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{{Short description|College athletic conference}}
{{Infobox sports league
| name         = Eastern College Athletic Conference - Northeast
| color        = #EE3B3F
| font_color   = white
| logo         = Eastern College Athletic Conference logo.png
| logo_size    = 150
| founded      = 1971
| folded       = 2016
| conference   = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
| division     = [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]]
| teams        = 9 (final season)
| sports       = [[Ice hockey]]
| region       = [[Massachusetts]] and [[Rhode Island]]
| headquarters = [[Centerville, Massachusetts]]
| commissioner = Rudy Keeling
| map          = Map - College Hockey - D3 - ECAC Northeast states.svg
| map_size     = 200px
}}

The '''ECAC Northeast''' was an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] as a [[ice hockey|hockey]]-only conference. For many years it was one of the three men's hockey conferences that operated under the umbrella of the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]]; the others were the [[ECAC East]] (now the [[New England Hockey Conference]]), and the [[ECAC West]] (soon to be the [[United Collegiate Hockey Conference]]). Member institutions were located in the [[New England|New England region]] of the [[United States]], in the states of [[Massachusetts]] and [[Rhode Island]].

Unlike the ECAC East and ECAC West, there was no women's division of the ECAC Northeast. Most ECAC Northeast schools did not sponsor women's ice hockey; the two that did ([[Nichols College|Nichols]] & [[Salve Regina University|Salve Regina]]) played in the ECAC East.

The ECAC Northeast dissolved in 2016 when [[The Commonwealth Coast Conference]], a Division III all-sports conference and the primary conference of most ECAC Northeast members, decided to sponsor men's ice hockey as a varsity sport.<ref name="CCC">{{Cite web|url=http://cccathletics.com/sports/general/2015-16/Releases/CCCHockey|title = Commonwealth Coast Conference to Add Men's Ice Hockey in 2016-2017|date = 2 October 2015}}</ref> Becker, Johnson and Wales, and Suffolk joined the CCC as associate members for ice hockey, while CCC member University of New England moved their men's team from the ECAC East to play in the CCC league.<ref name="CCC" />

==History==
The foundation of the ECAC Northeast was laid in 1971 when [[ECAC 2]], the college division of the [[ECAC Hockey|ECAC]] created a third conference called [[ECAC 3]]. When the NCAA created [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] in 1973 ECAC 3 was placed at that level and remained there for the rest of its existence. In 1985, as a result of the NCAA beginning a Division III Tournament, ECAC 2 was reorganized into two separate conferences, [[ECAC East]] and [[ECAC West]], with each becoming D-III leagues. To prevent confusion, ECAC 3 was renamed as ECAC North/South with all members split into North and South divisions (similar to how ECAC 2 had been divided into East and West divisions). This arrangement continued until 1992 when ECAC North/South was rearranged into three divisions (North, South and Central) and renamed ECAC North/South/Central. Over the course of the [[1997–98 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season|1997–98 season]] the South Division lost 6 of its 8 teams, mostly to [[NCAA Division I|Division I]], but rather than return to a two-division arrangement the league rebranded as ECAC Northeast. A year later the four member schools who were from [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] schools began playing in a separate tournament which allowed the other programs to play in an NCAA-sanctioned D-III conference tournament for the first time. As a result, ECAC Northeast got its first automatic bid to the tournament in [[2000 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|2000]]. In 2009 the nine schools whose primary conference was either [[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]] or [[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast-10]] left when those two leagues began sponsoring ice hockey. The remaining teams stayed on for another seven years but in 2016 the [[Commonwealth Coast Conference]], the primary conference for seven of the nine member teams, began sponsoring ice hockey. All nine teams joined CCC as either full or associate members and the ECAC Northeast was dissolved.

==ECAC Northeast Tournament==
Upon its founding, ECAC 3 instituted a tournament. Originally only a single game the championship slowly expanded along with the league.
