Central States Collegiate Hockey League

Central States Collegiate Hockey League
(CSCHL)
Established 1970
Association American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA)
Division Division I
Members 6
Sports fielded Ice Hockey
Region Midwest and Great Lakes
Headquarters Union Lake, Michigan
Commissioner Brian Moran
Website http://www.cschl.com/
Locations

The Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL) is Division I ACHA level hockey-college athletic conference. The CSCHL is in its 39th season of existence and is one of the top ranked ACHA leagues. It currently has 6 member teams in the Midwestern United States.

Format

League teams play a 20-game league schedule, plus additional regular season games against non-league opponents. Following the regular season, the league holds a Championship Tournament. The CSCHL Regular Season champion team is awarded an automatic bid to the annual ACHA Men's Division I National Tournament.

History

The league began in 1970 with Iowa State University being one of the founding members.[1] The University of Illinois joined shortly after in 1974. The league saw great expansion in the early 1990s when the University of Michigan-Dearborn joined after operating as an NAIA varsity program.[1] Ohio University followed in 1993 and Kent State University joined in 1994 after the university dropped NCAA hockey.[1] Following the 2003 season, UW-Whitewater departed & dropped down to play ACHA D2. In 2004, Robert Morris University-Illinois joined the league, followed by Lindenwood University in 2006. After the 2008 season, Saint Louis University departed to play at the ACHA Division II level. At the conclusion of the 2009-2010 season, Eastern Michigan University, Michigan–Dearborn, and Western Michigan University left to join the new Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League.[2] The CSCHL added Indiana University, who joins the league for the 2010-2011 season, after transitioning from ACHA II.[3] Kent State departed for the GLCHL at the conclusion of the 2011-12 season.

Current members

School Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Team Nickname Primary conference
Indiana University Bloomington, IN 1820 Public 40,354 Hoosiers Big Ten Conference (D-I)
Iowa State University Ames, IA 1858 Public 27,945 Cyclones Big 12 Conference (D-I)
Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO 1827 Private 11,904 Lions MIAA (D-II)
Ohio University Athens, OH 1804 Public 20,437 Bobcats Mid-American (D-I)
Robert Morris University Chicago, IL 1913 Private/Non-Sectarian 3,156 Eagles Chicagoland (NAIA)
University of Illinois Champaign, IL 1867 Public 42,326 Fighting Illini Big Ten Conference (D-I)

Membership timeline

Indiana University (Bloomington) Lindenwood University Robert Morris University (Illinois) University at Buffalo Saint Louis University Western Michigan University Kent State University University of Toledo Ohio University Purdue University University of Minnesota Eastern Michigan University University of Wisconsin-Whitewater University of Notre Dame University of Alabama-Huntsville Northwestern University Marquette University St. Norbert College University of Missouri University of Illinois Iowa State University Iowa State University Illinois State University Chicago State University

Former Teams

Conference Arenas

School Hockey Arena Capacity
Illinois University of Illinois Ice Arena 2,000
Indiana Frank Southern Ice Arena 700
Iowa State Ames/ISU Ice Arena 1,000
Lindenwood Lindenwood Ice Arena 1,000
Ohio Ossian C. Bird Arena 2,000
Robert Morris (IL.) The Edge II Ice Arena 3,000

References

  1. 1 2 3 "League History". CSCHL. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "All-Michigan GLCHL League To Debut in 2010-2011". ACHA. November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Indiana University Admitted into CSCHL". ACHA. November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2010.

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