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Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League

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Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
ConferenceACHA
Founded2010
Sports fielded
DivisionDivision I
No. of teams9
RegionGreat Lakes
Most recent
champion(s)
Grand Valley State Lakers
(1st title)
Most titlesAdrian Bulldogs
(7 titles)
Official websiteOfficial website

The Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (GLCHL) is an American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division I level ice hockey league. The GLCHL is made up of nine schools, including one in Indiana, one in Illinois, and seven in Michigan.

History

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The league was announced in late 2009 and began play in the Fall of 2010 with six member teams, all located within the state of Michigan.[1] Eastern Michigan, Michigan-Dearborn and Western Michigan all joined the league after competing as members of the Central States Collegiate Hockey League. Oakland and Adrian College previously competed as ACHA Division 1 Independents. Davenport joined after making the transition from ACHA Division 2 to Division 1.[1] In 2012, Kent State announced they would move from the CSCHL to the league beginning in the 2012-13 season. Indiana Tech and Rochester College joined the league in the 2015-16 season. Before the 2017-18 season Indiana Tech left to join the newly formed NAIA Division. Calvin College moved up from ACHA Division 3 to fill the spot left by Indiana Tech. In 2019, Rochester and Michigan-Dearborn left the conference after the NAIA Division consolidated into the Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC), the all-sport conference for both RU and UMD.[2] In recent years, though, the league has been able to supplement its membership with programs making the transition from ACHA D2 to D1, adding Grand Valley State for the 2020-2021 season,[3] and Purdue University Northwest for the 2022-2023 season.[4]

Adrian College has won the most regular season and playoff titles with seven regular season and five playoff titles.

Format

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The conference plays a 16-game league schedule, two games against each team—home team alternates each season. In addition team schedules will include other ACHA Division I opponents. The GLCHL holds a league championship tournament at the end of the regular season in February.[5]

Member schools

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Current members

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Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Team Nickname Primary conference
Adrian College Adrian, MI 1859 Private/Methodist 1,800 Bulldogs MIAA (D-III)
Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI 1876 Private 3,918 Knights MIAA (D-III)
Davenport University Grand Rapids, MI 1866 Private 12,471 Panthers GLIAC (D-II)
Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI 1849 Public 22,974 Eagles Mid-American (D-I)
Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI 1960 Public 24,406 Lakers GLIAC (D-II)
Oakland University Rochester, MI 1957 Public 20,169 Golden Grizzlies Horizon League (D-I)
Purdue University Northwest[6] Hammond, IN 2016 Public 9,363 Pride GLIAC (D-II)
Roosevelt University Chicago, IL 1945 Private 6,391 Lakers CCAC (NAIA)
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 1903 Public 24,576 Broncos Mid-American (D-I)

Note: Adrian has NCAA Division III hockey competing in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. Western Michigan has NCAA Division I hockey competing in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

Former members

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Institution Location Founded Affiliation Nickname Joined Left Current
Conference
Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, Indiana 1930 Private/Nonsectarian Warriors 2010 2017 Wolverine–Hoosier (NAIA)
University of Michigan–Dearborn Dearborn, MI 1959 Public Wolverines 2010 2019 Wolverine–Hoosier (NAIA)
Rochester College Rochester Hills, MI 1959 Private Warriors 2015 2019 Wolverine–Hoosier (NAIA)
Kent State University Kent, OH 1910 Public Golden Flashes 2012 2020 Mid-American (D-I)

Conference arenas

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School Hockey Arena Capacity
Adrian Arrington Ice Arena 500
Calvin Eagles Ice Center
Davenport Patterson Ice Center 1,200
Eastern Michigan Ann Arbor Ice Cube 1,000
Grand Valley State Griff's Georgetown
Oakland Onyx Rochester Ice Arena 750
Purdue Northwest Kube Sports Complex
Roosevelt Edge Ice Arena 3,000
Western Michigan Wings West Arena 1,000

Past champions

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Regular season Tournament Tournament site
2011 Adrian College[7] Oakland[8] The Peak Ice Arena, Romulus, Michigan
2012 Oakland[9] Adrian College[10] Arrington Ice Arena, Adrian, Michigan
2013 Adrian College Davenport Patterson Ice Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 Adrian College Adrian College ONYX Ice Arena, Rochester, MI
2015 Adrian College Adrian College The Rink, Battle Creek, MI
2016 Davenport University of Michigan-Dearborn University of Michigan-Dearborn Fieldhouse, Dearborn, MI
2017 Adrian College University of Michigan-Dearborn KSU Ice Arena, Kent, OH
2018 Adrian College Adrian College Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor, MI
2019 Adrian College Adrian College Arrington Ice Arena, Adrian, MI
2020 Adrian College Adrian College Patterson Ice Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2021 Adrian College Adrian College Griff's Georgetown, Grand Rapids, MI
2022 Adrian College Grand Valley State Griff's Georgetown, Grand Rapids, MI
2023 Adrian College Adrian College Eagles Ice Center, Grand Rapids, MI

National tournament results

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  • 2011: #2 Davenport won the 2011 ACHA Men's DI National Championship defeating #1 Lindenwood 3-2 in overtime; #4 Adrian defeated 4-5 in 2ot by #5 Delaware in Quarter-final Round; #11 Oakland defeated 2-6 by #3 Ohio in Quarter-final Round.[11]
  • 2018: #2 ranked Adrian College won the ACHA Men's Div. I National Championship against #5 Illinois, defeating them 8-1.

References

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  1. ^ a b "All-Michigan GLCHL League To Debut in 2010-2011". ACHA. November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "WHAC adds hockey and Tech gets tourney". The Journal Gazette. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  3. ^ "GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY TO JOIN ACHA MEN'S DIVISION 1 & GLCHL FOR 2020-2021 SEASON". 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  4. ^ "Purdue University Northwest Joining GLCHL In 2022-23 Season". 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  5. ^ "Bulldogs Set to Join GLCHL in 2010-11". Adrian College. Dec 4, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  6. ^ "Purdue University Northwest Joining GLCHL In 2022-23 Season | GLCHL: Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League". www.pointstreaksites.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  7. ^ "Adrian Clinches GLCHL Regular Season Title". GLCHL. Feb 7, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  8. ^ "Oakland wins GLCHL Playoff Championship with 4-0 win over Adrian". GLCHL. Feb 21, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  9. ^ "Oakland head coach Jeremy Bachusz named 2012 GLCHL coach of the year". GLCHL. March 13, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  10. ^ "GLCHL Tournament Champs". GLCHL. Feb 21, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  11. ^ "GLCHL Represented well in ACHA DI National Tournament". GLCHL. Feb 16, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
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See also

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