New York Collegiate Hockey Association

The New York Collegiate Hockey Association was an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's College Division. The league was created in 1977 between 6 then-existing SUNYAC schools as well as Buffalo and Elmira.[1]

New York Collegiate Hockey Association
NYCHA
Established1977
Dissolved1986
AssociationNCAA
DivisionDivision II, Division III
Members10 (final season)
Sports fielded
RegionNew York
Locations

History

With the NCAA instituting a Division II Championship beginning with the 1977–78 season 8 upstate New York schools formed the NYCHA to have a better chance at securing one of the bids. So as to not lose those member schools, ECAC 2 began holding two separate conference tournaments the same year, (East and West), allowing those 6 teams to compete with other established division II schools for an NCAA bid. Plattsburgh State left the conference in 1981 and was replaced by RIT. The Conference added Canisius and Hobart over each of the succeeding two seasons but by 1986 the effort to keep the conference as a separate entity stopped and the NYCHA was dissolved.[2]

For the duration of the conference all teams played one another twice during the season in conference games.

Member schools
Location Athletic nickname Enrollment# Colors Founded Joined Left Succeeding Conference Current Conference†
State University of New York at Brockport Brockport, New York Golden Eagles 8,275           1867 1977 1986 ECAC West SUNYAC
University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York Bulls 30,648           1846 1977 1986 ECAC West Dropped Program
Canisius College Buffalo, New York Ice Griffs[a 1] 3,464           1870 1982 1986 ECAC West Atlantic Hockey
State University of New York College at Cortland Cortland, New York Red Dragons 7,234           1868 1977 1986 ECAC West SUNYAC
Elmira College Elmira, New York Soaring Eagles 1,170           1855 1977 1986 ECAC West UCHC
State University of New York at Geneseo Geneseo, New York Knights 5,585           1871 1977 1986 ECAC West SUNYAC
Hobart College Geneva, New York Statesmen 2,237           1822 1983 1986 ECAC West NEHC
State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, New York Lakers 8,909           1861 1977 1986 ECAC West SUNYAC
State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, New York Cardinals 6,358           1889 1977 1981 ECAC 2 SUNYAC
State University of New York at Potsdam Potsdam, New York Bears 4,325           1816 1977 1986 ECAC West SUNYAC
Rochester Institute of Technology Henrietta, New York Tigers 16,842           1829 1981 1986 ECAC West Atlantic Hockey

# enrollment in 2018
† as of 2018

  1. Canisius changed their nickname to 'Golden Griffins' in 2001.

Membership timeline
Hobart and William Smith CollegesCanisius CollegeRochester Institute of TechnologyState University of New York at PotsdamState University of New York at OswegoState University of New York at GeneseoUniversity at BuffaloState University of New York at Plattsburgh

See also

References
  1. "Plattsburgh Ice Hockey Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Plattsburgh Cardinals. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  2. "Elmira Men's Hockey 2016-17 Media Guide". Elmira Soaring Eagles. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
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