Northeast Women's Hockey League

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Northeast Women's Hockey League
Locations
Association	NCAA
Founded	2017
Ceased	2023 (absorbed by State University of New York Athletic Conference)
Sports fielded	Ice hockey women's: 1
Division	Division III
No. of teams	7
Headquarters	Syracuse, New York
Region	New York
Official website	NEWHL homepage

The Northeast Women's Hockey League was an NCAA Division III women's ice hockey conference. The conference was formed in 2017 when the ECAC West collapsed and the women's ice hockey programs of the five schools whose primary conference was the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) banded together to form the NEWHL. While SUNYAC supports men's ice hockey, only five of the ten member schools sponsor women's ice hockey. The conference announced that it would cease operations and would be absorbed by SUNYAC starting in 2023-24 season.^[1]

Members

The NEWHL was formed by five schools in 2017 and was joined by two more beginning with the 2019–20 season. Because seven teams is the minimum requirement for a conference to receive an automatic bid for the NCAA Championship Tournament, the stability of the NEWHL was greatly strengthened with the additions.^[2]

Final members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined
Buffalo State College	Buffalo, New York	Bengals	1871	Public	11,224	2017
Morrisville State College	Morrisville, New York	Mustangs	1908	Public	3,200	2019
State University of New York at Canton	Canton, New York	Roos	1906	Public	3,550	2019
State University of New York at Cortland	Cortland, New York	Red Dragons	1868	Public	7,234	2017
State University of New York at Oswego	Oswego, New York	Lakers	1861	Public	8,909	2017
State University of New York at Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh, New York	Cardinals	1889	Public	6,358	2017
State University of New York at Potsdam	Potsdam, New York	Bears	1816	Public	4,325	2017

Membership timeline

References

^ "SUNYAC adds women's ice hockey, admits Canton in men's ice hockey". 12 May 2023.
^ "Morrisville, Canton will join NEWHL in 2019-20". NEWHL. November 2, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

External links

NEWHL homepage

v t e NCAA Division III ice hockey conferences
Men	Conference of New England Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Middle Atlantic Conferences Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Hockey Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Association State University of New York Athletic Conference United Collegiate Hockey Conference Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Independents
Women	Conference of New England Middle Atlantic Conferences Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Hockey Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Association State University of New York Athletic Conference United Collegiate Hockey Conference Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
NCAA	College ice hockey NCAA Division III Championships: Men / Women
Former	Colonial Hockey Conference ECAC West ECAC Northeast Northeast Women's Hockey League

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