{{Main|ECAC Northeast Tournament}}

==Members==
There were nine member schools as of the conference's final season in 2015&ndash;16.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!<ref>{{cite web|title=NCAA - ECAC Northeast history and statistics |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/339.html |publisher=Hockey DB |access-date=November 24, 2018}}</ref>
!Location
!Athletic nickname
!Colors
!Founded
!Joined
!Left
!Current Conference<sup>†</sup>
|-
!{{sort|Amherst|[[Amherst College]]}}
|[[Amherst, Massachusetts]]
|[[Amherst College#Athletics|Lord Jeffs]]{{refn|group=a|Amherst's original, unofficial nickname for its teams, the Lord Jeffs, was retired in 2016 due to controversy over the propriety of honoring [[Lord Jeffrey Amherst]].}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Amherst Mammoths}}
|1821
|1972
|1992
|[[New England Small College Athletic Conference|NESCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Assumption|[[Assumption College (Worcester)|Assumption College]]}}
|[[Worcester, Massachusetts]]
|[[Assumption College Greyhounds|Greyhounds]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Assumption Greyhounds}}
|1904
|1973
|2009
|[[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast–10]]
|-
!{{sort|Becker|[[Becker College]]}}
|[[Worcester, Massachusetts]]
|[[Becker College#Athletics|Hawks]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Becker Hawks}}
| 1784
|2006
|2016
|[[Commonwealth Coast Conference|CCC]]
|-
!{{sort|Bentley|[[Bentley University]]}}
|[[Waltham, Massachusetts]]
|[[Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey|Falcons]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Bentley Falcons}}
|1917
|1977
|1998
|[[Atlantic Hockey]]
|-
!{{sort|Bryant|[[Bryant University|Bryant College]]}}
|[[Smithfield, Rhode Island]]
|[[Bryant Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Bryant Bulldogs}}
|1863
|1973
|1975
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Canisius|[[Canisius College]]}}
|[[Buffalo, New York]]
|[[Canisius Golden Griffins men's ice hockey|Golden Griffins]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Canisius Golden Griffins}}
|1870
|1980
|1982
|[[Atlantic Hockey]]
|-
!{{sort|Clark|[[Clark University]]}}
|[[Worcester, Massachusetts]]
|[[Clark University#Athletics|Cougars]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Clark Cougars}}
|1887
|1978
|1981
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Connecticut College|[[Connecticut College]]}}
|[[New London, Connecticut]]
|[[Connecticut College#Athletics|Camels]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Connecticut College Camels}}
|1794
|1980
|1991
|[[New England Small College Athletic Conference|NESCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Curry |[[Curry College]]}}
|[[Milton, Massachusetts]]
|[[Curry College#Athletics|Colonels]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Curry Colonels}}
| 1879
|1983
|2016
|[[Commonwealth Coast Conference|CCC]]
|-
!{{sort|Endicott |[[Endicott College]]}}
|[[Beverly, Massachusetts]]
|[[Endicott College#Athletics|Gulls]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Endicott Gulls}}
| 1939
|2015
|2016
|[[Commonwealth Coast Conference|CCC]]
|-
!{{sort|Fairfield|[[Fairfield University]]}}
|[[Fairfield, Connecticut]]
|[[Fairfield Stags men's ice hockey|Stags]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Fairfield Stags}}
|1942
|1974
|1998
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Fitchburg State|[[Fitchburg State University]]}}
|[[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]]
|[[Fitchburg State University#Athletics|Falcons]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Fitchburg State Falcons}}
|1894
|1975
|2009
|[[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Framingham State|[[Framingham State University]]}}
|[[Framingham, Massachusetts]]
|[[Framingham State Rams|Rams]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Framingham State Rams}}
|1839
|1972
|2009{{refn|group=a|Framingham State played in [[ECAC 2]] from 1979 thru 1982.}}
|[[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Franklin Pierce|[[Franklin Pierce University]]}}{{refn|group=a|Franklin Pierce was known as 'Franklin Pierce College' until 2007.}}
|[[Rindge, New Hampshire]]
|[[Franklin Pierce Ravens|Ravens]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Franklin Pierce Ravens}}
|1962
|2002
|2009
|[[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast–10]]
|-
!{{sort|Gordon|[[Gordon College (Massachusetts)|Gordon College]]}}
|[[Wenham, Massachusetts]]
|[[Gordon College (Massachusetts)#Athletics|Fighting Scots]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Gordon Fighting Scots}}
|1889
|1974
|1981
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Hawthorne|[[Hawthorne College]]}}
|[[Antrim, New Hampshire]]
|[[Hawthorne College|Hilanders]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{color box|green}} {{color box|gold}}
|1962
|1984
|1988
|College Closed
|-
!{{sort|Hobart|[[Hobart and William Smith Colleges|Hobart College]]}}
|[[Geneva, New York]]
|[[Hobart Statesmen|Statesmen]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Hobart Statesmen}}
|1822
|1978
|1983
|[[New England Hockey Conference|NEHC]]
|-
!{{sort|Iona|[[Iona College (New York)|Iona College]]}}
|[[New Rochelle, New York]]
|[[Iona Gaels men's ice hockey|Gaels]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Iona Gaels}}
|1940
|1977
|1998
