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ECAC Northeast

{{Short description|College athletic conference}}

{{Infobox sports league

| name = Eastern College Athletic Conference - Northeast

| color = #EE3B3F

| font_color = white

| logo = Eastern College Athletic Conference logo.png

| logo_size = 150

| founded = 1971

| folded = 2016

| conference = NCAA

| division = Division III

| teams = 9 (final season)

| sports = Ice hockey

| region = Massachusetts and Rhode Island

| headquarters = Centerville, Massachusetts

| commissioner = Rudy Keeling

| map = Map - College Hockey - D3 - ECAC Northeast states.svg

| map_size = 200px

}}

The ECAC Northeast was an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference. For many years it was one of the three men's hockey conferences that operated under the umbrella of the Eastern College Athletic Conference; the others were the ECAC East (now the New England Hockey Conference), and the ECAC West (soon to be the United Collegiate Hockey Conference). Member institutions were located in the New England region of the United States, in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Unlike the ECAC East and ECAC West, there was no women's division of the ECAC Northeast. Most ECAC Northeast schools did not sponsor women's ice hockey; the two that did (Nichols & Salve Regina) played in the ECAC East.

The ECAC Northeast dissolved in 2016 when The Commonwealth Coast Conference, a Division III all-sports conference and the primary conference of most ECAC Northeast members, decided to sponsor men's ice hockey as a varsity sport.{{Cite web|url=http://cccathletics.com/sports/general/2015-16/Releases/CCCHockey|title = Commonwealth Coast Conference to Add Men's Ice Hockey in 2016-2017|date = 2 October 2015}} Becker, Johnson and Wales, and Suffolk joined the CCC as associate members for ice hockey, while CCC member University of New England moved their men's team from the ECAC East to play in the CCC league.

History

The foundation of the ECAC Northeast was laid in 1971 when ECAC 2, the college division of the ECAC created a third conference called ECAC 3. When the NCAA created Division III in 1973 ECAC 3 was placed at that level and remained there for the rest of its existence. In 1985, as a result of the NCAA beginning a Division III Tournament, ECAC 2 was reorganized into two separate conferences, ECAC East and ECAC West, with each becoming D-III leagues. To prevent confusion, ECAC 3 was renamed as ECAC North/South with all members split into North and South divisions (similar to how ECAC 2 had been divided into East and West divisions). This arrangement continued until 1992 when ECAC North/South was rearranged into three divisions (North, South and Central) and renamed ECAC North/South/Central. Over the course of the 1997–98 season the South Division lost 6 of its 8 teams, mostly to Division I, but rather than return to a two-division arrangement the league rebranded as ECAC Northeast. A year later the four member schools who were from Division II schools began playing in a separate tournament which allowed the other programs to play in an NCAA-sanctioned D-III conference tournament for the first time. As a result, ECAC Northeast got its first automatic bid to the tournament in 2000. In 2009 the nine schools whose primary conference was either MASCAC or Northeast-10 left when those two leagues began sponsoring ice hockey. The remaining teams stayed on for another seven years but in 2016 the Commonwealth Coast Conference, the primary conference for seven of the nine member teams, began sponsoring ice hockey. All nine teams joined CCC as either full or associate members and the ECAC Northeast was dissolved.

ECAC Northeast Tournament

Upon its founding, ECAC 3 instituted a tournament. Originally only a single game the championship slowly expanded along with the league.

{{Main|ECAC Northeast Tournament}}

Members

There were nine member schools as of the conference's final season in 2015–16.

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{{cite web|title=NCAA - ECAC Northeast history and statistics |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/339.html |publisher=Hockey DB |access-date=November 24, 2018}}

!Location

!Athletic nickname

!Colors

!Founded

!Joined

!Left

!Current Conference†

{{sort|Amherst|Amherst College}}

|Amherst, Massachusetts

|Lord Jeffs{{refn|group=a|Amherst's original, unofficial nickname for its teams, the Lord Jeffs, was retired in 2016 due to controversy over the propriety of honoring Lord Jeffrey Amherst.}}

