National Collegiate Hockey Conference

National Collegiate Hockey Conference

Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 NCHC season
Association	NCAA
Founded	2011 (began play in 2013)
Commissioner	Heather Weems
Sports fielded	Men's ice hockey
Division	Division I
No. of teams	9 (10 in 2026)
Headquarters	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Region	Midwestern United States Western United States
Official website	NCHCHockey.com
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The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) is an NCAA men's Division I hockey conference. The league was formed on July 9, 2011 and began playing for the 2013–14 season, the same season that the Big Ten Conference began competition, as a combination of six previous members of the WCHA and two of the CCHA. The league is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[1]