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Johnson & Wales|[[Johnson & Wales University]]}}
|[[Providence, Rhode Island]]
|[[Johnson & Wales University#Athletics|Wildcats]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Johnson & Wales Wildcats}}
|1914
|1997
|2016
|[[New England Hockey Conference|NEHC]]
|-
!{{sort|Keene State|[[Keene State College]]}}
|[[Keene, New Hampshire]]
|[[Keene State College#Athletics|Owls]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Keene State Owls}}
|1909
|1983
|1986
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Lebanon Valley|[[Lebanon Valley College]]}}
|[[Annville, Pennsylvania]]
|[[Lebanon Valley College#Athletics|Flying Dutchmen]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen}}
|1866
|1998
|2004
|[[United Collegiate Hockey Conference|UCHC]]
|-
!{{sort|Lehigh|[[Lehigh University]]}}
|[[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]]
|[[Lehigh Mountain Hawks|Mountain Hawks]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Lehigh Mountain Hawks}}
|1865
|1971
|1986
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Massachusetts Boston|[[University of Massachusetts Boston]]}}
|[[Dorchester, Massachusetts]]
|[[University of Massachusetts Boston#Athletics|Beacons]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|UMass Boston Beacons}}
|1964
|1980
|1982
|[[New England Hockey Conference|NEHC]]
|-
!{{sort|Massachusetts Dartmouth|[[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth]]}}{{refn|group=a|Massachusetts Dartmouth was known as Southeastern Massachusetts University until 1991.}}
|[[Dartmouth, Massachusetts]]
|[[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth#Athletics|Corsairs]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|UMass Dartmouth Corsairs}}
|1895
|1974
|2009
|[[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]}}
|[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
|[[MIT Engineers|Engineers]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|MIT Engineers}}
|1861
|1971
|1975
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Massachusetts Maritime|[[Massachusetts Maritime Academy]]}}
|[[Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts]]
|[[Massachusetts Maritime Academy#Athletics|Buccaneers]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buccaneers}}
|1891
|1975
|1978
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Nasson|[[Nasson College]]}}
|[[Springvale, Maine]]
|[[Nasson College|Lions]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{color box|#91092D}} {{color box|white}}
|1914
|1972
|1974
|College Closed
|-
!{{sort|New York|[[City College of New York]]}}
|[[New York City|New York, New York]]
|[[City College of New York#Athletics|Beavers]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|City College of New York Beavers}}
|1847
|1976
|1977
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Nichols|[[Nichols College]]}}
|[[Dudley, Massachusetts]]
|[[Nichols College#Athletics|Bison]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Nichols Bison}}
|1914
|1971
|2016
|[[Commonwealth Coast Conference|CCC]]
|-
!{{sort|North Adams State|[[Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts|North Adams State College]]}}
|[[North Adams, Massachusetts]]
|[[Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts#Athletics|Mowhawks]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|MCLA Trailblazers}}
|1894
|1971
|1975
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Plymouth State|[[Plymouth State University]]}}
|[[Plymouth, New Hampshire]]
|[[Plymouth State Panthers|Panthers]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Plymouth State Panthers}}
|1871
|1973
|2009
|[[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Queens College|[[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College]]}}
|[[New York City|New York, New York]]
|[[Queens College, City University of New York#Athletics|Knights]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Queens Knights}}
|1847
|1976
|1980
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Quinnipiac|[[Quinnipiac University]]}}
|[[Hamden, Connecticut]]
|[[Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey|Braves]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Quinnipiac Bobcats}}
|1929
|1976
|1998
|[[ECAC Hockey]]
|-
!{{sort|Ramapo|[[Ramapo College]]}}
|[[Mahwah, New Jersey]]
|[[Ramapo College#Athletics|Roadrunners]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Ramapo Roadrunners}}
|1969
|1976
|1981
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Rochester Institute of Technology|[[Rochester Institute of Technology]]}}
|[[Henrietta, New York]]
|[[RIT Tigers men's ice hockey|Tigers]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|RIT Tigers}}
|1829
|1972
|1980
|[[Atlantic Hockey]]
|-
!{{sort|Roger Williams|[[Roger Williams University]]}}
|[[Bristol, Rhode Island]]
|[[Roger Williams University#Athletics|Hawks]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Roger Williams Hawks}}
|1956
|1983
|1998
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Sacred Heart|[[Sacred Heart University]]}}
|[[Fairfield, Connecticut]]
|[[Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey|Pioneers]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Sacred Heart Pioneers}}
|1963
|1993
|1998
|[[Atlantic Hockey]]
|-
!{{sort|Saint Michael's|[[Saint Michael's College]]}}
|[[Colchester, Vermont]]
|[[Saint Michael's Purple Knights|Purple Knights]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Saint Michael's Purple Knights}}
|1904
|1982
|2001
|[[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast–10]]
|-
!{{sort|Salve Regina|[[Salve Regina University]]}}
|[[Newport, Rhode Island]]
|[[Salve Regina University#Athletics|Seahawks]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Salve Regina Seahawks}}
|1934
|1997
|2016
|[[Commonwealth Coast Conference|CCC]]
|-
!{{sort|Scranton|[[University of Scranton]]}}
|[[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]
|[[University of Scranton#Athletics|Royals]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Scranton Royals}}
| 1888
|1985
|1991
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Skidmore|[[Skidmore College]]}}
|[[Saratoga Springs, New York]]
|[[Skidmore Thoroughbreds|Thoroughbreds]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Skidmore Thoroughbreds}}
|1903
|1983
|1998
|[[New England Hockey Conference|NEHC]]
|-
!{{sort|Southern Maine|[[University of Southern Maine]]}}
|[[Gorham, Maine]]
|[[University of Southern Maine#Athletics|Huskies]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Southern Maine Huskies}}
|1878
|1972
|1995{{refn|group=a|Southern Maine Suspended its program from 1975 thru 1985 and changed its name from University of Maine at Portland-Gorham in the interim.}}
|[[New England Hockey Conference|NEHC]]
|-
!{{sort|Southern New Hampshire|[[Southern New Hampshire University]]}}{{refn|group=a|Southern New Hampshire was known as New Hampshire College until 2001.}}
|[[Manchester, New Hampshire]]
|[[Southern New Hampshire Penmen|Penmen]]
|style="text-align:right;" | {{college color boxes|Southern New Hampshire Penmen}}
|1932
|1977
|2009
|[[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast–10]]
|-
!{{sort|St. John's|[[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]]}}
|[[New York City|New York, New York]]
|[[St. John's Red Storm|Red Storm]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{college color boxes|St. John's Red Storm}}
|1870
|1980
|1992
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Stonehill|[[Stonehill College]]}}
|[[Easton, Massachusetts]]
|[[Stonehill Skyhawks|Skyhawks]]
|style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Stonehill Skyhawks}}
|1948
|1978
|2009
|Independent
|-
!{{sort|Suffolk|[[Suffolk University]]}}
|[[Boston, Massachusetts]]
|[[Suffolk University#Athletics|Rams]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Suffolk Rams}}
|1934
|1980
|2016
|[[New England Hockey Conference|NEHC]]
|-
!{{sort|Trinity|[[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]]}}
|[[Hartford, Connecticut]]
|[[Trinity Bantams|Bantams]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Trinity Bantams}}
|1823
|1974
|1991
|[[New England Small College Athletic Conference|NESCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Tufts|[[Tufts University]]}}
|[[Medford, Massachusetts]]
|[[Tufts Jumbos|Jumbos]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Tufts Jumbos}}
|1852
|1986
|2001
|[[New England Small College Athletic Conference|NESCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Upsala|[[Upsala College]]}}
|[[East Orange, New Jersey]]
|[[Upsala College|Vikings]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{color box|#001D6F}} {{color box|white}}
|1893
|1979
|1988
|College Closed
|-
!{{sort|Villanova|[[Villanova University]]}}
|[[Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Radnor Township, Pennsylvania]]
|[[Villanova Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{college color boxes|Villanova Wildcats}}
|1842
|1982
|1998
|Dropped Program
|-
!{{sort|Wentworth|[[Wentworth Institute of Technology]]}}
|[[Boston, Massachusetts]]
|[[Wentworth Institute of Technology#Athletics|Leopards]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Wentworth Institute of Technology Leopards}}
|1904
|1992
|2016
|[[Commonwealth Coast Conference|CCC]]
|-
!{{sort|Wesleyan|[[Wesleyan University]]}}
|[[Middletown, Connecticut]]
|[[Wesleyan University#Athletics|Cardinals]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Wesleyan Cardinals}}
|1831
|1971
|1995
|[[New England Small College Athletic Conference|NESCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Western New England|[[Western New England University]]}}
|[[Springfield, Massachusetts]]
|[[Western New England University#Athletics|Golden Bears]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Western New England Golden Bears}}
|1919
|1980
|2016
|[[Commonwealth Coast Conference|CCC]]
|-
!{{sort|Westfield State|[[Westfield State University]]}}
|[[Westfield, Massachusetts]]
|[[Westfield State University#Athletics|Owls]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Westfield State Owls}}
|1874
|1974
|1978{{refn|group=a|Westfield State returned to ECAC Northeast for 1 season in 2008–09.}}
|[[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]]
|-
!{{sort|Worcester State|[[Worcester State University]]}}
|[[Worcester, Massachusetts]]
|[[Worcester State Lancers|Lancers]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Worcester State Lancers}}
|1874
|1971
|2009
|[[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]]
|}
<small>† as of 2018</small>
{{reflist|group=a}}

''* Assumption, Franklin Pierce, Southern New Hampshire, and Stonehill are Division II schools; and were not allowed to participate in the ECAC Northeast playoffs after 1999, nor were they eligible for the Division III national tournament.''

