Atlantic Hockey is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. Unlike several other Division I hockey conferences, Atlantic Hockey has no women's division. From 1997 to 2003, Atlantic Hockey was known as the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. ...

There are currently ten member schools:

• United States Air Force Academy (Air Force)
• American International College
• United States Military Academy (Army)
• Bentley College
• Canisius College
• University of Connecticut (women compete in Hockey East)
  • 1-time Atlantic Hockey champions
• College of the Holy Cross (women compete in the Division III ECAC East)
  • 3-time Atlantic Hockey champions
• Mercyhurst College (women compete in College Hockey America)
  • 2-time Atlantic Hockey champions
• Rochester Institute of Technology (women compete in the Division III ECAC East)
• Sacred Heart University (women compete as a Division I independent)

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Quinnipiac University left the league for the ECAC Hockey League after the 2004-05 season. Air Force and RIT joined the league after the 2005-06 season. Air Force came from College Hockey America and RIT came from the Division III ECAC West (with a requisite intervening year as a Division I independent). Quinnipiac University: University Quadrangle, School of Business and School of Communications facilities, Sleeping Giant in background Quinnipiac University is a private four-year university in Hamden, Connecticut, located on about 500 acres (2 km²), just north of New Haven. ... The ECAC Hockey League is one of the six conferences that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. ... College Hockey America is a college athletic conference with teams ranging geographically from New York and Alabama to Colorado. ... ECAC West is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. ...

List of Championship Games

From 1999 to 2003, the conference tournament was operated by the MAAC. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 1999 Holy Cross def. Canisius 4-3 (Worcester, MA)
• 2000 Connecticut def. Iona 6-1 (Storrs, CT)
• 2001 Mercyhurst def. Quinnipiac 6-5 (Storrs, CT)
• 2002 Quinnipiac def. Mercyhurst 6-4 (Worcester, MA)
• 2003 Mercyhurst def. Quinnipiac 4-3 (West Point, NY)
• 2004 Holy Cross def. Sacred Heart 4-0 (West Point, NY)
• 2005 Mercyhurst def. Quinnipiac 3-2 (Northford, CT)
• 2006 Holy Cross def. Bentley 5-2 (Worcester, MA)

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Conference Arenas

The Cadet Field House Ice Arena is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena on the grounds of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. ... Olympia Ice Center is a 1,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Springfield, Massachusetts. ... Tate Rink is a 2,648-seat multi-purpose arena in West Point, New York. ... John A. Ryan Arena is a 1,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Waltham, Massachusetts. ... Buffalo State Sports Arena is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Buffalo, New York, located on the campus of Buffalo State College. ... Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum is a 2,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Storrs, Connecticut. ... Hart Center is a 3,600-seat multi-purpose arena in Worcester, Massachusetts. ... Mercyhurst Ice Center is a 1,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. ... The Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena, known colloquially as The Ritter, is an ice arena in Rochester, New York. ... Milford Ice Pavilion is a 1,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Milford, Connecticut. ...

External links

• Official web site