Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's champions

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Ridder Arena in Minneapolis has hosted the WCHA Tournament 18 times

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates as a women's ice hockey conference in the NCAA's National Collegiate division, the de facto equivalent of Division I in that sport. [a] Founded in 1951 as a men's ice hockey conference, it added a women's division in 1999, and continued to operate men's and women's divisions through the 2020–21 hockey season. After that season, the WCHA disbanded its men's division after seven of its 10 men's members left the conference to reestablish the Central Collegiate Hockey Association; the WCHA remained in operation as a women-only league. Each team plays 28 league games, each team playing four games against every other, two home games and two road games.

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The women's WCHA tournament seeds all 8 teams, and conducts a standard 8-team tournament at a single site over 4 days. The winner receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. WCHA teams won the first 13 NCAA Tournament championships from its inception in 2001. [1]

Championships

By season

SeasonRegular season champion [2] Tournament champion [2] NCAA national champion [1] Notes
1999–2000Minnesota–DuluthMinnesota–Duluth— [b] Bemidji State, Minnesota, Minnesota–Duluth, Minnesota State, Ohio State, St. Cloud State and Wisconsin begin conference play
2000–01MinnesotaMinnesota–DuluthMinnesota–Duluth NCAA begins awarding a national championship for women's ice hockey
2001–02MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota–Duluth
2002–03Minnesota–DuluthMinnesota–DuluthMinnesota–Duluth
2003–04MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota
2004–05MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota North Dakota begins conference play
2005–06WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin
2006–07WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin
2007–08Minnesota–DuluthMinnesota–DuluthMinnesota–DuluthWCHA championships later vacated due to ineligible player
2008–09MinnesotaWisconsinWisconsin
2009–10Minnesota &
Minnesota–Duluth [c] 		Minnesota–DuluthMinnesota–DuluthMinnesota and Minnesota–Duluth were named regular season conference co-champions after finishing tied for first. Minnesota–Duluth got the top seed for the conference tournament.
2010–11WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin
2011–12WisconsinMinnesotaMinnesota
2012–13MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesotaUndefeated season for Minnesota
2013–14MinnesotaMinnesota—
2014–15MinnesotaWisconsinMinnesota
2015–16WisconsinWisconsinMinnesota
2016–17WisconsinWisconsin—Last season for North Dakota
2017–18WisconsinMinnesota—
2018–19MinnesotaWisconsinWisconsin
2019–20WisconsinOhio State—NCAA championship tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin
2021–22MinnesotaOhio StateOhio State St. Thomas began conference play
2022–23 Ohio StateMinnesotaWisconsin
2023–24 Ohio StateWisconsinOhio State
2024–25 WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin

By school

SchoolRegular season
championships		Tournament
championships		NCAA national
championships		Last
regular season
championship		Last
tournament
championship		Last
NCAA national
championship
Bemidji State000———
Minnesota1186202220232016
Minnesota Duluth4552010 [c] 20102010
Minnesota State000———
North Dakota000———
Ohio State222202420222024
St. Cloud State000———
St. Thomas000———
Wisconsin10118202520252025

Notes

  1. ↑ The NCAA officially uses the "National Collegiate" term to describe championship events that are open to members of more than one NCAA division. All such NCAA championship events use the term except men's ice hockey, in which the top-level championship is styled as a Division I championship because of the previous existence of a Division II championship in that sport.
  2. ↑ Prior to the NCAA establishing a women's ice hockey championship in the 2000–01 season, the American Women's College Hockey Alliance held a national championship from the 1997–98 season to the 1999–2000 season. Minnesota won the AWCHA championship in 2000.
  3. 1 2 Minnesota and Minnesota–Duluth were named regular season co-champions in 2010

Location of women's WCHA tournaments

Footnotes

    References

    1. 1 2 "NC Women's Ice Hockey Championship History". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
    2. 1 2 3 "WCHA History and Championships". Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
    3. ↑ Marttila, Arlan. "Minnesota takes third straight WCHA tourney title with 3-1 win over North Dakota". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
    4. ↑ "Amsoil Arena to host 2025 Kwik Trip WCHA Final Five". wcha.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
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