==Membership timeline==
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  bar:tim color:time   from:07/01/1985 till:06/01/1992 text:ECAC North/South (1985-92)
  bar:tim color:time   from:07/01/1992 till:06/01/1998 text:ECAC North/South/Central (1992-98)
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  bar:Mit color:men    from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/1975 text:[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] (1971-75)
  bar:NAS color:men    from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/1975 text:[[Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts|North Adams State]] (1971-75)
  bar:Leh color:men    from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/1986 text:[[Lehigh University|Lehigh]] (1971-86)
  bar:Wes color:men    from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/1995 text:[[Wesleyan University|Wesleyan]] (1971-95)
  bar:Ass color:men    from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/2009 text:[[Assumption College|Assumption]] (1971-2009)
  bar:WSU color:men    from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/2009 text:[[Worcester State University|Worcester State]] (1971-2009)
  bar:Nic color:men    from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/2016 text:[[Nichols College|Nichols]] (1971-2016)
  bar:NSN color:men    from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1974 text:[[Nasson College|Nasson]] (1972-74)
  bar:USM color:men    from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1975 text:[[University of Southern Maine|Maine at Portland–Gorham]] (1972-75)
  bar:USM color:men    from:06/01/1985 till:06/01/1995 text:[[University of Southern Maine|Southern Maine]] (1985-95)
  bar:Fra color:men    from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1979 text:[[Framingham State University|Framingham State]] (1972-79, 1982-2009)
  bar:Fra color:men    from:06/01/1982 till:06/01/2009 text:
  bar:RIT color:men    from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1980 text:[[Rochester Institute of Technology|RIT]] (1972-80)
  bar:Amh color:men    from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1992 text:[[Amherst College|Amherst]] (1972-92)
  bar:Bry color:men    from:06/01/1973 till:06/01/1975 text:[[Bryant College|Bryant]] (1973-75)
  bar:Ply color:men    from:06/01/1973 till:06/01/2009 text:[[Plymouth State University|Plymouth State]] (1973-2009)
  bar:WfS color:men    from:06/01/1974 till:06/01/1978 text:[[Westfield State University|Westfield State]] (1974-78, 2008–09)
  bar:WfS color:men    from:06/01/2008 till:06/01/2009 text:
  bar:Gor color:men    from:06/01/1974 till:06/01/1981 text:[[Gordon College|Gordon]] (1974-81)
  bar:Tri color:men    from:06/01/1974 till:06/01/1991 text:[[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity]] (1974-91)
  bar:Fai color:men    from:06/01/1974 till:06/01/1998 text:[[Fairfield University|Fairfield]] (1974-98)
  bar:MaD color:men    from:06/01/1974 till:05/01/1991 text:[[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|Southeastern Massachusetts]] (1974-91)
  bar:MaD color:men    from:07/01/1991 till:06/01/2009 text:[[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|UMass Dartmouth]] (1991-2009)
  bar:MMA color:men    from:06/01/1975 till:06/01/1978 text:[[Massachusetts Maritime Academy|Massachusetts Maritime]] (1975-78)
  bar:Fit color:men    from:06/01/1975 till:06/01/2009 text:[[Fitchburg State University|Fitchburg State]] (1975-2009)
  bar:NYC color:men    from:06/01/1976 till:06/01/1977 text:[[City College of New York|CCNY]] (1976-77)
  bar:Que color:men    from:06/01/1976 till:06/01/1980 text:[[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens]] (1976-80)
  bar:Ram color:men    from:06/01/1976 till:06/01/1981 text:[[Ramapo College|Ramapo]] (1976-81)
  bar:Qui color:men    from:06/01/1976 till:06/01/1998 text:[[Quinnipiac University|Quinnipiac]] (1976-98)
