Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference

The Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference or MCHC is an ACHA Division 3 league made up of smaller colleges, universities, and community colleges in the Northeast United States. The league was originally formed in 1967-68 as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Hockey League (MIHL). After a league name change to the BSMIHL (Bi-State Metropolitan Intercollegiate Hockey League) for the 1975-76 season, the league changed its name to its current moniker at the start of the 1976-77 season.

Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference
Established1976
Members8
Affiliate Members1
SportACHA Division 3 club hockey
RegionNortheast
States3 - New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
HeadquartersNew Paltz, New York
PresidentAndrew Mola
MCHC

Format

Teams play a 14-game league schedule with the top four teams advancing to the MCHC playoffs at the end of the regular season held during President's Day weekend in February.

Current Teams

SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameColors
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ1881PublicHighlanders   
St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeRockland County, NY1952Private/DominicanSpartans   
Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ1870Private/Non-sectarianDucks   
US Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point, NY1943United States service academiesMariners   
SUNY MaritimeBronx, NY1938Public CollegePrivateers   
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT1963Private/CatholicPioneers   
Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, CT1903Public UniversityColonials   
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT1701Ivy LeagueBulldogs   

Affiliate Teams

SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameColors
Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY1886PrivateTBDTBD

Former Teams

SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameColors
Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY1896PrivatePanthers   
University at AlbanyAlbany, NY1844PublicGreat Danes   
Binghamton UniversityBinghamton, NY1946PublicBearcats   
Briarcliffe CollegeBethpage, NY1966 (Closed 2018)PrivateBulldogs   
University of BridgeportBridgeport, CT1927PrivatePurple Knights   
Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY1930PublicBulldogs (formerly Kingsmen)   
Columbia UniversityManhattan, NY1754Ivy LeagueLions   
Cook CollegeNorth Brunswick, NJ1862PublicAggies   
City College of New YorkNew York, NY1847PublicBeavers   
County College of MorrisRandolph, NJ1968PublicTitans   
Delaware County Community CollegeMarple Township, PA1967PublicPhantoms   
Fairfield UniversityFairfield, CT1942Private/CatholicStags   
Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityTeaneck, NJ1942PrivateKnights   
Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, NY1912Public CollegeRams   
Fordham UniversityBronx, NY1841Private/JesuitRams   
University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT1957PrivateHawks   
Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY1935PrivatePride   
Iona CollegeNew Rochelle, NY1940Private/CatholicGaels   
John Jay CollegeNew York, NY1964PublicBloodhounds   
Kean UniversityUnion, NJ1855PublicCougars   
Lehman CollegeBronx, NY1967PublicLightning   
LIU PostBrookville, NY1954PrivateSharks (formerly Pioneers)   
Manhattan CollegeRiverdale, NY1853Private/CatholicJaspers   
Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY1929PrivateRed Foxes   
Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, NJ1933PrivateHawks   
Montclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ1908PublicRed Hawks   
Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, NY1959PublicLions   
New York Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY1955PrivateBears   
SUNY New PaltzNew Paltz, NY1828PublicHawks   
New York UniversityNew York, NY1831PrivateViolets   
Ocean County CollegeToms River, NJ1964PublicVikings   
Pace UniversityNew York, NY1906PrivateSetters   
Queens CollegeQueens, NY1937PublicKnights   
Ramapo CollegeMahwah, NJ1969PublicRoadrunners   
Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, NJ1965PublicGolden Lions   
Rider UniversityLawrenceville, NJ1865PrivateBroncs   
Rockland Community CollegeSuffern, NY1959PublicFighting Hawks   
Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, NJ1766PublicScarlet Knights   
St. Francis CollegeBrooklyn Heights, NY1859Private/CatholicTerriers   
St. John's UniversityQueens, NY1870Private/CatholicRed Storm   
The College of St. RoseAlbany, NY1920Private/CatholicGolden Knights   
Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ1856Private/CatholicPirates   
Siena CollegeLoudonville, NY1937Private/CatholicSaints   
Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, NY1922PrivateThoroughbreds   
Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, CT1893PublicOwls   
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY1957PublicSeawolves   
Suffolk County Community CollegeLong Island, NY1959Community CollegeSharks   
Union CollegeSchenectady, NY1795PrivateDutchmen   
Upsala CollegeEast Orange, NJ1893 (Closed 1995)PrivateVikings   
Wagner CollegeStaten Island, NY1883PrivateSeahawks   
William Paterson UniversityWayne, NJ1855PublicPioneers   

Conference Champions

See also