Northern Michigan

The WCHA unanimously approved addding Northern Michigan to the conference starting in 2013-2014. Northern Michigan joins St. Cloud State, Minnesota State-Mankato, Bemidji State, Michigan Tech and Alaska-Anchorage starting in 2013-2014.

The WCHA is likely to vote today to add Northern Michigan to the conference beginning in the 2013-2014 season. That would give the conference 6 schools starting that season. The WCHA is losing Minnesota and Wisconsin to a Big Ten hockey conference and Colorado College, Denver, North Dakota, Minnesota-Duluth, and Nebraska-Omaha are leaving the WCHA to join a new conference starting in 2013-2014 called the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.