NCAA Sports Blog

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska, Indiana, and Nebraska. It participates in the NCAA’s Division I as a hockey-only conference. It holds its championship tournament at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, usually in the second week of March.

Membership

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Joined	Primary Conference
University of Alaska Fairbanks	Fairbanks, Alaska	Nanooks	1917	Public	9,380	1995	Great Northwest (D-II)
Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green, Ohio	Falcons	1910	Public	20,200	1971	Mid-American
Ferris State University	Big Rapids, Michigan	Bulldogs	1884	Public	12,547	1979	Great Lakes Intercollegiate (D-II)
Lake Superior State University	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	Lakers	1946	Public	2,907	1972	Great Lakes Intercollegiate (D-II)
Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	RedHawks	1809	Public	15,726	1980	Mid-American
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Wolverines	1817	Public	40,025	1981	Big Ten
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Spartans	1855	Public	45,166	1981	Big Ten
University of Nebraska at Omaha	Omaha, Nebraska	Mavericks	1908	Public	14,093	1999	North Central (D-II)
Northern Michigan University	Marquette, Michigan	Wildcats	1899	Public	9,400	1977	Great Lakes Intercollegiate (D-II)
University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, Indiana	Fighting Irish	1842	Private/Catholic	11,415	1981	Big East
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Buckeyes	1870	Public	51,818	1971	Big Ten
Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo, Michigan	Broncos	1903	Public	26,239	1975	Mid-American

 

Former members

    * University of Illinois at Chicago, 1982-1996, now in ACHA Division II

    * Kent State University, 1992-1994, now in ACHA Division I

    * Michigan Technological University, 1981-1984, now in the WCHA

    * Ohio University, 1971-1973, now in ACHA Division I

    * Saint Louis University, 1971-1979, now in ACHA Division I

Profiles

    * Alaska Nanooks

    * Bowling Green Falcons

          o 5-time CCHA tournament champions (1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988)

          o 7-time CCHA champions (1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987)

          o 1-time NCAA champions (1984)

    * Ferris State Bulldogs

          o 1-time CCHA champions (2003)

    * Lake Superior State Lakers

          o 4-time CCHA tournament champions (1991, 1992, 1993, 1995)

          o 4-time CCHA champions (1974, 1988, 1991, 1996)

          o 3-time NCAA champions (1988, 1992, 1994)

          o 2-time NAIA champions (1972, 1974)

    * Miami RedHawks

          o 2-time CCHA champions (1993, 2006)

    * Michigan Wolverines

          o 7-time CCHA tournament champions (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005)

          o 8-time CCHA champions (1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005)

          o 9-time NCAA champions (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998)

    * Michigan State Spartans

          o 11-time CCHA tournament champions (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006)

          o 7-time CCHA champions (1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2001)

          o 3-time NCAA champions (1966, 1986, 2007)

    * Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks

    * Northern Michigan Wildcats

          o 2-time CCHA tournament champions (1980, 1981)

          o 2-time CCHA champions (1980, 1981)

          o 1-time NCAA champions (1991)

    * Notre Dame Fighting Irish

          o 1-time CCHA tournament champions (2007)

          o 1-time CCHA champions (2007)

    * Ohio State Buckeyes (women compete in Western Collegiate Hockey Association)

          o 2-time CCHA tournament champions (1972, 2004)

          o 1-time CCHA champions (1972)

    * Western Michigan Broncos

          o 1-time CCHA tournament champions (1986)

List of CCHA Champions

    See also: List of CCHA Tournament champions

    * 1972 Ohio State/Saint Louis

    * 1973 Saint Louis

    * 1974 Lake Superior/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

    * 1989 Michigan State

    * 1990 Michigan State

    * 1991 Lake Superior

    * 1992 Michigan

    * 1993 Miami

    * 1994 Michigan

    * 1995 Michigan

    * 1996 Lake Superior/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

Conference arenas

School	Hockey Arena	Capacity
Alaska Fairbanks	Carlson Center	4,500
Bowling Green	BGSU Ice Arena	5,000
Ferris State	Ewigleben Arena	2,641
Lake Superior State	Taffy Abel Arena	4,000
Miami	Goggin Ice Center	3,842
Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	6,193
Michigan State	Munn Ice Arena	6,170
Northern Michigan	Berry Events Center	3,902
Nebraska-Omaha	Qwest Center Omaha	16,500
Notre Dame	Joyce Center Rink	2,763
Ohio State	Value City Arena	17,500
Western Michigan	Lawson Arena	3,667