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Amherst Mammoths}}

|1821

|1972

|1992

|NESCAC

{{sort|Assumption|Assumption College}}

|Worcester, Massachusetts

|Greyhounds

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Assumption Greyhounds}}

|1904

|1973

|2009

|Northeast–10

{{sort|Becker|Becker College}}

|Worcester, Massachusetts

|Hawks

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Becker Hawks}}

| 1784

|2006

|2016

|CCC

{{sort|Bentley|Bentley University}}

|Waltham, Massachusetts

|Falcons

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Bentley Falcons}}

|1917

|1977

|1998

|Atlantic Hockey

{{sort|Bryant|Bryant College}}

|Smithfield, Rhode Island

|Bulldogs

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Bryant Bulldogs}}

|1863

|1973

|1975

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Canisius|Canisius College}}

|Buffalo, New York

|Golden Griffins

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Canisius Golden Griffins}}

|1870

|1980

|1982

|Atlantic Hockey

{{sort|Clark|Clark University}}

|Worcester, Massachusetts

|Cougars

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Clark Cougars}}

|1887

|1978

|1981

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Connecticut College|Connecticut College}}

|New London, Connecticut

|Camels

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Connecticut College Camels}}

|1794

|1980

|1991

|NESCAC

{{sort|Curry |Curry College}}

|Milton, Massachusetts

|Colonels

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Curry Colonels}}

| 1879

|1983

|2016

|CCC

{{sort|Endicott |Endicott College}}

|Beverly, Massachusetts

|Gulls

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Endicott Gulls}}

| 1939

|2015

|2016

|CCC

{{sort|Fairfield|Fairfield University}}

|Fairfield, Connecticut

|Stags

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Fairfield Stags}}

|1942

|1974

|1998

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Fitchburg State|Fitchburg State University}}

|Fitchburg, Massachusetts

|Falcons

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Fitchburg State Falcons}}

|1894

|1975

|2009

|MASCAC

{{sort|Framingham State|Framingham State University}}

|Framingham, Massachusetts

|Rams

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Framingham State Rams}}

|1839

|1972

|2009{{refn|group=a|Framingham State played in ECAC 2 from 1979 thru 1982.}}

|MASCAC

{{sort|Franklin Pierce|Franklin Pierce University}}{{refn|group=a|Franklin Pierce was known as 'Franklin Pierce College' until 2007.}}

|Rindge, New Hampshire

|Ravens

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Franklin Pierce Ravens}}

|1962

|2002

|2009

|Northeast–10

{{sort|Gordon|Gordon College}}

|Wenham, Massachusetts

|Fighting Scots

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Gordon Fighting Scots}}

|1889

|1974

|1981

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Hawthorne|Hawthorne College}}

|Antrim, New Hampshire

|Hilanders

| style="text-align:right;" | {{color box|green}} {{color box|gold}}

|1962

|1984

|1988

|College Closed

{{sort|Hobart|Hobart College}}

|Geneva, New York

|Statesmen

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Hobart Statesmen}}

|1822

|1978

|1983

|NEHC

{{sort|Iona|Iona College}}

|New Rochelle, New York

|Gaels

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Iona Gaels}}

|1940

|1977

|1998

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Johnson & Wales|Johnson & Wales University}}

|Providence, Rhode Island

|Wildcats

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Johnson & Wales Wildcats}}

|1914

|1997

|2016

|NEHC

{{sort|Keene State|Keene State College}}

|Keene, New Hampshire

|Owls

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Keene State Owls}}

|1909

|1983

|1986

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Lebanon Valley|Lebanon Valley College}}

|Annville, Pennsylvania

|Flying Dutchmen

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen}}

|1866

|1998

|2004

|UCHC

{{sort|Lehigh|Lehigh University}}

|Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

|Mountain Hawks

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Lehigh Mountain Hawks}}

|1865

|1971

|1986

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Massachusetts Boston|University of Massachusetts Boston}}

|Dorchester, Massachusetts

|Beacons

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|UMass Boston Beacons}}

|1964

|1980

|1982

|NEHC

{{sort|Massachusetts Dartmouth|University of Massachusetts Dartmouth}}{{refn|group=a|Massachusetts Dartmouth was known as Southeastern Massachusetts University until 1991.}}

|Dartmouth, Massachusetts

|Corsairs

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|UMass Dartmouth Corsairs}}

|1895

|1974

|2009

|MASCAC

{{sort|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts Institute of Technology}}

