matchup.

Beginning in the 2024–25 season, the Atlantic Hockey Association officially merged with College Hockey America to form Atlantic Hockey America. While the Atlantic Hockey tournament is no longer held, it is succeeded by the Atlantic Hockey America men's tournament.

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• 2004: Tate Rink, West Point, New York
• 2005: Northford Ice Pavilion, North Branford, Connecticut
• 2006: Hart Center at the Luth Athletics Complex, Worcester, Massachusetts
• 2007–18: Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York
• 2019–20: LECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo, New York
• 2021: MassMutual Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
• 2022: Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, New York
• 2023–24: Campus Sites

2004-2005

The AHA Tournament format begins as a single-game elimination three-round format, with an additional play-in game for the teams the finished eighth and ninth.

2006

After Quinnipiac leaves to join the ECAC, the 8-team conference drops the play-in game from the tournament.

2007

With Air Force and RIT joining the conference, but with RIT's ineligibility for the conference tournament, a play-in game was added for one year.

2008

The opening round becomes a best-of-three with 5 separate series played between all ten of the conference teams with the two remaining lowest-seeded teams playing in a final-five game to determine the last semifinalist. All series after the opening round are single-elimination.

2009-2010

The four lowest-seeded teams play two play-in games to determine the final two qualifiers for the quarterfinals.

2011

With Niagara and Robert Morris joining the conference, the tournament was expanded to have four rounds. The tournament competitors were split into two groups: 'East' and 'West', and each group was arranged to play so that the top two finishers for each group received a bye into the quarterfinals while the remaining four teams in each group played single-elimination games to advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals remained a best-of-three format while the final four stayed as single-elimination games.

2012-2013

The 'East' and 'West' groupings were dropped and the opening round became a best-of-three series with the top four finishers receiving byes into the quarterfinals.

2023

The tournament was shortened to three rounds, with the top eight finishers all appearing in the quarterfinal round. Two best-of-three semifinal series and the AHA championship game were all moved to campus sites and hosted by the higher seed in each matchup.

2024

With Robert Morris rejoining the conference, the tournament was once again expanded to four rounds to include all eleven teams. The top five finishers all received a first round bye while play-in games were held among the remaining six teams to determine the final three quarterfinals participants. Following the merger of the CHA and AHA, 2024 would mark the tournament's final year.