Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League

Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League
(ESCHL)
Established 2007
Association ACHA
Division Division I
Members 6
Sports fielded Ice hockey (men's: 6; women's: 0)
Region Northeast
Headquarters West Bloomfield, Michigan
Website ESCHL.com
Locations

The Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) was created in 2007. The league is made up of 6 teams in the Northeast and mid atlantic region of the US. The Teams play at the ACHA Division I level.

Format

League Teams play a 20 game league schedule consisting of 4 games against each of the other league teams. League Playoffs are held in February with the top 4 teams qualifying for the playoffs. ESCHL Champions receive an automatic bid to the ACHA Men's Division I National Tournament.

History

Penn State University won the first two playoff championships over the University of Delaware in both 2008 and 2009. The regular season title was shared by Penn State, Delaware, and the University of Rhode Island in the 2008-2009 with each team finishing with 25 points in the standings.[1] Navy and Drexel left the conference to join the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association and Robert Morris University joined the conference beginning in the 2010–11 season. In September 2010, prior to the start of the 2010-11 season, Penn State left the conference in 2011 during the program's transition to NCAA Division I.[2] Robert Morris left the league to join College Hockey Mid-America but was replaced by Rutgers in the 2012-13 season.[3]

Membership

School Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Primary conference
University of Delaware Newark, DE 1743 Public 19,067 Fightin' Blue Hens Colonial Athletic Association (D-I)
Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA 1866 Private/Methodist 2,100 Flying Dutchmen MAC Commonwealth Conference (D-III)
University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 1892 Public 19,095 Rams Atlantic 10 Conference (D-I)
Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 1766 Public 56,868 Scarlet Knights Big Ten Conference (D-I)
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 1957 Public 23,997 Seawolves America East Conference (D-I)
West Chester University West Chester, PA 1871 Public 12,800 Golden Rams PSAC (D-II)

Previous members

Conference arenas

School Hockey Arena Location Capacity
Delaware Fred Rust Ice Arena Newark, DE 2,500
Rhode Island Bradford R. Boss Arena Kingston, RI 2,500
Rutgers ProSkate Ice Arena Monmouth Junction, NJ 1,500
Stony Brook The Rinx Hauppauge, NY 1,000
West Chester Ice Line Quad Rinks West Chester, PA 500
Lebanon Valley College Hersheypark Arena Hershey, PA 7,286

List of Championship Games

Year Winner Score Runner-up Arena City
2008 Penn State 8–3 Delaware McMullen Hockey Arena Annapolis, Maryland
2009 Penn State 4–1 Delaware Penn State Ice Pavilion University Park, Pennsylvania
2010 Penn State 7–5 Rhode Island Fred Rust Ice Arena Newark, Delaware
2011 Rhode Island 5–4 Delaware Bradford R. Boss Ice Arena Kingston, Rhode Island
2012 Rhode Island 4–3 Stony Brook Ice Line Quad Rinks West Chester, Pennsylvania
2013 Stony Brook 3–2 Delaware Fred Rust Ice Arena Newark, Delaware
2014 Stony Brook 5–4 Delaware The Rinx Hauppauge, New York
2015 Stony Brook 5–4 (OT) Delaware Middletown Sports Complex Middletown, New Jersey

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software
  2. ↑ Hradek, E.J. (September 17, 2010). "Penn State hockey moves to D-I". ESPN. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Robert Morris to Join CHMA in 2012". Robert Morris Colonials. December 18, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Archived Playoff Results". eschlhockey.com. Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League. Retrieved October 7, 2014.

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