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.
The 2005 NCAA Frozen Four hockey tourney finals is 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
- 2-time NCAA men's champions (1950, 1957)
- University of Denver (men only)
- 14-time WCHA men's champions
- 6-time NCAA men's champions (1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004)
- Michigan Technological University (men only)
- 9-time WCHA men's champions
- 3-time NCAA men's champions (1962, 1965, 1975)
- University of Minnesota
- 12-time WCHA men's champions
- 3-time WCHA women's champions
- 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
- 3-time WCHA women's champions
- 3-time NCAA women's champions (2001, 2002, 2003)
- Minnesota State University Mankato
- University of North Dakota
- 7-time WCHA men's champions
- 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
- University of Wisconsin
- 11-time WCHA men's champions
- 5-time NCAA men's champions (1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990)
External links
Official WCHA site
