The Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL) is Division I ACHA

Acha

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 club level hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

-college athletic conference. The CSCHL is in its 39th season of existence and is one of the top ranked ACHA leagues. It currently has 7 member teams in the Midwestern United States

Midwestern United States

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Format

League teams play a 20-game league schedule, plus additional regular seson games against non-league opponents. Following the regular season The league holds a Championship Tournament. The CSCHL Regular Season champion team is awarded an automatic bid to the ACHA Men's Division I National Tournament.

History

The league began in 1970 with Iowa State University

Iowa State University

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...

 being one of the founding members. The University of Illinois joined shortly after in 1974. The league saw great expansion in the early 1990s when the University of Michigan-Dearborn

University of Michigan-Dearborn

The University of Michigan–Dearborn , is a public university located in Dearborn, Michigan, USA.The University of Michigan–Dearborn is one of two regional campuses of the University of Michigan...

 joined after dropping its NCAA program. Ohio University

Ohio University

Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...

 followed in 1993 and Kent State University

Kent State University

Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...

 joined in 1994 after dropping NCAA hockey. 2010 brought more changes to the league. At the conclusion of the 2009-2010 season, Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...

, University of Michigan–Dearborn, and Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....

 left to join the new Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League

Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League

The Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I level ice hockey league. The GLCHL is made up of teams from Michigan. The league was announced in late 2009 and will play its first season in the ACHA in Fall 2010 with six member teams, all located within the state of Michigan...

. The CSCHL added Indiana University, who joins the league for the 2010-2011 season, after transitioning from ACHA II.

Current members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Team Nickname	Primary conference
Indiana University	Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....	1820	Public	40,354	Hoosiers Indiana Hoosiers The Indiana Hoosiers are the athletic teams for the Bloomington campus of Indiana University . Athletic teams sponsored by IU Bloomington include cross country, track, baseball, golf, tennis, rowing, volleyball, soccer, football and basketball...	Big Ten Conference Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...  (D-I)
Iowa State University Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...	Ames, Iowa Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa...	1858	Public	27,945	Cyclones Iowa State Cyclones The Iowa State Cyclones are the athletic teams of Iowa State University. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams in 12 sports.*Men's sports...	Big 12 Conference Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...  (D-I)
Lindenwood University Lindenwood University Lindenwood University, often referred to as Lindenwood or LU, is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States...	St. Charles, Missouri	1827	Private/Presbyterian	17,351	Lions Lindenwood Lions The Lindenwood Lions and Lady Lions are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri. The Lions are currently in the process of transitioning from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to the NCAA Division II...	MIAA (D-II)
Kent State University Kent State University Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...	Kent, Ohio Kent, Ohio Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeastern Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 United States Census and 28,904 in the 2010 Census...	1910	Public	33,457	Golden Flashes Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State University's intercollegiate athletic teams are known as the Golden Flashes or simply as the Flashes. The university fields sixteen varsity athletic teams, all of whom play in the Mid-American Conference and in the NCAA's Division I...	Mid-American Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...  (D-I)
Ohio University Ohio University Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...	Athens, Ohio Athens, Ohio Athens is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Athens County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Hocking River in the southeastern part of Ohio. A historic college town, Athens is home to Ohio University and is the principal city of the Athens, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...	1804	Public	20,437	Bobcats Ohio Bobcats Ohio University features 16 varsity sports teams called the Bobcats. The Bobcats compete in the Mid-American Conference in all sports. The Bobcats were a charter member of the Mid-American Conference in 1946 and are the only team still in the conference from the original 5 team league that...	Mid-American Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...  (D-I)
Robert Morris University	Chicago, Illinois	1827	Private/Non-Sectarian	6,931	Eagles	Chicagoland Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Its 14 members are located in the Midwestern United States...  (NAIA National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA... )
University of Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...	Champaign, Illinois Champaign, Illinois Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago, west of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 178 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Though surrounded by farm communities, Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of...	1867	Public	42,326	Fighting Illini Illinois Fighting Illini The Fighting Illini are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The University offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports....	Big Ten Conference Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...  (D-I)

Former Teams

• Eastern Michigan University
  Eastern Michigan University
  Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
  
   moved to GLCHL
  Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
  The Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I level ice hockey league. The GLCHL is made up of teams from Michigan. The league was announced in late 2009 and will play its first season in the ACHA in Fall 2010 with six member teams, all located within the state of Michigan...
  
