St. Cloud State begins play in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) this season.
The Huskies join the league along with former Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) rivals Colorado College, University of Denver, University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of North Dakota. Former Central Collegiate Hockey Association teams Miami University (Ohio) and Western Michigan University complete the eight-team league, which has already gained NCAA automatic bid status.
The Huskies kicked off their NCHC schedule with a rare sweep over the University of North Dakota and are aiming for a trip to the Target Center in Minneapolis for the inaugural NCHC Championship Tournament on March 21-22, 2014. Ticket and tournament information is available at www.nchchockey.com.
The NCHC represents some of the nation’s elite men’s college hockey programs in the country. Teams from the new league have combined to make 50 Frozen Four apperances through the years — including St. Cloud State at the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four.
The move to the NCHC ended St. Cloud State’s run in the WCHA. A league member since 1990, the Huskies capped their tenure with its first regular season championship
