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Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League

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Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League
ConferenceACHA
Founded2013
Sports fielded
DivisionDivision II
No. of teams8
RegionWest
Most recent
champion(s)
Montana State
(1st title)
Most titlesUtah State
(4 titles)

The Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League (MWCHL) is a collegiate hockey conference within Division 2 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). It is made up of eight universities throughout the Western United States. Four members are from the state of Utah, while the remaining four are from Montana and North Dakota.

History

The MWCHL's founding members were Boise State, BYU, the University of Denver, Montana State, Montana Tech, Utah State and Weber State. Other previous members include the University of Wyoming and Grand Canyon.

Members

School Location Founded Affiliation Nickname Colors Website
BYU Provo, UT 1875 Private/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Cougars     [1]
University of Mary Bismarck, ND 1959 Private (Catholic) Marauders    
Montana State Bozeman, MT 1893 Public (Montana University System) Bobcats     [2]
Montana Tech Butte, MT 1889 Public (Montana University System) Orediggers     [3]
University of Providence Great Falls, MT 1932 Private (Roman Catholic) Argonauts    
Utah State Logan, UT 1888 Public (Utah System of Higher Education) Aggies     [4]
Utah Valley Orem, UT 1941 Public (Utah System of Higher Education) Wolverines     None
Weber State Ogden, UT 1889 Public (Utah System of Higher Education) Wildcats     [5]

Champions

Year Champion Runner-Up Host
2022 Montana State BYU Weber
2020 Providence Mary Utah Valley
2019 BYU[1] Utah State Utah State
2018 Utah State[2] BYU BYU
2017 Utah State Wyoming Weber State
2016 Utah State Weber State Utah State
2015 Utah State Denver BYU
2014 Weber State Montana Tech Weber State

Membership Timeline

See also

References

  1. ^ D2, ACHA Men's [@achamensd2] (2019-02-09). "Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League CHAMPIONS • Brigham Young University Cougars • #ACHA #MWCHLpic.twitter.com/S0azdqD9Vs" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-02-12 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ D2, ACHA Men's [@achamensd2] (2018-02-03). "Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League CHAMPIONS • Utah State Aggies •pic.twitter.com/mPx3NTF40Q" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-02-12 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)