Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association

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The Pacific Collegiate Hockey Association was originally dubbed the Southern California Collegiate Hockey Association when it began in 1972. The three original charter members were Cal State Northridge, UCLA and Cal Tech. The league is currently made up of nine teams. They include eight schools from California and one from Arizona. The conference is divided into two divisions—the Northern and Southern Divisions. [1] Teams from this conference compete in Division 3 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. At the end of the regular season the PCHA Playoffs, rotated to different venues yearly, decide who will win the Adams Cup. The cup is named after Cary Adams who helped start the league and helped start the team at Cal. State Northridge. The current two time defending Adams Cup champion is San Diego State University. Although SDSU will not get the chance to three-peat as they have moved up to Division 2. The PCHA sent two teams to the National Tournament in 2008. Those schools were SDSU and Northern Arizona. [2] SDSU reached the national championship game but lost to California University of Pennsylvania.

Contents 1 PCHA Teams: 2008-09 Season 2 Adams Cup Champions 3 Nationals teams 4 PCHA Rivalries 5 Emerging Rivalries

[edit] PCHA Teams: 2008-09 Season

Southern Division

• California State University, Northridge Matadors [3]
• College of the Canyons Cougars [4]
• Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks [5]
• UC Irvine Anteaters [6]
• UC San Diego Tritons [7]

Northern Division

• Fresno State University Bulldogs [8]
• Sacramento State University Hornets [9]
• Santa Clara University Broncos [10]
• UC Davis Aggies [11]

Former Teams

• California State University, Fullerton Titans
• California State University, Long Beach 49'ers
• Los Angeles Pierce College Brahmas
• Los Angeles Valley College Monarchs
• Orange Coast College Pirates
• Pepperdine University Waves
• San Diego State Aztecs
• San Jose State University Spartans
• Stanford University Cardinal
• UCLA Bruins [12]
• University of Southern California Trojans
• University of Redlands Bulldogs

[edit] Adams Cup Champions

• 2008- San Diego State
• 2007- San Diego State [13]
• 2006- UC San Diego
• 2005- Moorpark College
• 2004- College of the Canyons
• 2003- Fresno State [14]
• 2002- UC San Diego [15]
• 2001- UC San Diego
• 2000- UC San Diego
• 1999- Cal State Northridge
• 1998- San Diego State [16]
• 1997- San Jose State [17]
• 1996- Orange Coast College
• 1995- San Jose State [18]
• 1994- San Jose State
• 1993- San Jose State
• 1992- San Jose State
• 1991- UCLA
• 1990- Pepperdine University
• 1989- UCLA
• 1988- Cal State Fullerton
• 1987- Cal State Fullerton
• 1986- Cal State Fullerton
• 1985- University of Southern California
• 1984- Los Angeles Pierce College
• 1983- Cal State Northridge
• 1982- Long Beach State
• 1981- University of Southern California
• 1980- University of Southern California
• 1979- Los Angeles Valley College
• 1978- Cal State Northridge
• 1977- University of Southern California

Totals

• UC San Diego- 4
• Cal State Northridge- 3
• College of the Canyons- 1
• Fresno State- 1

• San Jose State^- 4
• University of Southern California^- 4
• San Diego State^- 3
• Cal State Fullerton^- 3
• UCLA^- 2
• Long Beach State^- 1
• Los Angeles Pierce College^- 1
• Los Angeles Valley College^- 1
• Orange Coast College^- 1
• Pepperdine University^- 1
• Stanford University^- 1

^Not current PCHA team

[edit] Nationals teams

2008

• San Diego State (2nd)
• Northern Arizona (6th)

2007 [19]

• Northern Arizona (8th)
• College of the Canyons (10th)
• San Diego State (12th)

2006

• College of the Canyons (12th)

2005

• Fresno State (6th)

2003

• College of the Canyons (5th)

2002

• UC San Diego

[edit] PCHA Rivalries

There are many rivalries within the PCHA. Most were started due to schools being geographically close together.

• CSUN vs. COC

Yet another geographically convenient rivalry. This rivalry is especially bitter due to the fact some COC players transfer to CSUN to finish out their collegiate careers. These two teams know each other very well. Similar to the Battle of San Diego (UC San Diego versus San Diego State), both teams have been good enough to make Nationals the last couple of years so their games have been important and physical. COC has won a majority of the games between these two teams the last couple of years. In the 2006-2007 season, CSUN has had a lead going into the third period at home and managed to lose the games. However, the 2007-08 season has been hard for COC and they have not won a game as of 8 January 2008. In their clash with CSUN this season, they lost 15-4 at home. Due to a poor showing during the season, COC decided to forfeit their last game of the season against CSUN.

[edit] Emerging Rivalries

These are rivalries that have developed within the last year or two.

• NAU vs. CSUN

The rivalry started when CSUN went to Flagstaff, AZ in 2006 and swept a two game weekend series with NAU. NAU joined the PCHA in 2007 and lost twice to CSUN in the regular season, this time in Northridge. The PCHA playoffs were held in Flagstaff a few weeks later, however after one of the teams pulled out at the last minute, Northridge was forced to play two games in one day and dropped their second game of the day to NAU in the semi-finals. In the 2007-08 season the teams split a two game regular season weekend. The rivalry now stands at 5-2 for Northridge.