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35-413: CCHA may refer to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association Community College Humanities Association City Champions for Heat Action Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CCHA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

70-573: A Most Valuable Player in Tournament which is voted on at the conclusion of the conference tournament. None of the individual awards conferred by the CCHA have been given for the entire existence of the conference. Only the Tournament MVP was awarded in the inaugural CCHA season, but that award was discontinued thereafter until 1982. Several of the aforementioned awards were revived along with

105-594: A game-of-the-week, and signed the first national television contract for colleges in the United States. He brought in cable television partners which included the Pro Am Sports System and Fox Sports Net . He introduced instant replay to the CCHA in 1993, to be used at its league championships, and arranged for the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament finals to be played at Joe Louis Arena . He

140-481: A new CCHA for the 2021–22 season, citing a more compact geographic footprint and a desire to improve regional alignment, among other reasons. St. Thomas, a former D-III school, joined them later that year as the CCHA's newest member as well as the conference's eighth team. The CCHA began in 1971 as an NCAA conference composed of Bowling Green , Ohio , Ohio State and Saint Louis . After adding Lake Superior State for year two, both Ohio State and Ohio withdrew from

175-466: A new CCHA, with the 2021–22 season as the first for the revived league. The tournament resumed in 2022 with the Mason Cup once again being awarded to the tournament champion. The CCHA Tournament format begins as a single-game elimination two-round format. A round-robin championship format was adopted. Although not a member of the CCHA's Division I, Western Michigan is invited as the fourth team in

210-459: A partial league schedule in the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons before playing a full league schedule in 2025–26. On May 15, 2024 St. Thomas announced they would leave the league following the 2025-26 season to become the tenth member of the NCHC. This will return the league to eight member schools. Team's records against current conference opponents. (As of the end of the 2020-21 season.) At

245-399: Is expanded from four teams to eight teams in a three-round format. First round series changed to a best two-of-three format. Semifinals and finals remain single-game elimination. With the addition of Kent State and Notre Dame to the league and Alaska as an affiliate member, the tournament expanded to 12 teams. A quarterfinal at Joe Louis Arena narrows the field from six to four. Alaska

280-411: Is placed in the tournament by team choice. In order, the top six teams select their opponent for the first round among the bottom five teams and Alaska. The CCHA eliminates the consolation game. The tournament retracts to 10 teams. A highest seed-hosts, midweek play-in game narrows the field from five to four. Tournament format returns to eight teams. The tournament field expands back to 10 along with

315-627: Is the conference tournament for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), an NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference that originally operated from 1971 to 2013 and has been revived effective in 2021. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament . The winner of the tournament also receives the Mason Cup , which was first presented in 2001. In other years,

350-682: The University of Notre Dame to resurrect its hockey program in 1992. Building on Bowling Green State's national title in 1984, the CCHA established itself further as the Michigan State Spartans won their second national championship and first as a member of the CCHA in 1986, and the Lake Superior State Lakers won the 1988 national championship, their first NCAA championship. The Lake Superior State Lakers would continue their NCAA success by winning both

385-503: The University of Wisconsin from the WCHA , as well as Penn State. The next school slated to leave the CCHA in 2013 was Miami University which became a charter member of the NCHC on July 15, 2011. Western Michigan accepted an invitation to join the new league just over two months later on September 22. The demise of the CCHA was further accelerated when five members decided to move to

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420-672: The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), which itself had been depleted by the Big Ten and NCHC. The conference's last game before its hiatus was the final of the 2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , where Notre Dame beat Michigan 3–1 to win the Mason Cup championship. On February 18, 2020, seven schools who had applied to leave the WCHA announced they would form

455-535: The 1992 and 1994 NCAA ice hockey championships and finishing as the national runner-up in 1993. In addition to the success of the Lakers and Spartans, the Michigan Wolverines began a streak of 22 consecutive tournament appearances in 1991 and won national titles in 1996 and 1998. While the conference and most of its teams were stable throughout the early 21st century, the CCHA suffered a mortal blow at

