Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

The following is a list of men's champions of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, including champions of the conference's playoff tournament, the WCHA Final Five.

Championships by season

Main article: List of WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions

Season	Regular season champion	Tournament champion	NCAA national champion	Notes
1951–52	Colorado College	—	Michigan	Midwest Collegiate Hockey League play begins with Colorado College, Denver, Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota and North Dakota; first season the MacNaughton Cup is awarded to regular season champion
1952–53	Minnesota Michigan	—	Michigan
1953–54	Minnesota	—		League name changed to the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League
1954–55	Colorado College	—	Michigan
1955–56	Michigan	—	Michigan
1956–57	Colorado College	—	Colorado College
1957–58	North Dakota Denver	—	Denver
1958–59	—	—	North Dakota	No league play because Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan State and Michigan Tech withdraw from the WIHL due to disagreement over the recruiting practices of University of North Dakota, Denver, and Colorado College.
1959–60	Denver	Denver Michigan Tech	Denver	Western Collegiate Hockey Association founded; tournament play begins
1960–61	Denver	Denver Minnesota	Denver
1961–62	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech	The WCHA begins awarding the MacNaughton Cup to the conference's tournament champion
1962–63	Denver North Dakota	Denver	North Dakota
1963–64	Michigan Denver	Denver	Michigan
1964–65	North Dakota	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech
1965–66	Michigan Tech	Denver Michigan State	Michigan State	The WCHA decides to once again award the MacNaughton Cup to the regular season champion
1966–67	North Dakota	Michigan State North Dakota		Minnesota-Duluth joins the WCHA
1967–68	Denver	Denver North Dakota	Denver
1968–69	Michigan Tech	Denver Michigan Tech	Denver
1969–70	Minnesota	Michigan Tech Wisconsin		Wisconsin joins the WCHA
1970–71	Michigan Tech	Denver Minnesota
1971–72	Denver	Denver Wisconsin		Notre Dame joins the WCHA
1972–73	Denver	Denver Wisconsin	Wisconsin
1973–74	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech Minnesota	Minnesota
1974–75	Minnesota	Michigan Tech Minnesota	Michigan Tech
1975–76	Michigan Tech	Michigan Tech Minnesota	Minnesota
1976–77	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
1977–78	Denver	Colorado College Wisconsin
1978–79	North Dakota	Minnesota North Dakota	Minnesota
1979–80	North Dakota	Minnesota North Dakota	North Dakota	Plan to split the conference into two divisions is rejected
1980–81	Minnesota	Michigan Tech Minnesota	Wisconsin
1981–82	North Dakota	Wisconsin	North Dakota	Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech and Notre Dame leave conference for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association; the Broadmoor Trophy replaces the MacNaughton Cup as the trophy for the regular season champion
1982–83	Minnesota	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
1983–84	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth
1984–85	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth		Michigan Tech rejoins the WCHA and brings the MacNaughton Cup back to the conference; Northern Michigan joins the WCHA; interlocking schedule with Hockey East begins (interconference games counted in conference standings); first season the Broadmoor Trophy awarded to the tournament champion
1985–86	Denver	Denver
1986–87	North Dakota	North Dakota	North Dakota
1987–88	Minnesota	Wisconsin		Tournament changed to a single-site four team format
1988–89	Minnesota	Northern Michigan		Last season of interlocking schedule with Hockey East
1989–90	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
1990–91	Northern Michigan	Northern Michigan	Northern Michigan	St. Cloud State joins the WCHA
1991–92	Minnesota	Northern Michigan
1992–93	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota		Tournament changed to five team format and renamed the Final Five
1993–94	Colorado College	Minnesota		Alaska-Anchorage joins the WCHA
1994–95	Colorado College	Wisconsin
1995–96	Colorado College	Minnesota
1996–97	Minnesota North Dakota	North Dakota	North Dakota
1997–98	North Dakota	Wisconsin		Northern Michigan leaves the conference for the CCHA; Mankato State (now Minnesota State-Mankato) participates in the WCHA tournament
1998–99	North Dakota	Denver
1999–00	Wisconsin	North Dakota	North Dakota	Minnesota State joins the WCHA
2000–01	North Dakota	St. Cloud State
2001–02	Denver	Denver	Minnesota
2002–03	Colorado College	Minnesota	Minnesota
2003–04	North Dakota	Minnesota	Denver
2004–05	Colorado College Denver	Denver	Denver
2005–06	Minnesota	North Dakota	Wisconsin
2006–07	Minnesota	Minnesota
2007–08	Colorado College	Denver
2008–09	North Dakota	Minnesota-Duluth
2009–10	Denver	North Dakota
2010–11	North Dakota	North Dakota	Minnesota-Duluth	Bemidji State and Nebraska-Omaha join the WCHA
2011–12	Minnesota	North Dakota
2012–13	St. Cloud State Minnesota	Wisconsin		Final WCHA season for Colorado College, Denver, Minnesota-Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha, North Dakota, and St. Cloud State (all leaving for NCHC in 2013-2014) as well as Minnesota and Wisconsin (both leaving for Big Ten Conference)
2013–14	Ferris State	Minnesota State		Northern Michigan rejoins WCHA; first WCHA season for Alabama-Huntsville, Alaska-Fairbanks, Bowling Green, Ferris State, and Lake Superior State
2014–15	Minnesota State	Minnesota State
2015–16	Minnesota State Michigan Tech	Ferris State
2016–17	Bemidji State	Michigan Tech
2017–18	Minnesota State	Michigan Tech
2018–19	Minnesota State	Minnesota State
2019–20	Minnesota State	Tournament cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2020–21	Minnesota State	Lake Superior State		At the conclusion of the season, 8 teams withdrew from the conference (Alabama–Huntsville, Bemidji State, Bowling Green, Ferris State, Lake Superior State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota State, Northern Michigan). The remaining two programs, Alaska and Alaska Anchorage, formally suspended the men's division of the WCHA.

