Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference

The Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference or MCHC is an ACHA Division 3 league made up of smaller colleges, universities, and community colleges in the Northeast United States. The league was originally formed in 1967-68 as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Hockey League (MIHL), and subsequently renamed the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference beginning with the 1974-75 season.

Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference
Established1974
Members7
SportACHA Division 3 club hockey
RegionNortheast
States3 - New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
HeadquartersNew Paltz, New York
PresidentAndrew Mola

Format

Teams play a 12-game league schedule with the top four teams advancing to the MCHC playoffs at the end of the regular season held during President's Day weekend in February.

Current Teams
School Location Founded Affiliation Nickname Colors
St. Thomas Aquinas College Rockland County, NY 1952 Private/Dominican Spartans          
Columbia University Manhattan, NY 1754 Ivy League Lions          
Suffolk County Community College Long Island, NY 1959 Community College Sharks          
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 1870 Private/Non-sectarian Ducks          
US Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY 1943 United States service academies Mariners          
SUNY Maritime Bronx, NY 1938 Public College Privateers          
Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT 1903 Public University Colonials          

Former Teams
School Location Founded Affiliation Nickname Colors
Fordham University Bronx, NY 1841 Private/Jesuit Rams          
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 1935 Private/Non-sectarian Pride          

Conference Champions

See also
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