College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA) is an

American Collegiate Hockey Association The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college ice hockey association. The ACHA's purpose is to be an organization of collegiate affiliated non-varsity programs, which provides structure, regulates operations, and promotes qualit ...

Division I

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conference with teams in

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, and

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. The league was formed in 2006 after members of the now defunct

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organized the league and moved from the ACHA's Division II to Division I.

Season format

The conference formed in 2006 after members of the now defunct

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. 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.

Membership

Of the seven member schools, four compete at the Division I level of NCAA, two at Division II (all within the

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), and one at Division III. *Mercyhurst and Robert Morris joined in 2012. Kent State joined in 2021. ''Note: Mercyhurst and Robert Morris have

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Division I hockey teams competing in

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Conference arenas

Former members

Washington & Jefferson College Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries to ...

''moved to ACHA Division III'' *

Youngstown State University Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges an ...

''moved to ACHA Division II'' *

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''dropped ACHA Division I''

Past Champions

*Robert Morris completed a shortened 2020-21 season of five games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Colonials defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers in a three-team CHMA Tournament in March 2021.

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. *2022: #13 Pittsburgh defeated #20 Navy in first round; was defeated by #4 Nevada-Las Vegas / #20 John Carroll defeated in first round by #14 Maryville. *2021: #2 Robert Morris defeated #15 Davenport in first round; was defeated in second round by #7 Indiana Tech. *2020: #19 Indiana (PA) was scheduled to play #14 Drexel in the first round. The game, as well as the entire 2020 National Tournament, was canceled on March 12, 2020 due to public health concerns related to the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. *2019: #20 Robert Morris defeated in first round by #13 UNLV. *2018: #18 Pittsburgh defeated in first round by #15 Stony Brook. *2017: #19 Pittsburgh defeated in first round by #14 Oklahoma. *2016: #19 Mercyhurst defeated in first round by #14 Delaware. *2015: #18 Robert Morris defeated in first round by #15 Niagara / #20 John Carroll (HOST) defeated in first round by #13 Illinois. *2014: #20 West Virginia defeated in first round by #13 Navy. *2013: #20 John Carroll defeated in first round by #13 Liberty. *2012: #17 West Virginia defeated #16 Rutgers in first round; was defeated in second round by #1 Penn State. *2011: #16 Slippery Rock defeated in first round by #1 Lindenwood; won 15th-place consolation game against #15 Rutgers. *2010: Slippery Rock declined invitation; was not replaced by another conference team. *2009: #15 Duquesne defeated in first round by #2 Penn State. *2008: #14 West Virginia defeated in first round by #3 Penn State. *2007: #13 West Virginia defeated in first round by #4 Rhode Island; won 13th-place consolation game against #9 Kent State / #14 Washington & Jefferson defeated in first round by #3 Illinois; lost 15th place consolation game against #16 Robert Morris (PA).

References

External links

* * {{ACHA Division I ACHA Division 1 conferences 2006 establishments in the United States Sports leagues established in 2006