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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
<p>ECAC Hockey was founded in 1961 as a loose association of college hockey teams in the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> In June 1983, concerns that the Ivy Leag