Western Collegiate Hockey Association

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.

The WCHA was founded as the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League (MCHL) from 1951–53, then became the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League (WIHL) from 1953–58, and ultimately on to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1959. The regular season conference champion is awarded the MacNaughton Cup, while the league's tournament champion takes home the Broadmoor Trophy.

Members

Former Members

Conference arenas
See also
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Members

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

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	NCAA Men's Championships	NCAA Women's Championships	Primary Conference
University of Alaska Anchorage	Anchorage, Alaska	1977	1993	Public	18,000	Seawolves	0	N/A	Great Northwest (D-II)
Bemidji State University	Bemidji, Minnesota	1919	1999	Public	4,800	Beavers	Plays in CHA	0	Northern Sun (D-II)
Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1874	1951	Private	1,950	Tigers	2	N/A	SCAC (D-III)
University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	1864	1951	Private	11,117	Pioneers	7	N/A	Sun Belt
Michigan Technological University	Houghton, Michigan	1885	1951 (CCHA, 1981–84)	Public	6,460	Huskies	3	N/A	GLIAC (D-II)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota	1851	1951	Public	51,194	Golden Gophers	5	2	Big Ten
University of Minnesota Duluth	Duluth, Minnesota	1947	1966	Public	10,500	Bulldogs	0	4	North Central (D-II)
Minnesota State University, Mankato	Mankato, Minnesota	1868	1999	Public	14,000	Mavericks	0	0	North Central (D-II)
University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	1883	1951	Public	13,000	Fighting Sioux	7	0	[Independent Division I transitional membership beginning in 2008\|D-I independent starting in 2008
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	1870	1999	Public	51,818	Buckeyes	Plays in CCHA	0	Big Ten
St. Cloud State University	St. Cloud, Minnesota	1869	1990	Public	14,252	Huskies	0	0	North Central (D-II)
University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	1848	1969	Public	41,169	Badgers	6	2	Big Ten

Former Members

Institution	Location	Founded	Tenure of Membership	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Teams	NCAA Championships (men's)
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	1817	1951–1981	Public	40,025	Wolverines	Men's	9 (5)?
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	1855	1951–1981	Public	45,166	Spartans	Men's	3 (1)?
Northern Michigan University	Marquette, Michigan	1899	1984–1997	Public	9,000	Wildcats	Men's	1 (1)?
University of Notre Dame	South Bend, Indiana	1842	1971–1981	Private	10,311	Fighting Irish	Men's	0 (0)?
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	1870	1999	Public	51,818	Buckeyes	Men's team now plays in CCHA	0 (0)?

All former members of the WCHA are current members of the CCHA.

? Number of NCAA championships won while WCHA member.

Conference arenas

School	Hockey Arena	Capacity
Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves	Sullivan Arena	6,406
Bemidji State Beavers	John S. Glas Field House	2,399
Colorado College Tigers	World Arena	7,343
Denver Pioneers	Magness Arena	6,026
Michigan Tech Huskies	John MacInnes Ice Arena	4,200
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Mariucci Arena (men) Ridder Arena (women)	10,000 3,400
Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC)	5,333
Minnesota State Mavericks	Alltel Center	4,832
North Dakota Fighing Sioux	Ralph Engelstad Arena	11,406
Ohio State Buckeyes	OSU Ice Arena	1,415
St. Cloud State Huskies	National Hockey Center	5,763
Wisconsin Badgers	Kohl Center	15,237