The All-CCHA Teams are composed of players at all positions from teams that are members of the
Central Collegiate Hockey Association
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) is a college athletic conference that participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The current CCHA began play in the 2021–22 season; a previous incarnation, which the curre ...
, an
NCAA Division I
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hockey-only conference
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that first existed from 1971 to 2013 and was revived in 2021. Each year, from
1972–73 through
2012–13 and since
2021–22, at the conclusion of the CCHA regular season the
head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...
es of each member team vote for players to be placed on each all-conference team. The First Team and Second Team were named in every CCHA season after the inaugural year while the Rookie Team was added starting in
1988–89. The all-CCHA teams were discontinued after the
2012–13 season when the original CCHA was dissolved as a
consequence
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of the
Big Ten Conference
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forming its men's ice hockey conference, and were revived along with the league in 2021–22.
In February 2020, seven schools that had announced in 2019 that they would leave the
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's ice hockey-only conference. From 1951 to 1999, it operated a ...
after that league's 2020–21 season announced that they would revive the CCHA, with league play starting in 2021–22. Four of these seven schools—
Bowling Green
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,
Ferris State
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,
Lake Superior State
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, and
Northern Michigan
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—played in the final season of the original CCHA. A fifth member of the revived league,
Michigan Tech
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, was briefly a CCHA member in the early 1980s.
The all-conference teams are composed of one
goaltender
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, two
defensemen
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and three
forwards. If a tie occurs for the final selection at any position, both players are included as part of the all-conference team; if a tie results in an increase in the number of First Team all-stars, the Second Team is reduced in numbers accordingly (as happened in
1974–75 and
2010–11). Players may only appear once per year on any of the first or second teams but freshmen may appear on both the rookie team and one of the other all-conference teams.
All-conference teams
First Team
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
First Team players by school
Current CCHA Teams
Former CCHA Teams
Multiple appearances
Second Team
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Second Team players by school
Current CCHA Teams
Former CCHA Teams
Multiple appearances
Rookie Team
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Rookie Team players by school
Current CCHA Teams
Former CCHA Teams
See also
*
CCHA Awards
References
External links
CCHA All-Star Team (Incomplete)CCHA All-Conference Team (Incomplete)CCHA All-Rookie Team (Incomplete)
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College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States