|Cambridge, Massachusetts

|Engineers

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|MIT Engineers}}

|1861

|1971

|1975

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Massachusetts Maritime|Massachusetts Maritime Academy}}

|Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

|Buccaneers

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buccaneers}}

|1891

|1975

|1978

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Nasson|Nasson College}}

|Springvale, Maine

|Lions

| style="text-align:right;" | {{color box|#91092D}} {{color box|white}}

|1914

|1972

|1974

|College Closed

{{sort|New York|City College of New York}}

|New York, New York

|Beavers

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|City College of New York Beavers}}

|1847

|1976

|1977

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Nichols|Nichols College}}

|Dudley, Massachusetts

|Bison

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Nichols Bison}}

|1914

|1971

|2016

|CCC

{{sort|North Adams State|North Adams State College}}

|North Adams, Massachusetts

|Mowhawks

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|MCLA Trailblazers}}

|1894

|1971

|1975

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Plymouth State|Plymouth State University}}

|Plymouth, New Hampshire

|Panthers

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Plymouth State Panthers}}

|1871

|1973

|2009

|MASCAC

{{sort|Queens College|Queens College}}

|New York, New York

|Knights

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Queens Knights}}

|1847

|1976

|1980

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Quinnipiac|Quinnipiac University}}

|Hamden, Connecticut

|Braves

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Quinnipiac Bobcats}}

|1929

|1976

|1998

|ECAC Hockey

{{sort|Ramapo|Ramapo College}}

|Mahwah, New Jersey

|Roadrunners

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Ramapo Roadrunners}}

|1969

|1976

|1981

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Rochester Institute of Technology|Rochester Institute of Technology}}

|Henrietta, New York

|Tigers

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|RIT Tigers}}

|1829

|1972

|1980

|Atlantic Hockey

{{sort|Roger Williams|Roger Williams University}}

|Bristol, Rhode Island

|Hawks

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Roger Williams Hawks}}

|1956

|1983

|1998

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Sacred Heart|Sacred Heart University}}

|Fairfield, Connecticut

|Pioneers

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Sacred Heart Pioneers}}

|1963

|1993

|1998

|Atlantic Hockey

{{sort|Saint Michael's|Saint Michael's College}}

|Colchester, Vermont

|Purple Knights

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Saint Michael's Purple Knights}}

|1904

|1982

|2001

|Northeast–10

{{sort|Salve Regina|Salve Regina University}}

|Newport, Rhode Island

|Seahawks

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Salve Regina Seahawks}}

|1934

|1997

|2016

|CCC

{{sort|Scranton|University of Scranton}}

|Scranton, Pennsylvania

|Royals

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Scranton Royals}}

| 1888

|1985

|1991

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Skidmore|Skidmore College}}

|Saratoga Springs, New York

|Thoroughbreds

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Skidmore Thoroughbreds}}

|1903

|1983

|1998

|NEHC

{{sort|Southern Maine|University of Southern Maine}}

|Gorham, Maine

|Huskies

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Southern Maine Huskies}}

|1878

|1972

|1995{{refn|group=a|Southern Maine Suspended its program from 1975 thru 1985 and changed its name from University of Maine at Portland-Gorham in the interim.}}

|NEHC

{{sort|Southern New Hampshire|Southern New Hampshire University}}{{refn|group=a|Southern New Hampshire was known as New Hampshire College until 2001.}}

|Manchester, New Hampshire

|Penmen

|style="text-align:right;" | {{college color boxes|Southern New Hampshire Penmen}}

|1932

|1977

|2009

|Northeast–10

{{sort|St. John's|St. John's University}}

|New York, New York

|Red Storm

| style="text-align:right;" | {{college color boxes|St. John's Red Storm}}

|1870

|1980

|1992

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Stonehill|Stonehill College}}