Championships by school

School	WCHA regular season championships	WCHA tournament championships	NCAA national championships	Last WCHA regular season championship	Last WCHA tournament championship	Last NCAA national championship
Alabama–Huntsville	0	0	0	—	—
Alaska	0	0	0	—	—	—
Alaska–Anchorage	0	0	0	—	—	—
Bemidji State	1	0	0	2017	—	—
Bowling Green	0	0	1	—	—	1984
Colorado College	9	1	2	2008	1978	1957
Denver	13	15	8	2010	2008	2022
Ferris State	1	1	0	2014	—	—
Lake Superior State	0	1	3	—	2021	1994
Michigan	3	0	9	1964	—	1998
Michigan State	0	2	3	—	1967	2007
Michigan Tech	7	11	3	2016	2018	1975
Minnesota	14	14	5	2013	2007	2003
Minnesota–Duluth	3	3	2	1993	2009	2019
Minnesota State	5	3	0	2021	2019	—
Nebraska–Omaha	0	0	0	—	—	—
North Dakota	15	11	7	2011	2012	2016
Northern Michigan	1	3	1	1991	1992	1991
Notre Dame	0	0	0	—	—	—
St. Cloud State	1	1	0	2013	2001	—
Wisconsin	3	12	6	2000	2013	2006

Colorado College won its first NCAA national championship in 1950 prior to the founding of the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League. Likewise, Michigan won its 1948 title prior to the start of league play. North Dakota won a national title in 1959 as an independent. The Wolverines won two additional national championships in 1996 and 1998 after leaving the WCHA for the CCHA. Michigan State also won its 1986 and 2007 national championships after leaving the WCHA. Two of the five schools that made their WCHA debuts in 2013, Bowling Green and Lake Superior State, won all of their national championships while in the CCHA (one for Bowling Green in 1984, and three for Lake Superior State in 1988, 1992, and 1994).

Location of men's WCHA tournaments

• 1988–1993: St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN
• 1994: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI
• 1995: St. Paul Civic Center
• 1996: Bradley Center
• 1997: St. Paul Civic Center
• 1998: Bradley Center
• 1999–2000: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
• 2001–2013: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN
• 2014: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
• 2015: Xcel Energy Center
• 2016: Van Andel Arena
• 2017–2019: campus sites

References

• "History of the WCHA". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
• "Ice Hockey History - The Broadmoor". Colorado College. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
• "MacNaughton Cup". Gopher Hockey History. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
• 2006-07 Minnesota Men's Hockey Yearbook. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics.