Central Collegiate Hockey Association

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The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) is a college athletic conference in the Midwestern United States that participates in NCAA Division I as a hockey-only conference. The current CCHA began play in the 2021–22 season; a previous iteration, which the current CCHA recognizes as part of its history, existed from 1971 to 2013. Four of its nine members are located in the state of Michigan, with three in Minnesota and one each in Ohio and South Dakota. It has also had teams located in Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Nebraska over the course of its existence. The CCHA was disbanded after the 2012–13 season as the result of a conference realignment stemming from the Big Ten Conference (of which three CCHA schools—Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State—were primary members) choosing to sponsor Division I ice hockey beginning in the 2013–14 season. The remaining CCHA members received invitations to other conferences, such as the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference...

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