College Hockey America
The College Hockey America ( CHA) is an American university and college sports league. Currently, it consists of six ladies hockey teams from the states of Missouri, New York and Pennsylvania. It belongs to the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and is a pure hockey Conference. The league was founded in 1999 as an exclusively male league. The men's league, which had seven teams at the start, was discontinued after the 2009/10 season. The Women's League was founded for the season 2002/ 03 with four teams.
- 2.1 Participants of the 2009/10 season
- 2.2 Former participants before the dissolution of the Division
- 2.3 finals and masters
Ladies Division
Participants in the 2013/14 season
The Ladies Division currently has six members.
Former participants
- University of Findlay 2002-2004
- Quinnipiac University 2004-2005 (now ECAC Hockey)
- Wayne State University 2002-2011
- Niagara University 2002-2012
Venues of the Conference
Finals and masters
- 2003: Mercyhurst defeated Findlay 1-0 ( in Detroit )
- 2004: Mercyhurst defeated Niagara 3-1 ( in Lewiston )
- 2005: Mercyhurst defeated Niagara 4-1 ( in Erie )
- 2006: Mercyhurst defeated Niagara 6-2 ( in Detroit )
- 2007: Mercyhurst defeated Wayne State 4-1 ( in Pittsburgh)
- 2008: Mercyhurst defeated Wayne State 2-1 N.V. ( in Lewiston )
- 2009: Mercyhurst defeated Wayne State 6-1 ( in Erie )
- 2010: Mercyhurst defeated Syracuse 3-1 ( in Detroit )
- 2011: Mercyhurst defeated Syracuse 5-4 ( in Syracuse )
- 2012: Robert Morris defeated Mercyhurst 3-2 ( in Pittsburgh)
- 2013: Mercyhurst defeated Syracuse 4-1 ( in Erie )
Men's Division
Participants in the 2009/10 season
The men's division had in its last season in 2009/10, only four members.
Former participants before the dissolution of the Division
- Wayne State University 1999-2008
- United States Air Force Academy 1999-2006 (now Atlantic Hockey)
- University of Findlay, 1999-2004
- United States Military Academy 1999-2000 (now Atlantic Hockey)
Finals and masters
- 2000: Niagara defeated Alabama - Huntsville 3-2
- 2001: Wayne State defeated Alabama - Huntsville 4-1
- 2002: Wayne State defeated Alabama - Huntsville 5-4 after Overtime
- 2003: Wayne State defeated Bemidji State 3-2
- 2004: Niagara defeated Bemidji State 4-3 after Overtime
- 2005: Bemidji State defeated Alabama - Huntsville 3-0
- 2006: Bemidji State defeated Niagara 4-2
- 2007: Alabama Hunsville defeated Robert Morris 5-4 after Overtime
- 2008: Niagara defeated Bemidji State 3-2
- 2009: Bemidji State defeated Robert Morris 3-2 after Overtime
- 2010: Alabama - Huntsville defeated Niagara 3-2 after Overtime