Northeast Women's Hockey League

The Northeast Women's Hockey League was an NCAA Division III women's ice hockey conference. The conference was formed in 2017 when the ECAC West collapsed and the women's ice hockey programs of the five schools whose primary conference was the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) banded together to form the NEWHL. While SUNYAC supports men's ice hockey, only five of the ten member schools sponsor women's ice hockey. The conference announced that it would cease operations and would be absorbed by SUNYAC starting in 2023-24 season.[1]

Northeast Women's Hockey League
AssociationNCAA
Founded2017
Ceased2023
(absorbed by
State University of New York Athletic Conference)
Sports fielded
    • women's: 1
DivisionDivision III
No. of teams7
HeadquartersSyracuse, New York
RegionNew York
Official websiteNEWHL homepage
Locations
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Members

The NEWHL was formed by five schools in 2017 and was joined by two more beginning with the 2019–20 season. Because seven teams is the minimum requirement for a conference to receive an automatic bid for the NCAA Championship Tournament, the stability of the NEWHL was greatly strengthened with the additions.[2]

Final members
Institution Location Nickname Founded Type Enrollment Colors Joined
Buffalo State College Buffalo, New York Bengals 1871 Public 11,224     2017
Morrisville State College Morrisville, New York Mustangs 1908 Public 3,200     2019
State University of New York at Canton Canton, New York Roos 1906 Public 3,550       2019
State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, New York Red Dragons 1868 Public 7,234     2017
State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, New York Lakers 1861 Public 8,909     2017
State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, New York Cardinals 1889 Public 6,358     2017
State University of New York at Potsdam Potsdam, New York Bears 1816 Public 4,325     2017

Membership timeline
Morrisville State CollegeState University of New York at CantonState University of New York at PotsdamState University of New York at PlattsburghState University of New York at OswegoState University of New York at CortlandBuffalo State College

References
  1. https://northeastwomenshockeyleague.com/sports/wice/2022-23/releases/20230512g10xw6
  2. "Morrisville, Canton will join NEWHL in 2019-20". NEWHL. November 2, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
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