Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League

Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL)
Established	2007
[[ACHA]]	Division I
Members	7
Sports fielded	Men's ice hockey
Region	Northeast
Headquarters	West Bloomfield, Michigan
Commissioner	Dom Bellizzie
Website	Official website
Locations

The Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) was created in 2007. The league is made up of 7 university teams located in the Northeast and mid Atlantic region of the US. As of 2020, teams participating in the ESCHL are Liberty University, Stony Brook University, Drexel University, Syracuse University, University of Rhode Island, University of Delaware, and New York University. The teams play at the ACHA Division I level.

Format

League Teams play a 20 game league schedule consisting of 4 games against each of the other league teams. League Playoffs are held in February with the top 4 teams qualifying for the playoffs. ESCHL Champions receive an automatic bid to the ACHA Men's Division I National Tournament.

History

Penn State University won the first two playoff championships over the University of Delaware in both 2008 and 2009. The regular season title was shared by Penn State, Delaware, and the University of Rhode Island in the 2008-2009 with each team finishing with 25 points in the standings. Navy and Drexel left the conference to join the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association and Robert Morris University joined the conference beginning in the 2010–11 season. In September 2010, prior to the start of the 2010-11 season, Penn State left the conference in 2011 during the program's transition to NCAA Division I. Robert Morris left the league to join College Hockey Mid-America but was replaced by Rutgers in the 2012-13 season. Rutgers left for NECHL in 2018. Drexel is slated to join the league from ECHA from 2020-2021 season.

Membership

School	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Primary conference
Drexel University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1891	Private	25,595	Dragons	Colonial Athletic Association (D-I)
University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	1743	Public	19,067	Fightin' Blue Hens	Colonial Athletic Association (D-I)
Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	1971	Private/Baptist	15,000	Flames	Atlantic Sun Conference (D-I)
New York University	New York, New York	1831	Private	50,027	Violets	University Athletic Association (D-III)
University of Rhode Island	Kingston, Rhode Island	1892	Public	19,095	Rams	Atlantic 10 Conference (D-I)
Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New York	1957	Public	23,997	Seawolves	America East Conference (D-I)
Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	1870	Private	21,267	Orange	Atlantic Coast Conference (D-I)

Previous members

• Navy- 2007-2010, now in ECHA
• Scranton- 2007-2008, now in CSCHC
• Penn State- 2007-2011, now NCAA Division I
• Robert Morris- 2010-2012, join CHMA, merged into Roosevelt University in 2020

Conference arenas

School	Hockey Arena	Location	Capacity
Delaware	Fred Rust Ice Arena	Newark, Delaware	2,500
Drexel	Class of 1923 Arena	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2,500
Liberty	LaHaye Ice Center	Lynchburg, Virginia	4,000
New York	Chelsea Piers	Manhattan, New York	800
Rhode Island	Bradford R. Boss Arena	Kingston, Rhode Island	2,500
Stony Brook	The Rinx-Hidden Pond Park	Hauppauge, New York	1,000
Syracuse	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion	Syracuse, New York	350

List of Championship Games

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Arena	City
2008	Penn State	8–3	Delaware	McMullen Hockey Arena	Annapolis, Maryland
2009	Penn State	4–1	Delaware	Penn State Ice Pavilion	University Park, Pennsylvania
2010	Penn State	7–5	Rhode Island	Fred Rust Ice Arena	Newark, Del.
2011	Rhode Island	5–4	Delaware	Bradford R. Boss Ice Arena	Kingston, R.I.
2012	Rhode Island	4–3	Stony Brook	Ice Line Quad Rinks	West Chester, Pa.
2013	Stony Brook	3–2	Delaware	Fred Rust Ice Arena	Newark, Del.
2014	Stony Brook	5–4	Delaware	The Rinx	Hauppauge, N.Y.
2015	Stony Brook	5–4 (OT)	Delaware	Middletown Sports Complex	Middletown, New N.J.
2016	Stony Brook	4-1	Lebanon Valley	Hersheypark Arena	Hershey, Pa.
2017	Liberty	6-1	Stony Brook	Bradford R. Boss Ice Arena	Kingston, R.I.
2018	Liberty	2-1	Stony Brook	Ice Line Quad Rinks	West Chester, Pa.
2019	Syracuse	3-2 (2OT)	Liberty	Ice Line Quad Rinks	West Chester, Pa.
2020	Liberty	4-0	Stony Brook	Ice Line Quad Rinks	West Chester, Pa.

See also

• American Collegiate Hockey Association
• List of ice hockey leagues

External links

• ESCHL Site