|Easton, Massachusetts

|Skyhawks

|style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Stonehill Skyhawks}}

|1948

|1978

|2009

|Independent

{{sort|Suffolk|Suffolk University}}

|Boston, Massachusetts

|Rams

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Suffolk Rams}}

|1934

|1980

|2016

|NEHC

{{sort|Trinity|Trinity College}}

|Hartford, Connecticut

|Bantams

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Trinity Bantams}}

|1823

|1974

|1991

|NESCAC

{{sort|Tufts|Tufts University}}

|Medford, Massachusetts

|Jumbos

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Tufts Jumbos}}

|1852

|1986

|2001

|NESCAC

{{sort|Upsala|Upsala College}}

|East Orange, New Jersey

|Vikings

| style="text-align:right;" |{{color box|#001D6F}} {{color box|white}}

|1893

|1979

|1988

|College Closed

{{sort|Villanova|Villanova University}}

|Radnor Township, Pennsylvania

|Wildcats

| style="text-align:right;" | {{college color boxes|Villanova Wildcats}}

|1842

|1982

|1998

|Dropped Program

{{sort|Wentworth|Wentworth Institute of Technology}}

|Boston, Massachusetts

|Leopards

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Wentworth Institute of Technology Leopards}}

|1904

|1992

|2016

|CCC

{{sort|Wesleyan|Wesleyan University}}

|Middletown, Connecticut

|Cardinals

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Wesleyan Cardinals}}

|1831

|1971

|1995

|NESCAC

{{sort|Western New England|Western New England University}}

|Springfield, Massachusetts

|Golden Bears

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Western New England Golden Bears}}

|1919

|1980

|2016

|CCC

{{sort|Westfield State|Westfield State University}}

|Westfield, Massachusetts

|Owls

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Westfield State Owls}}

|1874

|1974

|1978{{refn|group=a|Westfield State returned to ECAC Northeast for 1 season in 2008–09.}}

|MASCAC

{{sort|Worcester State|Worcester State University}}

|Worcester, Massachusetts

|Lancers

| style="text-align:right;" |{{college color boxes|Worcester State Lancers}}

|1874

|1971

|2009

|MASCAC

† as of 2018

{{reflist|group=a}}

* Assumption, Franklin Pierce, Southern New Hampshire, and Stonehill are Division II schools; and were not allowed to participate in the ECAC Northeast playoffs after 1999, nor were they eligible for the Division III national tournament.

Membership timeline

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at:06/15/1985

at:06/15/1992

at:06/15/1998

at:06/15/2016

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bar:tim color:time from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/1985 text:ECAC 3 (1971-85)

bar:tim color:time from:07/01/1985 till:06/01/1992 text:ECAC North/South (1985-92)

bar:tim color:time from:07/01/1992 till:06/01/1998 text:ECAC North/South/Central (1992-98)

bar:tim color:time from:07/01/1998 till:06/01/2016 text:ECAC Northeast (1998-2016)

bar:Mit color:men from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/1975 text:MIT (1971-75)

bar:NAS color:men from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/1975 text:North Adams State (1971-75)

bar:Leh color:men from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/1986 text:Lehigh (1971-86)

bar:Wes color:men from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/1995 text:Wesleyan (1971-95)

bar:Ass color:men from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/2009 text:Assumption (1971-2009)

bar:WSU color:men from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/2009 text:Worcester State (1971-2009)

bar:Nic color:men from:06/01/1971 till:06/01/2016 text:Nichols (1971-2016)

bar:NSN color:men from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1974 text:Nasson (1972-74)

bar:USM color:men from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1975 text:Maine at Portland–Gorham (1972-75)

bar:USM color:men from:06/01/1985 till:06/01/1995 text:Southern Maine (1985-95)

bar:Fra color:men from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1979 text:Framingham State (1972-79, 1982-2009)

bar:Fra color:men from:06/01/1982 till:06/01/2009 text:

bar:RIT color:men from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1980 text:RIT (1972-80)

bar:Amh color:men from:06/01/1972 till:06/01/1992 text:Amherst (1972-92)

bar:Bry color:men from:06/01/1973 till:06/01/1975 text:Bryant (1973-75)

bar:Ply color:men from:06/01/1973 till:06/01/2009 text:Plymouth State (1973-2009)

bar:WfS color:men from:06/01/1974 till:06/01/1978 text:Westfield State (1974-78, 2008–09)

bar:WfS color:men from:06/01/2008 till:06/01/2009 text:

bar:Gor color:men from:06/01/1974 till:06/01/1981 text:Gordon (1974-81)

