2018-19 UCHC Men's Season

This is the 2018-19 United Collegiate Hockey Conference men's season. This is the conference's second season.

Automatic Tournament Bid Request
The conference had requested a waiver on the NCAA policy of a two year wait on the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for new conferences by including the first year of the conference as the former ECAC West Conference. At the June 19-20, 2017 meeting the NCAA Division III Championships Committee did not approve a request from the United Collegiate Hockey Conference to waive the first year of the two-year waiting period to receive automatic qualification. The committee was not comfortable with giving a year of credit to a conference that was not yet active (the conference will be active in 2017-18) and whose members were previously part of a conference that was not eligible for automatic qualification.

Membership Changes

 * Wilkes University announced on November 9, 2016 that they were delaying the start of play for the men's hockey team until 2018-19 due to the head coach they had hired (Michael Young) deciding to remain as the head coach of the Westfield State Owls. the school felt it would be in the best interest to delay the start to have time to hire a new head coach and give them a full recruiting cycle to develop a roster for the 2018-19 season.

Point System for Conference Games
For the 2018-19 season the NCAA allowed conferences to determine their conference games by playing 3-on-3 overtime or shootout. The UCHC adopted the following point system.
 * 3 points for a regulation or 5-on-5 overtime win.
 * 2 points for a 3-on-3 overtime or shootout win, this is recorded as a tie for NCAA purposes.
 * 1 point for a 3-on-3 overtime or shootout loss, this is recorded as a tie for NCAA purposes.
 * 0 points for a regulation or 5-on-5 overtime loss.

Conference Tournament
The top six teams qualify for the tournament with the 3rd and 4th seeds hosting the 6th and 5th seeds respectively in single elimination the quarterfinals. The 1st seed hosts the lower seeded quarterfinal winner and the 2nd seed hosts the higher seeded quarterfinal winner in the first to three point with mini-game semifinal. The semifinal winners meet for the conference championship in another first to three point with mini-game series.

Quarterfinals

 * Manhattanville Valiants defeated Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen 5-2
 * Nazareth Golden Flyers defeated Wilkes University Colonels 5-2

Semifinals

 * Utica Pioneers defeated Nazareth Golden Flyers 4 points to none (2-1, 3-2 OT)
 * Manhattanville Valiants defeated Elmira Soaring Eagles 3 points to 2 (2-2 OT, 2-2 OT, 2-1 mini game)

Final

 * Manhattanville Valiants defeated Utica Pioneers 2 games to 1 (2-5, 4-3, 2-1 mini game)