2024–25 CCHA season

2024–25 CCHA season
Season2024–25
ConferenceCCHA
DivisionDivision I
Sportice hockey
DurationOctober 4, 2024–
March 20, 2025
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Midco Sports+
NHL Entry Draft
Regular season
Season championsMinnesota State
CCHA tournament
NCAA tournament
CCHA seasons
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The 2024–25 CCHA season is the 46th season of play for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and is part of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 4, 2024, and concluded on March 20, 2024.

Augustana

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In the off-season, the CCHA announced that the timeline for Augustana was being moved up. Rather than become a full conference member in 2025–26, the Vikings would be eligible for the conference tournament in 2024–25.[1] As schedules had already been set before the announcement, the CCHA would use point percentage to determine Augustana's place in the standings.

Coaches

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Bowling Green hired Dennis Williams as a replacement for Ty Eigner. A Bowling Green graduate, Williams previous served as an interim head coach in 2010.[2]

Dave Shyiak was hired as the fourth head coach for Northern Michigan, replacing the departed Grant Potulny.[3]

Records

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Team Head coach Season at school Record at school CCHA record
Augustana Garrett Raboin 2 12–18–4 0–0–0
Bemidji State Tom Serratore 24 388–360–99 41–30–5
Bowling Green Dennis Williams 2 5–25–6 4–18–6
Ferris State Bob Daniels 33 497–605–114 271–324–77
Lake Superior State Damon Whitten 11 143–196–31 32–42–2
Michigan Tech Joe Shawhan 8 138–103–26 43–25–8
Minnesota State Luke Strand 2 18–15–4 12–10–2
Northern Michigan Dave Shyiak 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
St. Thomas Enrico Blasi 4 29–75–5 25–47–4

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS PCT ^ GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#14 Minnesota State 26 18 5 3 3 1 1 56 .718 77 37 34 23 8 3 97 51
Augustana 16 9 5 2 1 1 1 30 .625 48 37 32 17 11 4 89 67
St. Thomas 26 13 9 4 1 1 1 32 .564 76 66 34 16 13 5 95 92
Bowling Green 26 12 10 4 2 3 2 43 .551 69 63 33 16 13 4 83 81
Michigan Tech 26 12 11 3 1 1 1 40 .513 75 69 34 16 15 3 94 90
Ferris State 26 12 13 1 1 0 0 36 .462 74 81 34 13 18 3 85 117
Bemidji State 26 10 12 4 3 1 4 36 .462 63 78 34 13 16 5 85 102
Lake Superior State 26 10 15 1 0 4 0 35 .449 71 76 34 12 20 2 90 108
Northern Michigan 26 4 20 2 1 1 2 16 .205 42 88 34 5 27 2 55 115
Championship: March 21, 2025
† indicates conference regular-season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
^ Because Augustana is playing a transition schedule of 16 games against conference opponents, point percentage is used to determine conference position.
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Updated: March 2, 2025

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 0–0–0 0–0–0
Bemidji State 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Bowling Green 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Ferris State 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Lake Superior State 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Michigan Tech 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Minnesota State 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Northern Michigan 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
St. Thomas 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Overall 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 7–9
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 21
           
1 Minnesota State
8 Lake Superior State
 
 
2 Augustana
7 Bemidji State
 
 
3 St. Thomas
6 Ferris State
 
 
4 Bowling Green
5 Michigan Tech

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 Final
Augustana NR
Bemidji State NR
Bowling Green NR
Ferris State NR
Lake Superior State NR
Michigan Tech NR
Minnesota State NR
Northern Michigan NR
St. Thomas NR

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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 Final
Augustana NR
Bemidji State NR
Bowling Green NR
Ferris State NR
Lake Superior State NR
Michigan Tech NR
Minnesota State NR
Northern Michigan NR
St. Thomas 20

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Pairwise

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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 Final
Augustana 28 52 10 20 20 23 17 21 21 23 30 31 17 21 23 21 19 24 21 33 34
Bemidji State 15 17 19 27 39 44 40 26 24 28 32 33 38 41 46 47 50 47 47 46 46
Bowling Green 4 9 15 45 32 29 36 35 48 45 46 44 36 38 39 42 40 39 37 42 42
Ferris State 21 37 41 50 56 60 60 60 58 54 55 55 56 56 56 57 49 52 53 53 53
Lake Superior State 27 49 42 53 52 35 47 44 34 36 36 38 42 45 43 44 46 46 46 48 47
Michigan Tech 28 42 40 36 27 19 19 36 31 30 29 29 30 32 30 30 28 37 37 38 39
Minnesota State 17 12 12 11 18 15 16 13 13 11 12 13 14 15 15 17 18 17 17 17 17
Northern Michigan 28 55 51 56 60 62 62 61 63 63 63 63 63 63 59 61 61 61 62 62 62
St. Thomas 28 28 48 39 38 49 49 40 50 45 48 49 47 47 45 46 43 42 43 41 37

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]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Augustana to join CCHA year early in 2024-25 as league will adjust standings, have eight of nine teams qualify for conference playoffs". USCHO. July 16, 2024. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Dennis Williams Named BGSU Ice Hockey Head Coach". Bowling Green Falcons. March 27, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Shyiak named Head Hockey Coach at Northern Michigan". NMU Wildcats. June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
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