ikipedia.org/wiki/Quinnipiac_University" title="Quinnipiac University">Quinnipiac</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ecachockey.com_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecachockey.com-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>The ECAC began sponsoring an invitational women's tournament in 1985. ECAC teams began playing an informal regular season schedule in the 1988–89 season, with the conference officially sponsoring women's hockey beginning in the 1993–94 season.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"