Central States Collegiate Hockey League

The Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL) is Division I ACHA level hockey-college athletic conference. The CSCHL is in its 48th season of existence and is one of the top ranked ACHA leagues. It currently has 5 member teams in the Midwestern United States.
==Format==
League teams play a 20-game league schedule, plus additional regular season games against non-league opponents. Following the regular season, the league holds a Championship Tournament. The CSCHL Regular Season champion team is awarded an automatic bid to the annual ACHA Men's Division I National Tournament.
==History==
The league began in 1970 with Chicago State University, Illinois State University and Iowa State University as founding members. The following season the league expanded to 24 teams in 3 divisions making the CSCHL the premier ice hockey conference in the midwest. Joining the CSCHL included Bradley University, Drake University, Illinois Benedictine University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Lewis University, Northeastern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University. The University of Illinois joined shortly after in 1974. The league saw great expansion in the early 1990s when the University of Michigan-Dearborn joined after operating as an NAIA varsity program. Ohio University followed in 1993 and Kent State University joined in 1994 after the university dropped NCAA hockey. Following the 2003 season, UW-Whitewater departed & dropped down to play ACHA D2. In 2004, Robert Morris University-Illinois joined the league, followed by Lindenwood University in 2006. After the 2008 season, Saint Louis University departed to play at the ACHA Division II level. At the conclusion of the 2009–2010 season, Eastern Michigan University, Michigan–Dearborn, and Western Michigan University left to join the new Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League. The CSCHL added Indiana University, who joins the league for the 2010–2011 season, after transitioning from ACHA II. Kent State departed for the GLCHL at the conclusion of the 2011–12 season. Indiana University rejoined the Great Midwest Hockey League (GMHL) in the 2014–2015 season to once again compete at the Division II level.
==Current members==
School 	Location 	Founded	Affiliation 	Enrollment	Team nickname 	Primary conference
Iowa State University 	Ames, IA 	1858 	Public 	36,660 	Cyclones 	Big 12 Conference (D-I)
Lindenwood University 	St. Charles, MO	1827 	Private 	11,904 	Lions 	MIAA (D-II)
Ohio University 	Athens, OH 	1804 	Public 	20,437 	Bobcats 	Mid-American (D-I)
Roosevelt University 	Chicago, IL 	1945 	Private/Non-Sectarian	6,391 	Lakers 	Chicagoland (NAIA)
University of Illinois	Champaign, IL 	1867 	Public 	42,326 	Fighting Illini	Big Ten Conference (D-I)
==Former teams==
*Northeastern Illinois University folded hockey program
*University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee folded hockey program.
*Kent State University moved to GLCHL
*Eastern Michigan University moved to GLCHL
*University of Michigan–Dearborn moved to GLCHL
*Western Michigan University moved to GLCHL
*Saint Louis University dropped to ACHA Div II
*University of Wisconsin–Whitewater dropped to ACHA Div II
*University at Buffalo moved to ECHL
*Marquette University dropped to ACHA Div II
*University of Toledo dropped to ACHA Div II
*Purdue University dropped to ACHA Div II
*University of Minnesota dropped to ACHA Div II
*University of Notre Dame moved to NCAA Div I WCHA
*University of Alabama in Huntsville moved to NCAA DII, now DI in WCHA
*Northwestern University dropped to ACHA Div II
*St. Norbert College moved to NCAA D III Northern Collegiate Hockey Association
*University of Missouri dropped to ACHA Div II
*Illinois State University dropped to ACHA Div II
*University of Illinois at Chicago moved to NCAA DI CCHA, folded hockey program.
*Chicago State University folded hockey program.
*Indiana University dropped to ACHA Div II
*Robert Morris University merged with Roosevelt University in 2020.
==Conference arenas==
School 	Hockey Arena 	Capacity
Illinois 	University of Illinois Ice Arena	2,000
Iowa State	Ames/ISU Ice Arena 	1,000
Lindenwood	Centene Community Ice Center 	4,000
Ohio 	Ossian C. Bird Arena 	2,000
Roosevelt 	Edge Ice Arena 	3,000
==References==
==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070910195641/http://www.cschl.com/
Category:ACHA Division 1 conferences
Category:established in 1970
Category:ACHA Division I League