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Super East Collegiate Hockey League

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Super East Collegiate Hockey League (SECHL)
ConferenceACHA
Founded1995
CommissionerBen Adams
Sports fielded
DivisionDivision II
No. of teams7
RegionNortheast
Most recent
champion(s)
Army Black Knights
(2023–24)
Official websiteOfficial website

The Super East Collegiate Hockey League (SECHL) is a collegiate club hockey league that plays at Division II of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) at Division II.

The SECHL is one of the top leagues competing in ACHA Division II and plays at a similar skill level to ACHA Division I and NCAA Division III. Four previous SECHL members (Rutgers University[note 1], Drexel University, Stony Brook University, and New York University) have moved their programs to the ACHA Division I level. The league is very selective in accepting members and is made up of universities that recognize the importance of ice hockey.

Format

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Marist and Siena play an SECHL playoff game in February 2024

Each team plays 12 conference games during a season against fellow SECHL teams, with one on the road and one at their home venue.

The top six teams qualify for the league playoffs which are held over the course of one weekend at the venue of the previous year's champion. All playoff games are single elimination with the winner advancing to the next round. The first and second seeds receive byes into the semifinal round while the remaining four teams play in the quarterfinals.

Current teams

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Institution City/State Nickname Primary Conference
Army[note 2] West Point, New York Black Knights Patriot League
Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Connecticut Blue Devils Northeast Conference
Clarkson University Potsdam, New York Golden Knights Eastern College Athletic Conference
Marist College Poughkeepsie, New York Red Foxes Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey Red Hawks New Jersey Athletic Conference
Sacred Heart University[note 3] Fairfield, Connecticut Pioneers Northeast Conference
Siena College Loudonville, New York Saints Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Former members

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National tournament

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In 2014, the University of New Hampshire became the first SECHL team to win an ACHA Division II national championship when it defeated Florida Gulf Coast University, 5-3.[1] UNH earned wins against Northern Arizona University and Grand Valley State University, and lost to Liberty University in pool play. In the semifinals, New Hampshire beat University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 4-0.[2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Rutgers still fields an ACHA DII hockey team in the Colonial States College Hockey Conference.
  2. ^ Army has an NCAA Division I hockey team competing in the Atlantic Hockey Association.
  3. ^ Sacred Heart has an NCAA Division I hockey team competing in the Atlantic Hockey Association.
  1. ^ Doyle, John (27 March 2014). "UNH wins first-ever club hockey championship". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ "We Are The Champions". Super East Collegiate Hockey League. 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2024.