This is the 1983-84 Central Collegiate Hockey Association season. This was the league's thirteenth season.
Membership changes[]
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish dropped from the league as the program was lowered to a club sport at the university. The school would return to the varsity level for 1984-85 and would be a Division I Independent until rejoining the CCHA in 1992.
Standings[]
Team GP W L T P GF GA Bowling Green Falcons 28 22 4 2 46 146 95 Ohio State Buckeyes 30 21 9 0 42 155 96 Michigan State Spartans 30 21 9 0 42 162 90 Northern Michigan Wildcats 30 16 14 0 32 126 118 Western Michigan Broncos 28 13 14 1 27 125 114 Michigan Tech Huskies 30 14 16 0 28 123 128 Ferris State Bulldogs 30 13 15 2 28 128 138 Lake Superior Lakers 30 12 17 1 25 103 127 Michigan Wolverines 30 11 18 1 23 105 148 Miami Redskins 30 10 20 0 20 116 156 UIC Flames 28 5 22 1 11 83 162
Conference Tournament[]
Quarterfinals (two games total goals)[]
- Bowling Green defeated Lake Superior 13 goals to 10 (7-3, 6-7)
- Ohio State defeated Ferris State 11 goals to 3 (5-2, 6-1)
- Michigan State defeated Michigan Tech 8 goals to 4 (5-3, 3-1)
- Western Michigan defeated Northern Michigan 7 goals to 6 (3-2, 4-4)
Semifinals[]
- Western Michigan defeated Bowling Green 4 to 3 in double overtime
- Michigan State defeated Ohio State 8 to 1
Final[]
- Michigan State defeated Western Michigan 5 to 0
Consolation Game[]
- Ohio State defeated Bowling Green 3 to 2 in overtime
NCAA Tournament[]
Michigan State
- defeated Boston College 13 goals to 8 (6-2, 7-6) in a two game total goals quarterfinal series
- lost to Bowling Green 2 to 1 in the semifinals
- lost to North Dakota 6 to 5 in overtime in the third place game
Bowling Green
- defeated Boston University 8 goals to 7 (3-6, 5-1 (ot)) in a two game total goals quarterfinal series
- defeated Michigan State 2 to 1 in the semifinals
- defeated Minnesota-Duluth 5 to 4 in quadruple overtime in the National Championship Game