  
• University of Michigan–Dearborn moved to GLCHL
  Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
  The Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I level ice hockey league. The GLCHL is made up of teams from Michigan. The league was announced in late 2009 and will play its first season in the ACHA in Fall 2010 with six member teams, all located within the state of Michigan...
  
  
• Western Michigan University
  Western Michigan University
  Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....
  
   moved to GLCHL
  Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
  The Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I level ice hockey league. The GLCHL is made up of teams from Michigan. The league was announced in late 2009 and will play its first season in the ACHA in Fall 2010 with six member teams, all located within the state of Michigan...
  
  
• Saint Louis University
  Saint Louis University
  Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the...
  
   dropped to ACHA Div II
• Buffalo moved to ECHL
  Eastern Collegiate Hockey League
  Not to be confused with the ECHL, a professional minor league hockey league in the United States.The Eastern Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I club hockey league consisting of teams in the Northeast United States...
  
  
• University of Notre Dame
  University of Notre Dame
  The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
  
   moved to NCAA Div I CCHA
• University of Alabama at Huntsville moved to NCAA DII, now DI in CHA
  College Hockey America
  College Hockey America is a women's college ice hockey conference in the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The conference is currently made up of four women's teams in New York and Pennsylvania....
  
  
• St. Norbert College
  St. Norbert College
  St. Norbert College is a private Catholic liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin. Founded in October 1898 by Abbot Bernard Pennings, a Norbertine priest and educator, the school was named after Saint Norbert of Xanten. In 1952, the college became coeducational and today enrolls about 2,175...
  
   moved to NCAA D III Northern Collegiate Hockey Association
  Northern Collegiate Hockey Association
  Northern Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in the midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference....
  
  
• University of Illinois at Chicago
  University of Illinois at Chicago
  The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop...
  
   moved to NCAA DI CCHA, folded hockey program.
• Chicago State University
  Chicago State University
  Chicago State University is a state university of the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Chicago.-History:Cook County Normal School was founded in 1867, largely through the initiative of John F. Eberhart, the Commissioner of Schools for Cook County...
  
   folded hockey program.

Conference arenas

School	Hockey Arena	Capacity
Illinois	University of Illinois Ice Arena University of Illinois Ice Arena University of Illinois Ice Arena, also known as the Big Pond, is an ice arena and recreational sport facility located in Champaign, Illinois and owned and operated by the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. The arena serves as the home for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's and women's...	2,000
Indiana	Frank Southern Ice Arena	700
Iowa State	Ames/ISU Ice Arena Ames/ISU Ice Arena Ames/ISU Ice Arena is an ice arena and recreational sport facility located in Ames, Iowa and owned and operated by Ames Parks & Rec Department and Iowa State University. The Ames / ISU Ice Arena is home to the Iowa State University Cyclones Men’s and Women's Hockey Teams, ISU Sychronized Skating Team...	1,000
Lindenwood	Lindenwood Ice Arena Lindenwood Ice Arena Lindenwood Ice Arena is an arena and recreational sport facility located in Wentzville, Missouri and owned and operated by Lindenwood University. LU Ice Arena serves as the home for LU Lindenwood Lions Men's and Women's ice hockey teams and LU synchronized skating team.It features two NHL size...	1,000
Kent State	KSU Ice Arena Kent State University Ice Arena The KSU Ice Arena is a two-rink ice complex located on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, United States. The building contains two ice arenas, one with seating for 1,500 fans that is used for ice hockey and figure skating, with the other rink used for general skating. The two...	1,500
Ohio	Ossian C. Bird Arena Ossian C. Bird Arena Ossian C. Bird Arena is an ice arena and recreational sport facility located in Athens, Ohio and owned and operated by Ohio University. The arena serves as the home for Ohio University Club Men's college ice hockey team that competes in the American Collegiate Hockey Association at the Division I...	2,000
Robert Morris (IL)	Edge Ice Arena Edge Ice Arena The Edge Ice Arena is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena located in Bensenville, Illinois. It had been used by the official training facility and practice arena for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League before the team built a new downtown Chicago training facility. The ice arena is...	3,000