List of CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions

200px|thumb|right|Joe Louis Arena hosted the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament from 1982 until the demise of the original CCHA in 2013.
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey-only conference based in Farmington Hills, Michigan At the completion of each regular season, it holds the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament to determine its conference champion. The tournament champions receives the Mason Cup.
The tournament has had a variety of formats over its existence.
The tournament was first hosted at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri with Ohio State winning the inaugural tournament. Michigan State has won the most CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments with eleven; they are tied with Michigan for the most championship game appearances at fifteen. Ron Mason has coached sixteen championship teams, more than any other CCHA coach, and also has the most championship game appearances as coach with twenty. The Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan hosted the tournament from 1982 until the demise of the original CCHA after the 2012–13 season. The St. Louis Arena hosted the tournament six times, while the BGSU Ice Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio and Lakeview Arena in Marquette, Michigan each hosted the championship game twice.
When the CCHA was reestablished effective with the 2021–22 season, it adopted a new tournament format. All eight conference members compete, seeded according to regular-season conference record. All first-round matches are best-of-three series, with all games hosted by the higher seed. The bracket is reseeded for the semifinals, which consist of single games hosted by the higher seed. The semifinal winners play for the championship, also held as a single game at the home arena of the top surviving seed.
==Champions==
Year	Winning team 	Coach	Losing team 	Coach	Score 	Location 	Venue 	Reference
1972	Ohio State 	 	Saint Louis 	 	3–0 	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Arena	
1973	Bowling Green 	 	— 	— 	— 	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Arena	
1974	Saint Louis 	 	Lake Superior State	 	8–3 	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Arena	
1975	Saint Louis 	 	Lake Superior State	 	8–3 	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Arena	
1976	Saint Louis 	 	Western Michigan 	 	15–4 (agg.)	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Arena	
1977	Bowling Green 	 	Saint Louis 	 	5–4 (agg.) 	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Arena	
1978	Bowling Green 	 	Saint Louis 	 	13–3 (agg.)	Bowling Green, Ohio	BGSU Ice Arena 	
1979	Bowling Green 	 	Ohio State 	 	11–7 (agg.)	Bowling Green, Ohio	BGSU Ice Arena 	
1980	Northern Michigan 	 	Ferris State 	 	15–9 (agg.)	Marquette, Michigan	Lakeview Arena 	
1981	Northern Michigan 	 	Ohio State 	 	6–4 (agg.) 	Marquette, Michigan	Lakeview Arena 	
1982	Michigan State 	 	Notre Dame 	 	4–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1983	Michigan State 	 	Bowling Green 	 	4–3 (OT) 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1984	Michigan State 	 	Western Michigan 	 	5–0 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1985	Michigan State 	 	Lake Superior State	 	5–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1986	Western Michigan 	 	Michigan State 	 	3–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1987	Michigan State 	 	Bowling Green 	 	4–3 (OT) 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1988	Bowling Green 	 	Lake Superior State	 	5–3 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1989	Michigan State 	 	Lake Superior State	 	4–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1990	Michigan State 	 	Lake Superior State	 	4–3 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1991	Lake Superior State	 	Michigan 	 	6–5 (OT) 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1992	Lake Superior State	 	Michigan 	 	3–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1993	Lake Superior State	 	Miami 	 	3–0 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1994	Michigan 	 	Lake Superior State	 	3–0 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1995	Lake Superior State	 	Michigan State 	 	5–3 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1996	Michigan 	 	Lake Superior State	 	4–3 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1997	Michigan 	 	Michigan State 	 	3–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1998	Michigan State 	 	Ohio State 	 	3–2 (2OT) 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
1999	Michigan 	 	Northern Michigan 	 	5–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2000	Michigan State 	 	Nebraska-Omaha 	 	6–0 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2001	Michigan State 	 	Michigan 	 	2–0 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2002	Michigan 	 	Michigan State 	 	3–2 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2003	Michigan 	 	Ferris State 	 	5–3 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2004	Ohio State 	 	Michigan 	 	4–2 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2005	Michigan 	 	Ohio State 	 	4–2 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2006	Michigan State 	 	Miami 	 	2–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2007	Notre Dame 	 	Michigan 	 	2–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2008	Michigan 	 	Miami 	 	2–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2009	Notre Dame 	 	Michigan 	 	5–2 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
2010	Michigan 	 	Northern Michigan 	 	2–1 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena	
==References==
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==External links==
*CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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