College Hockey America
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College Hockey America (CHA) was a group of American colleges and universities that played NCAA Division I women's ice hockey against one another every season. It was founded in 1999 as a men's hockey conference, with women's teams joining in 2002. The men's side of CHA folded after the 2009–10 season. It continued as a women-only league through the 2023–24 season, after which it merged with the men-only Atlantic Hockey Association to form Atlantic Hockey America.[1]
Before the merger, CHA had close ties with the Atlantic Hockey Association. Although the conferences had separate bylaws and governing boards, they had a single commissioner and a combined office staff from 2010 to the merger.[2] Also, three of the final CHA members housed their men's teams in the Association.