Conference | ACHA |
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Founded | 2007 |
Commissioner | Steve Hurtubise |
Sports fielded |
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Division | Division I |
No. of teams | 6 |
Headquarters | New Brunswick, New Jersey |
Region | Northeast |
Most recent champion(s) | Oswego State Lakers (2nd title) (2023–24) |
Most titles | Niagara Purple Eagles (5) |
Official website | League website |
Locations | |
The Northeast Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I Hockey League consisting of seven teams in the Northeastern United States. A majority of members are located in New York with additional teams coming from New Jersey.
The league was announced on July 19, 2007 with plans to begin its first season later that year. [1] The league's first seven members were Binghamton University, Ithaca College, Penn State Berks, Rutgers University, St. Bonaventure University, SUNY Cortland, and SUNY Oswego. Andy Gojdycz was named the NECHL's first commissioner.
Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Syracuse University joined the NECHL from the Eastern Collegiate Hockey League. [2] By 2013, the Orange were joined by four more former ECHL schools; Niagara University, Rochester Institute of Technology, University at Buffalo, and Canisius College. [3]
The College of New Jersey jumped from ACHA Division II and joined the NECHL for the 2022–23 season. [4]
Teams play a 15 game league schedule, playing each of the other five teams three times in the regular season. At the conclusion of the regular season the league holds a post season tournament hosted by one of the member schools. The tournament is held over three days at a single venue with top-seeded teams receiving first round byes. The Memorial Cup and an automatic bid to the ACHA Men's Division I National Championship Tournament is awarded to the winner of the tournament.
School | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Primary conference |
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University at Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | 1846 | Public | 28,192 | Bulls | Mid-American Conference (D-I) |
Canisius College | Buffalo, NY | 1870 | Private/Roman Catholic | 5,152 | Golden Griffins | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (D-I) |
Rochester Institute of Technology | Henrietta, NY | 1829 | Private/Non-sectarian | 13,861 | Tigers | Empire 8 (D-III) |
Rutgers University | New Brunswick, NJ | 1766 | Public | 67,556 | Scarlet Knights | Big Ten Conference (D-I) |
SUNY Oswego | Oswego, NY | 1861 | Public | 8,909 | Lakers | SUNYAC (D-III) |
The College of New Jersey | Ewing, NJ | 1855 | Public | 7,340 | Lions | New Jersey Athletic Conference (D-III) |
Note: Canisius and RIT also field NCAA Division I hockey teams, SUNY - Oswego also fields NCAA Division III.
School | Hockey Arena | Capacity |
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Buffalo | Northtown Center | 1,800 |
Canisius | LECOM Harborcenter | 1,900 |
RIT | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | 2,100 |
Rutgers | ProSkate Ice Arena | 1,500 |
SUNY - Oswego | Campus Center Ice Arena | 2,500 |
TCNJ | Tsai Field House | |
Teams that no longer participate in the Northeast Collegiate Hockey League are in italics.
Name | P | W | L | OTL | GS | GA | %W |
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Oswego State Lakers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 50.00 |
Penn State Berks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.00 |
Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 39 | 0.00 |
Niagara Purple Eagles | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 25.00 |
Syracuse Orange | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 25.00 |
Buffalo Bulls | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 0.00 |
Canisius Golden Griffins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.00 |
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