  bar:Ben color:men    from:06/01/1977 till:06/01/1998 text:[[Bentley University|Bentley]] (1977-98)
  bar:Ion color:men    from:06/01/1977 till:06/01/1998 text:[[Iona College|Iona]] (1977-98)
  bar:SNH color:men    from:06/01/1977 till:05/01/2001 text:[[Southern New Hampshire University|New Hampshire College]] (1977-2001)
  bar:SNH color:men    from:07/01/2001 till:06/01/2009 text:[[Southern New Hampshire University|Southern New Hampshire]] (2001-09)
  bar:Cla color:men    from:06/01/1978 till:06/01/1981 text:[[Clark University|Clark]] (1978-81)
  bar:Hob color:men    from:06/01/1978 till:06/01/1983 text:[[Hobart and William Smith Colleges|Hobart]] (1978-83)
  bar:Sto color:men    from:06/01/1978 till:06/01/2009 text:[[Stonehill College|Stonehill]] (1978-2009)
  bar:Ups color:men    from:06/01/1979 till:06/01/1988 text:[[Upsala College|Upsala]] (1979-88)
  bar:Can color:men    from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/1982 text:[[Canisius College|Canisius]] (1980-82)
  bar:UMB color:men    from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/1982 text:[[University of Massachusetts Boston|UMass Boston]] (1980-82)
  bar:CtC color:men    from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/1991 text:[[Connecticut College]] (1980-91)
  bar:SJU color:men    from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/1992 text:[[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's]] (1980-92)
  bar:Suf color:men    from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/2016 text:[[Suffolk University|Suffolk]] (1980-2016)
  bar:WNE color:men    from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/2016 text:[[Western New England University|Western New England]] (1980-2016)
  bar:SMC color:men    from:06/01/1982 till:06/01/2001 text:[[Saint Michael's College|Saint Michael's]] (1982-2001)
  bar:KSC color:men    from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/1986 text:[[Keene State College|Keene State]] (1983-86)
  bar:RWU color:men    from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/1998 text:[[Roger Williams University|Roger Williams]] (1983-98)
  bar:Ski color:men    from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/1998 text:[[Skidmore College|Skidmore]] (1983-98)
  bar:Vil color:men    from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/1998 text:[[Villanova University|Villanova]] (1983-98)
  bar:Cur color:men    from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/2016 text:[[Curry College|Curry]] (1983-2016)
  bar:Haw color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1988 text:[[Hawthorne College|Hawthorne]] (1984-88)
  bar:Scr color:men    from:06/01/1985 till:06/01/1991 text:[[University of Scranton|Scranton]] (1985-91)
  bar:Tuf color:men    from:06/01/1986 till:06/01/2001 text:[[Tufts University|Tufts]] (1986-2001)
  bar:WIT color:men    from:06/01/1992 till:06/01/2016 text:[[Wentworth Institute of Technology|Wentworth]] (1992-2016)
  bar:SHU color:men    from:06/01/1993 till:06/01/1998 text:[[Sacred Heart University|Sacred Heart]] (1993-1998)
  bar:JWU color:men    from:06/01/1997 till:06/01/2016 text:[[Johnson %26 Wales University|Johnson & Wales]] (1997-2016)
  bar:SRU color:men    from:06/01/1997 till:06/01/2016 text:[[Salve Regina University|Salve Regina]] (1997-2016)
  bar:LVC color:men    from:06/01/1998 till:06/01/2004 text:[[Lebanon Valley College|Lebanon Valley]] (1998-2004)
  bar:FPU color:men    from:06/01/2002 till:06/01/2009 text:[[Franklin Pierce University|Franklin Pierce]] (2002-09)
  bar:Bec color:men    from:06/01/2006 till:06/01/2016 text:[[Becker College|Becker]] (2006-16)
  bar:End color:men    from:06/01/2015 till:06/01/2016 text:[[Endicott College|Endicott]] (2015-16)

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:01/01/1975
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{NCAA Division III hockey conferences}}

[[Category:Defunct NCAA Division III ice hockey conferences]]