College Hockey Mid-America


College Hockey Mid-America is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I 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

The conference 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. With eight members, each CHMA team plays every other team in a home and away series, producing a regular season of 14 games. Prior to the 2018-19 season, the regular season champion received an automatic bid to the ACHA Division I National Tournament. Starting with the 2019 National Tournament, the CHMA awarded the playoff champion the conference's automatic bid. In 2010, season champion Slippery Rock declined their bid to the national tournament. In 2012, the conference experienced expansion when Mercyhurst and Robert Morris joined.

Membership

Of the eight member schools, four compete at the Division I level of NCAA, three at Division II, and one at Division III.
SchoolLocationNicknamePrimary conferenceWebsiteTeam Colors
Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PADukesAtlantic 10
Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, PACrimson HawksPSAC
John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, OHBlue StreaksOhio Athletic Conference
Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PALakersPSAC
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PAPanthersAtlantic Coast Conference
Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PAColonialsNortheast Conference
Slippery Rock UniversitySlippery Rock, PAPridePSAC
West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WVMountaineersBig 12 Conference

Note: Mercyhurst and Robert Morris have NCAA Division I hockey teams competing in Atlantic Hockey.

Conference arenas

Former members

National Tournament results

Since the 2007–08 season, the conference's regular season champion received an automatic bid to the Division I national tournament. Starting with the 2018-19 season, the conference's playoff 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 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. In the 2014-2015 season, the conference saw two teams represented for the second time in nine seasons.