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Northeast Collegiate Hockey League

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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.

Quick Facts Conference, Founded ...

Northeast Collegiate Hockey League
Locations

Conference	ACHA
Founded	2007
Commissioner	Steve Hurtubise
Sports fielded	Ice hockey men's: yes
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

History

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]

Format

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.

Membership

More information School, Location ...

School	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Primary conference
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.

Former Members

Penn State Berks, moved to the CSCHC
Ithaca College, moved to the UNYCHL
Binghamton University, moved to the UNYCHL
Syracuse University, moved to the ESCHL
St. Bonaventure University, moved to the UNYCHL
SUNY Cortland, moved to the UNYCHL
Cornell University, moved to the UNYCHL
Niagara University, moved to the ESCHL

Membership timeline

Conference Arenas

More information School, Hockey Arena ...

School	Hockey Arena	Capacity
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

Championship results

More information Season, Date ...

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Venue	Regular season winner	Source(s)
2007–08	February 4, 2008	Oswego Lakers	4–2	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Campus Center Ice Arena	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	^[5]
2008–09	March 1, 2009	Cornell Big Red	5–3	Penn State Berks	ProtecHockey Ponds	Penn State Berks Rutgers Scarlet Knights	^[6]
2009–10	February 21, 2010	Binghamton Bearcats	4–0	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Body Zone Sports Complex	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	^[7]
2010–11	February 20, 2011	Syracuse Orange	8–4	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Campus Center Ice Arena	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	^[8]^[9]
2011–12	February 19, 2012	Cornell Big Red	4–3 (OT)	Syracuse Orange	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	^[10]
2012–13	February 24, 2013	Buffalo Bulls	8–7 (2OT)	Niagara Purple Eagles	Northtown Center	Niagara Purple Eagles	^[11]
2013–14	March 2, 2014	Niagara Purple Eagles	6–5	Canisius Golden Griffins	Northtown Center	Syracuse Orange	^[12]^[13]^[14]
2014–15	February 22, 2015	Niagara Purple Eagles	5–4	Buffalo Bulls	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion	Niagara Purple Eagles	^[15]
2015–16	February 21, 2016	Syracuse Orange	6–3	Niagara Purple Eagles	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion	Syracuse Orange	^[16]
2016–17	February 26, 2017	Niagara Purple Eagles	9–1	Canisius Golden Griffins	Harborcenter	Syracuse Orange	^[17]
2017–18	March 4, 2018	Buffalo Bulls	5–2	RIT Tigers	The Rink (Ithaca, NY)	Buffalo Bulls	^[17]
2018–19	March 3, 2019	Buffalo Bulls	2–1	Canisius Golden Griffins	North Buffalo Ice Rink	Buffalo Bulls	^[17]
2019–20	March 1, 2020	Niagara Purple Eagles	4–3	Oswego Lakers	North Buffalo Ice Rink	Niagara Purple Eagles	^[17]
2020–21	Not played due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021–22	February 27, 2022	Niagara Purple Eagles	3–2	Oswego Lakers	Dwyer Arena	Niagara Purple Eagles	^[18]
2022–23	February 26, 2023	Buffalo Bulls	4–3	Canisius Golden Griffins	Tsai Field House	RIT Tigers	^[19]
2023–24	February 18, 2024	Oswego Lakers	5–2	Canisius Golden Griffins	Deborah F. Stanley Arena	Oswego Lakers	^[20]

ACHA National Tournament results

More information Year, Round ...

Year	Round	NECHL Team	Score	Opponent	Opponent Conference	Reference
2009	First Round	#16 Penn State Berks	2–14	#1 Lindenwood Lions	CSCHL	^[21]
2009	Consolation	#16 Penn State Berks	CXL	#12 Kent State Golden Flashes	CSCHL	^[22]
2010	First Round	#16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights	3–8	#1 Lindenwood Lions	CSCHL	^[23]
2010	Consolation	#16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights	5–6 (OT)	#15 SUNY Canton Kangaroos	ECHL	^[24]
2011	First Round	#15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights	1–12	#2 Davenport Panthers	GLCHL	^[25]
2011	Consolation	#15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights	6–8	#16 Slippery Rock	CHMA	^[26]
2012	Play-in Round	#16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights	1–5	#17 West Virginia Mountaineers	CHMA	^[27]^[28]
2013	Play-in Round	#19 Niagara Purple Eagles	0–1 (OT)	#14 Central Oklahoma Bronchos	WCHL	^[29]
2014	Play-in Round	#19 Syracuse Orange	1–6	#14 Oakland Golden Grizzlies	GLCHL	^[30]^[31]
2015	Play-in Round	#17 Buffalo Bulls	3–4	#16 Colorado Buffaloes	WCHL	^[32]
	Play-in Round	#15 Niagara Purple Eagles	7–2	#18 Robert Morris Colonials	CHMA	^[33]
	First Round	#15 Niagara Purple Eagles	1–4	#3 Central Oklahoma Bronchos	WCHL	^[34]
2016	Play-in Round	#18 Syracuse Orange	5–3	#15 Illinois Fighting Illini	CSCHL	^[35]^[36]
2016	First Round	#18 Syracuse Orange	2–3	#3 Stony Brook Seawolves	ESCHL	^[37]
2017	Play-in Round	#18 Syracuse Orange	3–4	#15 Midland Warriors	Independent	^[38]^[39]
2018	Play-in Round	#19 Buffalo Bulls	1–8	#14 Davenport Panthers	GLCHL	^[40]
2019	Play-in Round	#19 Buffalo Bulls	1–4	#14 Missouri State Ice Bears	WCHL	^[41]
2020	Play-in Round	#20 Niagara Purple Eagles	CXL^{[lower-alpha 1]}	#13 Central Oklahoma Bronchos	WCHL	^[43]
2021^{[lower-alpha 2]}	First Round	#14 Canisius Golden Griffins	0–10	#3 Lindenwood Lions	CSCHL	^[44]
2022	Play-in Round	#18 Niagara Purple Eagles	3–7	#15 Ohio Bobcats	CSCHL	^[45]
2023	Play-in Round	#20 Buffalo Bulls	3–8	#13 Grand Valley State Lakers	GLCHL	^[46]
2024	First Round	#24 Oswego Lakers	4-1	#9 Niagara Purple Eagles	ESCHL	^[47]
2024	Round of 16	#24 Oswego Lakers	3–4 (OT)	#8 Ohio University Bobcats	Independent	^[48]

NECHL team tournament records

Teams that no longer participate in the Northeast Collegiate Hockey League are in italics.

More information Name, P ...

Name	P	W	L	OTL	GS	GA	%W
Oswego State Lakers	2	1	0	1	7	5	050.00
Penn State Berks	1	0	1	0	2	14	000.00
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	5	0	4	1	16	39	000.00
Niagara Purple Eagles	4	1	2	1	11	14	025.00
Syracuse Orange	4	1	3	0	11	16	025.00
Buffalo Bulls	4	0	4	0	8	24	000.00
Canisius Golden Griffins	1	0	1	0	0	10	000.00

Notes

The 2020 ACHA Division 1 National Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[42]
The NECHL did not play a 2020–21 season however some schools opted to play a shortened spring season. Canisius finished this period ranked 14th in the nation and was given a berth into the national tournament.

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External links

NECHL site