ECAC North was an NCAA Division III men's ice hockey conference which played from 1985 to 1998. Most of the conference members helped for the ECAC Northeast for the 1998-99 season. The conference was formed when the ECAC Division III conference was split into three conferences (ECAC North, ECAC South, and ECAC West) when it had grown to 31 teams going into the 1985-86 season. The conference was further split when the ECAC Central was formed for the 1992-93 season.
Membership[]
- Assumption Greyhounds (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Bentley Falcons (1985-1998) join Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in Division I
- Curry Colonels (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Fitchburg State Falcons (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Framingham State Rams (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Hawthorne College Hilanders (1985-1988) school closed
- Keene State Owls (1985-1986) school ends hockey program
- New Hamphsire College Penmen (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Nichols Bison (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Plymouth State Panthers (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- St. Michael's Purple Knights (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Southern Maine Huskies (1985-1995) join ECAC East
- Stonehill Chieftans (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Suffolk Rams (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Southeastern Massachusetts Corsairs (1985-1991) school renamed University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
- Worcester State Lancers (1985-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Tufts Jumbos (1986-1998) join ECAC Northeast
- Mass-Dartmouth Corsairs (1991-1998) join ECAC Northeast
Conference Seasons[]
note: From 1987 to 1992 the ECAC held one combined tournament tournament for the ECAC North and ECAC South 'and then added the ECAC Central to the tournament from 1993 to 1998.