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==History== |
==History== |
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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 [[NCAA Division III|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 [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] programs in the new [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] conference. A year later, nine more teams split off to join their primary athletic conference, [[New England Small College 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. |
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 [[NCAA Division III|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 [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] programs in the new [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] conference. A year later, nine more teams split off to join their primary athletic conference, [[New England Small College 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. |
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===Splintering=== |
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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.<ref>{{cite web|title=CCC Accepts Johnson & Wales University as Newest Conference Member |url=https://providence.jwuathletics.com/news/2022/12/8/12_8_2022_101.aspx |work=Johnson & Wales Wildcats |date=December 8, 2022 |accessdate=July 3, 2024}}</ref> In the summer of 2023, [[Keene State Owls|Keene State]] announced that they would begin sponsoring men's and women's ice hockey starting with the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Keene State Adding Men's, Women's Ice Hockey and eSports as Varsity Programs Beginning in 2024-25 |url=https://keeneowls.com/news/2023/7/24/general-keene-state-adding-mens-womens-ice-hockey-and-esports-as-varsity-programs-beginning-in-2024-25.aspx |work=Keene State Owls |date=July 24, 2024 |accessdate=May 17, 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=LEC Announces Men's Ice Hockey as Conference's 22nd Championship Sport |url=https://littleeast.com/news/2023/7/24/lec-announces-mens-ice-hockey-as-conferences-22nd-championship-sport.aspx |work=Little East Conference |date=July 24, 2024 |accessdate=May 17, 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=LEC Announces New England College as Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Affiliate, Women's Ice Hockey as Conference's 23rd Championship Sport |url=https://littleeast.com/news/2024/2/8/lec-announces-new-england-college-as-mens-and-womens-ice-hockey-affiliate-womens-ice-hockey-as-conferences-23rd-championship-sport.aspx |work=Little East Conference |date=February 13, 2024 |accessdate=May 17, 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=LEC Announces Addition of Babson and Norwich as Men's Ice Hockey Affiliates for 2025-26 |url=https://littleeast.com/news/2024/3/5/lec-announces-addition-of-babson-and-norwich-as-mens-ice-hockey-affiliates-for-2025-26.aspx |work=Little East Conference |date=March 6, 2024 |accessdate=May 17, 2024}}</ref> The bleeding continued when, in April and May, Hobart, Skidmore and William Smith announced their move to the [[State University of New York Athletic Conference|SUNYAC]],<ref name=hobart>{{cite web|url=https://www.uscho.com/2024/04/10/sunyac-adds-hobart-william-smith-skidmore-to-mens-hockey-conference-hobart-william-smith-to-womens-hockey-conference/ |title=SUNYAC adds Hobart, Skidmore to men's hockey conference, William Smith to women's hockey conference |work=USCHO |date=April 10, 2024 |accessdate=June 9, 2024}}</ref> 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 [[United Collegiate Hockey Conference|UCHC]], all in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=Albertus Magnus, Elmira, Hilbert, St. John Fisher to join UCHC men's, women's hockey conferences for 2025-26 season |url=https://www.uscho.com/2024/05/15/albertus-magnus-elmira-hilbert-st-john-fisher-to-join-uchc-mens-womens-hockey-conferences-for-2025-26-season/ |work=USCHO |date=May 15, 2024 |accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref> Salem State also announced that they will leave in 2025 to join their primary conference ([[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]]) and will also start to sponsor women's ice hockey the same year.<ref>{{cite web|title=MASCAC Women’s Ice Hockey to Become 19th Sponsored Sport |url=https://www.mascac.com/news/23-24_News/WIH_Announcement |work=[[Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference|MASCAC]] |date=December 20, 2023 |accessdate=July 3, 2024}}</ref> With just one school remaining for the start of the 2025–26 season, the future of the NEHC is in doubt. |
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===Standings=== |
===Standings=== |
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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 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season| |
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 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season|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 [[New England Small College Athletic Conference|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. |
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==NEHC Tournaments== |
==NEHC Tournaments== |
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==Current members== |
==Current members== |
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There are 12 member schools; the men's division has ten members, while the women's division has nine members. <small>(as of November 2018)</small> |
There are 12 member schools; the men's division has ten members, while the women's division has nine members. <small>(as of November 2018)</small> |
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<Small>Note: schools in red are planning to leave after the 2024-25 season</small> |
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== Future members == |
== Future members == |
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|'''[[Albertus Magnus College]]''' |
|'''[[Albertus Magnus College]]''' |
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|[[New Haven, Connecticut]] |
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|2024-25 <ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-08 |title=Albertus Magnus to Join NEHC for 2024-25 Season |url=https://www.nehockeyconference.com/general/2022-23/releases/20221208k0jkjq |language=en}}</ref> |
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|[[Albertus Magnus Falcons|Falcons]] |
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|[[Great Northeast Athletic Conference]] |
|[[Great Northeast Athletic Conference]] |
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|Independent |
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|'''[[Salve Regina University]]''' |
