The 2022–23 CCHA season was the 44th season of play for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and was part of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 1, 2022, and concluded on February 25, 2023. The conference tournament began on March 3.

Coaches

Records Team Head coach Season at school Record at school CCHA recordBemidji State 22 354–327–92 14–12–0Bowling Green 4 56–42–8 11–14–1Ferris State 31 473–562–108 256–293–73Lake Superior State 9 117–151–28 13–13–0Michigan Tech 6 95–77–16 16–8–2Minnesota State 11 274–96–24 23–3–0Northern Michigan 6 95–80–11 12–13–1 St. Thomas 2 3–32–1 3–22–1

Standings

Non-Conference record Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.

The CCHA had a poor season in non-conference play. Just two teams finished with a winning record while half of the conference produced just 6 wins in a total of 31 games. The CCHA produced a winning record against just one other conference (ECAC) as well as the independent programs, however, many of those victories came against low-ranking opponents and only minimally improved the CCHA's standing.

Regular season record Team TotalBemidji State 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 1–3–2 2–4–2Bowling Green 0–0–0 1–3–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 3–5–0Ferris State 1–1–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–3–1 2–4–1Lake Superior State 0–0–0 0–3–0 1–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–1 1–6–1Michigan Tech 0–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–0 3–0–0 0–1–0 7–1–0Minnesota State 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 2–2–0 5–3–0Northern Michigan 0–0–0 0–2–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 2–2–0 0–0–0 4–4–0St. Thomas 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–3–0 0–2–0 1–7–0Overall 1–1–0 4–11–0 7–1–0 1–1–0 9–6–0 3–14–4 25–34–4

Statistics

Leading scorers GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Sophomore 26 13 19 32 37 Junior 26 19 10 29 4 Senior 26 9 17 26 30 Junior 26 7 18 25 14 Freshman 25 12 13 25 6 Senior 26 15 9 24 12 Senior 26 8 14 22 6 Junior 26 5 17 22 26 Senior 26 4 17 21 12 Senior 25 9 12 21 33

Leading goaltenders Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA Sophomore 21 1185:06 12 7 1 37 0 .908 1.87 Senior 24 1425:48 14 7 3 48 6 .929 2.02 Sophomore 24 1412:23 10 10 3 52 1 .910 2.21 Freshman 24 1302:41 13 10 0 55 2 .910 2.53 Sophomore 23 1362:40 9 12 2 60 1 .918 2.64

CCHA Tournament

NCAA tournament

Regional semifinal

West

Midwest

Ranking

USCHO Bemidji State NR - NR NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR Bowling Green NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR Ferris State NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR Lake Superior State NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR Michigan Tech 20 - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 18 17 - 16 13 14 13 12 12 12 11 11 10 13 13 - 13Minnesota State 3 - 5 5 2 8 6 6 8 10 11 16 16 - 19 17 17 14 13 14 13 12 13 13 12 10 - 12Northern Michigan NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR St. Thomas NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR

USA Today Bemidji State NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Bowling Green NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Ferris State NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Lake Superior State NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Michigan Tech NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 18 18 17 16 16 13 14 13 12 12 13 11 11 10 13 13 13 13 Minnesota State 3 3 5 5 2 8 7 6 7 10 13 16 16 18 NR 18 17 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 9 12 11 Northern Michigan 20 20 NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR St. Thomas NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Pairwise Bemidji State 22 48 54 30 14 24 25 25 28 24 24 19 21 28 27 28 32 30 27 34 34 32 34 Bowling Green 9 13 37 32 36 33 25 27 28 23 27 30 30 24 26 26 27 26 27 31 38 39 39 Ferris State 19 23 32 22 34 37 39 40 43 31 38 33 35 32 36 42 31 33 41 42 37 38 38 Lake Superior State 22 50 55 55 52 57 55 53 56 58 57 58 61 60 60 59 58 59 59 58 57 57 57 Michigan Tech 22 44 32 29 12 17 21 18 15 16 16 20 17 12 12 11 10 12 11 11 11 10 10Minnesota State 22 31 6 25 22 13 14 15 17 27 20 24 18 14 14 13 13 13 12 15 12 13 10 Northern Michigan 21 24 39 33 41 29 24 22 27 32 36 31 43 39 36 42 42 43 37 29 28 26 26 St. Thomas 22 38 50 49 42 47 51 49 47 46 47 46 47 46 45 45 46 47 46 47 49 50 49 Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.

Awards NCAA

Player Position TeamBlake Pietila GMichigan TechJake Livingstone DMinnesota State

CCHA Award Recipient Player of the Year Blake Pietila, Michigan TechForward of the Year David Silye, Minnesota StateDefenseman of the Year Jake Livingstone, Minnesota StateGoaltender of the Year Blake Pietila, Michigan TechRookie of the Year Kyle Kukkonen, Michigan TechCoach of the Year Joe Shawhan, Michigan Tech First Team   Position   Second TeamBlake Pietila, Michigan Tech GMattias Sholl, Bemidji StateJake Livingstone, Minnesota State DAkito Hirose, Minnesota StateElias Rosén, Bemidji State DBrett Thorne, Michigan TechRyland Mosley, Michigan Tech FLouis Boudon, Lake Superior StateDavid Silye, Minnesota State FNathan Burke, Bowling GreenAusten Swankler, Bowling Green FAndré Ghantous, Northern Michigan Rookie Team   Position   Béni Halász, Northern Michigan GDalton Norris, Bowling Green DJosh Zinger, Northern Michigan DKyle Kukkonen, Michigan Tech FJoey Larson, Northern Michigan FLleyton Roed, Bemidji State F

2023 NHL entry draft

4 118 Hampton Slukynsky † Northern Michigan Los Angeles Kings 5 132 Eric Pohlkamp † Bemidji State San Jose Sharks 5 154 Chase Cheslock † St. Thomas New Jersey Devils † incoming freshman

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