Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, or MIAC, is a league in NCAA Men's Division III and Women's Division III.  The conference has 13 members, all of which are private. The conference is an all-sport conference. Ten of the thirteen conference members sponsor varsity ice hockey. Three members are single-sex schools.
The men's conference dates back to the 1918-19 season, while the women's conference began play in the 1998-99 season.
On July 30, 1998 the MIAC and the United States Olympic Committee announced a grant of $440,000 over four years to help supplement the start up of a women's hockey conference, which had been previously announced. As part of the discussion on the issuing of the grant Bethel College decided to go ahead with the formation of a women's ice hockey program and Bethel would receive a higher portion of the grant to help offset start up cost for the program.
The College of Saint Benedict and St. Catherine University are women's colleges and Saint John's University is a men's college. Saint Benedict and Saint John's form a joint academic institution commonly referred to as CSB/SJU.
Neither the men's or women's conference has produced a national champion.  The men's conference has had teams finish as runners-up in 2000, 2005, and 2009
The women's conference has produced three Laura Hurd Award winners as the best player in Division III ice hockey, Sarah Moe, Gustavus Adolphus College (2002) and Andrea Peterson, Gustavus Adolphus College (2007). Bre Simon, Hamline (2019).
For the 2013-14 season the men's conference added the shootout and went to a three point system for game points.  The new system awards 3 points for a regulation or overtime win, two points for a shootout win, one point for a shootout loss, and no points for a regulation or overtime loss. As of the 2015-16 season, the men's conference continues to use this system, white the women's conference uses the traditional 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie, and none for a loss (no points are awareded for an overtime loss).
On May 22, 2019 the board that runs the conference, which is made up of the school presidents, announced that the University of St. Thomas (UST) was being removed from the conference involuntarily, effective at the end of the 2020–21 school year. The release cited competitive parity as the main reason for the move. The university was dominant in league competition; at the time of announcement, UST had accounted for about half of all MIAC championships (team and individual) since 2013. Additionally, UST had more than twice as many undergraduates than any other MIAC member except the all-female St. Catherine. No announcement was made at that time about the university's plans for joining a new conference.https://www.miacathletics.com/general/2018-19/releases/20190510vxuc8l Shortly after this announcement, the Summit League, an NCAA Division I all-sports conference that does not sponsor hockey for either sex, announced that it had invited St. Thomas to join effective in 2021–22. That conference worked with UST in a bid to receive a waiver from the NCAA to allow the Tommies to move from D-III to D-I on the standard four-year timetable used for moves from Division II. In the summer of 2020, with the NCAA approving the waiver, UST was confirmed as a new Summit League member effective in July 2021, with the women's hockey team joining the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and the men's team joining the revived Central Collegiate Hockey Association at the same time.
On May 27, 2020 The College of St. Scholastica announced that the Saints men's and women's hockey teams would join the MIAC from the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2021-22 playing season, with other sports joining from the . St. Scholastica replaced UST for all sports, including men's and women's hockey.https://www.uscho.com/2020/05/27/st-scholastica-mens-womens-hockey-teams-moving-from-ncha-to-miac-effective-21-22-season/
==Membership Changes==
*Carleton College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hamline University, Macalester College, St. John's University, St. Olaf College, and University of St. Thomas (then known as the College of St. Thomas) were founding members in 1920.
*Concordia College joined in 1921 before formal league play began.
*Augsburg College joined in 1924
*St. Mary's University joined in 1926.
*Carleton College withdrew in 1925 and rejoined in 1983 (the school has never sponsored ice hockey for either men or women).
*St. John's first started playing ice hockey for 1932-33.
*Gustavus Adolphus started playing ice hockey for 1936-37
*The St. Olaf Oles left the conference from 1950 until rejoining the conference for the 1975-76 season.
*The Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs were part of the conference from 1930 until 1965 when they joined the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.  The team joined the National Collegiate Hockey Conference when it formed for the 2013-14 season.  The school is presently at the Division II level in all other sports except for ice hockey.
*The conference did not sponsor any sports from the fall of 1943 to the spring of 1945 due to World War II and hockey was not played for the 1942-43 through 1945-46 seasons.
*The Macalester Scots were members of the men's conference from its founding until the mid 1970's.  The school dropped the sport to the club level where it remains today.  A women's club level team was formed in 2000 and is still playing at the club level.
*Bethel University joined the conference in 1978.
*Women's colleges St. Catherine University (1983) and Saint Benedict (1985) joined the conference prior to the conference sponsoring women's ice hockey.
*The Bethel Royals and Concordia Cobbers joined the Women's conference for the 1999-2000 season.
*The Hamline Pipers and St. Olaf Oles joined the Women's conference for the 2000-2001 season.
*Saint Benedict and Saint John's are brother/sister schools. CSB and SJU began offering joint evening classes in 1955, and fully adopted a joint undergraduate curriculum in 1961. While the two schools have separate residential and athletic facilities, students may attend classes at either institution and have access to the resources of both campuses. 
