The Riley Trophy is an award given to the Atlantic Hockey tournament champion since 2018.[1] The trophy is named after long-time Army head coach Jack Riley and was created a little over a year after the legendary coach's death.

Riley Trophy
SportIce hockey
Awarded forAtlantic Hockey Tournament Champion
History
First award2018
Most recentAmerican International

History

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The AHA Tournament began the year after the dissolution of the MAAC's ice hockey division with all 8 remaining programs founding Atlantic Hockey. As the MAAC had previously been awarded an automatic berth, Atlantic Hockey immediately qualified for the postseason entry. The winner of the Riley Trophy will receive Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to that years NCAA Tournament.

Champions

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The Riley Trophy has been awarded every year since 2018. Past tournament champions for both Atlantic Hockey and its predecessor, MAAC, have also been included.

MAAC Champions

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Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Score Location Finals venue
1999 Holy Cross Paul Pearl Canisius Brian Cavanaugh 4–3 Worcester, Massachusetts Hart Center
2000 Connecticut Bruce Marshall Iona Frank Bretti 6–1 Storrs, Connecticut UConn Ice Arena
2001 Mercyhurst Rick Gotkin Quinnipiac Rand Pecknold 6–5 Storrs, Connecticut UConn Ice Arena
2002 Quinnipiac Rand Pecknold Mercyhurst Rick Gotkin 6–4 Worcester, Massachusetts Hart Center
2003 Mercyhurst (2) Rick Gotkin Quinnipiac Rand Pecknold 4–3 West Point, New York Tate Rink

Atlantic Hockey Champions

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Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Score Location Finals venue
2004 Holy Cross Paul Pearl Sacred Heart Shaun Hannah 4–0 West Point, New York Tate Rink
2005 Mercyhurst Rick Gotkin Quinnipiac Rand Pecknold 3–2 (OT) North Branford, Connecticut Northford Ice Pavilion
2006 Holy Cross (2) Paul Pearl Bentley Ryan Soderquist 5–2 Worcester, Massachusetts Hart Center
2007 Air Force Frank Serratore Army Brian Riley 6–1 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2008 Air Force (2) Frank Serratore Mercyhurst Rick Gotkin 5–4 (2OT) Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2009 Air Force (3) Frank Serratore Mercyhurst Rick Gotkin 2–0 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2010 RIT Wayne Wilson Sacred Heart Shaun Hannah 6–1 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2011 Air Force (4) Frank Serratore RIT Wayne Wilson 1–0 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2012 Air Force (5) Frank Serratore RIT Wayne Wilson 4–0 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2013 Canisius Dave Smith Mercyhurst Rick Gotkin 7–2 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2014 Robert Morris Derek Schooley Canisius Dave Smith 7–4 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2015 RIT (2) Wayne Wilson Mercyhurst Rick Gotkin 5–1 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2016 RIT (3) Wayne Wilson Robert Morris Derek Schooley 7–4 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2017 Air Force (6) Frank Serratore Robert Morris Derek Schooley 2–1 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena

Riley Trophy

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Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Score Location Finals venue
2018 Air Force (7) Frank Serratore Robert Morris Derek Schooley 5–1 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
2019 American International Eric Lang Niagara Jason Lammers 3–2 (OT) Buffalo, New York Harborcenter
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic Buffalo, New York Harborcenter
2021 American International (2) Eric Lang Canisius Trevor Large 5–2 Springfield, Massachusetts MassMutual Center
2022 American International (3) Eric Lang Air Force Frank Serratore 7–0 Utica, New York Adirondack Bank Center
2023 Canisius (2) Trevor Large Holy Cross Bill Riga 3–0 Buffalo, New York LECOM Harborcenter
2024 RIT (4) Wayne Wilson American International Eric Lang 5–2 Henrietta, New York Gene Polisseni Center

Championships

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References

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  1. ^ "New AHA Championship Trophy Named for Jack Riley". Army Black Knights. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
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