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)
Conference Arenas
| School | Hockey Arena | 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 | 9,600 |
| 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 |
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