National Collegiate Hockey Conference

National Collegiate Hockey Conference

Association	NCAA
Founded	2011 (began play in 2013)
Commissioner	Heather Weems
Sports fielded	Men's ice hockey
Division	Division I
No. of teams	8 (9 in 2024)
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]