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 season began on October 1, 2022 and concluded on March 23, 2023.[1]

2022–23 Atlantic Hockey season
Season2022–23
ConferenceAtlantic Hockey
DivisionDivision I
Sportice hockey
DurationOctober 1, 2022–
March 23, 2023
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)FloSports
Regular season
Season championsRIT
Season MVPCarter Wilkie
Top scorerEric Esposito
Atlantic Hockey Tournament
Tournament championsCanisius
  Runners-upHoly Cross
Tournament MVPJacob Barczewski
Top scorerLiam McLinskey (9)
NCAA tournament
Bids1
Record0–1
Best FinishRegional Semifinal
Team(s)Canisius
Atlantic Hockey seasons
« 2021–22 2023–24 »

Coaches

Records
Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Atlantic Hockey record
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
2022–23 Atlantic Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OW OL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
RIT †2618711305785553925131127100
American International261484203478762391814712498
Sacred Heart2614932024587723717173107112
Canisius *26131033114176714220193118119
Army2612122331397281371419498119
Niagara26101330323873864019183119129
Holy Cross2612122311377371411721398119
Mercyhurst269143151357780361023398122
Bentley268162111276189341121281124
Air Force268171100246387361222295128
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

Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that 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. Just one Team finished with a winning record (Niagara) and while some were near .500, most finished well below average in non-league games. The conference as a whole had losing records against all other leagues. 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
Team Big Ten CCHA ECAC Hockey Hockey East Independent NCHC Total
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

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[2]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Eric EspositoGraduateMercyhurst2614142812
Jack RickettsJuniorHoly Cross2614132724
John KeranenSeniorArmy2511162734
Carter WilkieSophomoreRIT269182749
Keaton MastrodonatoSeniorCanisius2614122626
Ryan MiottoSeniorCanisius2613132621
Neil SheaSeniorSacred Heart261214268
Aiden Hansen-BukataJuniorRIT242232518
Gianfranco CassaroSeniorRIT2611132418
Max ItagakiFreshmanArmy264202426

Leading goaltenders

Minimum 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
Jarrett FiskeSeniorAmerican International18971:31934312.9311.91
Tommy ScarfoneSophomoreRIT231391:421661493.9272.11
Justin EvansonSeniorArmy11654:20731262.9212.38
Luke LushSeniorSacred Heart251449:341293611.9052.52
Thomas GaleSophomoreHoly Cross16901:583102391.9022.59

Conference tournament
Main article: 2023 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

Teams 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
Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

West Regional semifinal
March 23, 2023
8:00 PM		(1) Minnesota9 – 2
(1–1, 2–1, 6–0)		(4) CanisiusScheels Arena
Attendance: 5,061
Game reference
Justen CloseGoaliesJacob BarczewskiReferees:
Bruce Vids
Timothy Likens
Linesmen:
Matt Tyree
Eric Standke
(Koster, Brodzinski) Luke Mittelstadt (3) – PP – 06:081–0
1–108:41 – Daniel DiGrande (12) (Decker, Bowman)
1–223:23 – Nick Bowman (11) (Lambert)
(Lamb, Pitlick) Aaron Huglen (7) – 28:152–2
(Koster, Pitlick) Connor Kurth (7) – 38:043–2
(Nelson, Cooley) Jimmy Snuggerud (21) – PP – 41:104–2
(Faber, Kurth) Brody Lamb (4) – PP – 42:355–2
(Cooley, Faber) Bryce Brodzinski (16) – 50:036–2
(Cooley, LaCombe) Mason Nevers (10) – PP – 52:287–2
(J. Mittelstadt) Bryce Brodzinski (17) – 52:508–2
(unassisted) Bryce Brodzinski (18) – 59:059–2
8 minPenalties19 min
34Shots20

Ranking
Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

USCHO
Team 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
Air Force NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR
American International NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR
Army NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR
Bentley NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR
Canisius NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR
Holy Cross NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR
Mercyhurst NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR
Niagara NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR
RIT NR-NRNRNRNRNRNR20NR202020-NRNR20191818NRNRNR20NRNR-NR
Sacred Heart NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR

USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13 and 26.[4]

USA Today
Team 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
Air Force NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
American International NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
Army NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
Bentley NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
Canisius NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
Holy Cross NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
Mercyhurst NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
Niagara NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
RIT NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR20NRNR1918NR18NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
Sacred Heart NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR

[5]

Pairwise
Team 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Final
Air Force 2226484245313142505655514958605654545658585857
American International 1834161818273535393832374243394036413633353235
Army 229405455585857545354535855576157535452535252
Bentley 2250303643505258555758585853575458545456555454
Canisius 2250384053555252585453525558535353484944454341
Holy Cross 2250535151444451575150505250515249504850474447
Mercyhurst 2247455354565648484849484849474852565354555454
Niagara 2239344129282829252829272738393742303336323235
RIT 1719142827171817201918232221171518202222212222
Sacred Heart 2250201713192125363632293230293029394040424142

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

NCAA
Award Recipient
Derek Hines Unsung Hero AwardNoah Wilson, Army

Atlantic Hockey
Award Recipient[7]
Player of the YearCarter Wilkie, RIT
Rookie of the YearMax Itagaki, Army
Best Defensive ForwardCody Laskosky, RIT
Best DefensemanAiden Hansen-Bukata, RIT
Individual Sportsmanship AwardBraeden Tuck, Sacred Heart
Team Sportsmanship AwardSacred Heart
Regular Season Scoring TrophyEric Esposito, Mercyhurst
Regular Season Goaltending AwardJarrett Fiske, American International
Coach of the YearWayne Wilson, RIT
All-Atlantic Hockey Teams[8]
First Team  Position  Second Team
Tommy Scarfone, RIT G Jarrett Fiske, American International
Gianfranco Cassaro, RIT D Luke Rowe, Air Force
Aiden Hansen-Bukata, RIT D Brian Kramer, American International
Carter Wilkie, RIT F Jack Ricketts, Holy Cross
Neil Shea, Sacred Heart F Eric Esposito, Mercyhurst
Blake Bennett, American International F Joey Baez, Army
Third Team  Position  Rookie Team
Jacob Barczewski, Canisius G Owen Say, Mercyhurst
Nick Hale, Holy Cross D Chris Hedden, Air Force
Hunter Sansbury, Sacred Heart D Mack Oliphant, Holy Cross
Keaton Mastrodonato, Canisius F Max Itagaki, Army
John Keranen, Army F Nicholas Niemo, Bentley
Jordan Biro, American International F Marcus Joughin, Sacred Heart

Conference tournament
Tournament MVP
Jacob BarczewskiCanisius
All-Tournament Team
PlayerPosTeam
Jacob BarczewskiGCanisius
Jack RobilottiDHoly Cross
Jackson DeckerDCanisius
Liam McLinskeyFHoly Cross
Keaton MastrodonatoFCanisius
Nick BowmanFCanisius

References
  1. "Composite Schedule". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  2. "2022-2023 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  3. "2021-2022 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". Atlantic Hockey. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  4. "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  7. "Atlantic Hockey Announces 2023-23 Regular Season Awards". Atlantic Hockey. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  8. "Atlantic Hockey Announces 2022-23 All-Conference Teams". Atlantic Hockey. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
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