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WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION (1951-2021) TABLE OF CONTENTS WCHA QUICK FACTS Quick Facts ........................................................................1 WCHA Regular Season History WCHA Through the Years ............................................2 WCHA Regular Season Champions.......................98 Founded .........................................................................1951 WCHA Commissioners ..................................................8 WCHA All-Time Team Records ................................99 First Season ......................................................... 1951-52 The MacNauhgton Cup ...............................................10 WCHA All-Time Standings ......................................100 The Broadmoor Trophy ................................................11 WCHA Season Reviews ............................................ 101 League Name History The Jeff Sauer Championship Trophy ...................12 Midwest Collegiate Hockey League ............. 1951-53 WCHA Postseason History Western Intercollegiate Hockey League ....1953-58 Membership History WCHA Playoff Champions .......................................122 Alabama Huntsville .....................................................14 All-Time WCHA Playoff Championship ...............123 Western Collegiate Hockey Association ..1959-2021 Alaska Anchorage ........................................................16 WCHA Playoffs Year-by-Year .................................124 Alaska Fairbanks ..........................................................18 WCHA All-Tournament Teams/Three Stars ......132 Commissioners Bemidji State .................................................................20 WCHA Playoff Attendance ..................................... 134 Burt Smith ..............................................................1977-81 Bowling Green ...............................................................22 Otto Breitenbach ................................................1983-94 Colorado College ..........................................................24 WCHA NCAA History Bruce McLeod .................................................1994-2014 Denver .............................................................................26 WCHA NCAA Champions ........................................ 136 Bill Robertson .......................................................2014-21 Ferris State ....................................................................28 NCAA Championship Results ................................149 Lake Superior State ....................................................30 WCHA NCAA Won-Loss Records .........................150 Regular Season Trophy Michigan ......................................................................... 32 NCAA 50th Anniversary Team .............................. 150 Michigan State ..............................................................34 WCHA Year-by-Year NCAA Results .......................151 MacNaughton Cup .....1951-61, 1966-81, 1985-2021 Michigan Tech ...............................................................36 Minnesota .......................................................................38 WCHA in the NHL Postseason Trophy Minnesota Duluth ........................................................40 WCHA NHL Award Winners ....................................160 MacNaughton Cup ............................................ 1962-65 Minnesota State ...........................................................42 WCHA NHL Registry ................................................. 162 Broadmoor Trophy ........................................1985-2017 North Dakota .................................................................44 WCHA NHL Draft Picks ............................................166 Jeff Sauer WCHA Championship Trophy....2018-2021 Northern Michigan ......................................................46 Notre Dame ....................................................................48 WCHA International History NCAA History Omaha .............................................................................50 WCHA at the Olympics ..............................................172 NCAA Tournament Teams ........................................ 183 St. Cloud State ..............................................................52 WCHA at the World Championship .......................174 Wisconsin .......................................................................54 WCHA at the World Junior Championship .........177 Frozen Four Teams .....................................................100 WCHA Membership by Season ...............................56 NCAA National Champions ....................................... 37 WCHA Records NCAA Tournament Wins .......................................... 264 Honors and Awards Team Records (All-Time) ........................................ 180 WCHA Individual Awards...........................................58 Individual Records (All-Time) ................................190 Honorees All-Americans ...............................................................60 Goaltending Records (All-Time) ........................... 199 All-Americans .............................................................408 All-WCHA ........................................................................62 Coaching Records (All-Time) ............................... 205 Hobey Baker Awards ....................................................16 WCHA All-Rookie ......................................................... 67 Team Records (2013-21) ........................................206 Spencer Penrose Awards ...........................................19 WCHA All-Academic ...................................................68 Individual Records (2013-21) .................................214 NHL Draft Picks (through 2020 Draft) ............1,044 WCHA Scholar-Athletes ............................................ 79 Goaltending Records (2013-21) ...........................220 Otto Breitenbach Award ............................................82 Coaching Records (2013-21) .................................223 Olympians (Players, 1952-2018 Games)..............217 70 Years of Excellence...............................................86 Postseason Team Records (All-Time) ................224 WCHA 50th Anniversary Team ...............................89 Postseason Individual Records (All-Time)....... 228 The WCHA Record Book was produced and edited WCHA Postgraduate Scholarships ........................92 Postseason Goaltending Records (All-Time) ....231 by Todd Bell, WCHA Marketing & Communications WCHA All-Time Best ...................................................93 Postseason Team Records (2013-21) ................232 Manager (2019-21). Hobey Baker Award ....................................................94 Postseason Individual Records (2013-21) ....... 235 Halls of Fame ................................................................95 Postseason Goaltending Records (2013-21) .. 238 Special thanks to the media relations contacts American Hockey Coaches Association ..............96 at all current and former WCHA schools for their assistance in compiling information and images for this book. THE MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS BECAME THE ONLY SCHOOL IN WCHA HISTORY TO CAPTURE FOUR CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE TITLES IN 2020-21. 1 WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION (1951-2021) THE WCHA WCHA THROUGH THE YEARS Editor’s Note: This article contains information that fi rst appeared in articles written for the WCHA by John Gilbert and Shane Frederick. Home to 408, All-Americans, 16 Hobey Baker Award winners, 19 Spencer Penrose honorees, 1,044 NHL draft picks, 217 Olympians and 37 NCAA championship teams, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association boasts one of the richest histories in NCAA hockey. Born as the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League in 1951, the original WCHA consisted of Colorado College, Denver, Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota and North Dakota. The circuit was renamed the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League in 1953 and competed under that banner through the 1957-58 season. After a one-season hiatus in 1958-59, the league was reborn as the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1959-60 with its Original Seven core programs. Membership History The WCHA stands as one of the cornerstone leagues in the history of college hockey. At the conclusion of the 2020-21 season, 34 percent of the active NCAA Division I programs (21 of 61) had played at least one season in the league. In addition to the Original Seven, the league has included some of the most-storied programs in NCAA history and saw spurts of growth and contraction throughout its history as it would provide the foundation for four other college leagues. The WCHA’s Original Seven would remain unchanged until MINNESOTA’S JOHN MAYASICH WAS AMONG THE EARLY STARS OF the league grew by one during the 1960s with the addition of THE WCHA WHEN THE LEAGUE WAS FOUNDED AS THE MIDWEST COLLEGIATE HOCKEY LEAGUE IN 1951-52. THE ONLY PLAYER IN WCHA Minnesota Duluth for the 1965-66 season. Wisconsin (1969-70) HISTORY TO WIN THREE CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE SCORING TITLES, and Notre Dame (1971-72) would push the membership to 10 MAYASICH’S 144 GOALS STILL STANDS AS THE WCHA CAREER RECORD. schools for the duration of the 1970s. - welcomed Alaska Fairbanks, Bowling Green, Ferris State, Lake Eastern members Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech and Superior State and Northern Michigan from