ECAC West
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Conference | NCAA |
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Founded | 1984 |
Ceased | 2017 |
Commissioner | Rudy Keeling |
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Division | Division III |
No. of teams | 12 |
Headquarters | Danbury, Connecticut |
Region | New York,PennsylvaniaandMaryland |
Official website | Men:http:// ecacsports /index.aspx?path=mhockey_mwest Women:http:// ecacsports /index.aspx?path=whockey |
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ECAC Westwas a college athletic conference which operated in the northeasternUnited Statesuntil 2017. It participated in theNCAA's Division III as ahockey-only conference. The conference ceased to exist after the end of the 2016–17 season when most joined the newly formedUnited Collegiate Hockey ConferenceorNortheast Women's Hockey League.
History
[edit]ECAC West was officially formed in 1984 whenECAC 2was split in two and both new conferences dropped down toDivision III.The conference consisted entirely of schools fromupstate New Yorkuntil 1988 whenMercyhurstjoined. In 1992 all universities that were membersSUNYACand a few other schools left when Mercyhurst took part in the effort was made to restart theDivision II Championship,leaving just seven teams in the ECAC West. After two more schools dropped their programs the conference was down to five teams in 1994 but it began to recover whenNiagarajoined in 1996. In 1998 the conference lost two programs when theMAACbegan sponsoring aDivision Iice hockey conference followed by a third just one year later. When the Division II Tournament ended in 1999 the conference returned to D-III and was left with only four schools but in 2001 it began to sponsor women's hockey as well and its ranks immediately swelled to nine universities. The conference roster continued to grow, reaching 15 in 2016–17 but after that season all but one league member left to join either theUnited Collegiate Hockey ConferenceorNortheast Women's Hockey Leaguewith the lone remaining school (Hobart) joining theNew England Hockey Conference.
ECAC West Tournaments
[edit]Members
[edit]† as of 2018
- ^Lebanon Valley suspended their program from 2010 to 2016.
Membership timeline
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References
[edit]- ^"NCAA - ECAC West history and statistics".Hockey DB.RetrievedNovember 24,2018.