Empire 8 site lists men’s hockey as an Empire 8 sport

[dhammond]

I see men’s ice hockey is listed as an Empire 8 sport on their website. Is something in the works?

 

[Lord_Zubin]

Probably something similar to when the newhl was absorbed by the SUNYAC on the women's side everyone kept their job and everything essentially stayed the same except for a logo change. The UCHC will likely be absorbed by the Empire 8.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Empire 8 runs the UCHC. Same commissioner. Same SID. Same admin. (Just like the SUNYAC ran the NEWHL.)

Last time I spoke to people in E8 last year, they gave me the impression they weren’t going to change the naming of UCHC. But it certainly would make sense if they did.

The only question I have (and I’m too lazy to look it up right now) is when the realignments are complete next year, will the majority of the UCHC teams be full time E8 members? I think that makes a difference in NCAA’s minds whether you can be considered as officially part of an all sports conference or have to stand alone as a single sport conference.

 

[Pioneer247]

Empire 8 runs the UCHC. Same commissioner. Same SID. Same admin. (Just like the SUNYAC ran the NEWHL.)

Last time I spoke to people in E8 last year, they gave me the impression they weren’t going to change the naming of UCHC. But it certainly would make sense if they did.

The only question I have (and I’m too lazy to look it up right now) is when the realignments are complete next year, will the majority of the UCHC teams be full time E8 members? I think that makes a difference in NCAA’s minds whether you can be considered as officially part of an all sports conference or have to stand alone as a single sport conference.

As of next year, there will be 6 teams out of 9 total on the men's side who are full-time Empire 8 members (Utica, Nazareth, Elmira, St. John Fisher, Geneseo and Brockport)

Chatham, Manhattanville and Albertus Magnus are the three outliers

 

[MikeMidd]

I think there's a requirement that one-sport leagues be attached to a conference for operational purposes, so could be this.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

I think there's a requirement that one-sport leagues be attached to a conference for operational purposes, so could be this.

This is not true. There are a few one sport conferences which are totally independent and share nothing with any other conference, especially in D1 -- Atlantic Hockey for example. In D3 it makes sense to share operational costs for budget reasons, but it's not mandatory.

There is however a moratorium on creating new one sport conferences at all levels of the NCAA.

 

[PrezdeJohnson09]

I think there's a requirement that one-sport leagues be attached to a conference for operational purposes, so could be this.

NEHC has operated as a one-sport conference since breaking off from the ECAC back in 2015ish.