The CCHA was disbanded after the 2012 – 13 season as the result of a conference realignment stemming from the Big Ten Conference ( of which three CCHA schools ; Michigan , Michigan State , and Ohio State , were primary members ) choosing to sponsor Division I ice hockey beginning in the 2013-14 season . The remaining CCHA members received invitations to other conferences , such as the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference ( NCHC ) , Hockey East , and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association ( WCHA ) , which itself had been depleted by the Big Ten and NCHC . The conference 's last ever game was the final of the 2013 CCHA Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , where Notre Dame beat Michigan 3-1 to win the final Mason Cup championship
2013 CCHA Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament
2013 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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