The Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League (TSCHL) 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.
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, however, founding member club Cincinnati rejoined 'The T' in 2023 after a three-year absence.
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A number of the league's current members were part of the now defunct Great Lakes Intercollegiate Hockey Association (GLIHA), while others in the past joined from the College Hockey East and the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League (MCHL). All 11 members currently compete within the ACHA Division II Southeast Region. The league is 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.
Indiana won the ACHA Men's Division II National Championship in 2024, becoming the first team from the league to do so.
Past Champions
| Season
|
Regular season
|
Playoff
|
Runner-up
|
Score
|
Location
|
| 2010/11
|
Dayton (1)
|
Dayton (1)
|
Pittsburgh
|
3–2 (OT)
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
| 2011/12
|
Dayton (2)
|
Toledo (1)
|
Dayton
|
10–5
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
| 2012/13
|
Dayton (3) / Toledo (1)
|
Toledo (2)
|
Ohio
|
4–1
|
Akron, OH
|
| 2013/14
|
Toledo (2)
|
Toledo (3)
|
Ohio
|
6–2
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
| 2014/15
|
Dayton (4)
|
Louisville (1)
|
Dayton
|
7–2
|
Cincinnati, OH
|
| 2015/16
|
Ohio (1)
|
Louisville (2)
|
Ohio
|
7–5
|
Athens, OH
|
| 2016/17
|
Cincinnati (1)
|
Louisville (3)
|
Cincinnati
|
6–4
|
Louisville, KY
|
| 2017/18
|
Miami (1)
|
Ohio (1)
|
Miami
|
3–2 (OT)
|
Athens, OH
|
| 2018/19
|
Cincinnati (2)
|
Miami (1)
|
Cincinnati
|
4–3 (OT)
|
Louisville, KY
|
| 2019/20
|
Miami (2)
|
Ohio State (1)
|
Miami
|
4–3
|
Louisville, KY
|
| 2020/21
|
CANCELED
|
DUE
|
TO
|
–
|
COVID-19
|
| 2021/22
|
Miami (3)
|
Indiana (1)
|
Miami
|
4–2
|
Cincinnati, OH
|
| 2022/23
|
Miami (4)
|
Indiana (2)
|
Ohio
|
4–3 (2OT)
|
Columbus, OH
|
| 2023/24
|
Miami (5)
|
Miami (2)
|
Michigan
|
7–1
|
Cincinnati, OH
|
| 2024/25
|
Indiana (1)
|
Kentucky (1)
|
Ohio
|
6–2
|
Athens, OH
|
Source[2]
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.
Current teams
| Institution
|
Location
|
Team Nickname
|
Joined TSCHL
|
Home Arena
|
Capacity
|
Team Colors
|
Team Website
|
| Bowling Green State University
|
Bowling Green, OH
|
Falcons
|
2016
|
Slater Family Ice Arena
|
5,000
|
|
BGSU Hockey
|
| University of Dayton
|
Dayton, OH
|
Flyers
|
2010
|
Kettering Rec Complex
|
700
|
|
UD Hockey
|
| Denison University
|
Granville, OH
|
Big Red
|
2025
|
Lou & Gib Reese Ice Arena
|
|
|
DU Hockey
|
| Indiana University
|
Bloomington, IN
|
Hoosiers
|
2019
|
Frank Southern Ice Arena
|
800
|
|
IU Hockey
|
| University of Louisville
|
Louisville, KY
|
Cardinals
|
2025
|
Iceland Sports Complex
|
|
|
UofL Hockey
|
| Miami University
|
Oxford, OH
|
RedHawks
|
2017
|
Goggin Ice Center
|
3,642
|
|
Miami Hockey
|
| University of Michigan
|
Ann Arbor, MI
|
Wolverines
|
2021
|
Yost Ice Arena
|
5,800
|
|
UM Hockey
|
| Ohio University
|
Athens, OH
|
Bobcats
|
2011
|
Bird Arena
|
2,000
|
|
Ohio Hockey
|
| Ohio State University
|
Columbus, OH
|
Buckeyes
|
2016
|
OSU Ice Rink
|
1,415
|
|
OSU Hockey
|
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 the Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League.
