2022–23 Atlantic Hockey season
The 2022–23 Atlantic Hockey season was the 20th season of play for Atlantic Hockey and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 1, 2022, and concluded on February 25, 2023, with the RIT Tigers finishing with the best record. The postseason tournament began on March 3, 2023, and ended with the championship game on March 23, 2023, won by the Canisius Golden Griffins.[1]
2022–23 Atlantic Hockey season | |
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Season | 2022–23 |
Conference | Atlantic Hockey |
Division | Division I |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | October 1, 2022– March 23, 2023 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | FloSports |
Regular season | |
Season champions | RIT |
Season MVP | Carter Wilkie |
Top scorer | Eric Esposito |
Atlantic Hockey Tournament | |
Tournament champions | Canisius |
Runners-up | Holy Cross |
Tournament MVP | Jacob Barczewski |
Top scorer | Liam McLinskey (9) |
NCAA tournament | |
Bids | 1 |
Record | 0–1 |
Best Finish | Regional Semifinal |
Team(s) | Canisius |
Atlantic Hockey seasons « 2021–22 2023–24 » |
Coaches
editRecords
editTeam | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | Atlantic Hockey record |
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Air Force | Frank Serratore | 26 | 426–395–96 | 222–141–67 |
American International | Eric Lang | 7 | 104–86–17 | 85–50–15 |
Army | Brian Riley | 19 | 218–317–86 | 179–223–79 |
Bentley | Ryan Soderquist | 21 | 266–356–83 | 201–220–74 |
Canisius | Trevor Large | 6 | 68–78–16 | 55–55–12 |
Holy Cross | Bill Riga | 2 | 12–23–2 | 11–14–2 |
Mercyhurst | Rick Gotkin | 35 | 588–478–100 | 244–198–60 |
Niagara | Jason Lammers | 6 | 58–93–18 | 46–61–18 |
RIT Tigers | Wayne Wilson | 24 | 409–290–77 | 228–146–53 |
Sacred Heart | C. J. Marottolo | 14 | 157–255–49 | 126–176–41 |
Standings
editConference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OW | OL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
RIT † | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 85 | 55 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 127 | 100 | ||
American International | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 87 | 62 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 124 | 98 | ||
Sacred Heart | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 87 | 72 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 107 | 112 | ||
Canisius * | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 76 | 71 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 118 | 119 | ||
Army | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 72 | 81 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 98 | 119 | ||
Niagara | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 73 | 86 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 119 | 129 | ||
Holy Cross | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 73 | 71 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 98 | 119 | ||
Mercyhurst | 26 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 77 | 80 | 36 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 98 | 122 | ||
Bentley | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 61 | 89 | 34 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 81 | 124 | ||
Air Force | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 63 | 87 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 95 | 128 | ||
Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion (DeGregorio Trophy) * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Non-Conference record
editOf the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten were via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings, which take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. As a result, teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall. Atlantic Hockey produced another poor non-conference season, as just one team finished with a winning record (Niagara) and while some were near .500, most finished well below average in non-league games, including the conference as a whole. They did manage a winning mark against Independent teams, however, many of those victories came against Lindenwood in its first season of varsity play.
