2024-25 CNE Women's Season

This is the 2024-25 Conference of New England women's ice hockey season.

The league would be renamed on August 1, 2024 ahead of its' 40th anniversary season.

Membership Changes

• On December 8, 2022 the New England Hockey Conference announced that the Johnson and Wales Wildcats women's ice hockey team (and the men's team as well) will be leaving the conference to join the Commonwealth Coast Conference as early as the 2024-25 season.

• On March 30, 2023 the New England Hockey Conference announced the addition of the the Salve Regina Seahawks men's ice hockey team and the Salve Regina Seahawks women's ice hockey team to the conference for the 2024-25 playing season. Both teams presently compete in the Commonwealth Coast Conference

League members

Team	Location	Arena
Curry Colonels	Milton, Massachusetts	Canton Ice House
Endicott Gulls	Beverly, Massachusetts	Raymond J Bourque Arena
Johnson and Wales Wildcats	Providence, Rhode Island	Dennis M. Lynch Arena
University of New England Nor'Easters	Biddeford, Maine	Harold Alfond Forum
Nichols Bison	Dudley, Massachusetts	Levy Rink
Suffolk Rams	Boston, Massachusetts	Porrazzo Memorial Rink
Western New England Golden Bears	Springfield, Massachusetts	Olympia Ice Center

Standings

To be added upon completion of the season

Conference Tournament

To be determined due to reduction in teams

Format

Single elimination tournament. The fourth place team hosts the fifth place team in the first round. The winner then place the first place team while the second and third place teams meet in the semifinals. The semifinal winners meet for the conference championship. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.