The Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) is a collegiate hockey conference at the
American Collegiate Hockey Association
The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college ice hockey association. The ACHA's purpose is to be an organization of collegiate affiliated non-varsity programs, which provides structure, regulates operations, and promotes qualit ...
(ACHA) Division I level. The league was created in 2017 and is made up of seven teams located in the
Northeast
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and
Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
As of 2022, the ESCHL consists o
Liberty UniversityStony Brook UniversityDrexel UniversitySyracuse UniversityUniversity of Rhode IslandUniversity of Delaware
an
New York University
All schools, except for New York University, compete primarily at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 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. 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.
Membership
Previous members
* Navy - 2007–2010, now in ECHA
* Scranton - 2007–2008, now in CSCHC
*Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University
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- 2007–2011, now NCAA Division I
* Robert Morris - 2010–2012, now in CHMA
* Rutgers - 2012–2018, now in NECHL
Conference arenas
List of Championship Games
See also
* American Collegiate Hockey Association
The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college ice hockey association. The ACHA's purpose is to be an organization of collegiate affiliated non-varsity programs, which provides structure, regulates operations, and promotes qualit ...
* List of ice hockey leagues
This is a list of ice hockey leagues, both professional and amateur, from around the world; parentheses denote year of establishment and, where applicable, year of disestablishment.
North America Major professional
* National Hockey League (1917 ...
References
External links
ESCHL Site
{{ACHA Division I
ACHA Division 1 conferences
2007 establishments in the United States