The Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference or MCHC is an ACHA Division 3 club hockey league made up of smaller colleges, universities, and community colleges in the NYC Metro Area. The league was originally formed in 1967–68 as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Hockey League (MIHL). After a league name change to the BSMIHL (Bi-State Metropolitan Intercollegiate Hockey League) for the 1975–76 season, the league changed its name to its current moniker at the start of the 1976–77 season.
Format Metropolitan Division Teams play a 10-game league schedule, with the top 5 teams advancing to the MCHC playoffs at the end of the regular season, typically held during the third weekend in February.
For the 2026–27 Season, the MCHC broke out the Atlantic Division into East and West. The East Division has 7 teams (12-game season), and the West has 6 teams (10-game season). The top 3 teams in each division qualify for the Atlantic Division Playoffs. The 1st-place teams also qualify for the Metropolitan Division Playoffs. The Atlantic Division Playoffs will take place the last weekend in February.
There are 17 schools listed below, but Rutgers and Sacred Heart will each have an ACDC team, bringing the total number of teams to 19.
Current Teams SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameColors Columbia University Manhattan, NY 1754 Ivy League Lions Fairfield University Fairfield, CT 1942 Private/Catholic Stags Fordham University Bronx, NY 1841 Private/Jesuit Rams Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 1935 Private Pride SUNY Maritime Bronx, NY 1938 Public College Privateers New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 1881 Public Highlanders Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 1766 Public Scarlet Knights Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT 1963 Private/Catholic Pioneers Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ 1856 Private/Catholic Pirates St. John's University Queens, NY 1870 Private/Catholic Red Storm St. Thomas Aquinas College Rockland County, NY 1952 Private/Dominican Spartans Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 1870 Private/Non-sectarian Ducks Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 1957 Public Seawolves The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ 1855 Public Lions US Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY 1943 United States service academies Mariners Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT 1903 Public University Colonials Yeshiva University New York, NY 1886 Private Maccabees
Affiliate Teams SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameColors
Former Teams SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationNicknameColors Adelphi University Garden City, NY 1896 Private Panthers University at Albany Albany, NY 1844 Public Great Danes Binghamton University Binghamton, NY 1946 Public Bearcats Briarcliffe College Bethpage, NY 1966 (Closed 2018) Private Bulldogs University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 1927 Private Purple Knights Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY 1930 Public Bulldogs (formerly Kingsmen) Cook College North Brunswick, NJ 1862 Public Aggies City College of New York New York, NY 1847 Public Beavers County College of Morris Randolph, NJ 1968 Public Titans Delaware County Community College Marple Township, PA 1967 Public Phantoms Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ 1942 Private Knights Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY 1912 Public College Rams University of Hartford West Hartford, CT 1957 Private Hawks Iona College New Rochelle, NY 1940 Private/Catholic Gaels John Jay College New York, NY 1964 Public Bloodhounds Kean University Union, NJ 1855 Public Cougars Lehman College Bronx, NY 1967 Public Lightning LIU Post Brookville, NY 1954 Private Sharks (formerly Pioneers) Manhattan University Riverdale, NY 1853 Private/Catholic Jaspers Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY 1929 Private Red Foxes Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ 1933 Private Hawks Montclair State University Montclair, NJ 1908 Public Red Hawks Nassau Community College Garden City, NY 1959 Public Lions New York Institute of Technology New York, NY 1955 Private Bears SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY 1828 Public Hawks New York University New York, NY 1831 Private Violets Ocean County College Toms River, NJ 1964 Public Vikings Pace University New York, NY 1906 Private Setters Queens College Queens, NY 1937 Public Knights Ramapo College Mahwah, NJ 1969 Public Roadrunners Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg, NJ 1965 Public Golden Lions Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ 1865 Private Broncs Rockland Community College Suffern, NY 1959 Public Fighting Hawks St. Francis College Brooklyn Heights, NY 1859 Private/Catholic Terriers The College of St. Rose Albany, NY 1920 Private/Catholic Golden Knights Siena University Loudonville, NY 1937 Private/Catholic Saints Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY 1922 Private Thoroughbreds Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 1893 Public Owls Suffolk County Community College Long Island, NY 1959 Community College Sharks Union College Schenectady, NY 1795 Private Dutchmen Upsala College East Orange, NJ 1893 (Closed 1995) Private Vikings Wagner College Staten Island, NY 1883 Private Seahawks William Paterson University Wayne, NJ 1855 Public Pioneers Yale University New Haven, CT 1701 Ivy League Bulldogs
Conference Champions 2026 (Atlantic) - Fairfield University 2026 (Metro) - Sacred Heart University 2025 - Sacred Heart University 2024 - Sacred Heart University 2023 - Sacred Heart University 2022 - Columbia University 2021 - Season Canceled Due to COVID-19 2020 - US Merchant Marine Academy 2019 - Fordham University 2018 - Fordham University 2017 - Ramapo College 2016 - Yale University 2015 - Stevens Institute of Technology 2014 - Fordham University 2013 - State University of New York Maritime College 2012 - County College of Morris 2011 - Wagner College 2010 - Fordham University 2009 - University of Albany 2008 - Farmingdale State College 2007 - University of Albany 2006 - Fordham University 2005 - University of Albany 2004 - Wagner College 2003 - County College of Morris 2002 - Wagner College 2001 - Wagner College 2000 - Stony Brook University 1999 - Wagner College 1998 - Wagner College 1997 - Wagner College 1996 - Marist College 1995 - Rutgers University 1994 - Rutgers University 1993 - Siena College 1992 - Marist College 1991 - Southern Connecticut State University 1990 - Rutgers University 1989 - Rutgers University / County College of Morris 1988 - Rutgers University 1987 - County College of Morris 1986 - Montclair State University 1985 - Manhattan College 1984 - Manhattan College / Southern Connecticut State University / Wagner College 1983 - Wagner College 1982 - Upsala College 1981 - Upsala College 1980 - Queens College 1979 - Queens College 1978 - Upsala College / Wagner College 1977 - Fairleigh Dickinson University / Iona College 1976 - Ramapo College / Rockland Community College 1975 - Fairfield University / Ramapo College 1974 - Fairfield University 1973 - Fairfield University 1972 - Nassau Community College 1971 - St. Francis College 1970 - St. Francis College 1969 - St. Francis College 1968 - Iona College
See also American Collegiate Hockey Association List of ice hockey leagues
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