2012 NECHA Playoffs held at Conway Arena in Nashua NH are scheduled to begin Friday night Feb 17th starting with competition between American Conferenceteams.  American Conference top seed Westfield St. will host the 5:40 pm game against #4 seed Bridgewater St. and #2 seed MIT (defending conference playoff champion) will host #3 Bates College immediately after the conclusion of the previous game at 8:10 pm.  Winning teams proceed to the American Conference Championship on Sunday at 2:50 PM.  

In other NECHA Playoff play, the Colonial Conference regular season Champions will play Sat. Feb 18 beginning at 11:10 am with WPI hosting defending Colonial Conf. Playoff Champion  Rhode Island College and immediately following at 1:50 pm, Colonial Conf. top seed, Roger Williams Univ. will host Daniel Webster College to round out Colonial Conference play.  Winners will advance to Colonial Conference Championship on Sun. Feb 19th at 12:10 pm.  

Patriot Conference teams will faceoff in their NECHA Playoffs beginning Sat. Feb 18th at 4:30 pm with West Div. top seed University of Vermont being challenged by last year's defending Conference Playoff Champion Bryant University.  Immediately following is Patriot Conf. East Div. top seed Northeastern Univ. against Univ. of Mass.- Amherst, this game is scheduled to start at 7:20 pm.  The winning teams will vie for the Patriot Conference Championship on Sun. Feb 19th at 5:30 pm.