Current season
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 9, 2025.
2025 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S1
| Indiana
| 2
| | | |
|
| N4
| Dayton
| 4
| |
| | N4
| Dayton
| 0
| |
|
| |
| | | S3
| Kentucky
| 8
| |
| N2
| Ohio State
| 0
| |
| |
| S3
| Kentucky
| 6
| |
| | S3
| Kentucky
| 6
| |
|
| |
| | | N1
| Ohio
| 2
| |
| N1
| Ohio
| 5
| | |
| |
| S4
| Louisville
| 4
| |
| | N1
| Ohio
| 4
| |
|
| |
| | | S2
| Miami (OH)
| 3
| |
| S2
| Miami (OH)
| 6
| |
| |
| N3
| Michigan
| 3
| |
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 (including auto-bid teams) competing in a single-elimination format.
- 2013: Toledo lost to Virginia Tech.[3]
- 2014: Toledo defeated Virginia Tech; lost to Penn State.
- 2015: Ohio lost to Liberty.[4]
- 2016: #6 Ohio defeated #7 Rowan; lost to #3 Miami / #9 Louisville (BID) defeated #12 Princeton; lost to #4 Penn State in Overtime.[5]
- 2017: #7 Ohio defeated #6 Cincinnati; defeated #3 Toledo / #8 Louisville (BID) lost to #5 Penn State.[6]
- 2018: #11 Ohio (BID) 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.[7]
- 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 (SE #4) finished 0–3 in Pool A; lost to William Paterson (NE #1) 6–3, Grand Valley State (Central #2) 3–0 & UNLV (West #3) 3–1.
- 2019: Cincinnati (SE #3) finished 3–0 in Pool D; defeated Lindenwood (Central #2) 3–1, Northern Arizona (West #1) 5–4 (OT) & Keene State (NE #4) 6–3; lost in the National Semi-Finals to Florida Gulf Coast (SE #1) 3–2.
- 2020: Miami (SE #4) was to compete in Pool D; playing against Massachusetts (NE #1), Sault College (Central #2) and MSU Denver (West #3); tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
- 2022: Indiana (SE #3) finished 0–3 in Pool D; lost to Northeastern (NE #2) 7–5, Mary (West #1) 4–1 & Wisconsin (Central #4) 5–2 / Ohio State (SE #4) finished 0–3 in Pool C; lost to Massachusetts (NE #1) 8–1, Dakota College (West #2) 5–3 & Trine (Central #3) 4–3 (OT).
- 2023: Kentucky (SE #3) finished 0–2–1 in Pool C; lost to Saint Thomas (Central #2) 3–0, Mary (West #1) 3–1 & tied Bentley (NE #4) 1–1 / Indiana (SE #4) finished 2–1 in Pool D; defeated Lindenwood (Central #1) 2–1, Montana State (West #2) 6–4 & lost to New Hampshire (NE #3) 5–3; lost in the National Semi-Finals to Iowa (Central #4) 2–1 in double Overtime.
- 2024: Indiana (SE #4) finished 2–1 in Pool B; defeated Weber State (West #2) 4–2, lost to Northeastern (NE #1) 5–2 & defeated Michigan State (Central #4) 7–3; defeated Lindenwood (Central #1) in National Semi-Finals 3–1; defeated Miami (SE #4) in National Championship 5–4 in Overtime / Miami (SE #4) finished 2–1 in Pool A; defeated Montana State (West #1) 3–0, Keene State (NE #2) 7–5 and lost to Concordia Wisconsin (Central #3) 7–6; defeated Florida Gulf Coast (SE #1) in National Semi-Finals 3–2; lost to Indiana (SE #3) in National Championship 5–4 in Overtime.
