New England Hockey Conference

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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]

History

The New England Hockey Conference began as ECAC East in 1984 when ECAC 2 was split in two and both new conferences dropped down to Division III. The conference was fairly stable for the first decade but began to grow in the mid 1990s. In 1998 four teams left to become Division I programs in the new MAAC conference. A year later, nine more teams split off to join their primary athletic conference, NESCAC, followed by the women's programs in 2001. Membership numbers held steady over the succeeding 15 years, though several teams came and went. In 2015 the conference rebranded itself as the New England Hockey Conference, but no internal changes occurred. Two years later 6 women's and 2 men's programs left to join a variety of conferences, dropping league membership to 11 schools, the lowest number in conference history.

Splintering

In 2022, Johnson & Wales University announced that they would join Commonwealth Coast Conference as a full-member starting in 2024-25 and sponsor both men's ice hockey and women's ice hockey.[2] In the summer of 2023, Keene State announced that they would begin sponsoring men's and women's ice hockey starting with the 2024–25 season.[3] This gave the Little East Conference six member schools that supported men's ice hockey, the minimum number required for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Shortly afterwards, the Little East announced that they would begin sponsoring men's ice hockey as a sport and begin play in the 2025-26 season.[4] In early 2024, New England College was accepted by the Little East as an affiliate ice hockey member, enabling the conference to also support women's hockey.[5] Less than a month later, two more NEHC teams announced that they would be joining the Little East as affiliate members and both Babson and Norwich would be leaving in 2025.[6] The bleeding continued when, in April and May, Hobart, Skidmore and William Smith announced their move to the SUNYAC,[7] while Albertus Magus (who had yet to play a game in the NEHC) and Elmira both announced that they would be leaving to join the UCHC, all in 2025.[8] Salem State also announced that they will leave in 2025 to join their primary conference (MASCAC) and will also start to sponsor women's ice hockey the same year.[9] With just one school remaining for the start of the 2025–26 season, the future of the NEHC is in doubt.

Standings

From the time it formally split from ECAC 2 until 1992 all games played between members of ECAC East and ECAC West counted for conference standings. In 1992, after the ECAC West split into two conferences, ECAC East only counted games within their conference for the standings, but because a formal schedule was not yet in place all games between members were still counted. For the 1993–94 season ECAC East had its first official conference schedule with all 18 teams playing each other once. Teams could schedule additional inter-conference games but only one would count in the standings. In 1999, when 9 teams left to form the ice hockey division of the NESCAC, the two conferences continued to count games between one another in their respective standings. This arrangement continued even after the addition of more programs.

NEHC Tournaments

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".

Current members

There are 14 member schools; the men's and women's divisions each have eleven members. (as of March 2025) Template:OSM Location map

Institution Location Founded Joined Enrollment Nickname Primary Conference Colors (M) (W)
Albertus Magnus College New Haven, Connecticut 1925 2024 [10] 1,961 Falcons Great Northeast Athletic Conference <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  Green tickY Green tickY
Babson College Wellesley, Massachusetts 1919 1984 3,340 Beavers NEWMAC Template:College color boxes Green tickY
Elmira College Elmira, New York 1855 2021 768 Soaring Eagles Empire 8 Template:College color boxes Green tickY Green tickY
Hobart College Geneva, New York 1822 2017 2,337 Statesmen Liberty League Template:College color boxes Green tickY [n 1]
University of Massachusetts Boston Dorchester, Massachusetts 1964 1984 16,259 Beacons Little East Conference Template:College color boxes Green tickY Green tickY
New England College Henniker, New Hampshire 1946 1984 4,327 Pilgrims Great Northeast Athletic Conference Template:College color boxes Green tickY Green tickY
Norwich University Northfield, Vermont 1819 1984 2,000 Cadets Great Northeast Athletic Conference Template:College color boxes Green tickY Green tickY
Plymouth State University Plymouth, New Hampshire 1871 2015 4,491 Panthers Little East Conference Template:College color boxes Green tickY
Salem State University Salem, Massachusetts 1854 2018 7,242 Vikings Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Template:College color boxes Green tickY
Salve Regina University Newport, Rhode Island 1934 2024[11] 2,600 Seahawks New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Template:College color boxes Green tickY Green tickY
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, New York 1903 1998 2,500 Thoroughbreds Liberty League Template:College color boxes Green tickY
University of Southern Maine Gorham, Maine 1878 1995 8,022 Huskies Little East Conference Template:College color boxes Green tickY Green tickY
Vermont State University Castleton Castleton, Vermont 1787 2004 2,399 Spartans Little East Conference Template:College color boxes Green tickY Green tickY
William Smith College Geneva, New York 1908 2021 2,229 Herons Liberty League Template:College color boxes [n 1] Green tickY

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ a b Joint universities

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Note: schools in red are planning to leave after the 2024-25 season

