| Founded | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Sports fielded | |
| No. of teams | 3 |
| Region | Northeastern United States |
The Intercollegiate Hockey League began as an agreement between Harvard, Princeton and Yale to play one another in best-of-three series.
As the Intercollegiate Hockey Association was collapsing, the three top college teams wanted to continue playing games against one another. After Harvard left the IHA in 1911 they scheduled both Princeton and Yale multiple times the following season. After Yale left the next year all three teams agreed to play two games against one another with a third used in case of a tie. After the collapse of the IHA and the suspension of Columbia's ice hockey in 1915, both Cornell and Dartmouth made overtures to join the league but after Cornell was forced to cancel any such plans due to financial constraints, nothing came to fruition for either program.
The league held together for five years before World War I caused both Princeton and Harvard to suspend their programs. [1] [2]
| Institution | Nickname | Location | Founded | Tenure | Fate | Current conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Crimson | Boston, Massachusetts | 1636 | 1912–1917 | Program suspended | ECAC Hockey |
| Princeton University | Tigers | Princeton, New Jersey | 1746 | 1912–1917 | Program suspended | ECAC Hockey |
| Yale University | Bulldogs | New Haven, Connecticut | 1701 | 1912–1917 | Independent | ECAC Hockey |
† Dartmouth's athletic teams did not possess a moniker until the 1920s.
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ECAC Hockey is one of the six conferences that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United States. This relationship ended in 2004; however, the ECAC abbreviation was retained in the name of the hockey conference. ECAC Hockey is the only ice hockey conference with identical memberships in both its women's and men's divisions. Cornell has won the most ECAC men's hockey championships with 12, followed by Harvard at 11.
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The Intercollegiate Hockey Association was a loose collection of ice hockey programs from schools in the Northeastern United States. The colleges involved would schedule one another at least once during the season with and the team with the best record would be declared the champion. As this was the only championship for college hockey at the time, however unofficial the designation may have been, the victor served as the de facto National Champion. The IHA was called both the Intercollegiate Hockey Association and the Intercollegiate Hockey League during its existence. It's referred to here as the IHA to distinguish from the later Intercollegiate Hockey League.
The 1908–09 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 7th season of play for the program.
The 1909–10 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 8th season of play for the program.
The 1910–11 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 9th season of play for the program.
The 1909–10 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 11th season of play for the program.
The 1911–12 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 13th season of play for the program.
The 1912–13 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 14th season of play for the program.
The 1911–12 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 15th season of play for the program.
The 1914–15 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 18th season of play for the program.
The 1915–16 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 19th season of play for the program.
The 1919–20 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 22nd season of play for the program.
The 1912–13 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 18th season of play for the program.
The 1912–13 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 11th season of play for the program.
The 1922–23 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 25th season of play for the program.
The 1923–24 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 26th season of play for the program.
The 1920–21 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 26th season of play for the program.