Association | NCAA |
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Founded | 2011 (began play in 2013) |
Commissioner | Heather Weems |
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Division | Division I |
No. of teams | 9 (10 in 2026) |
Headquarters | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Region | Midwestern United States Western United States |
Official website | NCHCHockey.com |
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The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) is an NCAA men's Division I hockey conference for teams in the Midwestern United States. The league was formed on July 9, 2011 and began playing for the 2013–14 season, the same season that the Big Ten Conference began competition, as a combination of six previous members of the WCHA and two of the CCHA. The league is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]