The Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference (PAC-8) is a collegiate men's ice hockey conference that competes in Division 2 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

The PAC-8 was originally only open to schools that belonged to the Pac-12 Conference; however, for the 2018-19 season, the league expanded to include other schools from outside that conference. These schools included Boise State, Eastern Washington, San Diego State, San Jose State, and Western Washington.

Regular season format According to the PAC-8 charter, each season starts on September 1 of each year.

Along with the required conference schedule, teams schedule non-conference games against ACHA opponents for regional and national ranking consideration.

For the 2024/2025 season, each team must play fourteen conference games. At the end of the season the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs.

In game play, the ACHA follows the NCAA Rulebook for ice hockey. For interconference games, the PAC-8 mostly follows the same rules for game times and structure. A notable difference is in cases of a tie game after regulation and a 3 on3 5-minute sudden-death overtime period. If a winner is not determined in overtime, then a 3 man shoot-out will occur. During the Conference Championship tournament, overtime format is 20 minute sudden-death periods until a winner is determined.

Members

Current Teams +SchoolLocationFoundedEnrollmentNicknamesColorsWebsiteUniversity of California - BerkeleyBerkeley, CA186845,057Golden Bears https://www.calicehockey.com/University of California - San DiegoLa Jolla, CA196045,273Tritons https://recreation.ucsd.edu/competitive-sports/ice-hockey/Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA188210,915Eagles https://www.ewueagleshockey.com/San Jose State University San Jose, CA185736,062Spartans https://sjsusports.com/sports/mens-ice-hockeyUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA188047,000Trojans https://trojanshockey.net/University of WashingtonSeattle, WA186160,703Huskies https://www.huskyicehockey.com/Washington State University Pullman, WA189026,490Cougars https://urec.wsu.edu/icehockeyclub/hockey-home/Western Washington University Bellingham, WA189314,700Vikings https://www.wwuicehockey.com/

Former Teams School Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Arizona StateTempe, AZ188574,878Sun Devils Boise StateBoise, ID193224,154Broncos OregonEugene, OR 1876 23,634 Ducks San Diego StateSan Diego, CA 1897 37,539 Aztecs StanfordStanford, CA 189116,914Cardinal UCLALos Angeles, CA 1881 44,947 Bruins UtahSalt Lake City, UT185034,705Utes

Tournament weekend The PAC-8 Championship Tournament is typically held the weekend before Presidents Day in February. The weekend also consists of the annual league meeting and the end of season awards banquet.

Past champions Year Champion Runner-up Host2026WashingtonCaliforniaEastern Washington2025 Washington CaliforniaEastern Washington2024 Utah San Jose StateEastern Washington2023 Washington UtahEastern Washington2022 Oregon UCLARegular Season Champions2021 Season Cancelled2020 Oregon Boise State South Lake Tahoe2019 Oregon California South Lake Tahoe2018 Arizona State California South Lake Tahoe2017 UCLA Washington South Lake Tahoe2016 Utah USC South Lake Tahoe2015 Utah Oregon South Lake Tahoe2014 Arizona State Utah Utah2013 Utah Oregon USC2012 Washington Utah Washington2011 Washington Oregon Washington2010 USC Washington USC2009 Oregon Washington Oregon2008 Oregon USC Washington State2007 USC Oregon UCLA2006 USC Oregon Oregon2005 Oregon Washington California2004 California USC Washington2003 USC California USC2002 USC Washington Stanford2001 USC Washington Oregon2000 USC UCLA UCLA1999 UCLA USC California 1998 USC 1997 Stanford UCLA USC1996 Stanford California Stanford

Totals Team Titles YearsUSC 8 2010, 2007, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998Oregon 6 2022, 2020, 2019, 2009, 2008, 2005Washington 5 2026, 2025, 2023, 2012, 2011Utah 4 2024, 2016, 2015, 2013ASU 2 2018, 2014UCLA 2 2017, 1999Stanford 2 1997, 1996California 1 2004

See also American Collegiate Hockey Association List of ice hockey leagues

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