Colonial Hockey Conference
FormerlyECAC North Atlantic
AssociationNCAA
Founded2015
Ceased2020
CommissionerKatie Boldvich
Sports fielded
  • Women's ice hockey
DivisionDivision III
No. of teams4
RegionNortheastern U.S.
Official websitehttp://colonialhockey.com

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.

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

Institution Location Nickname Founded Affiliation Undergraduate enrollment Joined Championships Men's conference Primary conference Colors
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

Membership timeline

New England Nor'eastersSalve Regina SeahawksNichols CollegeEndicott CollegeBecker CollegeState University of New York at CantonMorrisville State CollegeSalem State UniversityJohnson and Wales UniversityStevenson UniversityDaniel Webster College

References

  1. ^ "ECAC North Atlantic to start in women's D-III ranks for 2015-16". USCHO. December 11, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "ECAC NA to become Colonial Hockey Conference". D3Hockey.com. October 26, 2015. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  3. ^ Staff, USCHO (October 6, 2019). "Commonwealth Coast Conference starting women's hockey in 2020-21, will assume operation of Colonial Hockey Conference".

External links

Colonial Hockey Conference
NCAA Division III ice hockey conferences
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