2005-06 ECAC East Women's Season

This is the 2005-06 ECAC East Women's season.

Membership Changes

 * Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute left the conference to become a Division I Independent for 2005-06 and join the Division I ECAC for 2006-07

Standings
note: MIT played a partial schedule

Quarterfinals

 * New England College Pilgrims defeated Castleton Spartans 11-1
 * Mass-Boston Beacons defeated Southern Maine Huskies 4-1

Semifinals

 * Manhattanville Valiants defeated Mass-Boston Beacons 6-3
 * New England College Pilgrims defeated RIT Tigers 4-3 (ot)

Final

 * Manhattanville Valiants defeated New England College Pilgrims 4-1

NCAA Tournament
The Manhattanville Valiants earned the conference bid to the 2006 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament. They lost to the Middlebury Panthers 4-3 in the quarterfinals.

ECAC Open
The conference has several non-Division III members who are ineligible for the post season. The conference staged a separate tournament for those teams plus the lone Division I women's independent Sacred Heart Pioneers.

Semifinals

 * Sacred Heart Pioneers defeated St. Michael's Purple Knights 12-0
 * Saint Anselm Hawks defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 5-2

Third Place

 * Holy Cross Crusaders defeated St. Michael's Purple Knights 4-1

Final

 * Sacred Heart Pioneers defeated Saint Anselm Hawks 2-1