Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference

South Eastern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SECHC)

Established	2008
Association	ACHA
Division	Division 3
Members	10
Sports fielded	College Ice Hockey (men's: yes; women's: no)
Region	Southeastern United States
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Commissioner	Kenny Day^[1]
Website	SECHC official website

The South Eastern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SECHC) is an ACHA Division 3 non-varsity ice hockey conference in the Southern United States. The league's mission is to develop and advance collegiate ice hockey. The members of the SECHC are all ACHA ice hockey programs and member universities of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in NCAA athletics.^[2]^[3] Of the 14 members of the SEC, ten teams are members of the SECHC and play in the South and Pacific regions of ACHA Division 3.^[4]

Teams

The SECHC plays a six-game minimum conference schedule. Within those six games each team must play at least four other SECHC opponents. Playoff positioning is determined by a coaches poll that comes out every two weeks. After the 2012-13 season Arkansas moved from the South Region of Division 3 to the Pacific but will still remain a member of the conference.^[5]

School	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname ^[6]
University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, AR	1871	Public Flagship (University of Arkansas System)	19,194	Razorbacks
Auburn University	Auburn, AL	1856	Public	24,530	Tigers
University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	1853	Public Flagship (State University System of Florida)	49,679	Gators
University of Georgia	Athens, GA	1785	Public Flagship (University System of Georgia)	34,885	Bulldogs
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, LA	1860	Public Flagship (Louisiana State University System)	30,000	Tigers
University of Mississippi	Oxford, MS	1848	Public Flagship	17,546	Rebels
Mississippi State University	Starkville, MS	1878	Public	18,601	Bulldogs
University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC	1801	Public Flagship (University of South Carolina System)	27,488	Gamecocks
University of Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	1794	Public Flagship (University of Tennessee System)	27,739	Ice Vols
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	1873	Private / Non-sectarian	12,093	Commodores

Of the remaining SEC schools:

Alabama has an ACHA Division 1 team
Kentucky has an ACHA Division 2 team
Missouri has an ACHA Division 2 team in the MACHA conference
Texas A&M has an ACHA Division 2 team in the College Hockey Southwest conference

Conference Champions

The SECHC Championship Tournament is held every year in February at the conclusion of the regular season and after the ACHA South Regionals. After the 2014-15 season the cross divisional playoff format was abandoned. For the 2015-16 season there will be just one division within the SECHC and the first round of the playoffs will feature the #1 seed vs the #8 seed, the #2 seed vs the #7 seed, etc.

Year	Champion
2015	Arkansas
2014	Arkansas
2013	Arkansas
2012	Alabama
2011	Arkansas
2010	Arkansas
2009	Tennessee

Venues

Venues for the teams vary from community ice rinks to civic-center sized arenas. As the conference has expanded and interest in hockey has grown in the Southern United States teams have sought larger venues for games. The 2010-11 SECHC Championship Tournament was held at the 8,500 seat Columbus Civic Center.^[7] Two teams, Georgia and Florida along with in-state rivals Georgia Tech and Florida State, as well as a Thursday game played between in-state rivals South Carolina and Citadel play a yearly tournament at the Savannah Civic Center.^[8]

ACHA Division 3 Nationals Teams

The SECHC has sent 11 teams to the ACHA Division 3 National Tournament. While no SECHC team has ever made it out of pool play Arkansas in 2014 had the best success going 2-1 in their pool but losing the goals against tie breaker to the eventual champion Adrian College.

2015 Host City: Pelham, AL

Arkansas (Finished 8th)

Fairfield W 6-2

Calvin College W 9-2

Florida Gulf Coast L 6-1

Alabama (Finished 9th)

Michigan State T 4-4

Pittsburgh-Johnstown W 6-1

Colorado State L 7-6 OT

Mississippi (Finished 15th)

Oakland L 7-4

California (PA) L 7-3

Metro State L 6-1

2014 Host City: Coral Springs, FL

Arkansas (Finished 7th)

Adrian College (L 4-3)

Neumann (W 14-6)

Central Florida (W 6-2)

Mississippi (Finished 15th)

California (PA) (L 8-2)

Davenport (L 10-2)

Aurora (L 9-3)

2013 Host City: Springfield, MO

Mississippi (Finished 13th)

Colorado State (W 2-1)

Farmingdale State (L 5-2)

Adrian College (L 9-0)

Alabama (Finished 14th)

Iowa State (W 4-2)

California (PA) (L 7-5)

Michigan-Flint (L 7-1)

2012 Host City: Vineland, NJ

Alabama (Finished 16th)

California (PA) (L 7-3)

Hope College (L 9-1)

Cal State Northridge (L 7-6 OT)

2010 Host City: Fort Myers, FL

Florida (Finished 12th)

College of the Canyons (L 8-3)

Saginaw Valley State (L 14-1)

Robert Morris (W 8-6)

Arkansas (Finished 13th)

Colorado (L 7-1)

Hope College (L 5-2)

Fredonia State (L 4-2)

2009 Host City: Rochester, NY

Tennessee (Finished 11th)

Hope College (L 5-3)

Colorado (W 7-6)

Dordt College (L 4-1)

Albany (W 6-5)

References

External links

American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 3

Blue Ridge Hockey Conference (BRHC) College Hockey East (CHE) Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference (DVCHC) Empire Collegiate Hockey Conference (ECHC) Indiana Collegiate Hockey Conference (ICHC) Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHC) Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHC) Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association (PCHA) Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA) Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SECHC) Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SCHC)

ACHA List of champions

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