Last night didn’t settle much in Atlantic Hockey. With one game to play in the regular season, there are still five teams in the running for the remaining two first-round byes (Air Force and Niagara have clinched the first two), and three teams eligible for the regular season title.<\/p>\n
Here’s the breakdown:<\/p>\n
Air Force<\/strong> (14-6-6; 34 points) Niagara<\/strong> (14-6-6; 34 points) Rochester Institute of Technology<\/strong> (14-7-5; 33 points) Bentley<\/strong> (13-6-7; 33 points) Mercyhurst<\/strong> (14-8-4; 32 points) Holy Cross<\/strong> (14-8-4; 32 points) Robert Morris<\/strong> (13-8-5; 31 points) Connecticut<\/strong> (11-12-3; 25 points) Canisius<\/strong> (10-13-3; 23 points) American International<\/strong> (6-17-3; 15 points) Army<\/strong> (3-18-5; 11 points) Sacred Heart<\/strong> (3-20-3; 9 points) Last night didn’t settle much in Atlantic Hockey. With one game to play in the regular season, there are still five teams in the running for the remaining two first-round byes (Air Force and Niagara have clinched the first two), and three teams eligible for the regular season title. Here’s the breakdown: Air Force (14-6-6; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425],"tags":[772,1478],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nBest: First
\nWorst: Fourth
\nFinal Opponent: at Robert Morris
\nOutlook: The Falcons need a win to clinch the regular season title.<\/p>\n
\nBest: First
\nWorst: Fourth
\nFinal opponent: at RIT
\nOutlook: The Purple Eagles need to beat RIT and have Air Force gets less than two points to win the regular season.<\/p>\n
\nBest: First
\nWorst: Sixth
\nFinal opponent: Home against Niagara
\nOutlook: The Tigers could win the regular season title with a win and an Air Force loss. They need a point to get a first-round bye.<\/p>\n
\nBest: Second
\nWorst: Sixth
\nFinal opponent: at Holy Cross
\nOutlook: Bentley needs a win to clinch a first-round bye.<\/p>\n
\nBest: Second
\nWorst: Seventh
\nFinal opponent: Home against Canisius
\nOutlook: The Lakers’ loss to Canisius last night means they do not control their own destiny for a bye, although a win puts them in excellent shape.<\/p>\n
\nBest: Second
\nWorst: Seventh
\nFinal opponent: Home against Bentley
\nOutlook: The Crusaders lose tiebreakers to all teams ahead of them except Air Force. They must win and then get some help to finsh in the top four.<\/p>\n
\nBest: Fourth
\nWorst: Seventh
\nFinal opponent: Home against Air Force
\nOutlook: The Colonials overtime win against Air Force last night keeps their hopes of a top-four finish alive, but they need to win again and then scoreboard watch.<\/p>\n
\nBest: Eighth
\nWorst: Eighth
\nFinal opponent: Home against American International
\nOutlook: The Huskies will finish eighth and host Canisius in a first-round playoff game.<\/p>\n
\nBest: Ninth
\nWorst: Ninth
\nFinal opponent: At Mercyhurst
\nOutlook: See Connecticut.<\/p>\n
\nBest: Tenth
\nWorst: Tenth
\nFinal opponent: At Connecticut
\nOutlook: AIC will finish tenth and travel to the seventh seed for the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n
\nBest: 11th
\nWorst: 12th
\nFinal opponent: Home against Sacred Heart
\nOutlook: A point against the Pioneers will assure Army doesn’t finish in the basement.<\/p>\n
\nBest: 11th
\nWorst: 12th
\nFinal opponent: At Army
\nOutlook: The Pioneers can finish out of the basement with a win against Army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"