New England Hockey Conference
Association | NCAA |
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Commissioner | Katie Boldvich |
Sports fielded |
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Division | Division III |
Region | New York and New England |
Official website | http://www.nehockeyconference.com/ |
Locations | |
New England Hockey Conference (formerly the ECAC East) is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.[1]
Current members
There are 11 member schools; the men's division has eight members, while the women's division has eight members.
- ^ Plays in United Collegiate Hockey Conference
- ^ a b Plays in Commonwealth Coast Conference (formerly ECAC Northeast)
Future members
There are four teams are scheduled to join the NEHC in upcoming seasons. Johnson & Wales University and Suffolk University will join the conference in both the men's and women's divisions starting in 2018-19. Salem State University will also join the league on the women's side. [2]
Former members
- Lowell University (men), 1983 (Hockey East (D-I))
- Merrimack College (men), 1989 (Hockey East (D-I))
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (women), 2005 (ECAC Hockey (D-I))
- Rochester Institute of Technology (women), 2007 (ECAC West)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (women), 2009 (dropped program)
- Salem State College (men), 2009 (MASCAC)
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (Men), 2003 (dropped program)
- University of New England (men), 2016 (moved to Commonwealth Coast Conference when that conference started sponsoring men's ice hockey)
- Franklin Pierce University (women), 2017
- College of the Holy Cross (women), 2017
- Saint Anselm College (women), 2017
- Saint Michael's College (women), 2017
- Nichols College (women), 2017 moved to CHC fall 2017
- Manhattanville College (women), 2017 moved to UCHC fall 2017
References
- ^ "Men's and women's ECAC East leagues now the New England Hockey Conference". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ http://www.nehockeyconference.com/men/pres1617/201701/jan25nem.php