Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association
| Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (MCHA) |
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| Established | 1998 |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Association | NCAA |
| Division | Division III |
| Members | 8 |
| Sports fielded | Ice hockey (men's: yes; women's: no) |
| Region | Midwestern United States |
| Headquarters | Waukesha, Wisconsin |
| Commissioner | G. Steven Larson (since 2010) |
| Website | www |
Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association was a college athletic conference which operated in the midwestern United States. It participated in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference. The conference included only men's teams.
The league was founded in 1998 with six teams: Benedictine University, the University of Findlay, Lawrence University, Marian University, the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and Northland College. After one year in the conference, Benedictine dropped hockey, and Findlay moved to the Division I College Hockey America conference. The University of Minnesota Crookston joined in 1999. As a Division II school, Minnesota Crookston operated the hockey team with no scholarships like the other Division III members of the league. While they competed in the conference championship, they were ineligible for the NCAA Division III Tournament, but they were eligible for the Harris Cup. Minnesota–Crookston dropped varsity hockey after the 2008–09 season and was replaced by Lake Forest.
Finlandia University joined the conference for the 2004–05 season. Before the 2007–08 season, the MCHA added Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin, and Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan.
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