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College and University Hockey - NCAA Women's Division I Hockey
American College and University hockey conference alignment does not follow the traditional conference alignments. The premier division of the NCAA, Division I is divided into a series of conferences. NCAA Division I Womens Hockey declares a champion each year, with the current format being the Frozen Four Tournament. In addition the NCAA Division I Hockey system recognizes individual and team performances with annual awards.
Women’s ice hockey was an officially sanctioned NCAA sport in the 2000-2001 season. Women’s collegiate hockey started long before it was NCAA-sanctioned with Brown University having a team in 1965. The first Ivy League tournament happened in 1976 and the ECAC had their first tournament in 1984.
Women’s ice hockey became an Olympic sport in 1998. There was no formal league or plan in place in the US to train and develop players. During the 1997-1998 season, the American Women's College Hockey Alliance was born, and it was financed by the US Olympic Committee. That original league held their own National Championships in 1999 and 2000, which were won by Harvard and Minnesota. Those championships are not counted when talking about national titles won by a university.
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
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The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference operating over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's hockey-only conference. The Mens portion of the conference was dropped after the 2020-21 season. The league was founded in 1951 as the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League (MCHL), then was known as the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League (WIHL) until 1958, and finally as the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1959. Western Collegiate Hockey Association InformationWestern Collegiate Hockey Association Womens Champions Western Collegiate Hockey Association Womens Hockey by Year Western Collegiate Hockey Association Womens Hockey Yearly Awards |
College Hockey America (CHA)
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College Hockey America (CHA) is a women’s college ice hockey conference, participating in the NCAA’s Division I as a hockey-only conference.The conference began as a men's hockey conference in 1999, and added women's competition in 2002. After several of its member schools dropped the sport or moved to other conferences, the men's side of CHA folded after the 2009–10 season. CHA remains in operation as a women-only conference. College Hockey America Womens (CHA)InformationCollege Hockey America Womens Champions College Hockey America Womens Hockey by Year College Hockey America Womens Yearly Awards |
New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA)
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New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) formed in 2017 as a scheduling alliance between the sport's six then-existing National Collegiate (Division I/II) independents, all located in New England. With the conference membership at six for 2019–20 season, the NCAA officially approved the NEWHA as a Division I conference. There would be no independent programs in that season, since the NEWHA membership included all of the previous National Collegiate independents. The NEWHA received its first automatic NCAA tournament berth in 2021–22. New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) InformationNew England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) Womens Champions New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) by Year |
ECAC Hockey
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ECAC Hockey is a college athletic conference that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College A thletic Conference until 2004. The ECAC Hockey League was founded in 1962. The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) began sponsoring an invitational women's tournament in 1985. ECAC teams began playing an informal regular season schedule in the 1988–89 season, with the conference officially sponsoring women's hockey beginning in the 1993–94 season. Twenty-four different teams have called the ECAC home in their history. ECAC Womens Hockey InformationECAC Womens Hockey Champions ECAC Womens Hockey by Year ECAC Womens Hockey Yearly Awards |
Hockey East Association
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Hockey East Association is a college athletic conference which operates in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. Hockey East came into existence in 1984 for men's hockey, when most of its current members split apart from what is today known as ECAC Hockey. Hockey East is a college athletic conference which operates primarily in New England, and features men's and women's competition. It has emerged as one of the top women’s ice hockey conferences in United States. Hockey East Association InformationHockey East Association Champions Hockey East Association by Year Hockey East Association Yearly Awards |
NCAA Division I Women's Hockey Championships
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The NCAA Women's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single game elimination tournament that determines the collegiate national champion. The winners of the Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship. The tournament begins with initial games played at top seeded sites culminating with the semi-finals and finals played at a single site. |
NCAA Division I Women's Hockey Awards
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Each year the NCAA Division I Hockey recognizes players and coaches at the end of the season.
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