College Hockey Mid-America

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College Hockey Mid-America
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ConferenceACHA
Founded2006
Sports fielded
DivisionDivision I
No. of teams8
Headquarters Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Region Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia
Most recent
champion(s)		 John Carroll
(4th title)
(2024–25)
Most titles John Carroll
and Robert Morris
(4 titles each)
Official website CHMA Website
Locations
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College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA) is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I ice hockey conference with teams in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The league was formed in 2006 after members of the now defunct University Hockey League organized the league and moved from the ACHA's Division II to Division I.

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Season format

The conference formed in 2006 after members of the now defunct University Hockey League organized the league and moved from the ACHA's Division II to Division I. With eight members, each CHMA team plays every other team in a home and away series, producing a regular season of 14 games. Prior to the 2018-19 season, the regular season champion received an automatic bid to the ACHA Division I National Tournament. Starting with the 2019 National Tournament, the CHMA awarded the playoff champion the conference's automatic bid. In 2010, season champion Slippery Rock declined their bid to the national tournament. In 2012, the conference experienced expansion when Mercyhurst and Robert Morris joined. [1] In 2020, Slippery Rock suspended their ACHA Men's Division 1 team. At the same time, the conference added Kent State, who began conference play in the 2021-22 season. The University of Pittsburgh left the conference for the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League beginning with the 2022-23 season.

Membership

Of the seven member schools, four compete at the Division I level of NCAA, two at Division II (all within the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference), and one at Division III.

SchoolLocationNicknamePrimary conferenceWebsiteTeam Colors
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA Dukes Atlantic 10 (DI)   
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA Crimson Hawks PSAC (DII)   
John Carroll University University Heights, OH Blue Streaks Ohio Athletic Conference (DIII)   
Mercyhurst University Erie, PA Lakers PSAC (D-II)   
Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA Colonials Horizon League (D-I)   
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV Mountaineers Big 12 Conference (DI)   
Kent State University Kent, OH Golden Flashes Mid-American Conference (DI)   

Note: Mercyhurst and Robert Morris have NCAA Division I hockey teams competing in Atlantic Hockey.

Conference arenas

SchoolHome arenaLocationCapacity
Duquesne Alpha Ice Complex Harmarville, Pennsylvania 1,200
IUP S&T Bank Arena Indiana, Pennsylvania 1,000
John Carroll Gilmour Academy Ice Arena Gates Mills, Ohio 800
Mercyhurst Mercyhurst Ice Center Erie, Pennsylvania 1,500
Robert Morris Clearview Arena Neville Township, Pennsylvania 1,200
West Virginia Morgantown Municipal Ice Arena Morgantown, West Virginia 500
Kent State Kent State University Ice Arena Kent, Ohio 1,500

Former members

Past Champions

SeasonRegular seasonTournamentTournament site
2006-2007Washington & JeffersonDuquesne Alpha Ice Complex, Harmarville, Pennsylvania
2007-2008West VirginiaWashington & Jefferson Ice Zone, Boardman, Ohio
2008-2009DuquesneDuquesne Ice Castle Arena, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
2009-2010Slippery RockWest Virginia S&T Bank Arena, Indiana, Pennsylvania
2010-2011Slippery RockSlippery Rock WesBanco Arena, Wheeling, West Virginia
2011-2012West VirginiaWest Virginia Alpha Ice Complex, Harmarville, Pennsylvania
2012-2013John CarrollMercyhurst S&T Bank Arena, Indiana, Pennsylvania
2013-2014West VirginiaWest Virginia Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, Ohio
2014-2015Robert MorrisRobert Morris BladeRunners, Harmarville, Pennsylvania
2015-2016MercyhurstPittsburgh Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, Ohio
2016-2017PittsburghJohn Carroll Colonials Arena, Neville Township, Pennsylvania
2017-2018PittsburghJohn Carroll Mercyhurst Ice Center, Erie, Pennsylvania
2018-2019IUPRobert Morris Alpha Ice Complex, Harmarville, Pennsylvania
2019-2020PittsburghIUP Alpha Ice Complex, Harmarville, Pennsylvania
2020-2021Robert Morris*Robert Morris* Colonials Arena, Neville Township, Pennsylvania
2021-2022PittsburghJohn Carroll Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, Ohio
2022-2023IUPRobert Morris S&T Bank Arena, Indiana, Pennsylvania
2023-2024IUPIUP Colonials Arena, Neville Township, Pennsylvania
2024-2025IUPJohn Carroll Printscape Arena, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

National Tournament results

Since the 2007–08 season, the conference's regular season champion received an automatic bid to the Division I national tournament. Starting with the 2018-19 season, the conference's playoff champion received an automatic bid to the Division I national tournament. In the conference's first season in 2006–07, West Virginia earned a spot in the tournament based on their national ranking, winning neither the regular season nor the conference tournament. Washington & Jefferson College also earned a berth to the 2006-07 ACHA Division I National Tournament having won the CHMA regular season title and ranking 14th overall. In the 2021-2022 season, the conference saw two teams represented for the third time in sixteen seasons.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Robert Morris to Join CHMA in 2012". Robert Morris Colonials. December 18, 2011. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ "ACHA CANCELS 2020 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT | ACHA Nationals - Pointstreak Sites".
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