Northeast Collegiate Hockey League

The Northeast Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I Hockey League consisting of 6 teams in the Northeastern part of the USA.
==Format==
Teams play a 15 game league schedule, playing each of the other 5 teams twice. At the conclusion of the regular season the league holds a post season tournament. An Automatic bid to the ACHA Men's Division I National Championship Tournament is awarded to the winner of the post season tournament.
==Membership==
School 	Location 	Founded	Affiliation 	Enrollment	Nickname 	Primary conference
University at Buffalo 	Buffalo, New York 	1846 	Public 	28,192 	Bulls 	Mid-American Conference (D-I)
Canisius College 	Buffalo, New York 	1870 	Private/Roman Catholic	5,152 	Golden Griffins	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (D-I)
Niagara University 	Lewiston, New York 	1856 	Private/Catholic 	3,746 	Purple Eagles 	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (D-I)
Rochester Institute of Technology	Henrietta, New York 	1829 	Private/Non-sectarian 	13,861 	Tigers 	Empire 8 (D-III)
Rutgers University 	New Brunswick, New Jersey	1766 	Public 	67,556 	Scarlet Knights	Big Ten Conference (D-I)
SUNY Oswego 	Oswego, New York 	1861 	Public 	8,909 	Lakers 	SUNYAC (D-III)
Note: Canisius, Niagara, and RIT also field NCAA Division I hockey teams, SUNY - Oswego also fields NCAA Division III.
===Former Members===
Binghamton University, moved to the UNYCHL
Syracuse University, moved to the ESCHL
Ithaca College, moved to the UNYCHL
===Conference Arenas===
School 	Hockey Arena 	Capacity
Buffalo 	Northtown Center 	1,800
Canisius 	LECOM Harborcenter 	1,900
Niagara 	Dwyer Arena 	2,300
RIT 	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena	2,100
Rutgers 	ProSkate Ice Arena 	1,500
SUNY - Oswego	Campus Center Ice Arena 	2,500
==References==
==External links==
* NECHL site
==See also==
*American Collegiate Hockey Association 
*List of ice hockey leagues
Category:ACHA Division 1 conferences
Category:Established in 2007