Wilkes University was also announced as a future member for both the men's and women's divisions for the start of the 2018–19 academic year,[1] the same time when charter men's member Nazareth College began varsity women's play in the UCHC.

[3] In July 2021, Arcadia University new men's and women's programs were accepted into the league.

As a result, the MAC announced it would begin officially sponsoring ice hockey and left the UCHC with just four team for the upcoming season.

[8] A few months later, the conference added four more schools beginning in 2025 with Albertus Magnus, Elmira and St. John's Fischer each adding men's and women's hockey while Hilbert's women's team would join.

[9] The league did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship or the NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship for the 2017–18 season but the Men's league gained the bid for the 2018–19 season and the Women's league did for the 2019-20 season.