The following is a list of men's champions of the

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, including champions of the conference's playoff tournament, the WCHA Final Five.

Championships by season

Championships by school

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won its first NCAA national championship in 1950 prior to the founding of the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League. Likewise,

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won its 1948 title prior to the start of league play. North Dakota won a national title in 1959 as an independent. The Wolverines won two additional national championships in 1996 and 1998 after leaving the WCHA for the CCHA. Michigan State also won its 1986 and

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national championships after leaving the WCHA. Two of the five schools that made their WCHA debuts in 2013,

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and Lake Superior State, won all of their national championships while in the CCHA (one for Bowling Green in 1984, and three for Lake Superior State in 1988, 1992, and 1994).

Location of men's WCHA tournaments

*1988–1993: St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN *1994: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI *1995: St. Paul Civic Center *1996: Bradley Center *1997: St. Paul Civic Center *1998: Bradley Center *1999–2000:

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, Minneapolis, MN *2001–2013:

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, St. Paul, MN *2014: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI"WCHA Announces Playoff Championship to be Played in Grand Rapids in 2014 & 2016, Saint Paul in 2015 & 2017,"
press release from WCHA.com, 3/23/2013 *2015: Xcel Energy Center *2016: Van Andel Arena *2017–2019: campus sites

References

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