2020–21 Atlantic Hockey season
Season	2020–21
Conference	Atlantic Hockey
Division	Division I
Sport	ice hockey
Duration	November 19, 2020– March 26, 2021
Number of teams	11
Regular season
Season champions	American International
Season MVP	Brennan Kapcheck Will Calverley Nick Prkusic
Top scorer	Will Calverley
Atlantic Hockey Tournament
Tournament champions	American International
Runners-up	Canisius
Tournament MVP	Justin Cole
Top scorer	Mason Krueger
NCAA tournament
Bids	1
Record	0–1
Best Finish	Regional semifinal
Team(s)	American International
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The 2020–21 Atlantic Hockey season was the 18th season of play for Atlantic Hockey and took place during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The start of the regular season was delayed until November 19, 2020 and concluded on February 27, 2021.^[1]

Season

COVID-19

The entire Atlantic Hockey season was held under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic. The season's start was delayed for more than a month while university and health officials could decide on a safe way to play games. In the end, the conference was divided into two regions, East and West, with the two groups of teams only playing one another. This was done to reduce the amount of travel and exposure that the players and staff members would experience throughout the season.^[2] As a result of this arrangement, the conference standings would not be altered, however, tournament seeding would continue with east and west teams until the semifinal round.

Non-Conference

Unlike other seasons, the 20-21 season would see only a small number of non-conference games being played. This, like many other alterations, was due to COVID-19. This would cause the Pairwise Rankings, which were normally used to determine the at-large bids for the NCAA tournament, to be rendered useless. However, due to the perception of Atlantic Hockey as the weakest of the six Division I conferences, only the eventual tournament champion would go on to make the national tournament.^[3]

Standings

2020–21 Atlantic Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record												Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OW	OL	SW	PTS	PT%	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#15 American International †*	12	11	1	0	1	0	0	32	.889	47	18		19	15	4	0	67	40
Army	15	10	4	1	3	1	1	30	.667	42	33		22	15	6	1	71	48
Robert Morris	15	10	5	0	2	1	0	29	.644	58	48		24	15	9	0	85	69
Canisius	13	8	5	0	1	1	0	24	.615	42	34		17	11	6	0	59	46
RIT	13	7	5	1	0	0	1	23	.590	43	40		20	9	9	2	68	70
Sacred Heart	13	6	6	1	1	2	0	20	.513	35	38		18	6	10	2	43	59
Mercyhurst	16	7	8	1	1	1	1	23	.479	54	50		21	8	12	1	64	67
Bentley	15	4	11	0	1	5	0	16	.356	35	48		16	5	11	0	42	51
Niagara	15	3	9	3	0	2	1	15	.333	39	53		22	7	12	3	57	70
Air Force	13	3	9	1	2	1	0	9	.231	32	49		14	3	10	1	35	56
Holy Cross	12	3	9	0	2	0	0	7	.194	22	38		16	4	12	0	30	52
Championship: March 20, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Coaches

Records

Team	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	Atlantic Hockey record
Air Force	Frank Serratore	24	407–368–92	208–120–63
American International	Eric Lang	5	67–69–14	57–42–13
Army	Brian Riley	17	189–294–81	157–208–75
Bentley	Ryan Soderquist	19	247–325–81	187–195–72
Canisius	Trevor Large	4	41–56–13	34–39–10
Holy Cross	Bill Riga	6	80–104–34	70–68–30
Mercyhurst	Rick Gotkin	33	564–447–95	227–178–55
Niagara	Jason Lammers	4	40–59–12	33–39–12
RIT Tigers	Wayne Wilson	22	382–265–71	209–131–48
Robert Morris	Derek Schooley	16	191–153–42	125–99–39
Sacred Heart	C. J. Marottolo	12	136–227–43	109–158–37

Statistics

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes^[4]

Player	Position	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nick Prkusic	Senior	Robert Morris	26	8	19	27	14
Randy Hernández	Freshman	Robert Morris	26	11	16	27	2
Grant Herbert	Junior	Robert Morris	26	8	15	23	18
Will Calverley	Junior	RIT	17	9	13	22	4
Keaton Mastrodonato	Sophomore	Canisius	20	11	11	22	6
Carson Brière	Freshman	Mercyhurst	22	5	16	21	10
Jake Hamacher	Senior	RIT	19	6	13	19	4
Elijah Gonsalves	Sophomore	RIT	19	8	10	18	22
Nick Jenny	Senior	Robert Morris	26	6	12	18	4
Brennan Kapcheck	Senior	American International	15	0	17	17	8
Dan Willett	Senior	RIT	19	4	13	17	8

Leading goaltenders

Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2020–21_Atlantic_Hockey_season
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