Colonial Hockey Conference
The Colonial Hockey Conference (CHC) is an athletic conference that operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as an ice hockey-only conference and includes only women's teams.
| Colonial Hockey Conference | |
|---|---|
| CHC | |
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| Established | 2015 |
| Association | NCAA |
| Division | Division III |
| Members | 5 |
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| Region | Northeastern U.S. |
| Former names | ECAC North Atlantic |
| Commissioner | Katie Boldvich |
| 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]
Members
| Institution | Location | Nickname | Founded | Affiliation | Undergraduate enrollment | Joined | Championships | Men's Conference | Primary Conference | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker College | Worcester, MA | Hawks | 1784 | Private | 2,021 | 2015 | CCC | NAC | ||
| 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
- 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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