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Defunct ice hockey teams in Connecticut (3 C, 25 P) B. Bridgeport Sound Tigers (2 C, 3 P) H. Hartford Wolf Pack (3 C, 3 P) N. Ice hockey teams in New Haven ...
Danbury teams played at the Danbury Ice Arena, built in 1999 and renovated in 2004 just before the Danbury Trashers began play. The Danbury Whalers of the Federal Hockey League (FHL) were named in honor of the former Hartford Whalers NHL hockey team. The team and the FHL league have no affiliation with the NHL or any NHL franchise. [15]
The Hartford Wolf Pack is a hockey team based in Hartford that plays in the American Hockey League (AHL). They are affiliated with the New York Rangers of the NHL. They play their home games at the XL Center. Danbury Hat Tricks The Danbury Hat Tricks is a Single-A hockey team that plays in the Federal Prospects Hockey League.
Connecticut Ice is an annual ice hockey event celebrating the tradition and progress of youth and amateur hockey in the state of Connecticut.The three-day event is headlined by a four-team tournament with participation from all of the state's four Division I programs: Connecticut, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart and Yale.
The school dropped varsity hockey in 2010, competing at the ACHA Division I club level until 2016 when it re-elevated its men's team and added women's hockey. ^D Westfield State dropped its program from 1989 to 2008. ^E In 2020, the 12-team field was selected but the tournament was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NEWHA expanded to seven members in 2022 with the arrival of Stonehill College, which started a varsity women's hockey team in the 2022–23 season. Stonehill had initially planned to start play in 2021–22, [2] but NCAA-imposed recruiting limits imposed in the wake of COVID-19 led the school to delay the team's start by a year. [3]
A year later, nine more teams split off to join their primary athletic conference, NESCAC, followed by the women's programs in 2001. Membership numbers held steady over the succeeding 15 years, though several teams came and went. In 2015 the conference rebranded itself as the New England Hockey Conference, but no internal changes occurred.
During this time, the team's home rink was the UConn Ice Arena, an outdoor facility. The team was finally promoted to D-I in 1998 when the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum was completed. The Huskies used the Forum as their home for the next 18 years. In 2014, UConn joined Hockey East despite the Ice Forum not meeting the league's requirements. [2]