Established in 1991, the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association is a hockey-only college athletic conference whose members are East Coast schools. The ECHA is part of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1.
ECHA members play each conference opponent twice, once at home and once away. In addition teams play non-league games against other ACHA member schools. At the conclusion of the regular season in February the league holds a championship tournament. At the conclusion of the ECHA championship tournament, the ECHA regular season champions receive an automatic bid to the ACHA Men's Division I National Tournament.
League Historyedit
The ECHA is currently composed of eight member institutions: George Mason, Villanova, Temple, William Paterson, The United States Naval Academy, Towson, Lehigh, and West Chester. The 2012/2013, 2013/2014, and 2015/2016 regular season titles were won by Navy; they also won the postseason tournament in 2013.
Previous members include Lebanon Valley College who ended ECHA competition with the 2012 season. In the 2014/2015 season the University of Scranton folded their hockey program bringing the current number of members to 6. Also in 2014/2015 Drexel won its fifth ECHA tournament championship 10–3 against Towson, while Villanova won the regular season title. Drexel goalie Zach Kanter was named ECHA tournament MVP in 2015. In effort to maintain the conferences automatic bid to the National Championship Tournament, the ECHA welcomed Temple University beginning in 2015/2016. That same year the Naval Academy took home the regular season championship.
The ECHA tournament champion is awarded the A.J. Ruth Memorial Cup. .
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Established in 1991 the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association is a hockey only college athletic conference whose members are East Coast schools The ECHA is part of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1 Eastern Collegiate Hockey AssociationConferenceACHAFounded1991CommissionerGregg MarinariSports fieldedIce hockey men s yes women s noDivisionDivision INo of teams8HeadquartersParkton Maryland U S RegionMid Atlantic East CoastOfficial websiteECHA com Contents 1 League Format 2 League History 2 1 ECHA Championship History 3 Member Institutions 3 1 Conference arenas 4 Former members 5 External links 6 See alsoLeague Format editECHA members play each conference opponent twice once at home and once away In addition teams play non league games against other ACHA member schools At the conclusion of the regular season in February the league holds a championship tournament At the conclusion of the ECHA championship tournament the ECHA regular season champions receive an automatic bid to the ACHA Men s Division I National Tournament League History editThe ECHA is currently composed of eight member institutions George Mason Villanova Temple William Paterson The United States Naval Academy Towson Lehigh and West Chester The 2012 2013 2013 2014 and 2015 2016 regular season titles were won by Navy they also won the postseason tournament in 2013 Previous members include Lebanon Valley College who ended ECHA competition with the 2012 season In the 2014 2015 season the University of Scranton folded their hockey program bringing the current number of members to 6 Also in 2014 2015 Drexel won its fifth ECHA tournament championship 10 3 against Towson while Villanova won the regular season title Drexel goalie Zach Kanter was named ECHA tournament MVP in 2015 In effort to maintain the conferences automatic bid to the National Championship Tournament the ECHA welcomed Temple University beginning in 2015 2016 That same year the Naval Academy took home the regular season championship The ECHA tournament champion is awarded the A J Ruth Memorial Cup ECHA Championship History edit Year Regular Season Champion Tournament Champion 1994 1995 Delaware Towson State 1995 1996 Towson State 1999 2000 Towson 2000 2001 Drexel 2001 2002 Rhode Island 2002 2003 Towson 2004 2005 Drexel 2011 12 Drexel Drexel 2012 13 Navy Towson 2013 14 Navy Navy 2014 15 Villanova Drexel 2015 16 Navy Navy 2016 17 Drexel Drexel 2017 18 Drexel Drexel 2018 19 Drexel West Chester 2019 20 Drexel Drexel 2020 21 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 2021 22 Navy Navy 2022 23 Navy West Chester 2023 24 West Chester LehighMember Institutions editSchool Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Primary conference Lehigh University Bethlehem PA 1865 Private Non sectarian 6 956 Mountain Hawks Patriot League D I George Mason University Fairfax VA 1949 Public 26 515 Patriots Atlantic Ten Conference D I Towson University Towson MD 1866 Public 19 758 Tigers Colonial Athletic Association D I Villanova University Villanova PA 1842 Private Catholic 9 535 Wildcats Big East Conference D I United States Naval Academy Annapolis MD 1845 Public Federal 4 000 Midshipmen Patriot League D I Temple University Philadelphia PA 1884 Public 37 788 Owls American Athletic Conference D I William Paterson University Wayne NJ 1855 Public 5 298 Pioneers New Jersey Athletic Conference D III West Chester University West Chester PA 1871 Public 14 712 Golden Rams Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference D II Conference arenas edit School Hockey Arena Location Capacity Lehigh Steel Ice Center Bethlehem PA 1 000 Navy McMullen Hockey Arena Annapolis MD 1 000 expandable to 3 000 William Paterson Ice Vault Arena Wayne NJ 600 Towson Ice World Abingdon MD 1 000 Villanova Hatfield Ice World Hatfield PA N A Temple Northeast Skate Zone Philadelphia PA N A George Mason Prince William Ice Center Dale City VA N A West Chester Ice Line West Chester PA 500Former members editSchool Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Last year competed in ECHA Current Conference Penn State Berks Spring Township PA 1958 Public 2 800 Nittany Lions 2020 CSCHC ACHA D2 Drexel University Philadelphia PA 1891 Private Non sectarian 17 000 Dragons 2020 ESCHL University of Scranton Scranton PA 1888 Private 6 034 Royals 2013 CSCHC ACHA D2 Lebanon Valley College Annville PA 1866 Private 1 600 Flying Dutchmen 2012 ESCHL University of Rhode Island Kingston RI 1892 Public 15 800 Rams 2007 ESCHL Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ 1766 Public 65 000 Scarlet Knights 2007 NECHL West Virginia University Morgantown WV 1867 Public 29 466 Mountaineers 2006 CHMA Duquesne University Pittsburgh PA 1878 Public 10 364 Dukes 2006 CHMAExternal links editOfficial ECHA SiteSee also editAmerican Collegiate Hockey Association List of ice hockey leagues nbsp This ice hockey league article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article related to sports in Maryland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding 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