# 2024–25 CCHA season

The 2024–25 CCHA season is the 46th season of play for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and is part of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 4, 2024, and concluded on March 20, 2024.

## Augustana

In the off-season, the CCHA announced that the timeline for Augustana was being moved up. Rather than become a full conference member in 2025–26, the Vikings would be eligible for the conference tournament in 2024–25. As schedules had already been set before the announcement, the CCHA would use point percentage to determine Augustana's place in the standings.

## Coaches

Bowling Green hired Dennis Williams as a replacement for Ty Eigner. A Bowling Green graduate, Williams previous served as an interim head coach in 2010.
Dave Shyiak was hired as the fourth head coach for Northern Michigan, replacing the departed Grant Potulny.

### Records

| Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | CCHA record |
| Augustana | Garrett Raboin | 2 | 12–18–4 | 0–0–0 |
| Bemidji State | Tom Serratore | 24 | 388–360–99 | 41–30–5 |
| Bowling Green | Dennis Williams | 2 | 5–25–6 | 4–18–6 |
| Ferris State | Bob Daniels | 33 | 497–605–114 | 271–324–77 |
| Lake Superior State | Damon Whitten | 11 | 143–196–31 | 32–42–2 |
| Michigan Tech | Joe Shawhan | 8 | 138–103–26 | 43–25–8 |
| Minnesota State | Luke Strand | 2 | 18–15–4 | 12–10–2 |
| Northern Michigan | Dave Shyiak | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| St. Thomas | Enrico Blasi | 4 | 29–75–5 | 25–47–4 |

## Standings

2024–25 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | PCT ^ | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #15 Minnesota State † | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 56 | .718 | 77 | 37 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 97 | 51 |
| Augustana | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | .625 | 48 | 37 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 89 | 67 |
| St. Thomas | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | .564 | 76 | 66 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 95 | 92 |
| Bowling Green | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 43 | .551 | 69 | 63 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 83 | 81 |
| Michigan Tech | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | .513 | 75 | 69 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 94 | 90 |
| Ferris State | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .462 | 74 | 81 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 85 | 117 |
| Bemidji State | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 36 | .462 | 63 | 78 | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 85 | 102 |
| Lake Superior State | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | .449 | 71 | 76 | 34 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 90 | 108 |
| Northern Michigan | 26 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .205 | 42 | 88 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 55 | 115 |
| Championship: March 21, 2025 † indicates conference regular-season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup) ^ Because Augustana is playing a transition schedule of 16 games against conference opponents, point percentage is used to determine conference position. Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: March 2, 2025 |||||||||||||||||||

### Non-Conference record

| Team | AHA | Big Ten | ECAC Hockey | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
| Augustana | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Bemidji State | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Bowling Green | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Ferris State | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Lake Superior State | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Michigan Tech | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Minnesota State | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Northern Michigan | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| St. Thomas | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Overall | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Semifinals March 15 | Semifinals March 15 | Semifinals March 15 | Championship March 21 | Championship March 21 |
| 1 | Minnesota State | 4 | 3 | – | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 1 | 2 | – | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | Minnesota State | 4 | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Bemidji State | 0 | | |
| 2 | Augustana | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Bemidji State | 0 | | |
| 7 | Bemidji State | 1 | 4 | 3* | | | | | |
| 7 | Bemidji State | 1 | 4 | 3* | | | | 1 | Minnesota State |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | St. Thomas |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 7 | 4 | – | | | | | | 3 | St. Thomas |
| 6 | Ferris State | 3 | 1 | – | | | | | |
| 6 | Ferris State | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | St. Thomas | 3 | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Bowling Green | 1 | | |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 2** | 4 | – | 4 | Bowling Green | 1 | | |
| 5 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 0 | – | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Ranking
### USCHO

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Augustana | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bemidji State | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bowling Green | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ferris State | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lake Superior State | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Michigan Tech | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Minnesota State | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Northern Michigan | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. Thomas | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### USA Hockey

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Final |
| Augustana | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bemidji State | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bowling Green | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ferris State | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lake Superior State | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Michigan Tech | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Minnesota State | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Northern Michigan | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. Thomas | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### Pairwise

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Augustana | 28 | 52 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 33 | – |
| Bemidji State | 15 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 39 | 44 | 40 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 41 | 46 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 46 | – |
| Bowling Green | 4 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 32 | 29 | 36 | 35 | 48 | 45 | 46 | 44 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 42 | 42 | 39 | 38 | – |
| Ferris State | 21 | 37 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 49 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | – |
| Lake Superior State | 27 | 49 | 42 | 53 | 52 | 35 | 47 | 44 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 49 | – |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 42 | 40 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 46 | 45 | – |
| Minnesota State | 17 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | – |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 55 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | – |
| St. Thomas | 28 | 28 | 48 | 39 | 38 | 49 | 49 | 40 | 50 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 32 | – |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.