2016-17 College Hockey America Season

This is the 2016-17 College Hockey America season.  This is the league's 15th season.
==Membership changes==
none
==Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena 	Capacity
Lindenwood University Lady Lions 	St. Charles, Missouri 	Lindenwood Ice Arena 	1,000
Mercyhurst Lakers 	Erie, Pennsylvania 	Mercyhurst Ice Center 	1,500
Penn State University Nittany Lions	University Park, Pennsylvania	Pegula Ice Arena 	6,000
Rochester Inst. Of Tech. Tigers 	Henrietta, New York 	Gene Polisseni Center 	4,300
Robert Morris University Colonials 	Moon Township, PA 	84 Lumber Arena 	1,100
Syracuse Orange 	Syracuse, New York 	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion	350
==Standings==
College Hockey America 	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Robert Morris Colonials 	20 	15 	3 	2 	60 	37 	32 	31 	27 	5 	6 	106 	74
Syracuse Orange 	20 	14 	4 	2 	63 	24 	30 	34 	16 	13 	5 	85 	59
Mercyhurst Lakers 	20 	11 	8 	1 	58 	45 	23 	35 	15 	18 	2 	92 	85
Penn State Nittany Lions	20 	8 	10 	2 	47 	54 	18 	35 	9 	21 	5 	74 	104
RIT Tigers 	20 	4 	14 	2 	31 	59 	10 	36 	7 	27 	2 	49 	116
Lindenwood Lions 	20 	3 	16 	1 	18 	58 	7 	33 	6 	25 	2 	36 	100
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
All teams qualify.  The top two seeds earn a bye to the semifinals.  The third place team plays the sixth place team and the fourth place team plays the fifth place team in the quarterfinals.  The tournament format was changed to a single elimination tournament held at one site over three days.  The tournament is being held at  HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York March 2-4, 2017. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Quarterfinals===
*Lindenwood Lions defeated Mercyhurst Lakers 3-2
*RIT Tigers defeated Penn State Nittany Lions 2-1
===Semifinals===
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Lindenwood Lions 2-1
*Syracuse Orange defeated RIT Tigers 4-0
===Final===
*Robert Morris Colonials defeated Syracuse Orange 2-0
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