List of men's All-WCHA Hockey Teams


The All-WCHA Hockey Teams are composed of players at all positions from teams that are members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, an NCAA Division I hockey-only conference. Each year, from 1959–60 onward, at the conclusion of the WCHA regular season, the head coaches of each member team vote for players to be placed on each all-sir team. The First Team and Second Team have been named in each WCHA Hockey season with a Third Team added in 1995–96; a Rookie Team was added starting in 1990–91.
The all-conference teams are composed of one goaltender, two defensemen, and three forwards. If a tie occurred for the final selection at any position, both players were included as part of the greater all-conference team; if a tie resulted in an increase in the number of superior all-stars, the inferior team would not be reduced in number. Players may only appear once per year on any of the first, second, or third teams but a freshman may appear on both the rookie team and one of the other all-conference teams.
In 1951–52, the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League formed as a conference. Two years later, it changed its name to the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League. By 1957–58, however, a major disagreement over recruiting caused the dissolution of the conference with all member teams becoming independent schools for the following season. After one season without a formalized conference, all of the schools involved in the spat discovered that not being in a conference was worse than the alternative so the WCHA was formed. Because all of the WCHA founding teams played in the WIHL/MCHL, the former league's all-star teams are included in this list.
After the Big Ten formed a college hockey conference starting in 2013–14, the WCHA lost 8 of its member teams from the previous season, leaving Michigan Tech as the only founding member remaining in the WCHA.

All-conference teams

First Team

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

First Team players by school

Current Teams
SchoolWinners
Michigan Tech36
Minnesota State17
Northern Michigan14
Alaska7
Bowling Green5
Ferris State3
Alaska-Anchorage2
Bemidji State2
Lake Superior State1

Former Teams
SchoolWinners
North Dakota72
Minnesota53
Colorado College48
Denver48
Minnesota-Duluth33
Wisconsin30
St. Cloud State12
Michigan12
Notre Dame5
Nebraska-Omaha1

Multiple appearances

Second Team

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Second Team players by school

Current Teams
SchoolWinners
Michigan Tech48
Minnesota State12
Northern Michigan12
Bemidji State6
Bowling Green5
Ferris State3
Lake Superior State3
Alaska-Anchorage2
Alabama–Huntsville1
Alaska1

Former Teams
SchoolWinners
Minnesota50
Denver49
North Dakota48
Wisconsin45
Colorado College42
Minnesota-Duluth33
Michigan30
St. Cloud State14
Michigan State7
Notre Dame4

Multiple appearances

Third Team

1990s

2000s

2010s

Third Team players by school

Current Teams
SchoolWinners
Minnesota State19
Michigan Tech11
Bemidji State5
Ferris State5
Northern Michigan5
Bowling Green4
Lake Superior State4
Alaska3
Alaska-Anchorage3
Alabama–Huntsville1

Former Teams
SchoolWinners
North Dakota18
Denver16
Minnesota15
Colorado College13
St. Cloud State12
Wisconsin11
Minnesota-Duluth6
Nebraska-Omaha2

Multiple appearances

Rookie Team

1990s

2000s

2010s

Rookie Team players by school

Current Teams
SchoolWinners
Minnesota State19
Alaska-Anchorage9
Michigan Tech9
Northern Michigan8
Bowling Green7
Bemidji State5
Ferris State4
Alaska3
Lake Superior State3
Alabama–Huntsville1

Former Teams
SchoolWinners
Minnesota25
Colorado College19
Wisconsin19
North Dakota17
Denver15
Minnesota-Duluth13
St. Cloud State11