2011-12 CCHA season

This is the 2011-12 Central Collegiate Hockey Association season.  This was the league's forty-first season.
==Membership changes==
*none
==Standings==
 Team GP W L T SW P GF GA
 Ferris State Bulldogs 28 16 7 5 1 54 80 62
 Michigan Wolverines 28 15 9 4 1 50 85 60
 Western Michigan Broncos 28 14 10 4 4 50 72 61
 Miami RedHawks 28 15 11 2 1 48 74 55
 Michigan State Spartans 28 14 11 3 2 47 80 68
 Northern Michigan Wildcats 28 11 11 6 3 42 76 79 
 Lake Superior Lakers 28 11 13 4 4 41 71 79
 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 28 12 13 3 0 39 65 73
 Ohio State Buckeyes 28 11 12 5 1 39 74 79
 Alaska Nanooks 28 8 16 4 2 30 63 76 
 Bowling Green Falcons 28 5 19 4 3 22 40 88
==Conference Tournament==
===First Round (best of three)===
*Notre Dame defeated Ohio State two games to none (2-0, 4-2)
*Bowling Green defeated Northern Michigan two games to one (2-4, 5-3, 4-1)
*Lake Superior defeated Alaska two games to none (4-3, 2-0)
===Quarterfinals (best of three)===
*Bowling Green defeated Ferris State two games to one (3-2, 4-7, 4-3)
*Miami defeated Michigan State two games to none (6-0, 4-1)
*Western Michigan defeated Lake Superior two games to none (4-2, 5-2)
*Michigan defeated Notre Dame two games to none (2-1, 3-1)
===Semifinals===
*Western Michigan defeated Miami 6 to 2
*Michigan defeated Bowling Green 3 to 2 in overtime
===Final===
*Western Michigan defeated Michigan 3 to 2
===Third Place===
*Miami defeated Bowling Green 4 to 1
==NCAA Tournament==
Ferris State
*defeated Denver 2 to 1 in the Midwest Regional Semifinals
*defeated Cornell 2 to 1 in the Midwest Regional Final
*defeated Union 3 to 1 in the National Semifinals
*lost to Boston College 4 to 1 in the National Championship Game
Miami
*lost to UMass-Lowell 4 to 3 in overtime in the East Regional Semifinals
Michigan
*lost to Cornell 3 to 2 in overtime in the Midwest Regional Semifinals
Michigan State
*lost to Union 3 to 1 in the East Regional Semifinals
Western Michigan
*lost to North Dakota 3 to 1 in the West Regional Semifinals
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