*The University of Saint Thomas was involuntarily removed from the conference in all sports following the 2020-21 academic year.
*The College of Saint Scholastica was added for the 2021-22 academic year as an all-sports member.
==Men's Conference Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Augsburg Auggies 	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	Ed Saugestad Rink
Bethel Royals 	Arden Hills, Minnesota 	Bethel University Arena
Concordia Cobbers 	Moorhead, Minnesota 	Moorhead Sports Center
Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties	St. Peter, Minnesota 	Don Roberts Arena
Hamline Pipers 	St. Paul, Minnesota 	TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center
St. John's Johnnies 	Collegeville, Minnesota	Dave Torrey Arena and Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
St. Mary's Cardinals 	Winona, Minnesota 	St. Mary's Ice Arena
St. Olaf Oles 	Northfield, Minnesota 	St. Olaf Ice Arena
St. Scholastica Saints 	Duluth, Minnesota 	MARS Lakeview Arena
==Men's Conference Seasons==
The men's conference competes for the Saugestad Cup, which is named after Ed Saugestad who coached the Augsburg College hockey team from 1958 to 1996. His teams had a 503-354-21 record and won three NAIA national ice hockey championship titles. The conference tournament was first held in 1987.
Season 	Regular Season Champion 	Conference Tournament Champion
1919-20 MIAC Men's Season	No formal league play 	No Tournament
1920-21 MIAC Men's Season	No formal league play 	No Tournament
1921-22 MIAC Men's Season	No formal league play 	No Tournament
1922-23 MIAC Men's Season	Hamline Pipers, Macalester Scotsand St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1923-24 MIAC Men's Season	No formal league play 	No Tournament
1924-25 MIAC Men's Season	No formal league play 	No Tournament
1925-26 MIAC Men's Season	No formal league play 	No Tournament
1926-27 MIAC Men's Season	No formal league play 	No Tournament
1927-28 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies 	No Tournament
1928-29 MIAC Men's Season	St. Mary's Cardinals 	No Tournament
1929-30 MIAC Men's Season	Macalester Scots 	No Tournament
1930-31 MIAC Men's Season	Macalester Scots 	No Tournament
1931-32 MIAC Men's Season	Hamline Pipers and Macalester Scots 	No Tournament
1932-33 MIAC Men's Season	Macalester Scots 	No Tournament
1933-34 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1934-35 MIAC Men's Season	St. John's Johnnies 	No Tournament
1935-36 MIAC Men's Season	Macalester Scots 	No Tournament
1936-37 MIAC Men's Season	Macalester Scots 	No Tournament
1937-38 MIAC Men's Season	St. Olaf Oles and St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1938-39 MIAC Men's Season	St. John's Johnnies and Macalester Scots 	No Tournament
1939-40 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1940-41 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1941-42 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1942-43 MIAC Men's Season	No League Play (World War II) 	No Tournament
1943-44 MIAC Men's Season	No League Play (World War II) 	No Tournament
1944-45 MIAC Men's Season	No League Play (World War II) 	No Tournament
1945-46 MIAC Men's Season	No League Play (World War II) 	No Tournament
1946-47 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1947-48 MIAC Men's Season	Hamline Pipers 	No Tournament
1948-49 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1949-50 MIAC Men's Season	Macalester Scots and St. John's Johnnies 	No Tournament
1950-51 MIAC Men's Season	Macalester Scots and St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1951-52 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1952-53 MIAC Men's Season	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs and St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1953-54 MIAC Men's Season	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 	No Tournament
1954-55 MIAC Men's Season	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 	No Tournament
1955-56 MIAC Men's Season	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 	No Tournament
1956-57 MIAC Men's Season	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 	No Tournament
1957-58 MIAC Men's Season	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 	No Tournament
1958-59 MIAC Men's Season	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 	No Tournament
1959-60 MIAC Men's Season	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 	No Tournament
1960-61 MIAC Men's Season	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 	No Tournament
1961-62 MIAC Men's Season	Macalester Scots 	No Tournament
1962-63 MIAC Men's Season	Macalester Scots 	No Tournament
1963-64 MIAC Men's Season	St. Mary's Cardinals 	No Tournament
1964-65 MIAC Men's Season	St. Mary's Cardinals 	No Tournament
1965-66 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1966-67 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1967-68 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1968-69 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1969-70 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1970-71 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1971-72 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1972-73 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1973-74 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1974-75 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1975-76 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1976-77 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies and Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1977-78 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies 	No Tournament
1978-79 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies 	No Tournament
1979-80 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies 	No Tournament
1980-81 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies and Concordia Cobbers 	No Tournament
1981-82 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies 	No Tournament
1982-83 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1983-84 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	No Tournament
1984-85 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1985-86 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	No Tournament
1986-87 MIAC Men's Season	Concordia Cobbers 	Concordia Cobbers
1987-88 MIAC Men's Season	St. Mary's Cardinals 	St. Thomas Tommies
1988-89 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Mary's Cardinals
1989-90 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties
1990-91 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties
