Western Collegiate Hockey Association

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The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference.

At the conclusion of the 2006 season, WCHA teams had won five consecutive NCAA men's titles (as well as seven of the last ten) and all six women's titles (the first was contested in 2001). The 2005 NCAA Frozen Four hockey tournament finals were comprised entirely of teams from the WCHA.

There are 12 member schools in all; the men's division operates with 10 members, while the women's division has eight.

University of Alaska Anchorage (men only)
Bemidji State University (women only; men compete in College Hockey America)
Colorado College (men only)
- 1-time WCHA men's champions (1978)
- 8-time WCHA men's regular season champions (1952, 1955, 1957, 1994-96, 2003, 2005)
- 2-time NCAA men's champions (1950, 1957)
University of Denver (men only)
- 14-time WCHA men's champions (1960-61, 1963-64, 1966, 1968-69, 1971-73, 1986, 1999, 2002, 2005)
- 11-time WCHA men's regular season champions (1958, 1960-61, 1963, 1968, 1972-73, 1978, 1986, 2002, 2005)
- 7-time NCAA men's champions (1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005)
Michigan Technological University (men only)
- 9-time WCHA men's champions (1960, 1962, 1965, 1969-70, 1974-76, 1981)
- 6-time WCHA men's regular season champions (1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976)
- 3-time NCAA men's champions (1962, 1965, 1975)
University of Minnesota
- 13-time WCHA men's champions (1971, 1974-76, 1979-81, 1993-94, 1996, 2003-04)
- 3-time WCHA women's champions (2002, 2004-05)
- 11-time WCHA men's regular season champions (1953-54, 1970, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1988-89, 1992, 1997, 2006)
- 5-time NCAA men's champions (1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003)
- 2-time NCAA women's champions (2004, 2005)
University of Minnesota Duluth
- 2-time WCHA men's champions (1984-85)
- 3-time WCHA women's champions (2000-01, 2003)
- 3-time WCHA men's regular season champions (1984-85, 1993)
- 3-time NCAA women's champions (2001, 2002, 2003)
Minnesota State University, Mankato
University of North Dakota
- 8-time WCHA men's champions (1967-68, 1979-80, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2006)
- 13-time WCHA men's regular season champions (1958, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1979-80, 1982, 1987, 1997-99, 2001, 2004)
- 7-time NCAA men's champions (1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000)
Ohio State University (women only; men compete in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association)
St. Cloud State University
- 1-time WCHA men's champions (2001)
University of Wisconsin
- 11-time WCHA men's champions (1970, 1972-73, 1977-78, 1982-83, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998)
- 3-time WCHA men's regular season champions (1977, 1990, 2000)
- 1-time WCHA women's champions (2006)
- 1-time WCHA women's regular season champions (2006)
- 6-time NCAA men's champions (1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006)
- 1-time NCAA women's champions (2006)

Teams

States with WCHA Schools located in them

[edit] Conference Arenas

School	Hockey Arena	Capacity
Alaska-Anchorage	Sullivan Arena	7,800
Colorado College	World Arena	7,343
Denver	Magness Arena	7,200
Michigan Tech	John MacInnes Ice Arena	4,200
Minnesota	Mariucci Arena	10,000
Minnesota Duluth	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC)	5,333
MSU Mankato	Midwest Wireless Civic Center	4,832
North Dakota	Ralph Engelstad Arena	11,500
St. Cloud State	National Hockey Center	5,763
Wisconsin	Kohl Center	15,209

[edit] See also

Broadmoor Trophy
McNaughton Cup

[edit] External links

Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Alaska-Anchorage^♂ • Bemidji State^♀ • Colorado C.^♂ • Denver^♂ • Michigan Tech^♂ • Minnesota • Minnesota-Duluth • Minnesota State • North Dakota • Ohio State^♀ • St. Cloud State • Wisconsin ^♂ men's-only member • ^♀ women's-only member