- 2025: Ohio (SE #3) finished 1-2 in Pool B; lost to Wisconsin (Central #2) 3-1, defeated Montana State (West #1) 2-1 and lost to RPI (Northeast #4) 5-1 / Indiana (SE #4) finished 2-1 in Pool A; defeated Utah (West #2) 8-1, defeated Northeastern (Northeast #3) 6-2 and lost to Lindenwood (Central #1) 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 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1
| Dayton
| 7
| | |
| 4
| Ohio
| 7
| | | 4
| Ohio
| 4
| |
| 5
| IUP
| 2
| | | | | | 1
| Dayton
| 5
| |
| | | | | | 3
| Toledo
| 10
| |
| | | | 2
| Pittsburgh
| 3
| | | | |
| 3
| Toledo
| 6
| | | 3
| Toledo
| 4
| |
| 6
| Akron
| 5
| | |
2012/13 season
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
( ) – Regional ranking
After games on February 16, 2013.
2013 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1
| Toledo
| 5
| | |
| 3
| Pittsburgh
| 1
| | | 6
| IUP
| 2
| |
| 6
| IUP
| 4
| | | | | | 1
| Toledo
| 4
| |
| | | | | | 4
| Ohio
| 1
| |
| | | | 2
| Dayton
| 6
| | | | |
| 4
| Ohio
| 8
| | | 4
| Ohio
| 7
| |
| 5
| Akron
| 5
| | |
2013/14 season
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
( ) – Regional ranking
After games on February 16, 2014.
2014 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1
| Toledo
| 11
| | |
| 3
| Dayton
| 2
| | | 6
| Pittsburgh
| 5
| |
| 6
| Pittsburgh
| 5
| | | | | | 1
| Toledo
| 6
| |
| | | | | | 2
| Ohio
| 2
| |
| | | | 2
| Ohio
| 3
| | | | |
| 4
| IUP
| 4
| | | 5
| Cincinnati
| 0
| |
| 5
| Cincinnati
| 6
| | |
2014/15 season
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
( ) – Regional ranking
After games on March 1, 2015.
2015 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1
| Dayton
| 9
| | |
| 4
| Cincinnati
| 3
| | | 5
| Akron
| 3
| |
| 5
| Akron
| 5
| | | | | | 1
| Dayton
| 2
| |
| | | | | | 2
| Louisville
| 7
| |
| | | | 2
| Louisville
| 7
| | | | |
| 3
| Ohio
| 7
| | | 3
| Ohio
| 1
| |
| 6
| Wright State
| 4
| | |
2015/16 season
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
( ) – Regional ranking
After games on February 14, 2016.
2016 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1
| Ohio
| 4
| | |
| 4
| Cincinnati
| 0
| | | 5
| Akron
| 1
| |
| 5
| Akron
| 5
| | | | | | 1
| Ohio
| 5
| |
| | | | | | 2
| Louisville
| 7
| |
| | | | 2
| Louisville
| 5
| | | | |
| 3
| Dayton
| 5
| | | 3
| Dayton
| 3
| |
| 6
| Pittsburgh
| 2
| | |
2016/17 season
# – Regular season champion
@ – Playoff champion
* – Clinched playoff berth
E – Eliminated from playoffs
( ) – Regional ranking
After games on February 12, 2017.
