The Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHC) is a Men's
ACHA Division 3 conference made up of smaller colleges and universities in the state of
Michigan
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.
Championship history
ACHA National Champions
The MCHC has produced fifteen National Championship teams, the most of any Division 3 conference, including
Ferris State (1994),
Muskegon Community College
Muskegon Community College (MCC) is a Public college, public community college in Muskegon, Michigan. The college offers 49 associate degree programs and 33 certificate programs. The college's main campus is located on a 111-acre campus in Muske ...
(2003),
Calvin College
Calvin University, formerly Calvin College, is a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1876, Calvin University is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reforme ...
(2004),
Saginaw Valley State (2009, 2010),
Adrian College
Adrian College is a Private college, private United Methodist Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Adrian, Michigan. The college offers bachelor's degrees in 92 academic majors and programs. The 100 acre (0.40&nbs ...
-Gold (2012, 2013, 2014),
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the ...
(2015),
Oakland
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(2016),
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
(2018, 2021, 2022),
Michigan
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(2023) and
Lawrence Tech (2024).
SVSU became the first school in Division 3 history to not only win two National Championships, but to do it in back-to-back years.
Adrian College
Adrian College is a Private college, private United Methodist Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Adrian, Michigan. The college offers bachelor's degrees in 92 academic majors and programs. The 100 acre (0.40&nbs ...
-Gold later became the first school in Division 3 history to not only make three straight National Championship Games, but to win all three.
ACHA National Runners-up
The MCHC has produced fourteen National Runners-up including
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
(2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2023),
Northwood (2006),
Davenport
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**Davenport, South Australia, suburb of Port Augusta
**District Council of Davenport, former local govern ...
(2012),
Michigan-Flint (2013),
Aquinas College (2016),
Calvin (2017),
Oakland
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(2018),
Grand Valley State (2019, 2024) and
Michigan
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(2022).
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
is the first school in Division 3 to make it to four National Championship games.
ACHA National Championship Game
The ACHA Division 3 National Championship game has featured two MCHC teams (*) eleven times since 2003. However, a MCHC team has been in the Nation Championship every year since 2009.
Lawrence Tech is currently defending champions.
*2003:
Muskegon Community College
Muskegon Community College (MCC) is a Public college, public community college in Muskegon, Michigan. The college offers 49 associate degree programs and 33 certificate programs. The college's main campus is located on a 111-acre campus in Muske ...
(1) defeated
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
.*
*2009:
Saginaw Valley State (1) defeated Florida Gulf Coast.
*2010:
Saginaw Valley State (2) defeated
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
.*
*2012:
Adrian College
Adrian College is a Private college, private United Methodist Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Adrian, Michigan. The college offers bachelor's degrees in 92 academic majors and programs. The 100 acre (0.40&nbs ...
-Gold (1) defeated
Davenport
Davenport may refer to:
Places Australia
*Davenport, Northern Territory, a locality
*Hundred of Davenport, cadastral unit in South Australia
**Davenport, South Australia, suburb of Port Augusta
**District Council of Davenport, former local govern ...
.*
*2013:
Adrian College
Adrian College is a Private college, private United Methodist Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Adrian, Michigan. The college offers bachelor's degrees in 92 academic majors and programs. The 100 acre (0.40&nbs ...
-Gold (2) defeated
Michigan-Flint.*
*2014:
Adrian College
Adrian College is a Private college, private United Methodist Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Adrian, Michigan. The college offers bachelor's degrees in 92 academic majors and programs. The 100 acre (0.40&nbs ...
-Gold (3) defeated
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
.*
*2015:
Michigan State
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(1) defeated Florida Gulf Coast.
*2016:
Oakland
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(1) defeated
Aquinas College.*
*2017:
Aquinas College (1) defeated
Calvin.*
*2018:
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
(1) defeated
Oakland
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.*
*2021:
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
(2) defeated Arkansas.
*2022:
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
(3) defeated
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
.*
*2023:
Michigan
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(1) defeated
Hope College
Hope College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, United States. It was originally opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman coll ...
.*
*2024:
Lawrence Tech (1) defeated
Grand Valley State.*
Vezina Cup Champions
Totals
Current teams
East Division
West Division
Former members
*
Indiana Institute of Technology
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The university today is organi ...
*
Northwood University
Northwood University (NU) is a private university focused on business education with its main campus in Midland, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1959, more than 33,000 people have graduated from the institution.
History
Northwood Universit ...
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