Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

Championships by season

Season	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion	NCAA National Champion	Notes
1951-52	Colorado College	—	Michigan	Midwest Collegiate Hockey League play begins with Colorado College Colorado College The Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell... , Denver Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey The University of Denver Men's Hockey Program has been playing NCAA Division I hockey since 1949. Pioneer Hockey is one of the most successful hockey programs in the history of collegiate hockey. The Pioneers rank second in all-time NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championships with 7. Only the University... , Michigan, Michigan State Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey The Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents Michigan State University . The team plays at the Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan, on the MSU campus. The current head coach is Tom Anastos, who took over coaching duties on March 23, 2011,... , Michigan Tech, Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota. They are members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I ice hockey... and North Dakota North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey The North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the Grand Forks campus of the University of North Dakota. They are members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I ice hockey... ; first season the MacNaughton Cup MacNaughton Cup The MacNaughton Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the regular season conference champion of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . The trophy is named after James MacNaughton of Calumet, Michigan, who was an avid supporter of amateur ice hockey... is awarded to regular season champion
1952-53	Minnesota Michigan	—	Michigan
1953-54	Minnesota	—		League name changed to the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League
1954-55	Colorado College	—	Michigan
1955-56	Michigan	—	Michigan
1956-57	Colorado College	—	Colorado College
1957-58	North Dakota Denver	—	Denver
1958-59	—	—	North Dakota	No league play because Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan State and Michigan Tech withdraw from the WIHL due to disagreement over the recruiting practices of University of North Dakota, Denver, and Colorado College.
1959-60	Denver	Denver Michigan Tech	Denver	Western Collegiate Hockey Association Western Collegiate Hockey Association The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference.... founded; tournament play begins
1960-61	Denver	Denver Minnesota	Denver
1961-62	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech	The WCHA begins awarding the MacNaughton Cup MacNaughton Cup The MacNaughton Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the regular season conference champion of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . The trophy is named after James MacNaughton of Calumet, Michigan, who was an avid supporter of amateur ice hockey... to the conference's tournament champion
1962-63	Denver North Dakota	Denver	North Dakota
1963-64	Michigan Denver	Denver	Michigan
1964-65	North Dakota	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech
1965-66	Michigan Tech	Denver Michigan State	Michigan State	The WCHA decides to once again award the MacNaughton Cup MacNaughton Cup The MacNaughton Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the regular season conference champion of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . The trophy is named after James MacNaughton of Calumet, Michigan, who was an avid supporter of amateur ice hockey... to the regular season champion
1966-67	North Dakota	Michigan State North Dakota		Minnesota-Duluth University of Minnesota Duluth The University of Minnesota Duluth is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota system located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. As Duluth's public research university, UMD offers 13 bachelor's degrees in 74 majors, graduate programs in 24 different fields, a two-year program at the School of... joins the WCHA
1967-68	Denver	Denver North Dakota	Denver
1968-69	Michigan Tech	Denver Michigan Tech	Denver
1969-70	Minnesota	Michigan Tech Wisconsin		Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball... joins the WCHA
1970-71	Michigan Tech	Denver Minnesota
1971-72	Denver	Denver Wisconsin		Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade, , recollected among other places in the poetry of Joyce Kilmer who served with one of the Irish Brigade regiments during World War I... joins the WCHA
1972-73	Denver	Denver Wisconsin	Wisconsin
1973-74	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech Minnesota	Minnesota
1974-75	Minnesota	Michigan Tech Minnesota	Michigan Tech
1975-76	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech Minnesota	Minnesota
1976-77	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
1977-78	Denver	Colorado College Wisconsin
1978-79	North Dakota	Minnesota North Dakota	Minnesota
1979-80	North Dakota	Minnesota North Dakota	North Dakota	Plan to split the conference into two divisions is rejected