Former members

Location Athletic nickname Colors Founded Joined (M) Left (M) Joined (W) Left (W) Current Conference† (M) (W)
Script error: No such module "sort". Springfield, Massachusetts Yellow Jackets Template:College color boxes 1885 1984 1998 – – AHA (NCAA D-I) Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Amherst, Massachusetts Mammoths Template:College color boxes 1821 1992 1999 1995 2001 NESCAC Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Brunswick, Maine Polar Bears Template:College color boxes 1794 1984 1999 1984 2001 NESCAC Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Waterville, Maine Mules Template:College color boxes 1813 1984 1999 – – NESCAC Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Storrs, Connecticut Huskies Template:College color boxes 1881 1984 1998 – – Hockey East (NCAA D-I) Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". New London, Connecticut Camels Template:College color boxes 1794 1991 1999 1997 2001 NESCAC Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Rindge, New Hampshire Ravens Template:College color boxes 1962 – – 2014 2017 NEWHA (NCAA D-I) Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Clinton, New York Continentals Template:College color boxes 1793 1992 1999 1996 2001 NESCAC Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Worcester, Massachusetts Crusaders Template:College color boxes 1843 1984 1998 1999 2017 AHA (NCAA D-I) Green tickY Green tickY
Johnson & Wales University Providence, Rhode Island Wildcats Template:College color boxes 1914 2018 2024 2018 2024 CNE Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Purchase, New York Valiants Template:College color boxes 1815 – – 1999 2017 UCHC Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". North Adams, Massachusetts Trailblazers Template:College color boxes 1894 1984 2003 – – MASCAC Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Cambridge, Massachusetts Engineers Template:College color boxes 1861 – – 1984 2009 Dropped Program Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". North Andover, Massachusetts Warriors Template:College color boxes 1947 1984 1989 – – Hockey East (NCAA D-I) Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Middlebury, Vermont Panthers Template:College color boxes 1800 1984 1999 1984 2001 NESCAC Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Biddeford, Maine Nor'easters Template:College color boxes 1831 2009 2016 2009 2018 CNE Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Dudley, Massachusetts Bison Template:College color boxes 1815 – – 2008 2017 CNE Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Troy, New York Engineers Template:College color boxes 1824 – – 1995 2005 ECAC Hockey (NCAA D-I) Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Henrietta, New York Tigers Template:College color boxes 1829 – – 1984 2007 CHA (NCAA D-I) Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Goffstown, New Hampshire Hawks Template:College color boxes 1889 1984 2017 2004 2017 Northeast–10 (men) (NCAA D-II)
NEWHA (women) (NCAA D-I) 		Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Colchester, Vermont Purple Knights Template:College color boxes 1904 2001 2017 2001 2017 Northeast–10 (men) (NCAA D-II)
NEWHA (women) (NCAA D-I) 		Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Salem, Massachusetts Vikings Template:College color boxes 1854 1984 2009 – – MASCAC Green tickY
Suffolk University Boston, Massachusetts Rams Template:College color boxes 1906 2018 2021 2018 2021 CNE Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Hartford, Connecticut Bantams Template:College color boxes 1823 1991 1999 1998 2001 NESCAC Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Schenectady, New York Dutchwomen Template:College color boxes 1795 – – 1999 2003 ECAC Hockey (NCAA D-I) Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Middletown, Connecticut Cardinals Template:College color boxes 1831 1995 1999 1996 2001 NESCAC Green tickY Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Westfield, Massachusetts Owls Template:College color boxes 1874 1984 1989 – – MASCAC Green tickY
Script error: No such module "sort". Williamstown, Massachusetts Ephs Template:College color boxes 1793 1984 1999 1994 2001 NESCAC Green tickY Green tickY

† (as of March 2025)

Membership timeline

<timeline> DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy ImageSize = width:1200 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2030 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 AlignBars = late

Colors = 

 id:men      value:rgb(0.6,0.6,1)     legend:men
 id:women    value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5)   legend:women
 id:both     value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.8)   legend:both
 id:line     value:black
 id:bg       value:white