Regular season record
editTeam | Big Ten | CCHA | ECAC Hockey | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
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Air Force | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 3–2–0 | 1–1–0 | 4–5–1 |
American International | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 1–2–1 | 2–1–1 | 0–0–0 | 3–4–3 |
Army | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–1 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–5–2 |
Bentley | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–5–0 |
Canisius | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 2–6–0 |
Holy Cross | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–1 | 1–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–6–1 |
Mercyhurst | 0–4–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–3–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–7–0 |
Niagara | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–1–0 | 6–2–0 |
RIT Tigers | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 4–4–0 |
Sacred Heart | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–2–0 | 1–4–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–6–0 |
Overall | 0–10–1 | 1–1–0 | 9–14–3 | 5–13–0 | 8–6–0 | 4–6–0 | 27–50–4 |
Statistics
editLeading scorers
editGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[2]
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Eric Esposito | Graduate | Mercyhurst | 26 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 12 |
Jack Ricketts | Junior | Holy Cross | 26 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 24 |
John Keranen | Senior | Army | 25 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 34 |
Carter Wilkie | Sophomore | RIT | 26 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 49 |
Keaton Mastrodonato | Senior | Canisius | 26 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 26 |
Ryan Miotto | Senior | Canisius | 26 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 21 |
Neil Shea | Senior | Sacred Heart | 26 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 8 |
Aiden Hansen-Bukata | Junior | RIT | 24 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 18 |
Gianfranco Cassaro | Senior | RIT | 26 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 18 |
Max Itagaki | Freshman | Army | 26 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 26 |
Leading goaltenders
editMinimum 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[3]
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Jarrett Fiske | Senior | American International | 18 | 971:31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 2 | .931 | 1.91 |
Tommy Scarfone | Sophomore | RIT | 23 | 1391:42 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 3 | .927 | 2.11 |
Justin Evanson | Senior | Army | 11 | 654:20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | .921 | 2.38 |
Luke Lush | Senior | Sacred Heart | 25 | 1449:34 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 1 | .905 | 2.52 |
Thomas Gale | Sophomore | Holy Cross | 16 | 901:58 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 1 | .902 | 2.59 |
Conference tournament
editTeams are reseeded for the semifinals
Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | RIT | 5 | 4* | - | ||||||||||||||
8 | Mercyhurst | 3 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||
1 | RIT | 0 | 4* | 1 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Holy Cross | 1* | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
2 | American International | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Holy Cross | 1 | 4 | 4* | ||||||||||||||
7 | Holy Cross | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Canisius | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Sacred Heart | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Niagara | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Canisius | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Niagara | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Canisius | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Army | 2 | 1* | 0 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
NCAA tournament
editWest Regional semifinal
editMarch 23, 2023 8:00 PM | (1) Minnesota | 9 – 2 (1–1, 2–1, 6–0) | (4) Canisius | Scheels Arena Attendance: 5,061 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Justen Close | Goalies | Jacob Barczewski | Referees: Bruce Vids Timothy Likens Linesmen: Matt Tyree Eric Standke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 19 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 20 |
Rankings
editUSCHO
editTeam | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Final |
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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 | 20 | NR | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | NR | NR | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | NR | NR | NR | 20 | 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 |
USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13 and 26.[4]
USA Today
editTeam | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Final |
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | NR | NR | NR |
RIT | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | NR | 19 | 18 | NR | 18 | 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 | NR | NR | NR |
Pairwise
editTeam | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
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Air Force | 22 | 26 | 48 | 42 | 45 | 31 | 31 | 42 | 50 | 56 | 55 | 51 | 49 | 58 | 60 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 57 |
American International | 18 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 38 | 32 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 39 | 40 | 36 | 41 | 36 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 35 |
Army | 2 | 29 | 40 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 58 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 57 | 53 | 54 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 52 |
Bentley | 22 | 50 | 30 | 36 | 43 | 50 | 52 | 58 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 53 | 57 | 54 | 58 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 54 |
Canisius | 22 | 50 | 38 | 40 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 58 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 49 | 44 | 45 | 43 | 41 |
Holy Cross | 22 | 50 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 44 | 44 | 51 | 57 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 49 | 50 | 48 | 50 | 47 | 44 | 47 |
Mercyhurst | 22 | 47 | 45 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 54 |
Niagara | 22 | 39 | 34 | 41 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 42 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 35 |
RIT | 17 | 19 | 14 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
Sacred Heart | 22 | 50 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 42 |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[6]
Awards
editNCAA
editAward | Recipient | |
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Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award | Noah Wilson, Army |
Atlantic Hockey
editConference tournament
editReferences
edit- ^ "Composite Schedule". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "2022-2023 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ^ "2021-2022 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Atlantic Hockey Announces 2023-23 Regular Season Awards". Atlantic Hockey. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ^ "Atlantic Hockey Announces 2022-23 All-Conference Teams". Atlantic Hockey. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.