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|[[Newport, Rhode Island]] |
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|[[New England Women's Hockey Alliance|NEWHA]] |
|[[New England Women's Hockey Alliance|NEWHA]] (NCAA D-I) |
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|[[Purchase, New York]] |
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|[[College Hockey America|CHA]] |
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|2004 |
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|[[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast–10]] (men) (NCAA D-II)<br />[[New England Women's Hockey Alliance|NEWHA]] (women) |
|[[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast–10]] (men) (NCAA D-II)<br />[[New England Women's Hockey Alliance|NEWHA]] (women) (NCAA D-I) |
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|[[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast–10]] (men) (NCAA D-II)<br />[[New England Women's Hockey Alliance|NEWHA]] (women) |
|[[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast–10]] (men) (NCAA D-II)<br />[[New England Women's Hockey Alliance|NEWHA]] (women) (NCAA D-I) |
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|[[Boston, Massachusetts]] |
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|[[Suffolk Rams|Rams]] |
|[[Suffolk Rams|Rams]] |
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|{{college color boxes|Suffolk Rams}} |
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bar:WSU color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1989 text:[[Westfield State University|Westfield State]] (men, 1984-89) |
bar:WSU color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1989 text:[[Westfield State University|Westfield State]] (men, 1984-89) |
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bar:AIC color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1998 text:[[American International College|American International]] (men, |
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bar:UCt color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1998 text:[[University of Connecticut|Connecticut]] (men, |
bar:UCt color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1998 text:[[University of Connecticut|Connecticut]] (men, 1984–98) |
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bar:CHC color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1998 text:[[College of the Holy Cross|Holy Cross]] (men, |
bar:CHC color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1998 text:[[College of the Holy Cross|Holy Cross]] (men, 1984–98) |
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bar:CHC color:women from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2017 text:(women |
bar:CHC color:women from:06/01/1999 till:06/01/2017 text:(women 1999–2017) |
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bar:Col color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1999 text:[[Colby College|Colby]] (men, |
bar:Col color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1999 text:[[Colby College|Colby]] (men, 1984–99) |
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bar:Bow color:both from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1999 text:[[Bowdoin College|Bowdoin]] (men, |
bar:Bow color:both from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1999 text:[[Bowdoin College|Bowdoin]] (men, 1984–99) (women, 1984–2001) |
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bar:Mid color:both from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1999 text:[[Middlebury College|Middlebury]] (men, |
bar:Mid color:both from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1999 text:[[Middlebury College|Middlebury]] (men, 1984–99) (women, 1984–2001) |
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Association | NCAA |
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Founded | 1984 |
Commissioner | Katie Boldvich |
Sports fielded |
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Division | Division III |
No. of teams | 12 |
Headquarters | Marshfield, Massachusetts |
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]
History
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Current members
[edit]There are 12 member schools; the men's division has ten members, while the women's division has nine members. (as of November 2018)
Note: schools in red are planning to leave after the 2024-25 season
Future members
[edit]Institution | Location | Founded | Joining | Enrollment | Nickname | Primary Conference | Former Ice Hockey Conference | Colors | (M) | (W) |
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Albertus Magnus College | New Haven, Connecticut | 1925 | 2024-25 [10] | 1,961 | Falcons | Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Independent | |||
Salve Regina University | Newport, Rhode Island | 1934 | 2024-25[11] | 2,600 | Seahawks | New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference | Commonwealth Coast Conference |
Former members
[edit]† (as of November 2018)
Membership timeline
[edit]Men Women Both
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Men's and women's ECAC East leagues now the New England Hockey Conference". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ "CCC Accepts Johnson & Wales University as Newest Conference Member". Johnson & Wales Wildcats. December 8, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Keene State Adding Men's, Women's Ice Hockey and eSports as Varsity Programs Beginning in 2024-25". Keene State Owls. July 24, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "LEC Announces Men's Ice Hockey as Conference's 22nd Championship Sport". Little East Conference. July 24, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "LEC Announces New England College as Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Affiliate, Women's Ice Hockey as Conference's 23rd Championship Sport". Little East Conference. February 13, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "LEC Announces Addition of Babson and Norwich as Men's Ice Hockey Affiliates for 2025-26". Little East Conference. March 6, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "SUNYAC adds Hobart, Skidmore to men's hockey conference, William Smith to women's hockey conference". USCHO. April 10, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ "Albertus Magnus, Elmira, Hilbert, St. John Fisher to join UCHC men's, women's hockey conferences for 2025-26 season". USCHO. May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ "MASCAC Women's Ice Hockey to Become 19th Sponsored Sport". MASCAC. December 20, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Albertus Magnus to Join NEHC for 2024-25 Season". 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Salve Regina to Join NEHC in 2024-25". 2023-03-30.