2011-12 CCHA season

This is the 2011-12 Central Collegiate Hockey Association season. This was the league's forty-first season.

Membership changes

 * none

Standings
Team                      GP  W  L T SW  P GF GA Ferris State Bulldogs      28 16  7 5  1 54 80 62 Michigan Wolverines       28 15  9 4  1 50 85 60 Western Michigan Broncos  28 14 10 4  4 50 72 61 Miami RedHawks            28 15 11 2  1 48 74 55 Michigan State Spartans   28 14 11 3  2 47 80 68 Northern Michigan Wildcats 28 11 11 6 3 42 76 79 Lake Superior Lakers      28 11 13 4  4 41 71 79 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 28 12 13 3  0 39 65 73 Ohio State Buckeyes       28 11 12 5  1 39 74 79 Alaska Nanooks            28  8 16 4  2 30 63 76 Bowling Green Falcons     28  5 19 4  3 22 40 88

First Round (best of three)

 * Notre Dame defeated Ohio State two games to none (2-0, 4-2)
 * Bowling Green defeated Northern Michigan two games to one (2-4, 5-3, 4-1)
 * Lake Superior defeated Alaska two games to none (4-3, 2-0)

Quarterfinals (best of three)

 * Bowling Green defeated Ferris State two games to one (3-2, 4-7, 4-3)
 * Miami defeated Michigan State two games to none (6-0, 4-1)
 * Western Michigan defeated Lake Superior two games to none (4-2, 5-2)
 * Michigan defeated Notre Dame two games to none (2-1, 3-1)

Semifinals

 * Western Michigan defeated Miami 6 to 2
 * Michigan defeated Bowling Green 3 to 2 in overtime

Final

 * Western Michigan defeated Michigan 3 to 2

Third Place

 * Miami defeated Bowling Green 4 to 1

NCAA Tournament
Ferris State Miami Michigan Michigan State Western Michigan
 * defeated Denver 2 to 1 in the Midwest Regional Semifinals
 * defeated Cornell 2 to 1 in the Midwest Regional Final
 * defeated Union 3 to 1 in the National Semifinals
 * lost to Boston College 4 to 1 in the National Championship Game
 * lost to UMass-Lowell 4 to 3 in overtime in the East Regional Semifinals
 * lost to Cornell 3 to 2 in overtime in the Midwest Regional Semifinals
 * lost to Union 3 to 1 in the East Regional Semifinals
 * lost to North Dakota 3 to 1 in the West Regional Semifinals