College Hockey South (CHS), formerly known as the South Eastern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SECHC), is a non-varsity ice hockey conference in the Southern United States. The conference plays in Division 2 and Division 3 of the Collegiate Hockey Federation (CHF). The member clubs of College Hockey South are member universities of several different conferences in

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athletics. On February 11, 2022, the South Eastern Collegiate Hockey Conference rebranded as College Hockey South.

Teams

After the 2012–13 season

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

moved from the South Region of Division 3 to the Pacific Region but remained a member of the ACHA. Following the 2014–15 season, both Arkansas and

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moved up to ACHA Division 1. Alabama discontinued their participation in the SECHC in 2015, but returned to the conference in 2021. On January 2, 2023, College Hockey South announced the addition of a women's division beginning in the 2023-2024 season. The division will consist of women's teams from

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, and

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as well as the teams of

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and

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which are both currently being formalized.

Men's Division II

Men's Division III

Former members

Membership timeline

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Kennesaw State Kennesaw State University (KSU) is a public research university located in the state of Georgia with two different campuses in the Atlanta metropolitan area, one in Kennesaw and the other in Marietta on a combined of land. The school was found ...

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Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, and satellite campuses in Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, and Fort Pierce. FAU belongs to the 12-cam ...

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Conference champions

The CHS 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 was just one division within CHS and the first round of the playoffs featured the #1 seed vs the #8 seed, the #2 seed vs the #7 seed, etc.

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. Two teams,

and

along with in-state rivals

and

, as well as a Thursday game played between in-state rivals

and

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play a yearly tournament at the

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ACHA Division 3 Nationals teams

CHS has sent 13 teams to the ACHA Division 3 National Tournament. While no CHS 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

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. 2009 Host City: Rochester, NY *

(Finished 11th) :Hope College (L 3-5) :Colorado (W 7-6) :Dordt College (L 1-4) :Albany (W 6-5) 2010 Host City: Fort Myers, FL *

(Finished 12th) :College of the Canyons (L 3-8) :Saginaw Valley State (L 1-14) :Robert Morris (W 8-6) *

(Finished 13th) :Colorado (L 1-7) :Hope College (L 2-5) :Fredonia State (L 2-4) 2012 Host City: Vineland, NJ *

(Finished 16th) :California (PA) (L 3-7) :Hope College (L 1-9) :Cal State Northridge (L 6-7 ''OT'') 2013 Host City: Springfield, MO *

(Finished 13th) :Colorado State (W 2-1) :Farmingdale State (L 2-5) :Adrian College (L 0-9) *

(Finished 14th) :Iowa State (W 4-2) :California (PA) (L 5-7) :Michigan-Flint (L 1-7) 2014 Host City: Coral Springs, FL *

(Finished 7th) :Adrian College (L 3-4) :Neumann (W 14-6) :Central Florida (W 6-2) *

(Finished 15th) :California (PA) (L 2-8) :Davenport (L 2-10) :Aurora (L 3-9) 2015 Host City: Pelham, AL *

(Finished 8th) :Fairfield (W 6-2) :Calvin College (W 9-2) :Florida Gulf Coast (L 1-6) *

(Finished 9th) :Michigan State (T 4-4) :Pittsburgh-Johnstown (W 6-1) :Colorado State, (L 6-7 ''OT'') *

(Finished 15th) :Oakland (L 4-7) :California (PA) (L 3-7) :Metro State (L 1-6) 2017 Host City: Columbus, OH *

(Finished 11th) :Oakland (L 6-7) :Bryn Athyn (L 1-6) :Missouri State (W 7-3) 2018 Host City: Columbus, OH *

(Finished 11th) :Nebraska (W 5-1) :Oakland (L 4-8) :Farmingdale State (L 7-3)

References

External links

CHS official website
{{ACHA Division 3 ACHA Division 3 conferences 2008 establishments in the United States