2016-17 NESCAC Women's Season

This is the 2016-17 New England Small College Athletic Conference Women's hockey season.
==Membership Changes==
none, but Amherst College had announced that it was abandoning its nickname the "Lord Jeffs".  The nickname had become a source of division within the campus community as Lord Jefferson Amherst was a British general who openly supported giving the Native American poplulation blankets infested with smallpox during the French and Indian War. The school's teams are presently playing without a nickname.
==Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Amherst College 	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
Wesleyan Cardinals 	Middletown, Connecticut 	Spurrier-Snyder Rink
Williams Ephs 	Williamstown, Massachusetts	Lansing Chapman Rink
==Standings==
New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	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
Middlebury Panthers 	16 	11 	4 	1 	42 	21 	23 	28 	19 	7 	2 	80 	42
Connecticut College Camels 	16 	10 	5 	1 	34 	16 	21 	26 	15 	8 	3 	62 	31
Hamilton Continentals 	16 	9 	5 	2 	28 	19 	20 	25 	14 	8 	3 	48 	32
Trinity Bantams 	16 	8 	6 	2 	22 	21 	18 	25 	9 	13 	3 	30 	44
Amherst College 	16 	6 	5 	5 	38 	25 	17 	27 	14 	8 	5 	64 	39
Bowdoin Polar Bears 	16 	7 	6 	3 	27 	23 	17 	26 	13 	9 	4 	47 	43
Williams Ephs 	16 	7 	7 	2 	30 	36 	16 	25 	10 	13 	2 	51 	62
Wesleyan Cardinals 	16 	4 	9 	3 	22 	27 	11 	24 	7 	12 	5 	41 	48
Colby Mules 	16 	0 	15 	1 	11 	66 	1 	24 	2 	19 	3 	33 	92
==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 2017 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Quarterfinals===
*Middlebury Panthers defeated Wesleyan Cardinals 4-1
*Connecticut College Camels defeated Williams Ephs 5-2
*Bowdoin Polar Bears defeated Hamilton Continentals 1-0 (ot)
* Amherst College defeated Trinity Bantams 2-0
===Semifinals===
*Middlebury Panthers vs Bowdoin Polar Bears 4-1
*Amherst College defeated Connecticut College Camels 2-0
===Final===
*Middlebury Panthers defeated Amherst College 4-1
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