2012-13 CCHA season

This is the 2012-13 Central Collegiate Hockey Association season. This was the league's 43rd season, and the last for the original version of the conference. A new version of the CCHA, which considers itself a continuation of the original conference, was formed in 2020, with play starting in 2021–22. 
==Last season and member future arrangements==
The league's members had already made arrangements to join other conferences prior to the season:
*Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State joined the newly formed hockey league of their all-sports home of the Big Ten Conference.
*Notre Dame joined Hockey East after being invited to join the WCHA. The Fighting Irish would go on to join Big Ten hockey in 2017.
*Alaska, Bowling Green, Ferris State, Lake Superior State, and Northern Michigan joined the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
** In November 2019, four of these five schools (all but Alaska) were among the seven schools that announced plans to leave the men's WCHA after the 2020–21 season. In February 2020, the departing WCHA members would announce the formation of a new CCHA, with play starting in 2021–22.
*Miami and Western Michigan joined the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
==Membership changes==
*none
==Standings==
 Team GP W L T SW P GF GA
 Miami RedHawks 28 17 7 4 4 59 75 50
 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 28 17 8 3 2 56 90 64
 Western Michigan Broncos 28 15 7 6 3 54 63 55
 Ohio State Buckeyes 28 13 10 5 1 45 71 63
 Ferris State Bulldogs 28 13 12 3 1 43 67 63
 Alaska Nanooks 28 12 13 3 1 40 73 79
 Michigan Wolverines 28 10 15 3 3 36 81 96
 Lake Superior Lakers 28 11 16 1 1 35 65 77
 Bowling Green Falcons 28 10 15 3 1 34 65 75
 Northern Michigan Wildcats 28 9 15 4 1 32 64 79
 Michigan State Spartans 28 9 18 1 0 28 57 70
==Conference Tournament==
===First Round (best of three)===
*Michigan State defeated Alaska two games to one (2-1 (ot), 1-4, 4-3)
*Michigan defeated Northern Michigan two games to none (3-2, 6-2)
*Bowling Green defeated Lake Superior two games to one (0-2, 6-3, 7-0)
===Quarterfinals (best of three)===
*Miami defeated Michigan State two games to one (0-3, 4-1, 4-1)
*Ohio State defeated Ferris State two games to one (2-4, 3-1, 3-2)
*Michigan defeated Western Michigan two games to none (4-3, 5-1)
*Notre Dame defeated Bowling Green two games to none (1-0 (ot), 4-3)
===Semifinals===
*Michigan defeated Miami 6 to 2
*Notre Dame defeated Ohio State 3 to 1
===Final===
*Notre Dame defeated Michigan 3 to 1
==NCAA Tournament==
Miami
*defeated Minnesota State 4 to 0 in the Midwest Regional Semifinals
*lost to St. Cloud State 4 to 1 in the Midwest Regional Final
Notre Dame
*lost to St. Cloud State 5 to 1 in the Midwest Regional Semifinals
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