1976-77 CCHA season

This is the 1976-77 Central Collegiate Hockey Association season. This was the league's sixth season

For the first time in the conference's history a team earned a birth in the NCAA tournament as the tournament was expanded by one team.

Membership change
The newly established Northern Michigan Wildcats joined the league as a probationary member. The team's games did not count in the league standings. They would join the league as a full member for the 1977-78 season.

Standings
Team                    GP  W  L T  Pct  P GF GA St. Louis Billikens      16 13  2 1 .844 27 89 52 Bowling Green Falcons   16 10  6 0 .625 20 94 52 Ohio State Buckeyes     16  8  7 1 .531 17 64 74 Western Michigan Broncos 16 5 11 0 .313 10 52 79 Lake Superior Lakers    16  3 13 0 .188  6 56 98

Format
Both rounds were two-game total goals series. All games were played at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.

Semifinals

 * St. Louis defeated Western Michigan 14 goals to 6, 3-2, 11-4
 * Bowling Green defeated Ohio State 9 goals to 3, 5-2, 4-1

Championship

 * Bowling Green defeated St. Louis, 5 goals to 4, 4-0, 1-4

NCAA Tournament
Bowling Green lost to the Michigan Wolverines 7 to 5 in a quarterfinal play-in game.