Colonial Hockey Conference

For the ACHA Division II (club-level) athletic conference, see Colonial States College Hockey Conference.

For the minor professional league known as the Colonial Hockey League from 1991 to 1997, see United Hockey League.

Colonial Hockey Conference (CHC)

Established	2015
Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	7
Sports fielded	Women's ice hockey
Region	Northeastern U.S.
Former names	ECAC North Atlantic
Website	http://colonialhockey.com

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.

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
Becker College	Worcester, MA	Hawks	1784	Private	2,021	2015		CCC	NAC
Endicott College	Beverly, MA	Gulls	1939	Private	2,485	2015		CCC	CCC
Johnson and Wales University	Providence, RI	Wildcats	1914	Private	8,768	2015		CCC	GNAC
Morrisville State College	Morrisville, NY	Mustangs	1908	Public	3,200	2015		SUNYAC	SUNYAC
Salem State University	Salem, MA	Vikings	1854	Public	7,664	2015		MASCAC	MASCAC
Stevenson University	Stevenson, MD	Mustangs	1947	Private	3,223	2015	1 !1 (2016)	ECAC West	MAC
SUNY Canton	Canton, NY	Kangaroos	1906	Public	3,550	2015		Independent	Independent

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.

Future members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Undergraduate enrollment	Current Conference	Joining	Men's Conference	Primary Conference
Nichols College	Dudley, MA	Bison	1815	Private	1,459	NEHC	2017	CCC	CCC

References

External links

Official web site

NCAA Division III hockey conferences

Men	The Commonwealth Coast Conference ECAC West Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Hockey Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Association State University of New York Athletic Conference Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Women	Colonial Hockey Conference ECAC West Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Hockey Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

NCAA	College ice hockey NCAA Division III Championships: Men / Women

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