List of CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions
The original version of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I ice hockey-only conference based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. At the completion of each regular season, it held the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament to determine its conference champion. The tournament champions received the Mason Cup.
The tournament had a variety of formats during its existence.
The tournament was first hosted at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri with Ohio State winning the inaugural tournament. Michigan State won the most CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments with eleven while Michigan appeared in the most championship game appearances with seventeen. Ron Mason has coached thirteen championship teams, more than any other CCHA coach, and also has the most championship game appearances as coach with seventeen. The Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan hosted the tournament from 1982 to 2013. The St. Louis Arena hosted the tournament six times, while the BGSU Ice Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio and Lakeview Arena in Marquette, Michigan each hosted the championship game twice.
In the final championship tournament of the original CCHA in 2013, Notre Dame defeated Michigan.
In February 2020, seven schools that had announced their departures from the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, effective after the 2020–21 season, announced they would start play in a new CCHA in 2021–22. Four of these schools had played in the final season of the original CCHA, and a fifth had briefly been a member. The CCHA tournament is likely to resume in 2022.Champions
| Year | Winning team | Coach | Losing team | Coach | Score | Location | Venue | Reference |
| 1972 | Ohio State | | Saint Louis | | 3–0 | St. Louis, Missouri | St. Louis Arena | |
| 1973 | Bowling Green | | — | — | — | St. Louis, Missouri | St. Louis Arena | |
| 1974 | Saint Louis | | Lake Superior State | | 8–3 | St. Louis, Missouri | St. Louis Arena | |
| 1975 | Saint Louis | | Lake Superior State | | 8–3 | St. Louis, Missouri | St. Louis Arena | |
| 1976 | Saint Louis | | Western Michigan | | 15–4 | St. Louis, Missouri | St. Louis Arena | |
| 1977 | Bowling Green | | Saint Louis | | 5–4 | St. Louis, Missouri | St. Louis Arena | |
| 1978 | Bowling Green | | Saint Louis | | 13–3 | Bowling Green, Ohio | BGSU Ice Arena | |
| 1979 | Bowling Green | | Ohio State | | 11–7 | Bowling Green, Ohio | BGSU Ice Arena | |
| 1980 | Northern Michigan | | Ferris State | | 15–9 | Marquette, Michigan | Lakeview Arena | |
| 1981 | Northern Michigan | | Ohio State | | 6–4 | Marquette, Michigan | Lakeview Arena | |
| 1982 | Michigan State | | Notre Dame | | 4–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1983 | Michigan State | | Bowling Green | | 4–3 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1984 | Michigan State | | Western Michigan | | 5–0 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1985 | Michigan State | | Lake Superior State | | 5–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1986 | Western Michigan | | Michigan State | | 3–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1987 | Michigan State | | Bowling Green | | 4–3 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1988 | Bowling Green | | Lake Superior State | | 5–3 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1989 | Michigan State | | Lake Superior State | | 4–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1990 | Michigan State | | Lake Superior State | | 4–3 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1991 | Lake Superior State | | Michigan | | 6–5 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1992 | Lake Superior State | | Michigan | | 3–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1993 | Lake Superior State | | Miami | | 3–0 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1994 | Michigan | | Lake Superior State | | 3–0 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1995 | Lake Superior State | | Michigan State | | 5–3 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1996 | Michigan | | Lake Superior State | | 4–3 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1997 | Michigan | | Michigan State | | 3–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1998 | Michigan State | | Ohio State | | 3–2 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 1999 | Michigan | | Northern Michigan | | 5–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2000 | Michigan State | | Nebraska-Omaha | | 6–0 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2001 | Michigan State | | Michigan | | 2–0 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2002 | Michigan | | Michigan State | | 3–2 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2003 | Michigan | | Ferris State | | 5–3 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2004 | Ohio State | | Michigan | | 4–2 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2005 | Michigan | | Ohio State | | 4–2 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2006 | Michigan State | | Miami | | 2–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2007 | Notre Dame | | Michigan | | 2–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2008 | Michigan | | Miami | | 2–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2009 | Notre Dame | | Michigan | | 5–2 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2010 | Michigan | | Northern Michigan | | 2–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2011 | Miami | | Western Michigan | | 5–2 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2012 | Western Michigan | | Michigan | | 3–2 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
| 2013 | Notre Dame | | Michigan | | 3–1 | Detroit, Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | |
