2016-17 College Hockey America Season

This is the 2016-17 College Hockey America season.  This is the league's 15th season.

Membership changes

none

Membership

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Lindenwood University Lady Lions	St. Charles, Missouri	Lindenwood Ice Arena	1,000
Mercyhurst Lakers	Erie, Pennsylvania	Mercyhurst Ice Center	1,500
Penn State University Nittany Lions	University Park, Pennsylvania	Pegula Ice Arena	6,000
Rochester Inst. Of Tech. Tigers	Henrietta, New York	Gene Polisseni Center	4,300
Robert Morris University Colonials	Moon Township, PA	84 Lumber Arena	1,100
Syracuse Orange	Syracuse, New York	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion	350

Standings

to be added upon completion of the regular season

Conference Tournament

Format

All teams qualify.  The top two seeds earn a bye to the semifinals.  The third place team host the sixth place team and the fourth place team host the fifth place team in a best-of-three playoff series . The semifinals and final are one game sudden death.  The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.