Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference

Conference| CHF
Founded| 2014
Sports fielded|

* Men's ice hockey

Division| Division II
No. of teams| 5
Region| Florida
Most recent
champion(s)| University of Tampa
(2nd title)
Most titles| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
(4 titles)
Official website| Official website

The Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference is a collegiate hockey conference within Division II of the College Hockey Federation. All teams within the conference come from universities based in the state of Florida.

## History

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The SCHC began play in the 2014–15 season. For the first two seasons, the conference was composed of five teams from Florida. Prior to the start of the 2016–17 season, the conference added the University of Miami as the sixth member of the conference. The 2016–17 season has each of the six member schools playing each other twice during the regular season. In 2018–2019 the conference added Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as its sixth member after Florida Atlantic University left the conference. In 2020 the SCHC announced its plan to affiliate with the College Hockey Federation in 2020-2021.[1] As a result Florida Gulf Coast University announced its departure from the conference to stay in the American Collegiate Hockey Association.[2]

## Members

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School | Location | Founded | Joined | Nickname | Colors | Home Arena | Website

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Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University | Daytona Beach, Florida | 1926  | 2018  | Eagles |     | Daytona Ice Arena  | [1]
University of Central Florida | Orlando, Florida | 1963  | 2014  | Knights |     | Orlando Ice Den  | [2]
University of Miami | Coral Gables, Florida | 1925  | 2016  | Hurricanes |       | Pines Ice Arena  | [3]
University of South Florida | Tampa, Florida | 1956  | 2014  | Bulls |     | Florida Hospital Center Ice  | [4]
University of Tampa | Tampa, Florida | 1931  | 2014  | Spartans |       | Clearwater Ice Arena  | [5]

## Former members

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School | Location | Founded | Joined | Left | Current conference | Nickname | Colors | Home Arena | Website

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Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton, Florida | 1961  | 2014  | 2018  | SECHC | Owls |     | Florida Panthers IceDen  | [6]
Florida Gulf Coast University | Estero, Florida | 1991  | 2014  | 2020  | Independent  | Eagles |     | Germain Arena | [7]

## Membership timeline

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## Conference champions

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Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Host

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2015 | Florida Gulf Coast | Central Florida | 3-1 | Florida Gulf Coast
2016 | Florida Gulf Coast | Tampa | 3-1 | Tampa
2017 | Tampa | South Florida | 6-3 | South Florida
2018 | Florida Gulf Coast | South Florida | 3-2 | Owls
2019 | Florida Gulf Coast | South Florida | 4-3 | South Florida
2020 | South Florida | Tampa | 3-1 | Knights
2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2022 | Tampa | South Florida | 6-4 | South Florida

## References

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1. ^ "SECHC AND SCHC ANNOUNCE MOVE TO COLLEGIATE HOCKEY FEDERATION | Southern Collegiate Hockey Conference".
2. ^ "FGCU Eagles Hockey on Instagram: "Press release regarding our D3 team. Our D3 team will remain members of the ACHA."".