Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League


The Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division II level ice hockey league. ACHA Division II level consists of players with previous Jr. A, AAA or Midget Major experience, along with high caliber high school experience. The level can range from varsity high school up to NCAA Division III skills, depending on the programs.
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History

The TSCHL was formed in 2010 and consisted of eight teams for its first season. Only the Dayton remains in the league from the inaugural season.
A number of the league's current members were part of the now defunct Great Lakes Intercollegiate Hockey Association , while others in the past joined from the College Hockey East and the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League . All 11 members currently compete within the ACHA Division II Southeast Region. The league was separated into two divisions, beginning in the 2021–2022 season, for only the second time in its history. The only other time was in the 2018–2019 season. For the current season, the league is back to one overall division.
Indiana won the ACHA Men's Division II National Championship in 2024, becoming the first team from the league to do so.

Past Champions

Source

Format

League teams play a 16-game league schedule with 2 games against each league opponent, in addition to non-league games against other ACHA DI, DII & DIII teams. The TSCHL season concludes with an eight-team bracket league tournament at the end of the regular season in mid-late February. For the 2025-2026 season, all teams will qualify for the league tournament as seeds #8 and #9 will compete in a Play-In Game.

Current members

''NOTE: Bowling Green, Miami, Michigan and Ohio State have NCAA Division I hockey teams competing in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, National Collegiate Hockey Conference & the Big Ten Conference. Louisville formed a second team that joined the TSCHL in 2025-2026 with the original member team moving to Division I of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.''

Former members

Current season

2025/26 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on January 25, 2026.

2026 playoffs

  1. 8 Bowling Green State vs. #9 Louisville - Play-In Game.

Southeast Regionals

Since the 2015–16 season, the conference has awarded the playoff tournament champion the automatic bid to the ACHA Division II Southeast Regional tournament. The tournament is held in late February with the teams ranked #3–14 in the region competing in a single-elimination format.
  • 2013: Toledo lost to Virginia Tech.
  • 2014: Toledo defeated Virginia Tech; lost to Penn State.
  • 2015: Ohio lost to Liberty.
  • 2016: #6 Ohio defeated #7 Rowan; lost to #3 Miami / #9 Louisville defeated #12 Princeton; lost to #4 Penn State in Overtime.
  • 2017: #7 Ohio defeated #6 Cincinnati; defeated #3 Toledo / #8 Louisville lost to #5 Penn State.
  • 2018: #11 Ohio lost to #10 Rider in Overtime / #4 Cincinnati defeated #9 Maryland; lost to #5 Toledo / #6 Miami defeated #7 Rowan; lost to #3 Liberty.
  • 2019: #4 Cincinnati defeated #10 Ohio State; defeated #7 Miami / #7 Miami defeated #6 Delaware; lost to #4 Cincinnati / #10 Ohio State defeated #11 Virginia; lost to #4 Cincinnati.
  • 2020: #7 Miami defeated #6 Penn State; defeated #5 Rowan / #8 Ohio State lost to #5 Rowan in double Overtime.
  • 2021: ACHA did not hold the regional tournament due to the shortened seasons caused by COVID-19.
  • 2022: #4 Miami lost to #11 Ohio State / #7 Indiana defeated #14 North Carolina; defeated #6 Penn State; defeated #13 Pennsylvania / #8 Kentucky lost to #13 Pennsylvania / #11 Ohio State defeated #10 Rider; defeated #4 Miami; defeated #9 Cincinnati.
  • 2023: #3 Kentucky defeated #13 Pennsylvania; defeated #11 North Carolina / #4 Indiana defeated #12 Louisville; defeated #6 Ohio / #5 Miami lost to #11 North Carolina in Overtime / #6 Ohio defeated #7 Penn State; lost to #4 Indiana / #8 Michigan lost to #13 Pennsylvania / #12 Louisville defeated #9 Rowan; lost to #4 Indiana.
  • 2024: #3 Indiana defeated #14 Pennsylvania; defeated #8 NC State / #4 Miami defeated #10 Rider; defeated #5 Kentucky / #5 Kentucky defeated #9 Penn State in Overtime; lost to #4 Miami / #6 Ohio lost to #8 NC State / #11 Louisville lost to #10 Rider.
  • 2025: #3 Kentucky defeated #10 Louisville; lost to #9 Indiana / #7 Miami defeated #14 Rider; defeated #6 NC State in Overtime; lost to #8 Ohio / #8 Ohio defeated #13 Cincinnati; defeated #4 Virginia Tech in double Overtime; defeated #7 Miami / #9 Indiana defeated #12 Michigan; defeated #4 Penn State; defeated #3 Kentucky / #10 Louisville defeated #11 North Carolina; lost to #3 Kentucky.

National Tournament

In the 2016–17 season, Ohio became the first team from the conference to advance to the ACHA Division II National Tournament that is held in March. In the 2021–2022 season, the conference sent two teams to the tournament for the first time. At the 2024 ACHA Division II National Tournament, Indiana & Miami became the first two teams from the conference to advance to the National Championship as Indiana won the game in Overtime.
  • 2017: Ohio finished 0–3 in Pool A; lost to William Paterson 6–3, Grand Valley State 3–0 & UNLV 3–1.
  • 2019: Cincinnati finished 3–0 in Pool D; defeated Lindenwood 3–1, Northern Arizona 5–4 & Keene State 6–3; lost in the National Semi-Finals to Florida Gulf Coast 3–2.
  • 2020: Miami was to compete in Pool D; playing against Massachusetts, Sault College and MSU Denver ; tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 2022: Indiana finished 0–3 in Pool D; lost to Northeastern 7–5, Mary 4–1 & Wisconsin 5–2 / Ohio State finished 0–3 in Pool C; lost to Massachusetts 8–1, Dakota College 5–3 & Trine 4–3.
  • 2023: Kentucky finished 0–2–1 in Pool C; lost to Saint Thomas 3–0, Mary 3–1 & tied Bentley 1–1 / Indiana finished 2–1 in Pool D; defeated Lindenwood 2–1, Montana State 6–4 & lost to New Hampshire 5–3; lost in the National Semi-Finals to Iowa 2–1 in double Overtime.
  • 2024: Indiana finished 2–1 in Pool B; defeated Weber State 4–2, lost to Northeastern 5–2 & defeated Michigan State 7–3; defeated Lindenwood in National Semi-Finals 3–1; defeated Miami in National Championship 5–4 in Overtime / Miami finished 2–1 in Pool A; defeated Montana State 3–0, Keene State 7–5 and lost to Concordia Wisconsin 7–6; defeated Florida Gulf Coast in National Semi-Finals 3–2; lost to Indiana in National Championship 5–4 in Overtime.
  • 2025: Ohio finished 1-2 in Pool B; lost to Wisconsin 3-1, defeated Montana State 2-1 and lost to RPI 5-1 / Indiana finished 2-1 in Pool A; defeated Utah 8-1, defeated Northeastern 6-2 and lost to Lindenwood 4-1.

Past seasons

2011/12 season

# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 19, 2012.

2012/13 season

# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 16, 2013.

2013/14 season

# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 16, 2014.

2014/15 season

# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on March 1, 2015.

2015/16 season

# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 14, 2016.

2016/17 season

# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 12, 2017.

2017/18 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 14, 2018.

2018/19 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 9, 2019.

2019/20 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 8, 2020.

2021/22 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 13, 2022.

2022 playoffs

All broadcast on live from the SportsPlus Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

2022/23 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 5, 2023.

2023/24 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 11, 2024.

2024/25 season

NOTE: The TSCHL uses a 3-point scoring system.
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
– Regional ranking
After games on February 7, 2025.