 An eighth WCHA men's member, Alabama–Huntsville (UAH), had also filed papers to leave after the 2020–21 season, but shortly thereafter dropped the sport entirely due to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.However, a successful fundraising drive led by UAH hockey alumni resulted in the team being reinstated one week later.The Ivy League recognizes ice hockey champions for both sexes, but it does not sponsor the sport; it instead uses the results of regular-season ECAC Hockey matches involving two Ivy League schools to extrapolate an Ivy champion (all six Ivy League schools that sponsor varsity hockey do so for both men and women, and compete in the ECAC).