2017 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1
| Cincinnati
| 4
| | |
| 4
| BGSU
| 2
| | | 5
| Ohio State
| 1
| |
| 5
| Ohio State
| 4
| | | | | | 1
| Cincinnati
| 4
| |
| | | | | | 2
| Louisville
| 6
| |
| | | | 2
| Louisville
| 2
| | | | |
| 3
| Ohio
| 8
| | | 3
| Ohio
| 1
| |
| 6
| Dayton
| 3
| | |
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 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1
| Miami (OH)
| 7
| | |
| 3
| Louisville
| 2
| | | 6
| Pittsburgh
| 0
| |
| 6
| Pittsburgh
| 3 (OT)
| | | | | | 1
| Miami (OH)
| 2
| |
| | | | | | 4
| Ohio
| 3 (OT)
| |
| | | | 2
| Cincinnati
| 3
| | | | |
| 4
| Ohio
| 2
| | | 4
| Ohio
| 6
| |
| 5
| Ohio State
| 1
| | |
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 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S1
| Cincinnati
| 6
| | | |
|
| S5
| Dayton
| 1
| |
| | S1
| Cincinnati
| 10
| |
|
| |
| | | S3
| Louisville
| 0
| |
| S3
| Louisville
| 6
| |
| |
| N2
| Pittsburgh
| 4
| |
| | S1
| Cincinnati
| 3
| |
|
| |
| | | S2
| Miami (OH)
| 4 (OT)
| |
| S2
| Miami (OH)
| 11
| | |
| |
| N3
| BGSU
| 1
| |
| | S2
| Miami (OH)
| 4
| |
|
| |
| | | N1
| Ohio State
| 1
| |
| N1
| Ohio State
| 4
| |
| |
| S4
| Xavier
| 3
| |
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.
2020 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Miami (OH)
| 10
| | | |
|
| 8
| Dayton
| 1
| |
| | 1
| Miami (OH)
| 3 (OT)
| |
|
| |
| | | 4
| Xavier
| 2
| |
| 4
| Xavier
| 8
| |
| |
| 5
| Ohio
| 4
| |
| | 1
| Miami (OH)
| 3
| |
|
| |
| | | 2
| Ohio State
| 4
| |
| 3
| Indiana
| 6
| | |
| |
| 6
| Bowling Green
| 2
| |
| | 3
| Indiana
| 1
| |
|
| |
| | | 2
| Ohio State
| 2
| |
| 2
| Ohio State
| 7
| |
| |
| 7
| Louisville
| 4
| |
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
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S1
| Miami (OH)
| 3
| | | |
|
| N4
| Bowling Green
| 0
| |
| | S1
| Miami (OH)
| 4
| |
|
| |
| | | N2
| Ohio State
| 0
| |
| N2
| Ohio State
| 6
| |
| |
| S3
| Kentucky
| 4
| |
| | S1
| Miami (OH)
| 2
| |
|
| |
| | | S2
| Indiana
| 4
| |
| N1
| Michigan
| 5
| | |
| |
| S4
| Louisville
| 0
| |
| | N1
| Michigan
| 2
| |
|
| |
| | | S2
| Indiana
| 5
| |
| S2
| Indiana
| 4
| |
| |
| N3
| Ohio
| 1
| |
All 2022 TSCHL Playoff games broadcast on Indiana Hockey Broadcast Network 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 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S1
| Miami
| 2
| | | |
|
| N4
| Ohio State
| 3
| |
| | N4
| Ohio State
| 4
| |
|
| |
| | | S3
| Indiana
| 5 (OT)
| |
| S3
| Indiana
| 3
| |
| |
| N2
| Michigan
| 2
| |
| | S3
| Indiana
| 4
| |
|
| |
| | | N1
| Ohio
| 3 (2OT)
| |
| N1
| Ohio
| 6
| | |
| |
| S4
| Louisville
| 1
| |
| | N1
| Ohio
| 3
| |
|
| |
| | | S2
| Kentucky
| 2
| |
| S2
| Kentucky
| 8
| |
| |
| N3
| Bowling Green
| 4
| |
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 playoffs
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S1
| Miami (OH)
| 8
| | | |
|
| N4
| Dayton
| 2
| |
| | S1
| Miami (OH)
| 4
| |
|
| |
| | | S3
| Kentucky
| 3
| |
| S3
| Kentucky
| 6
| |
| |
| N2
| Bowling Green
| 2
| |
| | S1
| Miami (OH)
| 7
| |
|
| |
| | | N3
| Michigan
| 1
| |
| N1
| Ohio
| 4
| | |
| |
| S4
| Louisville
| 0
| |
| | N1
| Ohio
| 3
| |
|
| |
| | | N3
| Michigan
| 4 (OT)
| |
| S2
| Indiana
| 2
| |
| |
| N3
| Michigan
| 4
| |
See also
References