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 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. As a result Florida Gulf Coast University announced its departure from the conference to stay in the American Collegiate Hockey Association.
Members School Location Founded Joined Nickname Colors Home arena Website Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, Florida 1926 2018 Eagles Daytona Ice Arena University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida 1963 2014 Knights Orlando Ice Den University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida 1925 2016 Hurricanes Pines Ice Arena University of South Florida Tampa, Florida 1956 2014 Bulls Florida Hospital Center Ice University of Tampa Tampa, Florida 1931 2014 Spartans Clearwater Ice Arena
Former members School Location Founded Joined Left Current conference Nickname Colors Home arena Website Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida 1961 2014 2018 SECHC Owls Florida Panthers IceDen Florida Gulf Coast University Estero, Florida 1991 2014 2020 Independent Eagles Germain Arena
Membership timeline
Conference champions Year Champion Runner-up Score Host2015 Florida Gulf Coast Central Florida 3-1 Florida Gulf Coast2016 Florida Gulf Coast Tampa 3-1 Tampa2017 Tampa South Florida 6-3 South Florida2018 Florida Gulf Coast South Florida 3-2 Owls2019 Florida Gulf Coast South Florida 4-3 South Florida2020 South Florida Tampa 3-1 Knights2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic2022 Tampa South Florida 6-4 South Florida
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