Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association
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Established	2003
Members	7
Sport	ACHA Acha Acha is a HINDI word for OK.Acha is also an Ewokese word for OK. Ewokese is a language used in the Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan Of Courage / The Battle For Endor* Acha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland...  Division II Club Hockey
Region	Central United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
States	3 - Michigan Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".... , Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state... , Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
Headquarters	Madison, WI
Commissioner	Ryan Donovan (04-Present)

The Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association is a conference of men's club hockey teams from the American Collegiate Hockey Association

American Collegiate Hockey Association

The American Collegiate Hockey Association is the national governing body of non-varsity college ice hockey in the U.S. The organization provides structure, regulations, promotes the quality of play, sponsors National Awards and National Tournaments....

 (ACHA) competing at the Division II level. The participating teams come from colleges and universities in the Upper Midwest, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Each season, teams in the conference play two games against every other team that count towards the conference standings. The overall standings are used to seed the teams for the Conference Tournament, which is held each year in February to determine the Conference Champion.

Teams

The current members of the conference include the

• Michigan Technological University
  Michigan Technological University
  Michigan Technological University is a public research university located in Houghton, Michigan, United States. Its main campus sits on on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake...
  
  
• Minnesota State University at Mankato
• University of Minnesota-Duluth
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• St. Cloud State University
  St. Cloud State University
  St. Cloud State University is a four-year public university founded in 1869 on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. The university is the largest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system which is the largest single provider of higher...
  
  
• St. Olaf College
  St. Olaf College
  St. Olaf College is a coeducational, residential, four-year, private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers, led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after Olaf II of Norway,...
  
  
• University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
  University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
  The University of St. Thomas is a private, Catholic, liberal arts, and archdiocesan university located in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States...
  
  
• University of Wisconsin–Madison
  University of Wisconsin–Madison
  The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
  
  

History

The Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association was formed in March 2003 at the initial meeting of each of the original members at Coffman Memorial Union

Coffman Memorial Union

Coffman Memorial Union is the student union on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota, United States. It anchors the south side of Northrop Mall, on the south side of Washington Avenue, overlooking the Mississippi River...

 on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The five original members were: Michigan Technological University, Minnesota State University-Mankato, University of Minnesota-Duluth, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and St. Cloud State University. Following three years of conference play with the original five member institutions, the 2006-2007 season saw a major change as the WCCHA welcomed the University of St. Thomas into the Conference, taking the place of the departing University of Minnesota-Duluth. In 2008-2009 season, the WCCHA welcomed the addition of St. Olaf College. In 2009-2010, the conference welcomed its seventh member, the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Finally, beginning in 2010-2011, the University of Minnesota-Duluth once again joins the league, bringing the total members to eight.

Past Champions

Year	Winner
2003-2004	University of Minnesota
2004-2005	Minnesota State University-Mankato
2005-2006	University of Minnesota
2006-2007	St. Cloud State University
2007-2008	University of Minnesota
2008-2009	Minnesota State University-Mankato
2009-2010	St. Cloud State University