2020-21 NESCAC Men's Season

This is the 2020-21 New England Small College Athletic Conference Men's hockey season.
On October 8th the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced the cancellation of all winter sports sponsored by the conference including the men's and women's ice hockey.https://www.uscho.com/2020/10/08/nescac-cancels-winter-sports-including-mens-womens-hockey-conference-play-for-2020-21-season/ Teams were allowed to schedule non-conference games.
==Membership Changes==
*Bowdoin College announced that their men's and women's hockey teams will not be beginning play until January 1, 2021 at the earliest citing all students not being on campus in the fall and not having the fall or winter sports teams playing during the first semester (September-December) of the 2020-21 academic year.https://www.uscho.com/2020/06/22/bowdoin-announces-no-mens-womens-hockey-for-2020-21-season/
==Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Amherst Mammoths 	Amherst, Massachusetts 	Orr Rink
Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Brunswick, Maine 	Sidney J. Watson Arena
Colby Mules 	Waterville, Maine 	Alfond Rink
Connecticut College Camels	New London, Connecticut 	Dayton Arena
Hamilton Continentals 	Clinton, New York 	Russell Sage Rink
Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury, Vermont 	Chip Kenyon '85 Arena
Trinity Bantams 	Hartford, Connecticut 	Koeppel Community Sports Center
Tufts Jumbos 	Medford, Massachusetts 	Malden Valley Forum
Wesleyan Cardinals 	Middletown, Connecticut 	Spurrier-Snyder Rink
Williams Ephs 	Williamstown, Massachusetts	Lansing Chapman Rink
==Standings==
To be added upon completion of the season
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
The tournament is single elimination format. The top 8 teams qualify for the tournament. The quarterfinal round matches up 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5. The teams are re-seeded for the semifinals with the top seed playing the bottom seed and the other two teams pairing off. The semifinal winners meet for the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
==References==
Category:2021 in ice hockey
Category:NESCAC Seasons