East Coast Collegiate Hockey Association
School Location Founded Affiliation Nickname
Old Dominion University Norfolk , VA 1930 Public Monarchs
University of Richmond Richmond , VA 1930 Private Spiders
Appalachian State University Boone , NC 1899 Public ( University of North Carolina System ) Mountaineers
Johnson & Wales University Charlotte , NC 2004 Private/Non-profit Wildcats
The Citadel Charleston , SC 1839 Public Military College Bulldogs
Former teams
The last year as BRHC , in 2017 , conference 's membership had tripled since 2007 , making it the largest collegiate hockey conference in the United States . Colonial Division School Location Founded Affiliation Nickname Colors Christopher Newport University Newport News , VA 1961 Public Captains East Carolina University Greenville , NC 1907 Public ( University of North Carolina System ) Pirates University of North Carolina-Wilmington Wilmington , NC 1947 Public ( University of North Carolina System ) Seahawks Radford University Radford , VA 1910 Public Highlanders Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond , VA 1838 Public Rams Coastal Carolina University Conway , SC 1954 Public Chanticleers George Mason University Fairfax , VA 1949 as branch of University of Virginia , independent university by 1972 Public Patriots Atlantic Division- North Region School Location Founded Affiliation Nickname Colors American University Washington D.C. 1893 Private/Methodist Eagles Catholic University Washington D.C. 1887 Private/Roman Catholic Cardinals Marymount University Arlington , VA 1856 Private/Roman Catholic Saints Northern Virginia Community College Annandale , VA 1964 Community College Nighthawks College of William and Mary Williamsburg , VA 1693 Private Tribe Atlantic Division- South Region
The East Coast Collegiate Hockey Association (ECCHA) is an ACHA college ice hockey conference in the Southeast region of the United States. The ECCHA was created in August of 2001 as Blue Ridge Hockey Conference or BRHC by eight collegiate hockey programs in Virginia and North Carolina. The BRHC has advanced four of its members to the ACHA National Tournament since 2003. As of the summer of 2017, the BRHC was restructured to form the East Coast Collegiate Hockey Association with the intent to improve the quality of its brand of ACHA Division III hockey in the mid-Atlantic and Southern region.