1991-92 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies
1992-93 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties and St. Thomas Tommies 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties
1993-94 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies
1994-95 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Mary's Cardinals
1995-96 MIAC Men's Season	St. John's Johnnies 	St. John's Johnnies
1996-97 MIAC Men's Season	St. John's Johnnies 	St. John's Johnnies
1997-98 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	Augsburg Auggies
1998-99 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies
1999-00 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	Concordia Cobbers
2000-01 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. John's Johnnies
2001-02 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies
2002-03 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. John's Johnnies
2003-04 MIAC Men's Season	St. John's Johnnies 	St. Thomas Tommies
2004-05 MIAC Men's Season	St. John's Johnnies 	St. Thomas Tommies
2005-06 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Olaf Oles
2006-07 MIAC Men's Season	Bethel Royals 	Bethel Royals
2007-08 MIAC Men's Season	Hamline Pipers 	St. Thomas Tommies
2008-09 MIAC Men's Season	St. Olaf Oles 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties
2009-10 MIAC Men's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	St. Thomas Tommies
2010-11 MIAC Men's Season	Hamline Pipers 	Hamline Pipers
2011-12 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties
2012-13 MIAC Men's Season	St. John's Johnnies and St. Thomas Tommies 	St. John's Johnnies
2013-14 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties
2014-15 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	Hamline Pipers
2015-16 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies 	Augsburg Auggies
2016-17 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	Augsburg Auggies
2017-18 MIAC Men's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	Augsburg Auggies
2018-19 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies 	Augsburg Auggies
2019-20 MIAC Men's Season	St. John's Johnnies 	St. Thomas Tommies
2020-21 MIAC Men's Season	No formal conference play or tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic	No formal conference play or tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22 MIAC Men's Season	Augsburg Auggies 	St. Olaf Oles
2021-22 MIAC Men's Season	St. Scholastica Saints 	Augsburg Auggies
==Women's Conference Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Augsburg Auggies 	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Ed Saugestad Rink
Bethel Royals 	Arden Hills, Minnesota	Super Rink at National Sports Center
Concordia Cobbers 	Moorhead, Minnesota 	Moorhead Sports Center
Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties	St. Peter, Minnesota 	Don Roberts Ice Rink
Hamline Pipers 	St. Paul, Minnesota 	TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center
St. Benedict Bennies 	St. Joseph, Minnesota 	Ritsche Arena
St. Catherine Wildcats 	St. Paul, Minnesota 	Drake Arena
St. Mary's Cardinals 	Winona, Minnesota 	St. Mary's Ice Arena
St. Olaf Oles 	Northfield, Minnesota 	St. Olaf Ice Arena
St. Scholastica Saints 	Duluth, Minnesota 	MARS Lakeview Arena
College of St. Benedict and St. Catherine University are women's colleges and St. John's University is a men's college.
==Women's Conference Seasons==
Season 	Regular Season Champion 	Conference Tournament Champion 	AWCHA/NCAA Tournament Teams
1998-99 MIAC Women's Season	Augsburg Auggies, Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties, and St. Mary's Cardinals 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (unofficial tournament) 	No National Tournament
1999-00 MIAC Women's Season	Augsburg Auggies and St. Mary's Cardinals 	Augsburg Auggies 	Augsburg Auggies (Runner Up)
2000-01 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	
Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Runner Up)
St. Mary's Cardinals (Third Place)
2001-02 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	St. Mary's Cardinals 	
Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Third Place)St. Mary's Cardinals (Quarterfinals)
2002-03 MIAC Women's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies 	
St. Thomas Tommies (Quarterfinals)
2003-04 MIAC Women's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Quarterfinals)
2004-05 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Third Place
2005-06 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Third Place)
2006-07 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Quarterfinals)
2007-08 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Quarterfinals)
2008-09 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Quarterfinals)
2009-10 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Fourth Place)
2010-11 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Fourth Place)
2011-12 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Fourth Place)Concordia Cobbers (Quarterfinals
2012-13 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Fourth Place)
2013-14 MIAC Women's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies (Fourth Place)
2014-15 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies (Fourth Place)
2015-16 MIAC Women's Season	Bethel Royals and St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies (Quarterfinals)
2016-17 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies (Quarterfinals)Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (Third Place)
2017-18 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Hamline Pipers 	Hamline Pipers (Semifinals)Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (First Round)
2018-19 MIAC Women's Season	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Thomas Tommies
2019-20 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (First Round)
2020-21 MIAC Women's Season	No formal conference play, conference tournament or NCAA tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic.	No formal conference play, conference tournament or NCAA tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic.	No formal conference play, conference tournament or NCAA tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021-22 MIAC Women's Season	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus (Runner Up)
2022-23 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (National Champions)
==Links==
*Men's league link
*Women's league link
==References==
Category:NCAA Division III Conferences
Category:NCAA Women's Division III Conferences