National Collegiate Hockey Conference
| Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 NCHC season | |
| Association | NCAA |
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| Founded | 2011 (began play in 2013) |
| Commissioner | Heather Weems |
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| Division | Division I |
| No. of teams | 9 (10 in 2026) |
| Headquarters | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Region | Midwestern United States Western United States |
| Official website | NCHCHockey.com |
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The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) is an NCAA men's Division I hockey conference. The league was formed on July 9, 2011 and began playing for the 2013–14 season, the same season that the Big Ten Conference began competition, as a combination of six previous members of the WCHA and two of the CCHA. The league is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.