2024–25 CCHA season explained

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Season:2024–25
Season:2024–25
Conference:Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Shortconference:CCHA
Division:Division I
Sport:ice hockey
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Duration:October 4, 2024–
March 20, 2025
No Of Teams:9
Tv:Midco Sports+
Draft Link:2025 NHL Entry Draft
Regular Season:
Mvp Link:CCHA Player of the Year
Tournament:
Ncaa:
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26
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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

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

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

TeamHead coachSeason at schoolRecord at schoolCCHA record
Augustana212–18–40–0–0
Bemidji State 24388–360–9941–30–5
Bowling Green 25–25–64–18–6
Ferris State 33497–605–114271–324–77
Lake Superior State 11143–196–3132–42–2
Michigan Tech 8138–103–2643–25–8
Minnesota State 218–15–412–10–2
Northern Michigan10–0–0 0–0–0
St. Thomas 429–75–525–47–4

Standings

Non-Conference record

TeamTotal
Augustana 0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0
Bemidji State 0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0
Bowling Green 0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0
Ferris State 0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0
Lake Superior State 0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0
Michigan Tech 0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0
Minnesota State 0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0
Northern Michigan0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0
St. Thomas 0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0
Overall0–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–00–0–0

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Ranking

See main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

USCHO

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
[4]

USA Hockey

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
[5]

Pairwise

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 . August 2, 2024.
  2. Web site: Dennis Williams Named BGSU Ice Hockey Head Coach . Bowling Green Falcons . March 27, 2024 . September 30, 2024.
  3. News: Shyiak named Head Hockey Coach at Northern Michigan. NMU Wildcats. 2024-06-26. 2024-06-26.
  4. Web site: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
  5. Web site: USA Today Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
  6. Web site: Men's Division I PairWise Rankings . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.