Mercyhurst Ice Center is a 35,280 square foot, 1,500-seat hockey rink in Erie, Pennsylvania , United States. It is home to the Mercyhurst University Lakers Men's and Women's ice hockey teams. The center was the first privately funded ice rink in Erie when it opened on 8 December 1991. The school expects to retire its 30-year construction bond through the assessment of a student fee, which produces $ 80,000 annually.
7-595: The Lakers men's ice hockey team currently competes in Division I Atlantic Hockey . Prior to 1991, the Lakers were known as The Boys on the Bus because they had to shuttle by bus to local civic ice rinks for events. Their determination and competitiveness encouraged the school to build the new center. The arena was the site of the 1995 NCAA Men's Division II Ice Hockey Championship . Lakers women's ice hockey has been played at
14-649: A sports venue in Pennsylvania is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Atlantic Hockey The Atlantic Hockey Association ( AHA ) was an NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States . It participated in the NCAA 's Division I as an ice hockey -only conference . Unlike several other college athletic conferences , Atlantic Hockey had no women's division, though it shared some organizational and administrative roles (and three universities) with
21-575: The 10 individual trophies to an eligible player (or coach) and 1 team award at the same time. Atlantic Hockey also awards a regular season goaltending award and regular season scoring title that are not voted on, as well as a Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player, which is voted on at the conclusion of the conference tournament. All individual and team awards except Goaltender of the Year have been awarded since Atlantic Hockey's inaugural season in 2003–04 . In 2023, in honor of its 20th anniversary,
28-556: The MAAC and reorganized as Atlantic Hockey. On June 6, 2023, it was announced that Atlantic Hockey would be merging all operations with CHA, effective in 2024. Details regarding this merger, including whether the new league would carry the Atlantic or College Hockey name, were to be announced at a later date. Shortly after the 2024 season, the new conference was announced as Atlantic Hockey America . 2012, 2017, 2018 No tournament
35-680: The center since the team formed in 1999. The women, who play in the College Hockey America league, reached the 2007 NCAA Frozen Four as #2 seed. Their overtime loss to Duluth in quarterfinal play at the Ice Center on 9 March 2007 left the Lakers with a 32-2-3 season record. [1] The Ice Center hosts local youth and high school hockey programs, as well as recreational skating for Mercyhurst students. 42°06′10″N 80°03′18″W / 42.1027°N 80.0551°W / 42.1027; -80.0551 This article about
42-636: The women's-only College Hockey America (CHA). It was formed in 1997 and began play in the 1998–1999 season as the hockey division of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). Within three years, it was granted an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament . However, in 2003, Iona and Fairfield dropped hockey, leaving Canisius as the only full MAAC member that sponsored hockey. This proved somewhat problematic for MAAC Hockey, since conference bylaws only allowed full members to vote. On June 30, 2003, MAAC Hockey broke off from
49-474: Was held in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. * – at-large selection. † – Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic At the conclusion of each regular season schedule the coaches of each Atlantic Hockey team vote which players they choose to be on the three or four All-Conference teams: first team, second team and rookie team (third team beginning in 2007 ). Additionally they vote to award 7 of
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