Atlantic Hockey Tournament: Sacred Heart, Bentley, AIC weekend preview

Redshirt junior Jason Cotton will look to lead his squad against RIT this weekend. (Sacred Heart Athletics)

Hockey East and ECAC teams still have to wait until Friday night to commence their respective quarterfinal playoff series, but Sacred Heart opens its Atlantic Hockey championship quest a couple of nights earlier when RIT pays a second visit to Bridgeport, Conn., this winter.

Holy Cross was the only Atlantic Hockey club from New England in action last weekend as it lost a pair of tight decisions to Robert Morris in the first round. With the pair of wins, the Colonials makes the trip out to Massachusetts this weekend for a best-of-three set with No. 2 Bentley. In a third series set to begin on Friday, first-place American International hosts Army West Point.

Here is our capsule look at the three Atlantic Hockey playoff series involving New England clubs this weekend. A trip to the league’s final four at HarborCenter in Buffalo, N.Y., is also on the line for Niagara and Air Force.

No. 5 RIT (15-15-4) at No. 4 Sacred Heart (15-15-4)