bar:Tri color:men from:06/01/1974 till:06/01/1991 text:Trinity (1974-91)

bar:Fai color:men from:06/01/1974 till:06/01/1998 text:Fairfield (1974-98)

bar:MaD color:men from:06/01/1974 till:05/01/1991 text:Southeastern Massachusetts (1974-91)

bar:MaD color:men from:07/01/1991 till:06/01/2009 text:UMass Dartmouth (1991-2009)

bar:MMA color:men from:06/01/1975 till:06/01/1978 text:Massachusetts Maritime (1975-78)

bar:Fit color:men from:06/01/1975 till:06/01/2009 text:Fitchburg State (1975-2009)

bar:NYC color:men from:06/01/1976 till:06/01/1977 text:CCNY (1976-77)

bar:Que color:men from:06/01/1976 till:06/01/1980 text:Queens (1976-80)

bar:Ram color:men from:06/01/1976 till:06/01/1981 text:Ramapo (1976-81)

bar:Qui color:men from:06/01/1976 till:06/01/1998 text:Quinnipiac (1976-98)

bar:Ben color:men from:06/01/1977 till:06/01/1998 text:Bentley (1977-98)

bar:Ion color:men from:06/01/1977 till:06/01/1998 text:Iona (1977-98)

bar:SNH color:men from:06/01/1977 till:05/01/2001 text:New Hampshire College (1977-2001)

bar:SNH color:men from:07/01/2001 till:06/01/2009 text:Southern New Hampshire (2001-09)

bar:Cla color:men from:06/01/1978 till:06/01/1981 text:Clark (1978-81)

bar:Hob color:men from:06/01/1978 till:06/01/1983 text:Hobart (1978-83)

bar:Sto color:men from:06/01/1978 till:06/01/2009 text:Stonehill (1978-2009)

bar:Ups color:men from:06/01/1979 till:06/01/1988 text:Upsala (1979-88)

bar:Can color:men from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/1982 text:Canisius (1980-82)

bar:UMB color:men from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/1982 text:UMass Boston (1980-82)

bar:CtC color:men from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/1991 text:Connecticut College (1980-91)

bar:SJU color:men from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/1992 text:St. John's (1980-92)

bar:Suf color:men from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/2016 text:Suffolk (1980-2016)

bar:WNE color:men from:06/01/1980 till:06/01/2016 text:Western New England (1980-2016)

bar:SMC color:men from:06/01/1982 till:06/01/2001 text:Saint Michael's (1982-2001)

bar:KSC color:men from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/1986 text:Keene State (1983-86)

bar:RWU color:men from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/1998 text:Roger Williams (1983-98)

bar:Ski color:men from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/1998 text:Skidmore (1983-98)

bar:Vil color:men from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/1998 text:Villanova (1983-98)

bar:Cur color:men from:06/01/1983 till:06/01/2016 text:Curry (1983-2016)

bar:Haw color:men from:06/01/1984 till:06/01/1988 text:Hawthorne (1984-88)

bar:Scr color:men from:06/01/1985 till:06/01/1991 text:Scranton (1985-91)

bar:Tuf color:men from:06/01/1986 till:06/01/2001 text:Tufts (1986-2001)

bar:WIT color:men from:06/01/1992 till:06/01/2016 text:Wentworth (1992-2016)

bar:SHU color:men from:06/01/1993 till:06/01/1998 text:Sacred Heart (1993-1998)

bar:JWU color:men from:06/01/1997 till:06/01/2016 text:Johnson & Wales (1997-2016)

bar:SRU color:men from:06/01/1997 till:06/01/2016 text:Salve Regina (1997-2016)

bar:LVC color:men from:06/01/1998 till:06/01/2004 text:Lebanon Valley (1998-2004)

bar:FPU color:men from:06/01/2002 till:06/01/2009 text:Franklin Pierce (2002-09)

bar:Bec color:men from:06/01/2006 till:06/01/2016 text:Becker (2006-16)

bar:End color:men from:06/01/2015 till:06/01/2016 text:Endicott (2015-16)

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:01/01/1975

References

{{Reflist}}

{{NCAA Division III hockey conferences}}

Category:Defunct NCAA Division III ice hockey conferences