490-495: The CCHA Tournament semifinals and finals. From 1993 to 1994 and 2002–05, the CCHA championship format had six teams competing at Joe Louis Arena with the bottom four teams competing for the third and fourth spots in the semifinals. In February 2020, seven schools that had announced several months earlier that they would leave the Western Collegiate Hockey Association after the 2020–21 season announced that they would form

525-441: The CCHA Tournament. The single-game elimination format returns. Western Michigan is invited for a second year as the fourth team in the CCHA Tournament. Championship game is changed to a two-game, total-goals series. All tournament rounds are changed to a two-game, total-goals series. First round series remain a two-game, total-goals series. Semifinals and finals are changed to single-game elimination format. The CCHA Tournament

560-505: The WCHA following the 2012–13 campaign. Northern Michigan University , returning to the WCHA after leaving in 1997, was the first to make the announcement on July 20, followed by Alaska, Ferris State and Lake Superior State on August 26 and Bowling Green on October 4. Notre Dame accepted an invitation to the Hockey East Association in a press conference on October 5, 2011. On June 28, 2019, seven schools from

595-429: The conclusion of each regular season schedule the coaches of each CCHA team vote which players they choose to be on the three All-Conference Teams: first team, second team and rookie team. Additionally they vote to award up to 9 of the 12 individual trophies to an eligible player at the same time (depending upon the year). The CCHA also awards a Perani Cup, a Humanitarian Award, which are awarded rather than voted upon, and

630-462: The conference, leaving the CCHA with a scant 3 members. Despite the trouble, the three teams rode out the rough patch and the league began to grow with the addition of Western Michigan and the return of Ohio State. Up until 1976 the NCAA had only offered bids to the tournament from teams in either ECAC Hockey or the WCHA . Because those were the only two Division I conferences for most years there

665-408: The end of the decade. Pennsylvania State University announced on September 17, 2010 the transition of its men's and women's American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) programs to NCAA Division I status in 2012. Just over a month earlier, then-commissioner Tom Anastos publicly stated that the CCHA would strongly consider adding Penn State as the conference's 12th member. Instead, the league

700-615: The first round, the field was reseeded for the quarterfinal round for an on-campus best two-of-three series. The remaining four teams were reseeded for the CCHA Championship at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. The revived CCHA tournament involves all eight members, seeded according to regular-season conference records. The top four teams host best-of-three series in the opening round, matched in the standard format of 1–8, 2–7, 3–6, and 4–5. The semifinals consist of single games hosted by

735-406: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CCHA&oldid=1104244702 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Central Collegiate Hockey Association The CCHA was disbanded after the 2012–13 season as

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770-450: The league in 2021–22. The awards presented by the original CCHA for best offensive and defensive defenseman were merged into a single award for best defenseman, and the original CCHA's award for best defensive forward was folded into the award for best forward. 1970s All-Decade Team 1980s All-Decade Team 1990s All-Decade Team 2000-2013 All-Decade Team CCHA Men%27s Ice Hockey Tournament The CCHA Tournament

805-476: The midweek play-in game. All 12 teams qualify for the tournament with a quarterfinal at Joe Louis Arena narrowing the field from six to four. The consolation game returns to boost records and rankings for NCAA Tournament selection. All 11 league members qualified for the tournament. A four-round format was introduced beginning in 2006 with the top five seeds receiving byes and the remaining six teams playing in an on-campus best two-of-three first round series. After

840-426: The move; the remaining three WCHA members, Alabama-Huntsville , Alaska and Alaska–Anchorage , all geographic outliers in the WCHA, were notably absent. On February 18, 2020 these seven schools announced they would begin competing in a new CCHA in 2021–22. Later that year, the University of St. Thomas , a former D-III school who had been granted a waiver by the NCAA earlier in the year to transition directly to D-I,

