2020-21 NCHA Women's Season

This is the 2020-21 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Women's hockey season.

The conference announced on August 6th that conference play will not begin until the 2021 calendar year and that members are free to schedule non-conference games as conditions allow.

The conference would announce a limited schedule to begin the weekend of January 30-31.

On December 21st the St. Norbert College announced that the St. Norbert Green Knights men's ice hockey team and St. Norbert Green Knights women's ice hockey team won't be playing for the 2020-21 playing season as its main conference had already cancelled fall and winter sports.


 * The Finlandia Lions women's ice hockey team opted out of the 2020-21 season on January 11th

Membership Changes

 * On May 27, 2020 the College of St. Scholastica announced that the St. Scholastica Saints men's ice hockey and St. Scholastica Saints women's ice hockey teams would be joining the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2021-22 playing season replacing the St. Thomas Tommies (NCAA) men's ice hockey and St. Thomas Tommies (NCAA) women's ice hockey teams respectively.


 * The Lawrence Vikings women's ice hockey program joins the conference as a new program.

Planned Format
The top six teams qualify for the playoffs. The top seed plays the six seed, 2 plays 5 and 3 plays four in the first to three point quarterfinals. A mini game will be played if the series is tied. The highest seeded quarterfinal winner advances to the final and the other two quarterfinal winners meet in a single game semifinal with the winner meeting the highest seeded team in the tournament championship. The semifinal and final rounds are held at the rink of the highest seeded quarterfinal winner. The conference tournament champion normally earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament but the tournament would be cancelled for 2021.

Revised Format
All eight teams qualify with the play done on a divisional basis with the division champions playing for the conference championship.

Quarterfinals

 * Adrian Bulldogs defeated Lake Forest 4-2
 * Aurora defeated Trine 2-0
 * St. Scholastica defeated Lawrence 9-0
 * Concordia defeated Marian 5-1

Semifinals

 * Adrian defeated Aurora 2 games to none
 * St. Scholastica defeated Concordia 2 games to none

Final

 * Adrian defeated St. Scholastica 2 games to none