Northern Collegiate Hockey Association

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Northern Collegiate Hockey Association
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association logo
Established 1981
Association NCAA
Division Division III
Members 10
Sports fielded Ice hockey (men's: 10 teams; women's: 7 teams)
Region Midwestern United States
Commissioner G. Steven Larson (since 2013)
Website www.nchahockey.org
Locations
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association locations

The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) is a college athletic conference which operates in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in the midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.

The conference was founded in 1980 as a loose association of six schools in Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. The league was formalized the next year.[1]

In the summer of 2012, the five schools in the University of Wisconsin System announced that they would leave the conference to begin playing hockey in their all-sports conference, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.[2][3] The move would have left only two men's teams in the NCHA, leading St. Norbert and St. Scholastica to join the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (MCHA).[4] In April 2013, the NCHA and MCHA announced a merger, where the NCHA would absorb the MCHA's teams (of the MCHA's 10 schools, all 7 who also sponsored women's hockey played in the NCHA).[5] The men's and women's sides will retain separate administrative structures, as well as their automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament.[6]

Members

Current

School Location Nickname Founded Affiliation Enrollment Year Joined Primary Conference
Adrian College Adrian, Michigan Bulldogs 1859 Private 1,400 Men: 2013
Women: 2009		 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Aurora University Aurora, Illinois Spartans 1893 Private 4,400 Men: 2015 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Concordia University Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin Falcons 1880 Private/Lutheran (LCMS) 1,600 Men: 2013
Women: 2007		 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Finlandia University Hancock, Michigan Lions 1896 Private/Lutheran (ELCA) 550 Men: 2013
Women: 2003		 Men: Independent
Women: Great South Athletic Conference
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois Foresters 1857 Private 1,417 Men: 1992–2009, 2013
Women: 2000		 Midwest Conference
Lawrence University Appleton, Wisconsin Vikings 1847 Private 1,469 Men: 2013 Midwest Conference
Marian University Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Sabres 1936 Private/Catholic 1,411 Men: 2013
Women: 2009		 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, Wisconsin Raiders 1903 Private 2,300 Men: 2013 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Northland College Ashland, Wisconsin Lumberjacks 1906 Private/United Church of Christ 700 Men: 2013 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
St. Norbert College De Pere, Wisconsin Green Knights 1898 Private/Catholic 2,015 Men: 1994
Women: 2010		 Midwest Conference
The College of St. Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota Saints 1912 Private/Catholic 3,309 Men: 1983–1991, 1994
Women: 2010		 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

Former

School Location Nickname Founded Affiliation Teams Year Joined Year Left Subsequent
Conference		 Current
Conference
Bemidji State University Bemidji, Minnesota Beavers 1919 Public Men Men: 1981 Men: 1999 CHA (D-I) WCHA (D-I)
Minnesota State University, Mankato Mankato, Minnesota Mavericks 1868 Public Men Men: 1981 Men: 1992 D-II Independent WCHA (D-I)
St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, Minnesota Huskies 1868 Public Men Men: 1981 Men: 1987 D-I Independent NCHC (D-I)
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Eau Claire, Wisconsin Blugolds 1916 Public Both Men: 1981
Women: 2000		 Men: 2013
Women: 2013		 WIAC
University of Wisconsin–River Falls River Falls, Wisconsin Falcons 1874 Public Both Men: 1981
Women: 2000		 Men: 2013
Women: 2013		 WIAC
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Stevens Point, Wisconsin Pointers 1894 Public Both Men: 1987
Women: 2000		 Men: 2013
Women: 2013		 WIAC
University of Wisconsin–Stout Menomonie, Wisconsin Blue Devils 1891 Public Both Men: 1996 Men: 2013 WIAC
University of Wisconsin–Superior Superior, Wisconsin Yellowjackets 1893 Public Both Men: 1981
Women: 2000		 Men: 2013
Women: 2013		 WIAC

Membership timeline

Champions

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Men

Season Regular Season Tournament
1981–82 Bemidji State —
1982–83 Bemidji State —
1983–84 Bemidji State^ —
1984–85 Bemidji State —
1985–86 Bemidji State
Mankato State		 Bemidji State^
1986–87 St. Cloud State
Mankato State		 Bemidji State
1987–88 UW–River Falls UW–River Falls^
1988–89 UW–Stevens Point UW–Stevens Point^
1989–90 UW–Stevens Point UW–Stevens Point^
1990–91 Bemidji State
Mankato State		 UW–Stevens Point^
1991–92 UW–Stevens Point UW–Stevens Point
1992–93 UW–Stevens Point UW–Stevens Point^
1993–94 UW–Superior UW–Superior^
1994–95 Bemidji State Bemidji State
1995–96 UW–River Falls UW–River Falls
1996–97 St. Norbert UW–Superior
1997–98 St. Norbert St. Norbert
1998–99 St. Norbert St. Norbert
1999–2000 UW–Stevens Point UW–Superior
2000–01 UW–Superior UW–Superior
2001–02 St. Norbert UW–Superior^
2002–03 St. Norbert St. Norbert
2003–04 St. Norbert St. Norbert
2004–05 St. Norbert St. Norbert
2005–06 St. Norbert UW–Superior
2006–07 St. Norbert
UW–River Falls
UW–Stout		 St. Norbert
2007–08 St. Norbert St. Norbert^
2008–09 UW–Superior UW–Stout
2009–10 St. Norbert St. Norbert
2010–11 St. Norbert St. Norbert^
2011–12 St. Norbert St. Norbert^
2012–13 UW–Eau Claire St. Norbert
2013-14 St. Norbert St. Norbert^
2014-15 Adrian

Women

Season Regular Season Tournament
2000–01 UW–Superior UW–River Falls
2001–02 UW–Stevens Point UW–Stevens Point
2002–03 UW–River Falls UW–River Falls
2003–04 UW–Superior UW–Stevens Point
2004–05 UW–Stevens Point UW–Stevens Point
2005–06 UW–Stevens Point UW–Stevens Point
2006–07 UW–Superior UW–Stevens Point
2007–08 UW–Superior UW–Superior
2008–09 UW–River Falls UW–River Falls
2009–10 Lake Forest UW–River Falls
2010–11 UW–River Falls Adrian
2011–12 UW–River Falls UW–River Falls
2012–13 UW–River Falls St. Norbert
2013–14 Lake Forest Lake Forest
2014-15 Adrian

^ Won National Championship

Arenas

School Arena Capacity
Adrian Arrington Ice Arena 500
Concordia Wisconsin Ozaukee Ice Center 1,000
Finlandia Houghton County Arena
Lake Forest Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse 1,000
Lawrence Appleton Family Ice Center 1,200
Marian Blue Line Family Ice Center 2,000
Milwaukee Engineering Kern Center 800
Northland Bay Area Civic Center 1,000
St. Norbert Cornerstone Community Center 2,000
St. Scholastica Mars Lakeview Arena 1,500

References

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