875-476: The result of a conference realignment stemming from the Big Ten Conference (of which three CCHA schools; Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State, were primary members) choosing to sponsor Division I ice hockey beginning in the 2013–14 season. The remaining CCHA members received invitations to other conferences, such as the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), Hockey East , and

910-410: The ten-member WCHA began the process of withdrawing from the conference, with the intent of forming a new conference for the 2021–22 season. These seven schools were Bemidji State, Bowling Green (who had retained the rights to the CCHA name), Ferris State, Lake Superior State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota State and Northern Michigan. The seven schools cited a more compact geographic footprint as one reason for

945-411: The top two surviving seeds. The final is also a single game, hosted by the top remaining seed. In 1981–82, four teams from the WCHA (Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech and Notre Dame) defected to the CCHA. The four teams brought their long, storied history with 12 combined NCAA National Championships giving the young, up-start league instant credibility. The tournament championship

980-531: The tournament in its first three season of CCHA play but it was founding member Bowling Green that won the conference's first national championship in 1984 . Bill Beagan served as commissioner of the CCHA from 1985 to 1998. He implemented a pre-season training camp for referees, despite the officials going on strike in protest. He developed a working relationship with the NHL to develop future officials in collegiate hockey. He sought to have CCHA games televised as

1015-574: The trophy was known as the CCHA Tournament Championship Trophy. The tournament was first held in 1972, the first year of conference play. It was held at The Arena in St. Louis, Missouri from 1972 to 1977. From 1978 to 1981, the CCHA Tournament was held at the rink of the higher seed. Starting in 1982, the CCHA Tournament first round was held at the rink of the higher seed with Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan hosting

1050-430: Was announced to be joining the new CCHA as a member on July 29, 2020, bringing the membership up to an even eight teams. Don Lucia , a former head coach at Alaska, Colorado College , and Minnesota , was named as commissioner of the new CCHA on June 17, 2020. A new league logo was introduced shortly thereafter. On May 17, 2022, Augustana University was announced as the league's ninth member. The Vikings will play

1085-651: Was credited with coining the phrase, "Road to the Joe", in reference to end-of-year tournament culminating at the Joe Louis Arena. Prior to Beagan's arrival, the CCHA had not been a profitable association. After 10 years as commissioner, the league had made $ 4 million. Profits were shared with the schools, which were reinvested into hockey programs and new arenas. On-ice results improved during his tenure, and CCHA teams won six NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament championships. In addition, Beagan convinced

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1120-496: Was left to deal with the imminent departures of Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State when the Big Ten Conference disclosed on March 21, 2011 its intention to establish a men's ice hockey circuit to begin play in the 2013–14 season, as the conference now had enough hockey teams to earn an automatic bid in the NCAA tournament for its champion. Joining the existing CCHA members were the University of Minnesota and

1155-489: Was moved from small on-campus rinks to Joe Louis Arena, home of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings . These events give the league a distinct turning point at which the "Modern Era" of the CCHA Tournament begins. Commissioner Bill Beagan coined the phrase "Road to the Joe" in describing the CCHA Tournament in 1985–86. The phrase is commonly used in reference to the CCHA Tournament. With the tournament expanding to 12 teams in 2001–02,

1190-470: Was no controversy but, after the CCHA had proved to be more than just a flash in the pan, the tournament had to change. Beginning with the 1977 Championship the NCAA allowed itself the freedom to add up to four additional teams to the tournament with the understanding that the CCHA tournament champion would receive one of the additional bids. Bowling Green won the first tournament game for the conference but it

1225-498: Was not until Northern Michigan reached the championship game in 1980 that the league began to gain acceptance. 1981 saw a major shift in college ice hockey with four teams from the WCHA defecting to the CCHA. The move was done as a way to reduce travel costs as well as provide the new team with a better chance at making the NCAA Tournament (many of the CCHA teams were still seen as lesser programs). Michigan State made

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