Central Collegiate Hockey Association

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NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference college athletic conference

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a former NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference that featured numerous Midwestern universities and produced several national championship teams and NHL players.

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Label	Occurrences
Central Collegiate Hockey Association canonical	39
CCHA	6
Central Collegiate Hockey Association (historical)	2
CCHA (revived Central Collegiate Hockey Association)	1
Central Collegiate Hockey Association (modern)	1
Central Collegiate Hockey Association (original)	1
Central Collegiate Hockey Association (original)	1
Central Collegiate Hockey Association (re-formed 2021)	1
Central Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Ice Hockey	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1522854 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Context triple: [Northern Michigan University, iceHockeyAffiliation, Central Collegiate Hockey Association]

A. ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey is a collegiate athletic conference that sponsors NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey programs primarily among private and Ivy League schools in the Northeastern United States.
B. Hockey East
Hockey East is a premier NCAA Division I college ice hockey conference featuring top programs primarily from the New England region.
C. Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division II collegiate athletic conference featuring universities primarily located in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
D. Canadian-American Hockey League
The Canadian-American Hockey League was an early 20th-century professional ice hockey league in the northeastern United States and Canada that helped lay the groundwork for what became the American Hockey League.
E. East Coast Hockey League
The East Coast Hockey League, now known simply as the ECHL, is a mid-level professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as a primary developmental league for the NHL and AHL.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Collegiate Hockey Association
Target entity description: The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a former NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference that featured numerous Midwestern universities and produced several national championship teams and NHL players.

A. ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey is a collegiate athletic conference that sponsors NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey programs primarily among private and Ivy League schools in the Northeastern United States.
B. Hockey East
Hockey East is a premier NCAA Division I college ice hockey conference featuring top programs primarily from the New England region.
C. Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division II collegiate athletic conference featuring universities primarily located in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
D. Canadian-American Hockey League
The Canadian-American Hockey League was an early 20th-century professional ice hockey league in the northeastern United States and Canada that helped lay the groundwork for what became the American Hockey League.
E. East Coast Hockey League
The East Coast Hockey League, now known simply as the ECHL, is a mid-level professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as a primary developmental league for the NHL and AHL.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference ⓘ college athletic conference ⓘ
abbreviation	CCHA ⓘ linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dissolved	2013 ⓘ
founded	1971 ⓘ
gender	men's ⓘ
governingBody	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hasChampionshipEvent	CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Farmington Hills, Michigan ⓘ linked to: Farmington Hills
memberInstitution	Bemidji State University ⓘ Bowling Green State University ⓘ Ferris State University ⓘ Illinois–Chicago ⓘ Kent State University ⓘ Lake Superior State University ⓘ Miami University ⓘ Michigan State University ⓘ linked to: Michigan State College Michigan Technological University ⓘ Minnesota State University, Mankato ⓘ linked to: Minnesota State University Northern Michigan University ⓘ Ohio State University ⓘ St. Thomas (Minnesota) ⓘ St. Thomas Tommies men's ice hockey ⓘ University of Alaska Fairbanks ⓘ University of Michigan ⓘ University of Nebraska Omaha ⓘ University of Notre Dame ⓘ Western Michigan University ⓘ
NCAAdivision	Division I ⓘ
notableAlumnus	Chris Kunitz ⓘ Doug Weight ⓘ Ken Morrow ⓘ Marty Turco ⓘ Rod Brind'Amour ⓘ linked to: Rod Brind’Amour Ryan Miller ⓘ
numberOfTeamsAtPeak	12 ⓘ
producedNCAAchampion	Bowling Green State University men's ice hockey ⓘ linked to: Bowling Green Falcons men’s ice hockey Lake Superior State University men's ice hockey ⓘ Michigan State University men's ice hockey ⓘ linked to: Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey University of Michigan men's ice hockey ⓘ linked to: Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey
reasonFor2013Dissolution	realignment of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conferences ⓘ
reestablished	2021 ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
successorConferenceForManyMembers	Big Ten Conference ⓘ National Collegiate Hockey Conference ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Hockey Conference (men's ice hockey) Western Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ linked to: WCHA
website	https://ccha.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Michigan University → iceHockeyAffiliation → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

University of St. Thomas → iceHockeyConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey → formerConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Ohio State Buckeyes → memberOf → Central Collegiate Hockey Association (historical) ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Wildcats → iceHockeyConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Wildcats → iceHockeyConferenceAbbrev → CCHA ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Central Collegiate Hockey Association → abbreviation → CCHA ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey → formerConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey → conference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Tommies → memberOf → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Bowling Green Falcons men’s ice hockey → conferenceMembership → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Bowling Green Falcons men’s ice hockey → formerConferenceMembership → Central Collegiate Hockey Association (original) ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

NCAA Division I ice hockey → hasConferences → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Lake Superior State University → iceHockeyTeamMemberOf → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey → formerConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Miami University RedHawks men's ice hockey → formerConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey → formerConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey → conference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey → governingConferenceBody → CCHA ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Mankato State Mavericks men's ice hockey → conference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Mankato State Mavericks men's ice hockey → governingAssociation → Central Collegiate Hockey Association (modern) ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Michigan–Michigan State men's ice hockey rivalry → formerConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Alaska Nanooks → conference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Alaska Nanooks → conference → CCHA ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Alaska–Anchorage rivalry → conferenceHistory → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Northern Michigan Wildcats men's ice hockey → conference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Northern Michigan Wildcats men's ice hockey → formerConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association (original) ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Northern Michigan Wildcats men's ice hockey → affiliation → Central Collegiate Hockey Association (re-formed 2021) ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

2009 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship → runnerUpConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Northern Michigan Wildcats → memberOf → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

subject linked to: NMU

1991 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey national championship → conferenceOfChampion → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

subject linked to: NCAA Division I men's ice hockey national championship (1991)

University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) → athleticsConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

subject linked to: St. Thomas (Minnesota)

CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament → organizedBy → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament → hasRelation → Central Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Ice Hockey ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament → category → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

MacInnes Student Ice Arena → affiliation → Central Collegiate Hockey Association (historical) ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Winter Carnival hockey series → conference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Mitch's Misfits → supportsConference → CCHA ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Mitch's Misfits → supportsConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Michigan Technological University → iceHockeyConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

subject linked to: MTU

Minnesota State Mavericks → conference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Bowling Green Falcons → iceHockeyConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Slater Family Ice Arena → affiliation → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Falcons men's ice hockey → formerConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

subject linked to: Falcons

Falcons men's ice hockey → memberOf → CCHA (revived Central Collegiate Hockey Association) ⓘ

subject linked to: Falcons

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Ohio State Buckeyes men’s ice hockey → formerConference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Ferris State Bulldogs men’s ice hockey → conference → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Ferris State Bulldogs men’s ice hockey → abbreviation → CCHA ⓘ

linked to: Central Collegiate Hockey Association

Ferris State Bulldogs men’s ice hockey → governingAssociation → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

Ferris State Bulldogs men’s ice hockey → playsIn → Central Collegiate Hockey Association ⓘ

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