1980-81	Minnesota	Michigan Tech Minnesota	Wisconsin
1981-82	North Dakota	Wisconsin	North Dakota	Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech and Notre Dame leave conference for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association Central Collegiate Hockey Association The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey college athletic conference that operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska and Indiana. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. It holds its championship... ; the Broadmoor Trophy Broadmoor Trophy The Broadmoor Trophy is a trophy that has been awarded to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff champion since 1985. The trophy itself dates to 1981, when it was awarded to the WCHA regular season champion for three seasons, from 1981-82 to 1983-84... replaces the MacNaughton Cup MacNaughton Cup The MacNaughton Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the regular season conference champion of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . The trophy is named after James MacNaughton of Calumet, Michigan, who was an avid supporter of amateur ice hockey... as the trophy for the regular season champion
1982-83	Minnesota	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
1983-84	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth
1984-85	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth		Michigan Tech rejoins the WCHA and brings the MacNaughton Cup MacNaughton Cup The MacNaughton Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the regular season conference champion of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . The trophy is named after James MacNaughton of Calumet, Michigan, who was an avid supporter of amateur ice hockey... back to the conference; Northern Michigan Northern Michigan University Northern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest... joins the WCHA; interlocking schedule with Hockey East Hockey East Hockey East Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference.... begins (interconference games counted in conference standings); first season the Broadmoor Trophy Broadmoor Trophy The Broadmoor Trophy is a trophy that has been awarded to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff champion since 1985. The trophy itself dates to 1981, when it was awarded to the WCHA regular season champion for three seasons, from 1981-82 to 1983-84... awarded to the tournament champion
1985-86	Denver	Denver
1986-87	North Dakota	North Dakota	North Dakota
1987-88	Minnesota	Wisconsin		Tournament changed to a single-site four team format
1988-89	Minnesota	Northern Michigan		Last season of interlocking schedule with Hockey East
1989-90	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
1990-91	Northern Mich	Northern Mich	Northern Mich	St. Cloud State joins the WCHA
1991-92	Minnesota	Northern Michigan
1992-93	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota		Tournament changed to five team format and renamed the Final Five
1993-94	Colorado College	Minnesota		Alaska-Anchorage University of Alaska Anchorage The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage.... joins the WCHA
1994-95	Colorado College	Wisconsin
1995-96	Colorado College	Minnesota
1996-97	Minnesota North Dakota	North Dakota	North Dakota
1997-98	North Dakota	Wisconsin		Northern Michigan leaves the conference for the CCHA; Mankato State Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of 53,000 located southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. As of Fall 2011, the student body is the third-largest in the state of Minnesota with over 15,000 students... (now Minnesota State-Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of 53,000 located southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. As of Fall 2011, the student body is the third-largest in the state of Minnesota with over 15,000 students... ) participates in the WCHA tournament
1998-99	North Dakota	Denver
1999-00	Wisconsin	North Dakota	North Dakota	Minnesota State joins the WCHA
2000-01	North Dakota	St. Cloud State
2001-02	Denver	Denver	Minnesota
2002-03	Colorado College	Minnesota	Minnesota
2003-04	North Dakota	Minnesota	Denver
2004-05	Colorado College Denver	Denver	Denver
2005-06	Minnesota	North Dakota	Wisconsin
2006-07	Minnesota	Minnesota
2007-08	Colorado College	Denver
2008-09	North Dakota	Minnesota-Duluth
2009-10	Denver	North Dakota
2010-11	North Dakota	North Dakota	Minnesota-Duluth	Bemidji State Bemidji State University Bemidji State University is a public state university in Bemidji, Minnesota, USA, located on the shores of Lake Bemidji. It is a part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities .-History:BSU was founded in 1919 as Bemidji State Normal School... and Nebraska-Omaha University of Nebraska at Omaha The University of Nebraska at Omaha is a four-year state university located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Founded in 1908 as Omaha University, the institution became the public Municipal University of Omaha in 1931. It assumed its current name in 1968 following a merger into the University... join the WCHA

