Re: Commonwealth Coast Conference
The conference was a non-hockey conference until last year. They sponsored several sports and were quite unified in sports like Men's and Women's Soccer, Field Hockey, M&W Basketball and Lacrosse. Seven of the ten members were playing hockey, 5 in the ECACNE (Curry, Nichols, Wentworth, Western New England, Salve Regina), UNE played in the NEHC and, I believe Endicott was an independent since they had just become a varsity program. The CCC also wanted to sponsor Football since UNE announced that they were instituting a varsity program beginning in 2018. The new conference decimated the ECACNE so Suffolk, Becker and J&W joined the conference as associate members.
As a fan of UNE, I thought it was a bad idea for UNE to leave the NEHC, guess I was wrong!
Next year, I believe that Suffolk and J&W will move over to the NEHC leaving an eight team conference.
I am sure someone else has a lot more info than I, but this is what I had heard.
Originally posted by Fishman'81
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As a fan of UNE, I thought it was a bad idea for UNE to leave the NEHC, guess I was wrong!
Next year, I believe that Suffolk and J&W will move over to the NEHC leaving an eight team conference.
I am sure someone else has a lot more info than I, but this is what I had heard.
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