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2025–26 CCHA season

The 2025–26 CCHA season will be the 47th season of play for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and take place during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season will begin on October 3, 2025, and the conference tournament is set to concluded on March 21, 2026.

2025–26 CCHA season
Season2025–26
ConferenceCCHA
DivisionDivision I
Sportice hockey
DurationOctober 3, 2025–
March 21, 2026
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Midco Sports+
NHL Entry Draft
Regular season
Season championsMinnesota State
Top scorerStiven Sardarian
CCHA tournament
NCAA tournament
CCHA seasons
« 2024–25 2026–27 »

Coaches

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Records

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Team Head coach Season at school Record at school CCHA record
Augustana Garrett Raboin 3 30–31–8 9–5–2
Bemidji State Tom Serratore 25 403–378–104 51–44–7
Bowling Green Dennis Williams 3 23–39–10 16–28–10
Ferris State Brett Riley 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Lake Superior State Damon Whitten 12 155–218–33 42–57–3
Michigan Tech Bill Muckalt 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Minnesota State Luke Strand 3 45–24–7 30–15–5
Northern Michigan Dave Shyiak 2 5–27–2 4–20–2
St. Thomas Enrico Blasi 5 48–89–9 38–56–8

Preseason

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Coaches and members of the media were polled separately prior to the season and asked to both rank member programs as well as vote for an all-conference team, player of the year and rookie of the year.[3] Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players or teams

Coaches

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Media

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Standings

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2025–26 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#14 Minnesota State †*261475123517153402211711181
#18 St. Thomas2615742125089673821125131109
#17 Augustana261484123507249372211410974
Michigan Tech2616733104984593923133126106
Bowling Green261574321498059361811710788
Bemidji State2611114513366968361319498103
Lake Superior State268162142315783361122392121
Ferris State266182121227010037827291138
Northern Michigan26321202013449834329256132
Championship: March 20, 2026
† indicates conference regular-season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 22, 2026
Source: CCHA

Non-Conference record

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Team AHA Big Ten ECAC Hockey Hockey East Independent NCHC Total
Augustana 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 6–2–0 6–2–0
Bemidji State 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 0–6–0 2–6–0
Bowling Green 0–2–0 1–0–3 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–2–3
Ferris State 0–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 1–4–0 1–7–0
Lake Superior State 0–0–0 0–1–0 1–0–1 0–1–0 2–2–0 0–0–0 3–4–1
Michigan Tech 0–1–0 1–2–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 2–1–0 1–0–0 5–5–0
Minnesota State 0–0–0 0–0–2 3–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 4–2–2
Northern Michigan 0–0–0 0–4–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–8–0
St. Thomas 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–1–1 0–0–0 2–2–0 3–4–1
Overall 1–4–0 2–8–5 7–1–1 0–5–1 6–5–0 11–17–0 27–40–7

Statistics

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Conference Tournament

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Quarterfinals
March 6–8 		Semifinals
March 14 		Championship
March 20
           
1 Minnesota State 5 1 2
8 Ferris State 1 2* 0
1 Minnesota State 7
4 Michigan Tech 2
2 St. Thomas 4* 5 —
7 Lake Superior State 3 2 —
1 Minnesota State 4
(Teams are reseeded after the Quarterfinal round)
2 St. Thomas 1
3 Augustana 5 2 —
6 Bemidji State 2 1 —
2 St. Thomas 2
3 Augustana 1
4 Michigan Tech 5 3 —
5 Bowling Green 3 2 —

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

NCAA tournament

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Ranking

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USCHO

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Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Final
Augustana NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR171514161618181515131818–
Bemidji State NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–
Bowling Green NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–
Ferris State NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–
Lake Superior State NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–
Michigan Tech NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR1919201716162019NRNR–
Minnesota State 18202020181616141413141514151720181716171816161614–
Northern Michigan NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–
St. Thomas 1919NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR1916151515151719181517–

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12 or 26.[4]

USA Hockey

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Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Final
Augustana NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR20NR18151416161818151413181817–
Bemidji State NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–
Bowling Green NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR20NRNRNRNRNRNR–
Ferris State NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–
Lake Superior State NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–
Michigan Tech NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR192020171617NR1920NRNR–
Minnesota State 1820192019181814141314141415172018171617181618161414–
Northern Michigan NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–
St. Thomas 2019NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR181615151515161917151719–

Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.[5]

NPI

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Final
Augustana ––6––151718211311131214161517171714131614–
Bemidji State ––49––302726262825283844464750494946504948–
Bowling Green ––54––332222162931262227202322192019222123–
Ferris State ––27––555857585558596056565857575656565656–
Lake Superior State ––38––515249464445495151515151515051535353–
Michigan Tech ––32––182631383533312518242018181822192020–
Minnesota State ––2––101176910141621181716161516171713–
Northern Michigan ––51––626262626161616161606060616261606060–
St. Thomas ––39––383327182320191413111312131617151415–

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Ferris State tabs LIU's Riley as its next head coach". USCHO. March 28, 2025. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Michigan Tech hires Muckalt as Head Coach". College Hockey News. May 22, 2025. Archived from the original on May 22, 2025. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  3. ↑ "St. Thomas, Minnesota State picked first in CCHA preseason coaches, media polls; individual preseason player awards, teams also announced". USCHO. September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  4. ↑ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  5. ↑ "USA Hockey Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Men's Division I National Collegiate Percentage (NPI) Index". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
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