League Affiliation

The University of Richmond Men's Ice Hockey program is part of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). The ACHA has been around for many years, providing highly-competitive college hockey to universities who can't or won't support an official NCAA hockey program. Currently, there are three major men's divisions within the ACHA - Division I, Division II and Division III. Division III is primarily for schools with under 10,000 students, or those schools deemed to be in areas that are not a "Hockey Hotbed". The Spiders are part of the Southeast Region of Division III, and play teams from all over the East Coast - including from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North & South Carolina, and as far away as Florida.

The ACHA website can be viewed here.

The Spiders are also members of the East Coast Collegiate Hockey Association (ECCHA), formerly the Blue Ridge Hockey Conference, which contains similarly-positioned teams that are consistent competitors on the ice and contributors to their local communities off the ice. Each season, our primary goal is to win the league playoff tournament and continue to represent our Conference with class and tenacity throughout the calendar year.

You can view the ECCHA website here.