BOSTON - All 10 Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) teams are set to compete this week as the season winds down and playoff seeding is on the line.

MATCHUPS
Feb. 20 (Friday)

• (RV) Bentley at RIT

Feb. 20/21 (Friday/Saturday)

• Robert Morris vs. Canisius
• Niagara vs Mercyhurst
• Holy Cross at Sacred Heart
• Army West Point at Air Force

AROUND AHA

• Junior forward Walter Zacher has netted the second-most goals in AHA since Jan. 1 with nine.
• Sacred Heart’s penalty kill success rate of 86.7 percent is the sixth-best in the nation.
• Mercyhurst’s Charles-Edward Gravel leads all Division I freshmen goaltenders with 634 saves.
• Robert Morris freshman defenseman John Babcock leads the nation with 95 blocks.

QUICK HITS

• Since Feb. 1, Niagara senior forward Noah Hackett has tallied six points (3G-3A), tied for the most in AHA.
• Army West Point junior forward Barron Woodring is tied for the nation’s fifth-most faceoff wins with 357.
• Air Force senior Chris Hedden’s 29 points (11G-18A) are tied for the second-most by a Division I defenseman.
• Holy Cross sophomore forward Matt Kursonis and Bentley sophomore forward Michael Mesic have tallied points in six straight games, tied for the longest active streaks of its kind in AHA.

CHASING THE CROWN
Bentley is on the cusp of earning at least a share of AHA’s regular-season title. With one point in its single game at RIT this weekend, Bentley can earn a share and can outright claim the crown with two points.

Senior forward Jake Black has been a force for Bentley since the beginning of 2026, tallying 23 points (11G-12A) in 15 games, which is tied for the second-most in Division I in that span. The Pomfret, Conn. native’s 11 goals since Jan. 1 are good for the second-most in the nation.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Forward: Killian Kiecker-Olson, SR, Canisius (Andover, Minn.) - 2 GP, 5 PTS (1G-4A) vs. Holy Cross
Defenseman: Noah Ellis, SR, Sacred Heart (Urbandale, Iowa) - 2 GP, 3 PTS (1G-2A) vs. Bentley
Goaltender: Danick Leroux, FR, Holy Cross (Candiac, Quebec) - 2 GP (1-1-0), 3.53 GAA, .877 SV% vs. Canisius
Rookie: Oliver Genest, F, Air Force (Sanford, Maine) - 2 GP, 3 PTS (3G) vs. Mercyhurst

BY THE NUMBERS
2 - A pair of AHA skaters, Hedden and Canisius forward Killian Kiecker-Olson, each have two shorthanded goals this season.

12 - RIT forward Evan Konyen leads AHA freshmen with 12 goals this season.

SCORING LEADERS
*Stats are from all regular-season contests.

GOALS

1. Felix Trudeau (Sacred Heart) - 21
2. Walter Zacher (Canisius) - 16
3. Jake Black (Bentley) - 15
4. Two tied - 12

ASSISTS

1. Nick Sajevic (Air Force) - 22
2. Mikey Adamson (Sacred Heart) - 20
3. Marcus Joughin (Sacred Heart) - 20
4. Three tied - 18

POINTS

1. Jake Black (Bentley) - 32
2. Felix Trudeau (Sacred Heart) - 31
3. Sam Stitz (Air Force) - 29
4. Three tied - 29

GOALTENDING LEADERS
*Min. 33% of team minutes played.

GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE

1. Nicholas Bevilacqua (Bentley) - 1.54
2. Jakub Krbecek (RIT) - 2.09
3. Lukas Swedin (Bentley) - 2.26
4. Teagan Kendrick (Sacred Heart) - 2.38

SAVE PERCENTAGE

1. Nicholas Bevilacqua (Bentley) - .940
2. Jakub Krbecek (RIT) - .923
3. Teagan Kendrick (Sacred Heart) - .922
4. JJ Cataldo (Army West Point) - .921

SAVES

1. JJ Cataldo (Army West Point) - 760
2. Jakub Krbecek (RIT) - 686
3. Charles-Edward Gravel (Mercyhurst) - 634
4. Dominik Wasik (Air Force) - 616

ABOUT ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) is in its second season following the merger between the Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America. The conference fields 10 Division I men's teams and seven women's teams. For more information, visit atlantichockeyamerica.com.

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