Championships by school

School	Regular Season Championships	Tournament Championships	NCAA National Championships	Last Regular Season Championship	Last Tournament Championship	Last NCAA National Championship
Alaska-Anchorage University of Alaska Anchorage The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage....	0	0	0	—	—	—
Bemidji State Bemidji State University Bemidji State University is a public state university in Bemidji, Minnesota, USA, located on the shores of Lake Bemidji. It is a part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities .-History:BSU was founded in 1919 as Bemidji State Normal School...	0	0	0	—	—	—
Colorado College Colorado College The Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell...	9	1	2	2008	1978	1957
Denver Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey The University of Denver Men's Hockey Program has been playing NCAA Division I hockey since 1949. Pioneer Hockey is one of the most successful hockey programs in the history of collegiate hockey. The Pioneers rank second in all-time NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championships with 7. Only the University...	13	15	7	2010	2008 2008 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament -Awards:-All-Tournament Team:G: Peter Mannino, DenverD: Chris Butlar, DenverD: Taylor Chorney, North DakotaF: Mike Hoeffel, MinnesotaF: Tom May, DenverF: T. J. Oshie, North Dakota-References:GeneralSpecific-External links:*...	2005 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament The 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 25, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 9...
Michigan*	3	0	9	1964	—	1998
Michigan State Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey The Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents Michigan State University . The team plays at the Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan, on the MSU campus. The current head coach is Tom Anastos, who took over coaching duties on March 23, 2011,... *	0	2	3	—	1967	2007 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament -Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire:-West Regional – Denver, Colorado:-Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan:-Frozen Four – St...
Michigan Tech	6	9	3	1976	1981	1975
Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota. They are members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I ice hockey...	12	14	5	2007	2007	2003
Minnesota-Duluth University of Minnesota Duluth The University of Minnesota Duluth is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota system located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. As Duluth's public research university, UMD offers 13 bachelor's degrees in 74 majors, graduate programs in 24 different fields, a two-year program at the School of...	3	3	1	1993	2009 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament - North Dakota vs. Michigan Tech:- Denver vs. Alaska-Anchorage:- Wisconsin vs. Minnesota State:- Colorado College vs. Minnesota-Duluth:- Minnesota vs. St. Cloud State:- Minnesota vs. Minnesota-Duluth:...	2011 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2011 regionals:March 25 and 26March 26 and 27Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:April 7 and 9-Qualification:...
Minnesota State Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of 53,000 located southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. As of Fall 2011, the student body is the third-largest in the state of Minnesota with over 15,000 students...	0	0	0	—	—	—
Nebraska-Omaha University of Nebraska at Omaha The University of Nebraska at Omaha is a four-year state university located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Founded in 1908 as Omaha University, the institution became the public Municipal University of Omaha in 1931. It assumed its current name in 1968 following a merger into the University...	0	0	0	—	—	—
North Dakota North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey The North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the Grand Forks campus of the University of North Dakota. They are members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I ice hockey...	15	10	7	2011	2011 2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament will be played between March 11 and March 19, 2011 at six conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota...	2000
Northern Michigan Northern Michigan University Northern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest... *	1	3	1	1991	1992	1991
Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade, , recollected among other places in the poetry of Joyce Kilmer who served with one of the Irish Brigade regiments during World War I... *	0	0	0	—	—	—
St. Cloud State	0	1	0	—	2001	—
Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball...	3	11	6	2000	1998	2006 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament -Midwest Regional:-West Regional:-Northeast Regional:-Frozen Four:* Overtime-Record by conference:-External links:*...

* currently members of the CCHA

Colorado College

Colorado College

The Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell...

won its first NCAA national championship

NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship

The annual NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship tournament determines the top men's ice hockey team in NCAA Division I and Division III. The semi-finals and finals of the Division I Championship are branded as the Frozen Four, a passing nod to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship - known...

in 1950 prior to the founding of the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League. Likewise, Michigan 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

Western Collegiate Hockey Association

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....

for the CCHA. Michigan State

Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey

The Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents Michigan State University . The team plays at the Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan, on the MSU campus. The current head coach is Tom Anastos, who took over coaching duties on March 23, 2011,...

also won its 1986 and 2007

2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament

-Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire:-West Regional – Denver, Colorado:-Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan:-Frozen Four – St...

national championships after leaving the WCHA.

Location of Men's WCHA tournaments

1988 St. Paul Civic Center St. Paul MN
1989 St. Paul Civic Center
1990 St. Paul Civic Center
1991 St. Paul Civic Center
1992 St. Paul Civic Center
1993 St. Paul Civic Center
1994 Bradley Center Milwaukee WI
1995 St. Paul Civic Center
1996 Bradley Center
1997 St. Paul Civic Center
1998 Bradley Center
1999 Target Center Minneapolis MN
2000 Target Center
2001 Xcel Energy Center
Xcel Energy Center
The Xcel Energy Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is named for its locally-based corporate sponsor Xcel Energy. With an official capacity of 18,064, the arena has four spectator levels: one suite level and three general seating levels. The arena is owned by the...

St. Paul MN
2002 Xcel Energy Center
2003 Xcel Energy Center
2004 Xcel Energy Center
2005 Xcel Energy Center
2006 Xcel Energy Center
2007 Xcel Energy Center
2008 Xcel Energy Center
2009 Xcel Energy Center
2010 Xcel Energy Center
2011 Xcel Energy Center
2012 Xcel Energy Center

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