West Coast Hockey Conference

The West Coast Hockey Conference (WCHC) is an ACHA Division 2 club hockey league which began play in the Fall of 2010. The six charter schools were Arizona State, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, Northern Arizona and San Diego State.
History.
The first game in conference history was played on October 1, 2010. San Diego State hosted Long Beach State and won 4-3. At the end of the regular season Arizona State was crowned the conference's first champion. For the conference's second season and beyond a playoff will be held to determine the conference champion.
UNLV became the seventh member of the conference on April 16, 2011. After the 2011-12 season Arizona State, San Diego State and UNLV became independent once again leaving the conference with four teams for the next two seasons.
Cal State Northridge became the fifth member of the conference on February 25, 2014.
Northern Arizona left to become independent once again after the 2014-15 season and Arizona State's Pac-8 team transferred over to keep the conference membership at five.
Arizona State left to become independent after one season and San Diego State rejoined the conference for 2016-17. 
Chapman became the sixth conference member for the 2017-18 season. 
The WCHC announced on May 14, 2018 UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and the University of San Diego were approved as members and San Diego State left to join the Pac-8 conference bringing the conference total to eight.
The conference reached a new high in members with the addition of Cal State Bakersfield and UC Irvine for the 2019-20 season. In an effort to even out the skill level two tiers were created. Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount and UC Santa Barbara were placed in the top tier with the remaining five teams placed in the second tier. All top tier teams automatically qualify for the playoffs and the top two teams in the second tier qualify as well.
Cal Lutheran became a new member for the 2020-21 season while UC San Diego left the conference. CLU replaces UCSD in tier II keeping total membership at ten.
ACHA Division 2 Nationals Teams.
The WCHC has sent five teams to the Division 2 National Tournament.
2016 Host City: West Chester, PA
Liberty (L 4-1)
William Paterson (L 5-1)
Lindenwood (L 9-1)
2015 Host City: Salt Lake City, UT
NYU (L 3-1)
Liberty (W 5-2)
Grand Valley State (L 7-2)
2014 Host City: Marlborough, MA
New Hampshire (L 3-1)
Liberty (L 6-2)
Grand Valley State (W 6-2)
2012 Host City: Fort Myers, FL
New Hampshire (W 7-1)
Maryland-Baltimore County (W 5-4 OT)
Michigan State (T 2-2)
Grand Valley State (L 8-2)
Penn State (L 9-0)
Siena College (L 3-1)