Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League

Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (GLCHL)
Established	2010
Association	ACHA
Division	Division I
Members	8
Sports fielded	Ice hockey (men's: yes; women's: no)
Region	Great Lakes

The Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (GLCHL) is an American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division I level ice hockey league. The GLCHL is made up of eight schools, six of which are located in Michigan, with one school each in Indiana and Ohio.

The league was announced in late 2009 and began play in the Fall of 2010 with six member teams, all located within the state of Michigan.Eastern Michigan, Michigan-Dearborn and Western Michigan all joined the league after competing as members of the Central States Collegiate Hockey League. Oakland and Adrian College previously competed as ACHA Division 1 Independents. Davenport joined after making the transition from ACHA Division 2 to Division 1. In 2012, Kent State announced they would move from the CSCHL to the league beginning in the 2012-13 season. In 2013, Wayne State announced they would move up from ACHA Division 3 to Division 1 and join the league for the 2013-14 season. Indiana Tech and Rochester joined the league in the 2015-16 season.

The conference plays a 20-game league schedule, four games against each team—two home and two away contests. In addition team schedules will include other ACHA Division I opponents. The GLCHL holds a league championship tournament at the end of the regular season in February.

Note: Adrian has NCAA Division III hockey competing in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. Western Michigan has NCAA Division I hockey competing in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

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