2022-23 CCC Women's Season

This is the 2022-23 Commonwealth Coast Conference Women's hockey season. This is the conference's second season of actual play after being previously known as the Colonial Hockey Conference and then being forced to cancel the 2020-21 season.
==Membership Changes==
*None for 2022-23.
*On December 8, 2022 the New England Hockey Conference announced that the Johnson and Wales Wildcats women's ice hockey team (and the men's team as well) will be leaving the conference to join the Commonwealth Coast Conference as early as the 2024-25 season.https://www.uscho.com/2022/12/09/johnson-and-wales-mens-womens-hockey-teams-leaving-nehc-to-join-ccc-as-early-as-2024-25-season/
*On March 30, 2023 the New England Hockey Conference announced the addition of the the Salve Regina Seahawks men's ice hockey team and the Salve Regina Seahawks women's ice hockey team to the conference for the 2024-25 playing season. Both teams presently compete in the Commonwealth Coast Conferencehttps://www.uscho.com/2023/03/30/salve-regina-mens-womens-hockey-teams-to-join-nehc-starting-with-2024-25-season/
==League members==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Curry Colonels 	Milton, Massachusetts 	Canton Ice House
Endicott Gulls 	Beverly, Massachusetts 	Raymond J Bourque Arena
University of New England Nor'Easters	Biddeford, Maine 	Harold Alfond Forum
Nichols Bison 	Dudley, Massachusetts 	Levy Rink
Salve Regina Seahawks 	Newport, Rhode Island 	St. George's School Ice Rink
Suffolk Rams 	Boston, Massachusetts 	Porrazzo Memorial Rink
Western New England Golden Bears 	Springfield, Massachusetts	Olympia Ice Center
==Standings==
Points awarded as follows: 3 points for a regulation win (RW), 2 points for an overtime win (OW), 1.5 points for a tie (T), 1 point for an overtime loss (OL), 0 points for a regulation loss (L)
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Team 	GP 	RW 	OW 	T 	OL 	L 	GF 	GA	Pts
Suffolk Rams 	18 	12 	2 	2 	1 	1 	81 	38	44
Endicott Gulls 	18 	12 	2 	0 	3 	1 	82 	48	43
Western New England Golden Bears	18 	6 	4 	2 	0 	6 	57 	46	29
UNE Nor'Easters 	18 	7 	0 	2 	4 	5 	50 	64	28
Curry Colonels 	18 	5 	0 	2 	0 	11 	37 	71	18
Salve Regina Seahawks 	18 	3 	3 	0 	1 	11 	42 	52	16
Nichols Bison 	18 	2 	1 	0 	3 	12 	40 	79	11
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
Single elimination tournament. The fourth place team hosts the fifth place team in the first round. The winner then place the first place team while the second and third place teams meet in the semifinals. The semifinal winners meet for the conference championship. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===First Round===
*UNE Nor'Easters defeated Curry Colonels 3-0
===Semifinals===
*Suffolk Rams defeated UNE Nor'Easters 6-0
*Endicott Gulls defeated Western New England Golden Bears 2-0
===Final===
*Suffolk Rams defeated Endicott Gulls 2-1
The Suffolk Rams advance to the 2023 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
==References==
Category:2023 in hockey
Category:Commonwealth Coast Conference