Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference

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Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference
Established1976
Members8
Affiliate Members1
Sport ACHA Division 3 club hockey
Region Northeast
States3 - New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
Headquarters New Paltz, New York
PresidentAndrew Mola
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MCHC

The Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference or MCHC is an ACHA Division 3 league made up of smaller colleges, universities, and community colleges in the Northeast United States. The league was originally formed in 1967-68 as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Hockey League (MIHL). After a league name change to the BSMIHL (Bi-State Metropolitan Intercollegiate Hockey League) for the 1975-76 season, the league changed its name to its current moniker at the start of the 1976-77 season.

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Format

Teams play a 14-game league schedule with the top four teams advancing to the MCHC playoffs at the end of the regular season held during President's Day weekend in February.

Current Teams

SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameColors
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 1881PublicHighlanders  
St. Thomas Aquinas College Rockland County, NY 1952Private/DominicanSpartans  
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 1870Private/Non-sectarianDucks  
US Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY 1943 United States service academies Mariners  
SUNY Maritime Bronx, NY 1938Public CollegePrivateers  
Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT 1963Private/CatholicPioneers  
Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT 1903Public UniversityColonials  
Yale University New Haven, CT 1701Ivy LeagueBulldogs  

Affiliate Teams

SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameColors
Yeshiva University New York, NY 1886PrivateTBDTBD

Former Teams

SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameColors
Adelphi University Garden City, NY 1896PrivatePanthers  
University at Albany Albany, NY 1844PublicGreat Danes  
Binghamton University Binghamton, NY 1946PublicBearcats  
Briarcliffe College Bethpage, NY 1966 (Closed 2018)PrivateBulldogs  
University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 1927PrivatePurple Knights  
Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY 1930PublicBulldogs (formerly Kingsmen)  
Columbia University Manhattan, NY 1754 Ivy League Lions  
Cook College North Brunswick, NJ 1862PublicAggies  
City College of New York New York, NY 1847PublicBeavers  
County College of Morris Randolph, NJ 1968PublicTitans  
Delaware County Community College Marple Township, PA 1967PublicPhantoms  
Fairfield University Fairfield, CT 1942Private/CatholicStags  
Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ 1942PrivateKnights  
Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY 1912Public CollegeRams  
Fordham University Bronx, NY 1841Private/JesuitRams  
University of Hartford West Hartford, CT 1957PrivateHawks  
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 1935PrivatePride  
Iona College New Rochelle, NY 1940Private/CatholicGaels  
John Jay College New York, NY 1964PublicBloodhounds  
Kean University Union, NJ 1855PublicCougars  
Lehman College Bronx, NY 1967PublicLightning  
LIU Post Brookville, NY 1954PrivateSharks (formerly Pioneers)  
Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 1853Private/CatholicJaspers  
Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY 1929PrivateRed Foxes  
Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ 1933PrivateHawks  
Montclair State University Montclair, NJ 1908PublicRed Hawks  
Nassau Community College Garden City, NY 1959PublicLions  
New York Institute of Technology New York, NY 1955PrivateBears  
SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY 1828PublicHawks  
New York University New York, NY 1831PrivateViolets  
Ocean County College Toms River, NJ 1964PublicVikings  
Pace University New York, NY 1906PrivateSetters  
Queens College Queens, NY 1937PublicKnights  
Ramapo College Mahwah, NJ 1969PublicRoadrunners  
Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg, NJ 1965PublicGolden Lions  
Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ 1865PrivateBroncs  
Rockland Community College Suffern, NY 1959PublicFighting Hawks  
Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 1766PublicScarlet Knights  
St. Francis College Brooklyn Heights, NY 1859Private/CatholicTerriers  
St. John's University Queens, NY 1870Private/CatholicRed Storm  
The College of St. Rose Albany, NY 1920Private/CatholicGolden Knights  
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ 1856Private/CatholicPirates  
Siena College Loudonville, NY 1937Private/CatholicSaints  
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY 1922PrivateThoroughbreds  
Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 1893PublicOwls  
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 1957PublicSeawolves  
Suffolk County Community College Long Island, NY 1959Community CollegeSharks  
Union College Schenectady, NY 1795PrivateDutchmen  
Upsala College East Orange, NJ 1893 (Closed 1995)PrivateVikings  
Wagner College Staten Island, NY 1883PrivateSeahawks  
William Paterson University Wayne, NJ 1855PublicPioneers  

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