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AHA Men’s Postseason Journal (March 13, 2026)

The chase for a championship continues with the AHA semifinals taking place this weekend.

BOSTON - Four Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) programs are set to compete in a best-of-three semifinal round with a trip to the conference title game on the line.

MATCHUPS (FULL BRACKET)
Friday, March 13 - Sunday, March 15
Best-of-three series, hosted by the higher seed
• No. 4 Holy Cross at No. 1 Bentley
• No. 3 Robert Morris at No. 2 Sacred Heart

QUICK HITS
  • Bentley sophomore forward Michael Mesic enters the weekend on a six-game goal-scoring streak, the longest active of its kind in the nation. Mesic has netted 7 goals since Jan. 9.
  • Robert Morris freshman defenseman John Babcock leads all Division I skaters with 20 blocks in conference tournaments.
  • Sacred Heart sophomore Ajeet Gundarah ranks fifth among Division I goaltenders (min. 1 GP) in conference tournaments with a 1.00 goals-against average and fifth with a .963 save percentage.  
  • Holy Cross senior forward Devin Phillips leads all active AHA skaters in career conference postseason points with 14 points (8G-8A).

MASS-IVE MATCHUP
No. 1 Bentley is set to host No. 4 Holy Cross in a rematch of last season’s AHA Championship game. Last season, the Falcons downed the Crusaders 6-3 in Worcester, Mass. This time, Holy Cross head coach Bill Riga and his unit will try to take down the regular season champions in Waltham, Mass., on Bentley’s home ice.

The pair of programs has faced off 86 times, and Holy Cross leads the all-time series 44-32-10. Going back to 2023, the series is split 5-5-1 over the last 11 games.

Holy Cross’s Matthew Kursonis leads active Crusaders with 10 points (5G-5A) in eight games against Bentley going back to 2024. Bentley’s Stephen Castagna also has 10 points (6G-4A) against Holy Cross in 13 contests that date back to 2022.

BY THE NUMBERS
5 - Bentley’s Jake Black (3G-2A) and Robert Morris’s Jackson Reineke (5A) are tied for the 2026 AHA Postseason lead with five points each.

60 - In AHA Postseason history, five netminders have recorded 60+ saves. Two of those five have come during the 2026 postseason (Charles-Edward Gravel, MER, 65 and Charlie Schenkel, RMU, 60). Schenkel’s 60 saves against Air Force on March 8 is a Robert Morris single-game program record.

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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