Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference
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| Established | 2008 |
| Association | ACHA |
| Members | 10 |
| Sports fielded | College Ice Hockey (men's: Yes; women's: No) |
| Region | Southeastern United States |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Commissioner | Brian McSparron |
| Website | SECHC official website |
The South Eastern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SECHC) is an ACHA is a non-varsity ice hockey conference in the Southern United States. The league's mission is to develop and advance collegiate ice hockey. The members of the SECHC are all ACHA ice hockey programs and member universities of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in NCAA athletics. Of the 14 members of the SEC, ten teams are members of the SECHC and play in the South and Pacific regions of ACHA Division 3.
The SECHC plays a six-game minimum conference schedule. Within those six games each team must play at least four other SECHC opponents. Playoff positioning is determined by a coaches poll that comes out every two weeks.
After the 2012–13 season Arkansas moved from the South Region of Division 3 to the Pacific but remained a member of the conference.
Following the 2014–15 season, both Arkansas and Alabama moved up to the ACHA Division 1 rank. Arkansas continues to field a Division 3 team that competes in the SECHC in addition to their Division 1 team. Alabama discontinued their participation in the SECHC as they no longer fielded a Division 3 team.
Of the remaining SEC schools:
The SECHC Championship Tournament is held every year in February at the conclusion of the regular season and after the ACHA South Regionals. After the 2014–15 season the cross-divisional playoff format was abandoned. For the 2015–16 season there was just one division within the SECHC and the first round of the playoffs featured the #1 seed vs the #8 seed, the #2 seed vs the #7 seed, etc.
Venues for the teams vary from community ice rinks to civic-center sized arenas. As the conference has expanded and interest in hockey has grown in the Southern United States teams have sought larger venues for games. The 2010-11 SECHC Championship Tournament was held at the 8,500 seat Columbus Civic Center. Two teams, Georgia and Florida along with in-state rivals Georgia Tech and Florida State, as well as a Thursday game played between in-state rivals South Carolina and Citadel play a yearly tournament at the Savannah Civic Center.
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