PlotData= 

 width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s

 bar:Mer color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1989 text:Merrimack (men, 1984-89)
 bar:WSU color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1989 text:Westfield State (men, 1984-89)
 bar:AIC color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1998 text:American International (men, 1984–98)
 bar:UCt color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1998 text:Connecticut (men, 1984–98)
 bar:CHC color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1998 text:Holy Cross (men, 1984–98)
 bar:CHC color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2017 text:(women 1999–2017)
 bar:Col color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1999 text:Colby (men, 1984–99)
 bar:Bow color:both   from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1999 text:Bowdoin (men, 1984–99) (women, 1984–2001)
 bar:Bow color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2001 text:
 bar:Mid color:both   from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1999 text:Middlebury (men, 1984–99) (women, 1984–2001)
 bar:Mid color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2001 text:
 bar:Wil color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1994 text:Williams (men, 1984–99)
 bar:Wil color:both   from:06/01/1994 till:06/01/1999 text:(women, 1994–2001)
 bar:Wil color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2001 text:
 bar:MLA color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2003 text:Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (men, 1984–2003)
 bar:RIT color:women  from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2007 text:RIT (women, 1984–2007)
 bar:MIT color:women  from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2009 text:MIT (women, 1984–2009)
 bar:Sal color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2009 text:Salem State (men, 1984–2009)
 bar:Sal color:women  from:06/01/2018 till:06/01/2025 text:(women, 2018–2025)
 bar:StA color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2004 text:Saint Anselm (men, 1984–2017)
 bar:StA color:both   from:06/01/2004 till:06/01/2017 text:(both, 2004–2017)
 bar:Bab color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2025 text:Babson (men, 1984–2025)
 bar:NEC color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2002 text:New England College (men, 1984–2025)
 bar:NEC color:both   from:06/01/2002 till:06/01/2025 text: (women, 2002–2025)
 bar:UMB color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2003 text:Massachusetts–Boston (men, 1984–2025)
 bar:UMB color:both   from:06/01/2003 till:06/01/2025 text: (women, 2003–2025)
 bar:Now color:men    from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/2007 text:Norwich (men, 1984–2025)
 bar:Now color:both   from:06/01/2007 till:06/01/2025 text:(women, 2007–2025)

 bar:CTC color:men    from:06/01/1991 till:06/01/1997 text:Connecticut College (men, 1991–99) (women, 1997–2001)
 bar:CTC color:both   from:06/01/1997 till:06/01/1999 text:
 bar:CTC color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2001 text:
 bar:Tri color:men    from:06/01/1991 till:06/01/1998 text:Trinity (men, 1991–99)
 bar:Tri color:both   from:06/01/1998 till:06/01/1999 text:(women, 1998–2001)
 bar:Tri color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2001 text:
 bar:Amh color:men    from:06/01/1992 till:06/01/1995 text:Amherst (men, 1992–99) (women, 1995–2001)
 bar:Amh color:both   from:06/01/1995 till:06/01/1999 text:
 bar:Amh color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2001 text:
 bar:Ham color:men    from:06/01/1992 till:06/01/1996 text:Hamilton (men, 1992–99) (women, 1996–2001)
 bar:Ham color:both   from:06/01/1996 till:06/01/1999 text:
 bar:Ham color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2001 text:
 bar:Wes color:men    from:06/01/1995 till:06/01/1996 text:Wesleyan (men, 1995–99) (women, 1996–2001)
 bar:Wes color:both   from:06/01/1996 till:06/01/1999 text:
 bar:Wes color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2001 text:
 bar:USM color:men    from:06/01/1995 till:06/01/1998 text:Southern Maine (men, 1995–2025) (women, 1998–2025)
 bar:USM color:both   from:06/01/1998 till:06/01/2025 text:
 bar:RPI color:women  from:06/01/1995 till:06/01/2005 text:RPI (women 1995–2005)
 bar:Ski color:men    from:06/01/1998 till:06/01/2025 text:Skidmore (men 1998–2025)
 bar:Uni color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2003 text:Union (women 1999–2003)
 bar:Man color:women  from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2017 text:Manvattanville (women 1999–2017)
 bar:StM color:both   from:06/01/2001 till:06/01/2017 text:Saint Michael's (both, 2001–2017)
 bar:Cas color:both   from:06/01/2004 till:06/01/2025 text:Castleton/-Vermont State Castleton (both, 2004–2025)

 bar:Nic color:women  from:06/01/2008 till:06/01/2017 text:Nichols (women 2008–2017)
 bar:UNE color:both   from:06/01/2009 till:06/01/2016 text:New England (men, 2009–16) (women, 2009–18)
 bar:UNE color:women  from:06/01/2016 till:06/01/2018 text:
 bar:FPU color:women  from:06/01/2014 till:06/01/2017 text:Franklin Pierce (women, 2014–17)
 bar:SRU color:women  from:06/01/2015 till:06/01/2018 text:Salve Regina (women, 2015–18)
 bar:SRU color:both   from:06/01/2024 till:end text: (both, 2024–present)
 bar:PSU color:women  from:06/01/2015 till:06/01/2025 text:Plymouth State (women, 2015–2025)
 bar:Hob color:men    from:06/01/2017 till:06/01/2025 text:Hobart (men, 2017–2025)
 bar:JWU color:both   from:06/01/2018 till:06/01/2024 text:Johnson & Wales (both, 2018–2024)
 bar:Suf color:both   from:06/01/2018 till:10/01/2021 text:Suffolk (both, 2018–2021)
 bar:Elm color:both   from:06/01/2021 till:06/01/2025 text:Elmira (both, 2021–2025)
 bar:WSC color:women  from:06/01/2021 till:06/01/2025 text:William Smith (women, 2021–2025)
 bar:AMC color:both   from:06/01/2024 till:06/01/2025 text:Albertus Magnus (both, 2024–2025)

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:01/01/1985 </timeline>

  Men     Women     Both  

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:New England Hockey Conference Template:NCAA Division III hockey conferences

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=New_England_Hockey_Conference&oldid=2490550"