While the NCAA first started running women’s ice hockey for the 2000-2001 season, College Hockey America (CHA) added it two years later. The CHA is a hockey-only and women’s-only conference, as the men’s side folded in 2010. It is the smallest conference in DI women’s hockey and serves something of a hodgepode of schools, as its members hail from New York, Pennsylvania, and Missouri. The CHA has received an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship 1st round since the ’14-’15 season, which is awarded to the College Hockey America Tournament champion.
Now for a brief overview of the CHA’s teams and how they are doing as of the midseason break:
Lindenwood Lady Lions
Lindenwood joined the DI hockey for 2011-12 season, and the CHA for the 2012-13 season, but there’s been a women’s team since the 2003-04 season.