BEVERLY, Mass. – The Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association has announced a new league structure that separates the NECHA into three conferences: the Patriot, the American and the Colonial. The Patriot conference will be divided into a Southeast and Northwest division, with Endicott competing in the Southeast. The Gulls will join Boston College, Northeastern, Bryant and the University of Connecticut to form one of the top club hockey divisions in the nation.

The Gulls will play all the Southeast teams of the Patriot Conference twice, both home and away. Crossover with the Northwest division, consisting of the University of Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Keene State and RPI, is not required.

The American Conference will feature MIT, Bridgewater State, Bates, Westfield State, Sacred Heart and Norwich.