ECAC East

Infobox Athletic Conference
name = Eastern College Athletic Conference - East
short_name = ECAC East
established = unknown

logo_size = 150
association = NCAA
division = Division III
members = 15
sports = Ice hockey
mens = 10 teams
womens = 12 teams
region = New York and New England
hq_city = Centerville
hq_stateabb = MA
hq_state = Massachusetts
commissioner = Rudy Keeling
website = http://www.ecacsports.com/dIII_hockey/
color = EE3B3F
font_color = white


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ECAC East is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.

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Members

There are currently 15 member schools; the men's division of the ECAC East has ten members, while the women's division has twelve. A sixteenth member will be added in 2008; Nichols College will compete in the women's division.

Holy Cross, a Division I school, is not allowed to participate in the ECAC East playoffs, nor is the team eligible for the Division III national tournament.

The same is true for St. Anselm and St. Michael's, which are Division II schools. However, their primary conference, the D-II Northeast Ten Conference, sponsors a post-season tournament involving the six member schools that play down to the Division III level in men's hockey. (The other four teams play in the ECAC Northeast.) St. Anselm and St. Michael's are thus considered to be members of both the ECAC East and the Northeast Ten in men's hockey.

Former members

*Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (women), 2005 (ECAC Hockey (D-I))
*Rochester Institute of Technology (women), 2007 (ECAC West)

External links

* [http://www.ecac.org/league/eastmenshockey.asp/ Men's official web site]
* [http://www.ecac.org/league/eastwomenshockey.asp/ Women's official web site]