Eastern Collegiate Hockey League
| Eastern Collegiate Hockey League | |
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| ECHL | |
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| Dissolved | 2012 |
| Association | ACHA |
| Division | Division I |
| Members | 7 |
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| Region | East Coast |
| Headquarters | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Commissioner | William Shannon |
| Website | ECHL.com |
Not to be confused with the ECHL, a professional minor league hockey league in the United States.
The Eastern Collegiate Hockey League was an ACHA Division I club hockey league that consisted of teams in the Northeast United States. The league consisted of 6 teams from schools in New York and Pennsylvania.
The ECHL's had seven member teams that played a 10-game regular season conference schedule. The season concluded with the post-season ECHL Tournament. An automatic bid to the ACHA National Championship Tournament was awarded to the winner of the regular season.
Note: Canisius, Mercyhurst, Niagara, RIT, and Robert Morris all have NCAA Division I hockey teams competing in Atlantic Hockey.
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