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Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League

The Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League (TSCHL) is an ACHA Division II level ice hockey league. ACHA Division II level consists of players with previous Jr. A, AAA or Midget Major experience, along with high caliber high school experience. The level can range from varsity high school up to NCAA Division III skills, depending on the programs.

History

The TSCHL was formed in 2010 and consisted of eight teams for its first season. Only Dayton remains in the league from the inaugural season.

A number of the league's current members were part of the now defunct Great Lakes Intercollegiate Hockey Association (GLIHA), while others in the past joined from the College Hockey East and the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League (MCHL). All 11 members currently compete within the ACHA Division II Southeast Region. The league was separated into two divisions, beginning in the 2021–2022 season, for only the second time in its history. The only other time was in the 2018–2019 season. For the current season, the league is back to one overall division.

Indiana won the ACHA Men's Division II National Championship in 2024, becoming the first team from the league to do so.

Past Champions

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Format

League teams play a 16-game league schedule with 2 games against each league opponent, in addition to non-league games against other ACHA DI, DII & DIII teams. The TSCHL season concludes with an eight-team bracket league tournament at the end of the regular season in mid-late February. For the 2025-2026 season, all teams will qualify for the league tournament as seeds #8 and #9 will compete in a Play-In Game.

Current members

NOTE: Bowling Green, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State have NCAA Division I hockey teams competing in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, National Collegiate Hockey Conference & the Big Ten Conference. Louisville formed a second team that joined the TSCHL in 2025-2026 with the original member team moving to Division I of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

Former members

Current season

2025/26 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on January 31, 2026.</small>

2026 playoffs

<small>Indiana withdrew from the playoff tournament.</small>

Southeast Regionals

Since the 2015–16 season, the conference has awarded the playoff tournament champion the automatic bid to the ACHA Division II Southeast Regional tournament. The tournament is held in late February with the teams ranked #1–16 in the region (including auto-bid teams) competing in a single-elimination format. The four winners earn a berth to the National Tournament.

  • 2013: Toledo lost to Virginia Tech.
  • 2014: Toledo defeated Virginia Tech; lost to Penn State.
  • 2015: Ohio lost to Liberty.
  • 2016: #6 Ohio defeated #7 Rowan; lost to #3 Miami / #9 Louisville (BID) defeated #12 Princeton; lost to #4 Penn State in Overtime.
  • 2017: #7 Ohio defeated #6 Cincinnati; defeated #3 Toledo / #8 Louisville (BID) lost to #5 Penn State.
  • 2018: #11 Ohio (BID) lost to #10 Rider in Overtime / #4 Cincinnati defeated #9 Maryland; lost to #5 Toledo / #6 Miami defeated #7 Rowan; lost to #3 Liberty.
  • 2019: #4 Cincinnati defeated #10 Ohio State; defeated #7 Miami / #7 Miami defeated #6 Delaware; lost to #4 Cincinnati / #10 Ohio State defeated #11 Virginia; lost to #4 Cincinnati.
  • 2020: #7 Miami defeated #6 Penn State; defeated #5 Rowan / #8 Ohio State lost to #5 Rowan in double Overtime.
  • 2021: ACHA did not hold the regional tournament due to the shortened seasons caused by COVID-19.
  • 2022: #4 Miami lost to #11 Ohio State / #7 Indiana defeated #14 North Carolina; defeated #6 Penn State; defeated #13 Pennsylvania / #8 Kentucky lost to #13 Pennsylvania / #11 Ohio State defeated #10 Rider; defeated #4 Miami; defeated #9 Cincinnati.
  • 2023: #3 Kentucky defeated #13 Pennsylvania; defeated #11 North Carolina / #4 Indiana defeated #12 Louisville; defeated #6 Ohio / #5 Miami lost to #11 North Carolina in Overtime / #6 Ohio defeated #7 Penn State; lost to #4 Indiana / #8 Michigan lost to #13 Pennsylvania / #12 Louisville defeated #9 Rowan; lost to #4 Indiana.
  • 2024: #3 Indiana defeated #14 Pennsylvania; defeated #8 NC State / #4 Miami defeated #10 Rider; defeated #5 Kentucky / #5 Kentucky defeated #9 Penn State in Overtime; lost to #4 Miami / #6 Ohio lost to #8 NC State / #11 Louisville lost to #10 Rider.
  • 2025: #3 Kentucky defeated #10 Louisville; lost to #9 Indiana / #7 Miami defeated #14 Rider; defeated #6 NC State in Overtime; lost to #8 Ohio / #8 Ohio defeated #13 Cincinnati; defeated #4 Virginia Tech in double Overtime; defeated #7 Miami / #9 Indiana defeated #12 Michigan; defeated #4 Penn State; defeated #3 Kentucky / #10 Louisville defeated #11 North Carolina; lost to #3 Kentucky.
  • 2026: #3 Ohio defeated #14 Virginia Tech; lost to #7 Penn State / #5 Ohio State defeated #12 Florida; lost to #4 Florida Atlantic / #6 Indiana lost to #11 Tennessee / #13 Miami lost to #4 Florida Atlantic.

National Tournament

In the 2016–17 season, Ohio became the first team from the conference to advance to the ACHA Division II National Tournament that is held in March. In the 2021–2022 season, the conference sent two teams to the tournament for the first time. At the 2024 ACHA Division II National Tournament, Indiana & Miami became the first two teams from the conference to advance to the National Championship as Indiana won the game in Overtime.

  • 2017: Ohio (SE #4) finished 0–3 in Pool A; lost to William Paterson (NE #1) 6–3, Grand Valley State (Central #2) 3–0 & UNLV (West #3) 3–1.
  • 2019: Cincinnati (SE #3) finished 3–0 in Pool D; defeated Lindenwood (Central #2) 3–1, Northern Arizona (West #1) 5–4 (OT) & Keene State (NE #4) 6–3; lost in the National Semi-Finals to Florida Gulf Coast (SE #1) 3–2.
  • 2020: Miami (SE #4) was to compete in Pool D; playing against Massachusetts (NE #1), Sault College (Central #2) and MSU Denver (West #3); tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 2022: Indiana (SE #3) finished 0–3 in Pool D; lost to Northeastern (NE #2) 7–5, Mary (West #1) 4–1 & Wisconsin (Central #4) 5–2 / Ohio State (SE #4) finished 0–3 in Pool C; lost to Massachusetts (NE #1) 8–1, Dakota College (West #2) 5–3 & Trine (Central #3) 4–3 (OT).
  • 2023: Kentucky (SE #3) finished 0–2–1 in Pool C; lost to Saint Thomas (Central #2) 3–0, Mary (West #1) 3–1 & tied Bentley (NE #4) 1–1 / Indiana (SE #4) finished 2–1 in Pool D; defeated Lindenwood (Central #1) 2–1, Montana State (West #2) 6–4 & lost to New Hampshire (NE #3) 5–3; lost in the National Semi-Finals to Iowa (Central #4) 2–1 in double Overtime.
  • 2024: Indiana (SE #3) finished 2–1 in Pool B; defeated Weber State (West #2) 4–2, lost to Northeastern (NE #1) 5–2 & defeated Michigan State (Central #4) 7–3; defeated Lindenwood (Central #1) in National Semi-Finals 3–1; defeated Miami (SE #4) in National Championship 5–4 in Overtime / Miami (SE #4) finished 2–1 in Pool A; defeated Montana State (West #1) 3–0, Keene State (NE #2) 7–5 and lost to Concordia Wisconsin (Central #3) 7–6; defeated Florida Gulf Coast (SE #1) in National Semi-Finals 3–2; lost to Indiana (SE #3) in National Championship 5–4 in Overtime.
  • 2025: Ohio (SE #3) finished 1-2 in Pool B; lost to Wisconsin (Central #2) 3-1, defeated Montana State (West #1) 2-1 and lost to RPI (Northeast #4) 5-1 / Indiana (SE #4) finished 2-1 in Pool A; defeated Utah (West #2) 8-1, defeated Northeastern (Northeast #3) 6-2 and lost to Lindenwood (Central #1) 4-1.

Past seasons

2011/12 season

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<small>After games on February 19, 2012.</small>

2012 playoffs

2012/13 season

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 16, 2013.</small>

2013 playoffs

2013/14 season

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 16, 2014.</small>

2014 playoffs

2014/15 season

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on March 1, 2015.</small>

2015 playoffs

2015/16 season

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 14, 2016.</small>

2016 playoffs

2016/17 season

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 12, 2017.</small>

2017 playoffs

2017/18 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 14, 2018.</small>

2018 playoffs

2018/19 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 9, 2019.</small>

2019 playoffs

2019/20 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 8, 2020.</small>

2020 playoffs

2021/22 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 13, 2022.</small>

2022 playoffs

<small>All 2022 TSCHL Playoff games broadcast on Indiana Hockey Broadcast Network live from the SportsPlus Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.</small>

2022/23 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 5, 2023.</small>

2023 playoffs

2023/24 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 11, 2024.</small>

2024 playoffs

2024/25 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.

<nowiki>#</nowiki> – Regular season champion<br> <nowiki>@</nowiki> – Playoff champion<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Clinched playoff berth<br> <nowiki>E</nowiki> – Eliminated from playoffs<br> <nowiki>( )</nowiki> – Regional ranking

<small>After games on February 7, 2025.</small>

2024 playoffs

See also

References