The United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) is a

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which operates in

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, New York, and

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in the eastern United States. It participates in

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as a

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-only conference. The conference was announced in 2016 as an association of 10 schools and league play began for the 2017–18 academic year, with nine each playing in the men's and women's divisions. The majority of the member schools were previously members of the now-defunct

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hockey conference.

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was also announced as a future member for both the men's and women's divisions for the start of the 2018–19 academic year, the same time when charter men's member Nazareth College began varsity women's play in the UCHC. The following season, Alvernia University joined for its first season of varsity women's play. A more recent change to conference membership came in July 2021 with the launch of new varsity men's and women's programs by

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. The most recent change came in 2022–23 when Alvernia added a newly launched men's team to its existing UCHC membership. Currently, William Smith College is the only UCHC member that competes solely in the women's division. The league did not have an automatic bid to the

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or the

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for the 2017–18 season but the Men's league gained the bid for the 2018–19 season and the Women's league did for the 2019-20 season.

Member schools

Current members

Membership timeline

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(2017-present) bar:6 color:men from:2017 till:2018 text: Nazareth (2017-present) bar:6 color:both from:2018 till:end bar:7 color:both from:2017 till:end text: Neumann (2017-present) bar:8 color:both from:2017 till:end text: Stevenson (2017-present) bar:9 color:both from:2017 till:end text: Utica (2017-present) bar:10 color:women from:2017 till:end text: William Smith (2017-present) bar:11 color:both from:2018 till:end text: Wilkes (2018–present) bar:12 color:women from:2019 till:2022 text: Alvernia (2019–present) bar:12 color:both from:2022 till:end bar:13 color:both from:2021 till:end text: Arcadia (2021–present) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:2017 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(175,30) # tabs:(0-center) text:"UCHC Membership History"

Former members

Champions

Men

Women

Arenas

References

External links

Official web site
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