United Collegiate Hockey Conference

United Collegiate Hockey Conference

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Founded	2016
Commissioner	Chuck Mitrano
No. of teams	13
Headquarters	Rochester, New York
Official website	theuchc.com

The United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) is a college athletic conference which operates in Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania in the eastern United States. It participates in NCAA Division III as a hockey-only conference.

The conference was announced in 2016 as an association of 10 schools and league play began for the 2017–18 academic year, with nine each playing in the men's and women's divisions. The majority of the member schools were previously members of the now-defunct ECAC West hockey conference. Wilkes University was also announced as a future member for both the men's and women's divisions for the start of the 2018–19 academic year, the same time when charter men's member Nazareth College began varsity women's play in the UCHC. The following season, Alvernia University joined for its first season of varsity women's play. A more recent change to conference membership came in July 2021 with the launch of new varsity men's and women's programs by Arcadia University. The most recent change came in 2022–23 when Alvernia added a newly launched men's team to its existing UCHC membership.

The league did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship or the NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship for the 2017–18 season but the Men's league gained the bid for the 2018–19 season and the Women's league did for the 2019-20 season.

Members schools

Current members

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Locations of United Collegiate Hockey Conference members ( women's only)

School	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Year Joined	Primary Conference	Colors
Alvernia University	Reading, Pennsylvania	Golden Wolves	1958	Private	2,872	2019-20 (women) 2022-23 (men)	MAC Commonwealth
Arcadia University	Glenside, Pennsylvania	Knights	1853	Private	2,473	2021-22	MAC Freedom
Chatham University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Cougars	1869	Private	2,300	2017-18	PAC
King's College	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	Monarchs	1946	Private/Catholic	2,300	2017-18	MAC Freedom
Lebanon Valley College	Annville, Pennsylvania	Flying Dutchmen	1866	Private/Methodist	1,750	2017-18	MAC Commonwealth
Manhattanville College	Purchase, New York	Valiants	1841	Private	2,700	2017-18	Skyline
Nazareth College	Pittsford, New York	Golden Flyers	1924	Private	2,800	2017-18 (men) 2018-19 (women)	Empire 8
Neumann University	Aston, Pennsylvania	Knights	1965	Private/Catholic	3,000	2017-18	CSAC
Stevenson University	Baltimore County, Maryland	Mustangs	1947	Private	3,700	2017-18	MAC Commonwealth
Utica College	Utica, New York	Pioneers	1946	Private	4,400	2017-18	Empire 8
Wilkes University	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	Colonels	1933	Private	5,000	2018-19	Landmark

Future Members

School	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Year Joining	Primary Conference	Colors
State University of New York at Brockport	Brockport, New York	Golden Eagles	1867	Public	7,924	2024-25 (men)	SUNYAC (Empire 8 in 2024-25)
State University of New York at Geneseo	Geneseo, New York	Knights	1871		4,910	2024-25 (men)

Membership timeline

Former members

School	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Year Joined	Year Left	Current Conference	Colors
Elmira College	Elmira, New York	Soaring Eagles	1855	Private	1,170	2017-18	2021-22	NEHC
William Smith College	Geneva, New York	Herons	1908	Private	2,229	2017-18	2021-22	NEHC

Champions

Main article: UCHC Men's Tournament

Men

Season	Regular Season	Tournament
2017–18	Utica	Utica
2018–19	Utica	Manhattanville
2019–20	Utica	Utica
2020–21	Utica	Elmira
2021–22	Utica	Utica

Women

Season	Regular Season	Tournament
2017–18	Elmira	Elmira
2018–19	Elmira	Elmira
2019–20	Elmira	Elmira
2020–21	Elmira	Elmira

Arenas

School	Arena	Capacity
Alvernia	The Body Zone Santander Arena (alternate)	n/a 7,000
Arcadia	Hatfield Ice Arena	n/a
Chatham	Frozen Pond Arena	n/a
Elmira	Murray Athletic Center	3,200
King's	Revolution Ice Centre	500
Lebanon Valley	Hersheypark Arena	7,286
Manhattanville	PlayLand Ice Casino	n/a
Nazareth	Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex	3,000
Neumann	IceWorks Skating Complex	n/a
Stevenson	Reisterstown Sportsplex	n/a
Utica	Adirondack Bank Center	3,860
Wilkes	Toyota SportsPlex	3,860

External links

• Official web site