2017-18 NCAA Women's Independents

This is the 2017-18 NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III Women's Independent ice hockey teams.
The three divisions are combined for the 2017-18 season due to the following reasons:
*The two Division III Independents from 2016-17 found a home for the 2017-18 season.
*Four of the teams played in Division III Conferences for the 2016-17 season; despite one being a Division I school and three being Division II schools
*The six Division I & II Independents formed a scheduling alliance to give each team 20 games and a post season tournament for 2017-18.  This alliance will probably only last for one season and not become a formal conference as the Holy Cross Crusaders are joining Hockey East for the 2018-19 season.  The alliance would later be named the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.
*This arrangement may be extended as in October of 2017 the Anna Maria Amcats announced a Women's Division III program to begin play with the 2018-19 season.
==Changes==
*The Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen find a home in the Middle Atlantic Conferences and the United Collegiate Hockey Conference
*The Northland Lumberjills find a home in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association.
*The Franklin Pierce Ravens, Holy Cross Crusaders, St. Anselm Hawks and St. Michael's Purple Knights all become independents as a result of the New England Hockey Conference adopting a Division III only membership policy. Holy Cross is Division I in all other sports including men's ice hockey and the others are all Division II schools as members of the Northeast-10 which does not sponsor women's ice hockey.
*The Post University Eagles which have been playing as an Independent Division II women's ice hockey team has announced it will enter into a scheduling alliance for the 2017-18 season with the five other NCAA women's independent programs.
*The Sacred Heart Pioneers continue to play as a Division I Independent while joining the scheduling alliance for 2017-18.
*The new scheduling alliance will give each of the teams a 20 game schedule and a chance to have up to 5 additional non-conference games.  The alliance will also conduct a post season tournament.
==Teams==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Franklin Pierce Ravens 	Rindge, New Hampshire 	Jason Ritchie Ice Arena
Holy Cross Crusaders 	Worcester, Massachusetts	Hart Center
Post University Eagles 	Waterbury, Connecticut 	Sports Center of Connecticut
Sacred Heart Pioneers 	Fairfield, Connecticut 	Sports Center of Connecticut
St. Anselm Hawks 	Goffstown, New Hampshire	Sullivan Arena
St. Michael's Purple Knights	Colchester, Vermont 	C. Douglas Cairns Recreation Arena
==Standings==
New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
St. Anselm Hawks 	20 	15 	2 	3 	78 	18 	33 	29 	21 	4 	4 	106 	31
Holy Cross Crusaders 	20 	15 	3 	2 	97 	17 	32 	28 	16 	9 	3 	114 	50
Sacred Heart Pioneers 	20 	13 	5 	2 	73 	30 	28 	35 	27 	6 	2 	157 	46
Franklin Pierce Ravens 	20 	8 	11 	1 	71 	58 	17 	30 	16 	12 	2 	99 	76
St. Michael's Purple Knights 	20 	5 	10 	0 	29 	90 	10 	27 	5 	22 	0 	37 	111
Post University Eagles 	20 	0 	20 	0 	14 	149 	0 	31 	2 	27 	2 	30 	187
==NEWHA Open Tournament==
===Quarterfinals===
*Sacred Heart Pioneers defeated Post University Eagles 6-0
*Franklin Pierce Ravens defeated St. Michael's Purple Knights 2-1
===Semifinals===
* St. Anselm Hawks defeated Franklin Pierce Ravens 7-1
*Sacred Heart Pioneers defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 3-1
===Third Place===
*Franklin Pierce Ravens defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 4-3 (2ot)
===Final===
*St. Anselm Hawksdefeated Sacred Heart Pioneers 3-1
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