2018-19 UCHC Men's Season

This is the 2018-19 United Collegiate Hockey Conference men's season. This is the conference's second season.
==Automatic Tournament Bid Request==
The conference had requested a waiver on the NCAA policy of a two year wait on the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for new conferences by including the first year of the conference as the former ECAC West Conference. At the June 19-20, 2017 meeting the NCAA Division III Championships Committee did not approve a request from the United Collegiate Hockey Conference to waive the first year of the two-year waiting period to receive automatic qualification. The committee was not comfortable with giving a year of credit to a conference that was not yet active (the conference will be active in 2017-18) and whose members were previously part of a conference that was not eligible for automatic qualification.
==Membership Changes==
*Wilkes University announced on November 9, 2016 that they were delaying the start of play for the men's hockey team until 2018-19 due to the head coach they had hired (Michael Young) deciding to remain as the head coach of the Westfield State Owls. the school felt it would be in the best interest to delay the start to have time to hire a new head coach and give them a full recruiting cycle to develop a roster for the 2018-19 season.
==Membership==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Chatham Cougars 	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 	Alpha Ice Complex
Elmira Soaring Eagles 	Elmira, New York 	Murray Athletic Center Arena
Kings College Monarchs 	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 	Revolution Ice Centre
Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen	Annville, Pennsylvania 	Hersheypark Arena
Manhattanville Valiants 	Purchase, New York 	Playland Ice Casino (Rye, NY)
Nazareth Golden Flyers 	Pittsford, New York 	Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex
Neumann Knights 	Aston, Pennsylvania 	IceWorks Skating Complex
Stevenson Mustangs 	Stevenson, Maryland &Owings Mills, Maryland	Reisterstown Sportsplex
Utica Pioneers 	Utica, New York 	Utica Memorial Auditorium
Wilkes University Colonels 	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 	Toyota SportsPlex
==Standings==
United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey Conference	United Collegiate Hockey 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
Utica Pioneers 	18 	14 	3 	1 	85 	29 	44 	29 	20 	7 	2 	119 	55
Elmira Soaring Eagles 	18 	12 	4 	2 	76 	55 	38 	27 	14 	9 	4 	96 	89
Manhattanville Valiants 	18 	11 	4 	3 	78 	54 	37 	32 	18 	9 	5 	125 	98
Wilkes University Colonels 	18 	11 	5 	2 	64 	51 	37 	26 	16 	8 	2 	96 	76
Nazareth Golden Flyers 	18 	8 	5 	5 	54 	45 	30 	28 	12 	9 	7 	82 	68
Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen 	18 	7 	9 	2 	67 	77 	24 	26 	9 	15 	2 	87 	112
Neumann Knights 	18 	5 	9 	4 	62 	59 	23 	25 	6 	15 	4 	77 	89
Stevenson Mustangs 	18 	7 	11 	0 	53 	56 	21 	25 	10 	15 	0 	61 	73
Chatham Cougars 	18 	4 	13 	1 	46 	84 	13 	25 	6 	17 	2 	65 	102
Kings College Monarchs 	18 	1 	17 	0 	24 	99 	3 	25 	1 	24 	0 	30 	131
===Point System for Conference Games===
For the 2018-19 season the NCAA allowed conferences to determine their conference games by playing 3-on-3 overtime or shootout. The UCHC adopted the following point system.
*3 points for a regulation or 5-on-5 overtime win.
*2 points for a 3-on-3 overtime or shootout win, this is recorded as a tie for NCAA purposes.
*1 point for a 3-on-3 overtime or shootout loss, this is recorded as a tie for NCAA purposes.
*0 points for a regulation or 5-on-5 overtime loss.
==Conference Tournament==
The top six teams qualify for the tournament with the 3rd and 4th seeds hosting the 6th and 5th seeds respectively in single elimination the quarterfinals. The 1st seed hosts the lower seeded quarterfinal winner and the 2nd seed hosts the higher seeded quarterfinal winner in the first to three point with mini-game semifinal. The semifinal winners meet for the conference championship in another first to three point with mini-game series.
===Quarterfinals===
*Manhattanville Valiants defeated Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen 5-2
*Nazareth Golden Flyers defeated Wilkes University Colonels 5-2
===Semifinals===
*Utica Pioneers defeated Nazareth Golden Flyers 4 points to none (2-1, 3-2 OT)
*Manhattanville Valiants defeated Elmira Soaring Eagles 3 points to 2 (2-2 OT, 2-2 OT, 2-1 mini game)
===Final===
*Manhattanville Valiants defeated Utica Pioneers 2 games to 1 (2-5, 4-3, 2-1 mini game)
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