College Hockey Mid-America
College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA) is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I club ice hockey conference with teams in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The league was formed in 2006 after members of the now defunct University Hockey League organized the league and moved from the ACHA's Division II to Division I.
Season format
Every CHMA team plays every other team in a home and away series, producing a league regular season of 14 games. The regular season champion receives an automatic bid to the ACHA Division I National Tournament. Additionally, each year, the league holds single-elimination playoff tournament.
In 2010, season champion Slippery Rock declined their bid to the national tournament.
Membership
Of the eight member schools, four compete at the Division I level of NCAA, two at Division II (both within the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference), and two within Division III.
Conference arenas
| School |
Home arena |
Location |
Capacity |
| Duquesne |
Ice Castle Arena |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| IUP |
S&T Bank Arena |
Indiana, Pennsylvania |
500 |
| John Carroll |
Gilmore Academy Ice Arena |
Gates Mill, Ohio |
800 |
| Pittsburgh |
BladeRunners |
Harmarville, Pennsylvania |
1,200 |
| Slippery Rock |
BladeRunners |
Warrendale, Pennsylvania |
900 |
| Washington and Jefferson |
Iceoplex |
Cecil Township, Pennsylvania |
1,000 |
| West Virginia |
Morgantown Municipal Ice Arena |
Morgantown, West Virginia |
500 |
| Youngstown State |
Boardman Ice Zone |
Boardman, Ohio |
1,000 |
Past champions
|
Regular season |
Tournament |
Tournament site |
| 2007 |
Washington & Jefferson |
Duquesne |
Bladerunners, Harmarville, Pennsylvania |
| 2008 |
West Virginia |
Washington & Jefferson |
Ice Zone, Boardman, Ohio |
| 2009 |
Duquesne |
Duquesne |
Ice Castle Arena, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania |
| 2010 |
Slippery Rock |
West Virginia |
S&T Bank Arena, Indiana, Pennsylvania |
| 2011 |
Slippery Rock |
Slippery Rock |
WesBanco Arena, Wheeling, West Virginia |
National tournament results
Since the 2007–08 season, the conference's regular season champion receives 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 the 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.
- 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 #5 Rhode Island; won 13th-place consolation game against #9 Kent State.
- 2007: #14 Washington & Jefferson defeated in first round by #3 Illinois; lost 15th place consolation game against #16 Robert Morris (PA).
External links
See also
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:College_Hockey_Mid-America College Hockey Mid-America] at Wikimedia Commons
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