List of CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions

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Joe Louis Arena hosted the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament from 1982 until the demise of the original CCHA in 2013. Joe Louis Arena.JPG
Joe Louis Arena hosted the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament from 1982 until the demise of the original CCHA in 2013.

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey-only conference that has operated during two separate periods. The conference was founded in 1971 and disbanded in 2013 following major conference realignment, with then-member Bowling Green taking ownership of the conference name. In 2021, the CCHA was reestablished with eight members, including Bowling Green. At the completion of each regular season, both versions of the CCHA have held the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament to determine the conference champion. The tournament champions receive the Mason Cup.

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The tournament has had a variety of formats.

The tournament was first hosted at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri with Ohio State winning the inaugural tournament. Michigan State won the most CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments with eleven while Michigan appeared in the most championship game appearances with seventeen. Ron Mason has coached thirteen championship teams, more than any other CCHA coach, and also has the most championship game appearances as coach with seventeen. The Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan hosted the tournament from 1982 to 2013. The St. Louis Arena hosted the tournament six times, while the BGSU Ice Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio and Lakeview Arena in Marquette, Michigan each hosted the championship game twice.

In the final championship tournament of the original CCHA in 2013, Notre Dame defeated Michigan.

In February 2020, seven schools that had announced their departures from the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, effective after the 2020–21 season, announced they would start play in a new CCHA in 2021–22. Four of these schools had played in the final season of the original CCHA, and a fifth had briefly been a member. [1]

The CCHA tournament resumed in 2022 [2] with a new format in which all games are played at campus sites. Specifically, the first round consists of best-of-three series, with all games hosted by the higher seed in each matchup; the semifinals are single games hosted by the top two surviving seeds; and the final is also a single game hosted by the highest remaining seed. [3]

Champions

YearWinning teamCoachLosing teamCoachScoreLocation [lower-alpha 1] Venue [lower-alpha 1] Reference
1972 Ohio State Dave Chambers Saint Louis Bill Selman 3–0 St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
1973 Bowling Green Jack Vivian ——— St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
1974 Saint Louis Bill Selman Lake Superior State Rick Comley 8–3 St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
1975 Saint Louis Bill Selman Lake Superior State Rick Comley 8–3 St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
1976 Saint Louis Bill Selman Western Michigan Bill Neal 15–4 (agg.) St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
1977 Bowling Green Ron Mason Saint Louis Bill Selman 5–4 (agg.) St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
1978 Bowling Green Ron Mason Saint Louis Bill Selman 13–3 (agg.) Bowling Green, Ohio BGSU Ice Arena
1979 Bowling Green Ron Mason Ohio State Jerry Welsh 11–7 (agg.) Bowling Green, Ohio BGSU Ice Arena
1980 Northern Michigan Rick Comley Ferris State Rick Duffett 15–9 (agg.) Marquette, Michigan Lakeview Arena
1981 Northern Michigan Rick Comley Ohio State Jerry Welsh 6–4 (agg.) Marquette, Michigan Lakeview Arena
1982 Michigan State Ron Mason Notre Dame Lefty Smith 4–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1983 Michigan State Ron Mason Bowling Green Jerry York 4–3 (OT) Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1984 Michigan State Ron Mason Western Michigan Bill Wilkinson 5–0 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1985 Michigan State Ron Mason Lake Superior State Frank Anzalone 5–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1986 Western Michigan Bill Wilkinson Michigan State Ron Mason 3–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1987 Michigan State Ron Mason Bowling Green Jerry York 4–3 (OT) Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1988 Bowling Green Jerry York Lake Superior State Frank Anzalone 5–3 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1989 Michigan State Ron Mason Lake Superior State Frank Anzalone 4–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1990 Michigan State Ron Mason Lake Superior State Frank Anzalone 4–3 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1991 Lake Superior State Jeff Jackson Michigan Red Berenson 6–5 (OT) Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1992 Lake Superior State Jeff Jackson Michigan Red Berenson 3–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1993 Lake Superior State Jeff Jackson Miami George Gwozdecky 3–0 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1994 Michigan Red Berenson Lake Superior State Jeff Jackson 3–0 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1995 Lake Superior State Jeff Jackson Michigan State Ron Mason 5–3 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1996 Michigan Red Berenson Lake Superior State Jeff Jackson 4–3 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1997 Michigan Red Berenson Michigan State Ron Mason 3–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1998 Michigan State Ron Mason Ohio State John Markell 3–2 (2OT) Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
1999 Michigan Red Berenson Northern Michigan Rick Comley 5–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2000 Michigan State Ron Mason Nebraska-Omaha Mike Kemp 6–0 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2001 Michigan State Ron Mason Michigan Red Berenson 2–0 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2002 Michigan Red Berenson Michigan State Ron Mason 3–2 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2003 Michigan Red Berenson Ferris State Bob Daniels 5–3 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2004 Ohio State John Markell Michigan Red Berenson 4–2 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2005 Michigan Red Berenson Ohio State John Markell 4–2 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2006 Michigan State Rick Comley Miami Enrico Blasi 2–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2007 Notre Dame Jeff Jackson Michigan Red Berenson 2–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2008 Michigan Red Berenson Miami Enrico Blasi 2–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2009 Notre Dame Jeff Jackson Michigan Red Berenson 5–2 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2010 Michigan Red Berenson Northern Michigan Walt Kyle 2–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2011 Miami Enrico Blasi Western Michigan Jeff Blashill 5–2 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2012 Western Michigan Andy Murray Michigan Red Berenson 3–2 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2013 Notre Dame Jeff Jackson Michigan Red Berenson 3–1 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena
2022 Minnesota State Mike Hastings Bemidji State Tom Serratore 2–1 (OT) Mankato, Minnesota Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center [4]
  1. 1 2 Starting in 2022, refers only to championship game site.

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References

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  1. ↑ Johnson, Randy (February 18, 2020). "CCHA will be new name for seven teams leaving WCHA in 2021-22". Star Tribune . Minneapolis . Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Famed Mason Cup to be awarded to CCHA playoff champion" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ "CCHA releases 2021-22 conference schedule" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. May 20, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Minnesota State's OT goal waved off after CCHA trophy presented; Mavericks win again after game resumed". USCHO. March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
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