1980-81 CCHA season

This is the 1980-81 Central Collegiate Hockey Association season. This was the league's tenth season

Membership changes
The Miami Redskins program was added to the league as a partial member after playing its first two seasons as a Division I Independent. Only the teams 2 road games against each league member counted in the standings.

Standings
Team                      GP  W  L T  P  GF  GA Northern Michigan Wildcats 22 18  4 0 36 115  81 Ohio State Buckeyes       22 15  6 1 31 107  82 Ferris State Bulldogs     22 13  9 0 26 101  92 Bowling Green Falcons     22 10 12 0 20  98  99 Western Michigan Broncos  22  8 13 1 17  99 107 Lake Superior Lakers      22  6 15 1 13 101 134 Miami Redskins            12  0 11 1  1  42  68

Semifinals

 * Northern Michigan defeated Bowling Green 13 goals to 5 (3-3, 10-2) in a two game total goal series
 * Ohio State defeated Ferris State 8 goals to 6 (5-3, 3-3) in a two game total goal series

Final

 * Northern Michigan defeated Ohio State 6 goals to 4 (2-2, 4-2) in a two game total goals series

NCAA Tournament
Northern Michigan Michigan Tech
 * defeated Cornell 10 goals to 7 in a two game total goals quarterfinal series (7-3, 3-4)
 * lost to Wisconsin 5 to 1 in the national semifinals
 * lost to Michigan Tech 5 to 2 in the third place game
 * defeated Providence 13 goals to 8 in a two game total goals quarterfinal series (7-3, 6-5)
 * lost to Minnesota 7 to 2 in the national semifinals
 * defeated Northern Michigan 5 to 2 in the third place game