Women's Midwest College Hockey


Women's Midwest College Hockey is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Women's Division 1 club level hockey-only college athletic conference for women's hockey teams. It is one of four ACHA Women's Division 1 conferences, along with the Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association, Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League, and Western Women's Collegiate Hockey League. The league features six top ACHA programs from across the country regardless of geographic considerations, with its membership ranging from Lynchburg, Virginia in the southeast to Minot, North Dakota in the northwest.
WMCH began play during the 2019–20 season with teams that had won four of the last seven national championships, and each of its members had participated in their respective national tournaments within the past two seasons. The conference lived up to that billing by earning four of the eight available bids to the 2020 ACHA National Tournament, before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic].

Current membership

InstitutionLocationNicknameFoundedTypeEnrollmentColorsPrimary Facility
Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VirginiaFlames1971Private
15,000
Blue, White and Red
LaHaye Ice Center
Lindenwood UniversitySt. Charles, MissouriLions1827Private7,465Black and Gold
Centene Community Ice Center
McKendree UniversityLebanon, IllinoisBearcats1828Private
2,499Purple and White
McKendree Metro Rec Plex
Midland UniversityFremont, NebraskaWarriors1883Private
1,400Orange and Blue
Sidner Ice Arena
University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MinnesotaGolden Gophers1851Public47,783Maroon and Gold
Mariucci Arena
Minot State UniversityMinot, North DakotaBeavers1913Public3,560Red, Green and Black
Maysa Arena

Membership timeline


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Playoff championship game results

YearChampionScoreRunner-UpLocation
2020Liberty2–1Minot StateSt. Louis, Missouri

Regular season champions

The WMCH did not formally declare a regular season champion. Liberty was the top-seeded team for the league playoffs due to having the highest ACHA ranking of the members.

ACHA National Tournament appearances

Appearances made while a WMCH member.
SchoolAppearancesYearsChampionships
Liberty12020-
Lindenwood–Belleville12020-
McKendree12020-
Minot State12020-