{"id":61124,"date":"2014-12-11T20:02:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T02:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=61124"},"modified":"2014-12-11T20:23:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T02:23:35","slug":"ecac-north-atlantic-to-start-in-womens-d-iii-ranks-in-2015-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2014\/12\/11\/ecac-north-atlantic-to-start-in-womens-d-iii-ranks-in-2015-16\/","title":{"rendered":"ECAC North Atlantic to start in women’s D-III ranks for 2015-16"},"content":{"rendered":"
The ECAC announced Thursday the formation of a new Division III women’s league – the ECAC North Atlantic Hockey League – that will begin play for the 2015-16 season. <\/p>\n
The league will be comprised of eight institutions that either currently compete independently or are starting a women’s program next year.<\/p>\n
Becker, Canton, Daniel Webster, Endicott, Johnson and Wales, Morrisville, Salem State and Stevenson will be the founding members of the league.<\/p>\n
“It is with great excitement and anticipation that the ECAC announces the formation of the North Atlantic Hockey League,” said ECAC president and CEO Dr. Kevin McGinniss in a statement. “The sport of women’s ice hockey is rapidly growing in the United States and we are extremely proud to be a part of it. These eight institutions are further blazing the path for future programs to start women’s ice hockey and to bolster the student-athlete experience.”<\/p>\n
The eight schools will play each other twice during the regular season and an ECAC North Atlantic champion will be crowned following a postseason conference tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The ECAC announced Thursday the formation of a new Division III women’s league – the ECAC North Atlantic Hockey League – that will begin play for the 2015-16 season. The league will be comprised of eight institutions that either currently compete independently or are starting a women’s program next year. Becker, Canton, Daniel Webster, Endicott, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n