{"id":97032,"date":"2011-12-30T09:22:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T15:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/atlantic-hockey-blog\/?p=522"},"modified":"2011-12-30T09:22:10","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T15:22:10","slug":"big-day-on-tap-for-atlantic-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2011\/12\/30\/big-day-on-tap-for-atlantic-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Day on Tap for Atlantic Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2011 is going out with a bang for several Atlantic Hockey teams. In what must be a record, AHA teams are taking on a total of six ranked teams in tournament and non-conference games today.<\/p>\n<p>Rochester Institute of Technology, which already defeated No. 11 Ferris State 3-0 yesterday, will take on 16th-ranked Lake Superior State this afternoon in Vermont in what amounts to the championship game of the Catamount Cup. The tournament has a pre-determined schedule but both RIT and LSSU won their games yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Canisius travels to No. 12 Colgate, UConn hosts 17th-ranked Mass-Lowell in the championship game of its tournament, Niagara is at No. 2 Minnesota in the first round of the Mariucci Classic, Air Force plays at cross-town rival No. 6 Colorado College and&#160; Robert Morris hosts 4th-ranked Ohio State at the CONSOL Energy Center in downtown Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, Air Force hosts No. 15 Denver and Holy Cross could be playing 7th-ranked Merrimack in the Ledyard Bank Tournament at Dartmouth. The Crusaders take on the Big Green today in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, on Sunday, Bentley travels to No. 19 Yale.<\/p>\n<p>So in total, AHA teams will play nine and possibly 10 teams in the Top 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2011 is going out with a bang for several Atlantic Hockey teams. 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