Western Collegiate Hockey Association

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, WCHA, is a NCAA Div. I hockey conference. It was founded in 1951 as the Midwest Intercollegiate Hockey League. In 1953 it became the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League. Finally in 1959 the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. It sponsors hockey games between member institutions to determine a conference champion that will compete in the NCAA Ice Hockey Championship. To determine the conference champ they hold a conference tournament. In this conference playoff championship the top five teams of the league play to determine a clear cut winner.

The WCHA:

• University of Alaska Anchorage
• Colorado College
• University of Denver
• Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech)
• University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
• University of Minnesota Duluth
• Minnesota State University (Mankato)
• University of North Dakota
• St. Cloud State University
• University of Wisconsin (Madison)

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