Western Collegiate Hockey Association
College athletic conference in the Midwestern United States
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| 2025 | Wisconsin wins the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship |
| 2024 | Ohio State wins the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship for the second time |
| 2023 | Wisconsin wins the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship for the third time |
| 2022 | Ohio State wins the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship |
| 2021 | Wisconsin wins the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship for the second time |
| 2021 | Women's WCHA expanded with St. Thomas joining from Division III, entering Division I for the 2021–22 season. |
| 2021 | Seven WCHA men's members left to form the revived Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), effectively ending the men's WCHA league. The conference continues to operate as a women-only league. |
| July 1 2021 | Significant league changes: St. Thomas joins as a women's hockey program. Several long-standing members like Michigan Tech, Alaska–Anchorage, and others exit the league. Minnesota State and Bemidji State transition to women's-only programs. |
| 2020 | The men's conference completed its final season with 10 member schools, with only Bemidji State and Minnesota State having both men's and women's teams in the conference. |
| 2020 | The WCHA completed its final season operating both men's and women's leagues before the men's league disbanded. |
| August 2020 | Alaska Anchorage announced it would drop hockey after the 2020–21 season. |
| May 29 2020 | UAH announced men's hockey would return for 2020–21 season after receiving private contributions. |
| May 22 2020 | Alabama–Huntsville initially dropped hockey due to COVID-19 financial impacts. |
| 2019 | Wisconsin wins the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship |
| 2017 | North Dakota announced it would drop women's hockey after the 2016–17 season. |
| July 1 2013 | Major league restructuring: Multiple teams join and transition, including Northern Michigan, Alabama–Huntsville, Alaska–Fairbanks, Bowling Green, and Ferris State. Women's programs for Minnesota, North Dakota, Minnesota–Duluth, and Wisconsin become more prominent. |
| January 17 2013 | Alabama–Huntsville was admitted to the WCHA, effective in the 2013–14 season. |
| 2011 | The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs won the last men's NCAA hockey championship for the WCHA. |
| October 4 2011 | Bowling Green decided to join the WCHA in 2013. |
| August 25 2011 | WCHA announced invitations to Alaska Fairbanks, Bowling Green, Ferris State, and Lake Superior State to join in 2013–14. |
| July 15 2011 | Northern Michigan was added to the WCHA to maintain conference membership. |
| March 22 2011 | Minnesota and Wisconsin announced plans to leave the league to form the Big Ten Hockey Conference in 2013–14. |
| July 1 2010 | Bemidji State joins the WCHA and begins participating in women's hockey. |
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