The Colonial Hockey Conference (CHC) was an athletic conference that operated in the northeastern United States. It participated in the NCAA's Division III as an ice hockey-only conference and included only women's teams.
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| Formerly | ECAC North Atlantic |
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| Association | NCAA |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Ceased | 2020 (absorbed by Commonwealth Coast Conference) |
| Commissioner | Katie Boldvich |
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| Division | Division III |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Region | Northeastern U.S. |
| Official website | http://colonialhockey.com |
The formation of the conference was originally announced in late 2014 under the ECAC umbrella, with the conference to be known as the ECAC North Atlantic.[1] The eight founding institutions all had either independent or newly formed women's hockey teams, so no teams had to switch conferences to join the ECAC-NA. In 2015, however, just before the conference's first season commenced, the members announced that the conference would be renamed the Colonial Hockey Conference, dropping the ECAC affiliation.[2] The conference lasted until the 2019-20 season, when the Commonwealth Coast Conference took over operations.[3] At that time, all of the remaining members of the CHC were full members of the CCC.
Final Members
edit| Institution | Location | Nickname | Founded | Affiliation | Undergraduate enrollment | Joined | Championships | Men's conference | Primary conference | Colors |
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| Endicott College | Beverly, MA | Gulls | 1939 | Private | 2,485 | 2015 | CCC | CCC | ||
| Nichols College | Dudley, MA | Bison | 1815 | Private | 1,459 | 2017 | CCC | CCC | ||
| Salve Regina University | Newport, RI | Seahawks | 1934 | Private | 2,686 | 2019 | CCC | CCC | ||
| University of New England | Biddeford, ME | Nor'easters | 1831 | Private | 2,582 | 2019 | CCC | CCC |
Former members
edit- Becker College (2021, dropped program)
- Becker closed.
- Daniel Webster College (2016, dropped program)
- Daniel Webster was a founding institution in 2015, but the college went bankrupt in 2016. It was able to field a men's team for its last academic year, 2016–17, but the women's team didn't have enough players.
- Johnson and Wales University (2018, joined the New England Hockey Conference
- Morrisville State College (2019, joined Northeast Women's Hockey League)
- Salem State University (2018, joined New England Hockey Conference)
- Stevenson University (2017, joined the United Collegiate Hockey Conference)
- SUNY Canton (2019, joined Northeast Women's Hockey League)
Membership timeline
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References
edit- ^ "ECAC North Atlantic to start in women's D-III ranks for 2015-16". USCHO. December 11, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ "ECAC NA to become Colonial Hockey Conference". D3Hockey.com. October 26, 2015. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ Staff, USCHO (October 6, 2019). "Commonwealth Coast Conference starting women's hockey in 2020-21, will assume operation of Colonial Hockey Conference".
External links
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