ECAC West

Eastern College Athletic Conference - West (ECAC West)

Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	12
Sports fielded	Ice hockey (men's: 6 teams; women's: 10 teams)
Region	New York and Pennsylvania
Headquarters	Danbury, Connecticut
Commissioner	Rudy Keeling
Website	Men: http://www.ecacsports.com/index.aspx?path=mhockey_mwest Women: http://www.ecacsports.com/index.aspx?path=whockey
Locations

ECAC West was a college athletic conference which operated in the northeastern United States until 2017. It participated in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference. The conference ceased to exist after the end of the 2016-2017 season, as all teams, excluding Hobart College will join the newly-formed United Collegiate Hockey Conference. Hobart will join the New England Hockey Conference.

Members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Undergraduate enrollment	Joined	Men's championships	Women's championships	Primary Conference
Buffalo State College	Buffalo, New York	Bengals	1871	Public	9,000	2001	Plays in SUNYAC		SUNYAC
Chatham University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Cougars	1869	Private	1,900	2002	N/A		Presidents' Athletic Conference
SUNY Cortland	Cortland, New York	Red Dragons	1868	Public	5,987	2001	Plays in SUNYAC		SUNYAC
Elmira College	Elmira, New York	Soaring Eagles	1855	Private	1,170	1974	1978, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2011	2008, 2009, 2010	Empire 8
Hobart College	Geneva, New York	Statesmen	1822	Private (Men's)	2,110*	1978	2004, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017	N/A	Liberty League
Lebanon Valley College	Annville, Pennsylvania	Flying Dutchmen	1866	Private (United Methodist)	1,600	2004, 2016		Plays independent schedule	MAC Commonwealth
Manhattanville College	Purchase, New York	Valiants	1841	Private	1,700	1999	2005, 2007, 2008, 2010	Plays in ECAC East	Middle Atlantic Corporation
Nazareth College	Pittsford, New York	Golden Flyers	1924	Private	2,167	2012		N/A	Empire 8
Neumann University	Aston, Pennsylvania	Knights	1965	Private (Roman Catholic)	3,000	2001	2009		Colonial States Athletic Conference
SUNY Oswego	Oswego, New York	Lakers	1891	Public	8,300	2006	Plays in SUNYAC		SUNYAC
SUNY Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh, New York	Cardinals	1889	Public	5,567	2001	Plays in SUNYAC		SUNYAC
SUNY Potsdam	Potsdam, New York	Bears	1816	Public	3,507	2008	Plays in SUNYAC		SUNYAC
Utica College	Utica, New York	Pioneers	1946	Private	2,429	2001			Empire 8
William Smith College	Geneva, New York	Herons	1908	Private (Women's)	2,110*	2014	N/A		Liberty League

* – Hobart's and William Smith's enrollment figures are for the combined Colleges of the Seneca

Former members

Lebanon Valley College (2010–2016, ACHA Division I).^[1]
Mercyhurst College (men: Atlantic Hockey (D-I); women: College Hockey America (D-I))
Union College (ECAC Hockey (D-I))
Rochester Institute of Technology (men: 2005, Atlantic Hockey (D-I); women: 2012, CHA (D-I))
- Men's league championships: 1984, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002; NCAA Championships: 1983 (D-II), 1985
- Women's league championships: 2011, 2012; NCAA Championship: 2012

References

↑ http://godutchmen.com/news/2010/2/23/IH_0223105619.aspx

External links

NCAA Division III hockey conferences
Men	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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