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College Hockey Mid-America
(CHMA)
Established 2006 Association ACHA Division Division I Members 8 Sports fielded Men's ice hockey Region Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia Headquarters Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Commissioner Andy Mecs Website CHMA Website Locations 
College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA) is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I club ice hockey conference with teams in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The league was formed in 2006 after members of the now defunct University Hockey League organized the league and moved from the ACHA's Division II to Division I.
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Season format
Every CHMA team plays every other team in a home and away series, producing a league regular season of 14 games. The regular season champion receives an automatic bid to the ACHA Division I National Tournament. Additionally, each year, the league holds single-elimination playoff tournament.
In 2010, season champion Slippery Rock declined their bid to the national tournament.
Membership
Of the eight member schools, four compete at the Division I level of NCAA, two at Division II (both within the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference), and two within Division III.
Institution City State Nickname Primary conference Website Duquesne University Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Dukes Atlantic 10 (DI) [1] Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks PSAC (DII) [2] John Carroll University University Heights Ohio Blue Streaks Ohio Athletic Conference (DIII) [3] University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Panthers Big East Conference (DI) [4] Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock Pennsylvania Pride PSAC (DII) [5] Washington and Jefferson Washington Pennsylvania Presidents Presidents' Athletic Conference (DIII) [6] West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia Mountaineers Big East Conference (DI) [7] Youngstown State University Youngstown Ohio Penguins Horizon League (DI) [8] Conference arenas
School Home arena Location Capacity Duquesne Ice Castle Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania IUP S&T Bank Arena Indiana, Pennsylvania 500 John Carroll Gilmore Academy Ice Arena Gates Mill, Ohio 800 Pittsburgh BladeRunners Harmarville, Pennsylvania 1,200 Slippery Rock BladeRunners Warrendale, Pennsylvania 900 Washington and Jefferson Iceoplex Cecil Township, Pennsylvania 1,000 West Virginia Morgantown Municipal Ice Arena Morgantown, West Virginia 500 Youngstown State Boardman Ice Zone Boardman, Ohio 1,000 Past champions
Regular season Tournament Tournament site 2007 Washington & Jefferson Duquesne Bladerunners, Harmarville, Pennsylvania 2008 West Virginia Washington & Jefferson Ice Zone, Boardman, Ohio 2009 Duquesne Duquesne Ice Castle Arena, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania 2010 Slippery Rock West Virginia S&T Bank Arena, Indiana, Pennsylvania 2011 Slippery Rock Slippery Rock WesBanco Arena, Wheeling, West Virginia National tournament results
Since the 2007–08 season, the conference's regular season champion receives an automatic bid to the Division I national tournament. In the conference's first season in 2006–07, West Virginia earned a spot in the tournament based on their national ranking, winning neither the regular the season nor the conference tournament. Washington & Jefferson College also earned a berth to the 2006-07 ACHA Division I National Tournament having won the CHMA regular season title and ranking 14th overall.
- 2011: #16 Slippery Rock defeated in first round by #1 Lindenwood; won 15th-place consolation game against #15 Rutgers.
- 2010: Slippery Rock declined invitation, was not replaced by another conference team.
- 2009: #15 Duquesne defeated in first round by #2 Penn State.
- 2008: #14 West Virginia defeated in first round by #3 Penn State.
- 2007: #13 West Virginia defeated in first round by #5 Rhode Island; won 13th-place consolation game against #9 Kent State.
- 2007: #14 Washington & Jefferson defeated in first round by #3 Illinois; lost 15th place consolation game against #16 Robert Morris (PA).
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See also
Media related to College Hockey Mid-America at Wikimedia CommonsCollege Hockey Mid-America Duquesne (Island Sports Center) • IUP (S&T Bank Arena) • John Carroll (Gilmour Academy) • Pittsburgh (Bladerunners Ice Complex) • Slippery Rock (Bladerunners Ice Complex) • Washington & Jefferson (Iceoplex) • West Virginia (Morgantown Municipal Ice Arena) • Youngstown State (Boardman Ice Zone) •
ACHA • List of champions American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1 Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL) • College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA) • Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA) • Eastern Collegiate Hockey League (ECHL) • Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) • Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (GLCHL) • Northeast Collegiate Hockey League (NCHL) •
ACHA • List of champions Categories:- ACHA Division 1 conferences
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