List of CCHA men's ice hockey tournament champions

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.

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

Year	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Score	Location^[a]	Venue^[a]	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]
2023	Minnesota State	Mike Hastings	Northern Michigan	Grant Potulny	3–2 (OT)	Mankato, Minnesota	Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center
2024	Michigan Tech	Joe Shawhan	Bemidji State	Tom Serratore	2–1	Bemidji, Minnesota	Sanford Center

^ ^a ^b Starting in 2022, refers only to championship game site.

References

General

"CCHA Champions". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2009-03-06.

Specific

^ 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.
^ "Famed Mason Cup to be awarded to CCHA playoff champion" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
^ "CCHA releases 2021-22 conference schedule" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. May 20, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
^ "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.

External links

CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

[location-4] Starting in 2022, refers only to championship game site.

[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.

[5] "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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Current members	Augustana Vikings Bemidji State Beavers Bowling Green Falcons Ferris State Bulldogs Lake Superior State Lakers Michigan Tech Huskies Minnesota State Mavericks Northern Michigan Wildcats St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies
Venues	Midco Arena (Augustana) Sanford Center (Bemidji State) Slater Family Ice Arena (Bowling Green) Ewigleben Arena (Ferris State) Taffy Abel Arena (Lake Superior State) MacInnes Student Ice Arena (Michigan Tech) Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center (Minnesota State) Berry Events Center (Northern Michigan) St. Thomas Ice Arena (St. Thomas)
Seasons	1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Former members	Alaska Nanooks Kent State Golden Flashes Miami RedHawks Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks Notre Dame Fighting Irish Ohio Bobcats Ohio State Buckeyes Saint Louis Billikens Illinois–Chicago Flames Western Michigan Broncos
Awards	MacNaughton Cup Mason Cup All-CCHA Teams Best Defensive Defenseman Best Defensive Forward Coach of the Year Defenseman of the Year Forward of the Year Goaltender of the Year Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Tournament MVP All-Tournament Teams
NCAA MacNaughton Cup CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament (Champions, Mason Cup) Joe Louis Arena (former conference tourney site)