Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Central Collegiate Hockey Association

founding year	1971
Year of dissolution	2013
Members	11
Sports	ice Hockey
region	Middle West
States	4 - Alaska , Indiana , Michigan , Ohio
Headquarters	Farmington Hills , Michigan
Chairman	Fred Pletsch

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) was an American university and college sports league that existed from 1971 to 2013 and was primarily based in the Midwestern United States. It belonged to Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and was an all-male Hockey - Conference . The league, which was founded in 1971, played its championship annually in the second week of March at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , Michigan . After the league was dissolved, the participants either joined the existing Western Collegiate Hockey Association , Big Ten Conference and Hockey East or joined the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference .

Attendees

The men's division last had eleven members before it was dissolved in 2013.

institution	city	State	Team name	Year of foundation	affiliation ness	Number of students	participants from	University league
University of Alaska Fairbanks	Fairbanks	Alaska	Nanooks	1917	State	9,380	1995	Great Northwest (D-II)
Bowling Green State University	Bowling green	Ohio	Falcons	1910	State	20,200	1971	Mid-American
Ferris State University	Big Rapids	Michigan	Bulldogs	1884	State	12,547	1979	Great Lakes Intercollegiate (D-II)
Lake Superior State University	Sault Ste. Marie	Michigan	Lakers	1946	State	2,907	1972	Great Lakes Intercollegiate (D-II)
Miami University	Oxford	Ohio	RedHawks	1809	State	15,726	1980	Mid-American
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Wolverines	1817	State	40.025	1981	Big Ten
Michigan State University	East Lansing	Michigan	Spartans	1855	State	45.166	1981	Big Ten
Northern Michigan University	Marquette	Michigan	Wildcats	1899	State	9,400	1977	Great Lakes Intercollegiate (D-II)
University of Notre Dame	South Bend	Indiana	Fighting Irish	1842	Private Catholic	11,415	1981	Big East
Ohio State University	Columbus	Ohio	Buckeyes	1870	State	51,818	1971	Big Ten
Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo	Michigan	Broncos	1903	State	26,239	1975	Mid-American

Previous participants

University of Illinois , 1982-1996
Kent State University , 1992-1994
Michigan Technological University , 1981–1984, now with the WCHA
Ohio University , 1971-1973
Saint Louis University , 1971-1979
University of Nebraska at Omaha , 1999–2010, meanwhile in the WCHA

master

1972: Ohio State / Saint Louis
1973: Saint Louis
1974: Lake Superior State / Saint Louis
1975: Saint Louis
1976: Bowling Green
1977: Saint Louis
1978: Bowling Green
1979: Bowling Green
1980: Northern Michigan
1981: Northern Michigan
1982: Bowling Green
1983: Bowling Green
1984: Bowling Green
1985: Michigan State

1986: Michigan State
1987: Bowling Green
1988: Lake Superior State
1989: Michigan State
1990: Michigan State
1991: Lake Superior State
1992: Michigan
1993: Miami
1994: Michigan
1995: Michigan
1996: Lake Superior State / Michigan
1997: Michigan
1998: Michigan State
1999: Michigan State

2000: Michigan
2001: Michigan State
2002: Michigan
2003: Ferris State
2004: Michigan
2005: Michigan
2006: Miami
2007: Notre Dame
2008: Michigan
2009: Notre Dame
2010: Miami
2011: Michigan
2012: Ferris State
2013: Miami

Successes of the participating teams

Team of Michigan State University in 2008

Bowling Green Falcons
- five times regular season champion (1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988)
- seven times champion of the CCHA (1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987)
- once master of the NCAA (1984)
Ferris State Bulldogs
- twice champion of the CCHA (2003, 2012)
Lake Superior State Lakers
- four times regular season champion (1991, 1992, 1993, 1995)
- four times champion of the CCHA (1974, 1988, 1991, 1996)
- three times NCAA champion (1988, 1992, 1994)
- twice master of the NAIA (1972, 1974)
Miami RedHawks
- four times champion of the CCHA (1993, 2006, 2010, 2013)
Michigan Wolverines
- seven times regular season champion (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005)
- eight times champion of the CCHA (1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005)
- Nine times NCAA champions (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998)
Michigan State Spartans
- eleven times champions of the regular season (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006)
- seven times champion of the CCHA (1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2001)
- three times NCAA champion (1966, 1986, 2007)
Northern Michigan Wildcats
- two regular season champions (1980, 1981)
- twice champion of the CCHA (1980, 1981)
- once master of the NCAA (1991)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- once regular season champion (2007)
- once master of the CCHA (2007)
Ohio State Buckeyes ( ladies take in the WCHA in part )
- two regular season champions (1972, 2004)
- once master of the CCHA (1972)
Western Michigan Broncos
- once regular season champion (1986)

Munn Ice Arena

Value City Arena in the Jerome Schottenstein Center

Conference venues

university	arena	capacity
Alaska Fairbanks	Carlson Center	4,500
Bowling green	BGSU Ice Arena	5,000
Ferris State	Eternity Arena	2,641
Lake Superior State	Taffy Abel Arena	4,000
Miami	Goggin Ice Center	3,842
Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	6,377
Michigan State	Munn Ice Arena	6,170
Northern Michigan	Berry Events Center	3,902
Notre Dame	Joyce Center Rink	2,763
Ohio State	Value City Arena	17,500
Western Michigan	Lawson Arena	3,667

Web links

Official website ( Memento of May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )