Western Collegiate Hockey Association
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| founding year | 1951 |
| Members | 15th |
| Sports | ice Hockey |
| region |
Midwest West of the United States |
| States | 6 - Alabama , Alaska , Michigan , Minnesota , Ohio , Wisconsin |
| Earlier names | Midwest Collegiate Hockey League Western Intercollegiate Hockey League |
| Headquarters | Denver , Colorado |
| Chairman | Bruce McLeod |
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is an American association based in Denver . This operates a university and college sports league , which is mainly located in the Midwest and the western United States. It belongs to the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and is a pure Hockey - Conference .
By 2006, WCHA teams had won the NCAA ice hockey championship five times in a row and seven of the last ten events. The women's teams of the Collegiate Hockey Association have won all NCAA championships since their inception in 2001.
history
In 1951 the "Midwest Collegiate Hockey League" (MCHL) was founded. In 1953 this was renamed the "Western Intercollegiate Hockey League" (WIHL). The Conference has had its current name since 1959. The regular season champion receives the MacNaughton Cup , while the winner of the finals receives the Broadmoor Trophy .
A significant restructuring followed for the 2013/14 season, which only affected the men's area of the NCAA. The Pennsylvania State University provides since 2012 its own hockey team, so Wisconsin and Minnesota, the WCHA left to share with Penn State, the Michigan State University , the University of Michigan and the Ohio State University a new Conference in the Big Ten to start. The latter three left the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), which was then dissolved. The remaining teams of the CCHA joined forces with six teams of the WCHA in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference . These six were the University of Denver , Colorado College , University of Minnesota Duluth , University of Nebraska at Omaha , University of North Dakota, and St. Cloud State University . With the departure of these six, only five teams would have remained in the WCHA, and keeping the conference with fewer than six teams would not have complied with the statutes. Therefore, the University of Alabama in Huntsville , the University of Alaska Anchorage , the University of Alaska Fairbanks , the Bowling Green State University , the Ferris State University , the Northern Michigan University and the Lake Superior State University were invited to the conference. All invited universities agreed (Bowling Green only in 2012, Alabama only in 2013, all others in 2011), so that the newly formed WCHA now consists of ten members in the men's section.
Attendees
The men's division currently has ten members, the women's division has seven teams.
Former participants
- Colorado College (now NCHC ), 1951-2013
- University of Denver (now NCHC), 1951–2013
- University of Michigan (now Big Ten ), 1951–1981
- Michigan State University (now Big Ten), 1951–1981
- University of Minnesota (now Big Ten), 1951–2013
- University of Minnesota Duluth (now NCHC), 1966-2013
- University of Nebraska Omaha (now NCHC), 2010–2013
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University of North Dakota
- Men: 1951–2013 (now NCHC)
- Women: 2004–2017 (women's ice hockey team discontinued)
- University of Notre Dame (now Big Ten), 1971–1981
- St. Cloud State University (now NCHC), 1990–2013
- University of Wisconsin – Madison (now Big Ten), 1969–2013
Timeline
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Women
- 2000: Minnesota-Duluth
- 2001: Minnesota-Duluth
- 2002: Minnesota
- 2003: Minnesota-Duluth
- 2004: Minnesota
- 2005: Minnesota
- 2006: Wisconsin
- 2007: Wisconsin
- 2008: Minnesota-Duluth
- 2009: Wisconsin
- 2010: Minnesota-Duluth
- 2011: Wisconsin
- 2012: Minnesota
- 2013: Minnesota
- 2014: Minnesota
- 2015: Wisconsin
- 2016: Wisconsin
- 2017: Wisconsin
Conference venues
| team | arena | capacity |
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| Alabama-Huntsville Chargers | Provost Arena | 6,602 |
| Alaska Anchorage Seawolves | Sullivan Arena | 6,406 |
| Alaska Nanooks | Carlson Center | 4,595 |
| Bemidji State Beavers | John S. Glas Field House | 2,399 |
| Bowling Green Falcons | BGSU Ice Arena | 5,000 |
| Ferris State Bulldogs | Eternity Arena | 2,493 |
| Lake Superior State Lakers | Taffy Abel Arena | 4,000 |
| Michigan Tech Huskies | John MacInnes Ice Arena | 4,200 |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | Ridder Arena | 10,000 3,400 |
| Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs | AMSOIL Arena | 6,600 |
| Minnesota State Mavericks |
Verizon Wireless Center (Men) All Seasons Arena (Women) |
5,280 1,000 |
| Northern Michigan Wildcats | Berry Events Center | 3,902 |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | OSU Ice Arena | 1,415 |
| St. Cloud State Huskies | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center | 5,763 |
| Wisconsin Badgers | LaBahn Arena | 2,273 |
