ECAC Northeast
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| Eastern College Athletic Conference - Northeast (ECAC Northeast) | |
| Established: unknown | |
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| NCAA | Division III |
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| Members | 17 |
| Sports fielded | Ice hockey (men's: yes; women's: no) |
| Region | Massachusetts Rhode Island and New Hampshire |
| Headquarters | Centerville, MA |
| Commissioner | Rudy Keeling |
| Website | http://www.ecacsports.com/dIII_hockey/ |
ECAC Northeast is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.
There is no women's ECAC Northeast division. Most ECAC Northeast schools do not have women's teams; the two (soon to be three) that do play in the ECAC East.
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There are currently 17 member schools, with an eighteenth joining for the 2008-09 season.
| Institution | Location | Nickname | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Joined | Championships | Women's Conference | Primary Conference |
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| Assumption College | Worcester, Massachusetts | Greyhounds | 1904 | Private (Catholic) | 2,150 | N/A | Northeast Ten Conference (D-II) | ||
| Becker College | Worcester, Massachusetts | Hawks | 1784 | Private | N/A | North Atlantic Conference | |||
| Curry College | Milton, Massachusetts | Colonels | 1879 | Private | 2,000 | N/A | Commonwealth Coast Conference | ||
| Fitchburg State College | Fitchburg, Massachusetts | Falcons | 1894 | Public | 3,522 | N/A | MSCAC | ||
| Framingham State College | Framingham, Massachusetts | Rams | 1839 | Public | 3,892 | N/A | MSCAC | ||
| Franklin Pierce College | Rindge, New Hampshire | Ravens | 1962 | Private | 1,608 | N/A | Northeast Ten Conference (D-II) | ||
| Johnson and Wales University | Providence, Rhode Island | Wildcats | 1914 | Private | 16,095 | N/A | Great Northeast Athletic Conference | ||
| Nichols College | Dudley, Massachusetts | Bison | 1815 | Private | 1,459 | ECAC East | Commonwealth Coast Conference | ||
| Plymouth State University | Plymouth, New Hampshire | Panthers | 1871 | Public | 4,192 | ECAC East | Little East Conference | ||
| Salve Regina University | Newport, Rhode Island | Seahawks | 1934 | Private (Catholic) | 2,100 | ECAC East | Commonwealth Coast Conference | ||
| Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester, New Hampshire | Penmen | 1932 | Private | 1,900 | N/A | Northeast Ten Conference (D-II) | ||
| Stonehill College | North Easton, Massachusetts | Skyhawks | 1948 | Private (Catholic) | 2,371 | N/A | Northeast Ten Conference (D-II) | ||
| Suffolk University | Boston, Massachusetts | Rams | 1906 | Private | 5,196 | N/A | Great Northeast Athletic Conference | ||
| University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Dartmouth, Massachusetts | Corsairs | 1895 | Public | 6,535 | N/A | Little East Conference | ||
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston, Massachusetts | Leopards | 1904 | Private | 3,000 | N/A | Commonwealth Coast Conference | ||
| Western New England College | Springfield, Massachusetts | Golden Bears | 1919 | Private | 2,813 | N/A | Commonwealth Coast Conference | ||
| Westfield State College | Westfield, Massachusetts | Owls | 1838 | Public | 4,488 | 2008 | 0 | N/A | MSCAC |
| Worcester State College | Worcester, Massachusetts | Lancers | 1874 | Public | 4,665 | N/A | MSCAC |
Assumption, Franklin Pierce, Southern New Hampshire, and Stonehill are Division II schools; they are not allowed to participate in the ECAC Northeast playoffs, nor are they eligible for the Division III national tournament. However, their primary conference, the D-II Northeast Ten Conference, sponsors a post-season tournament involving the six member schools that play down to the Division III level in men's hockey. (The other two teams play in the ECAC East.) These four teams are thus considered to be members of both the ECAC Northeast and the Northeast Ten in men's hockey.
