1983-84 CCHA season

This is the 1983-84 Central Collegiate Hockey Association season. This was the league's thirteenth season.

Membership changes
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish dropped from the league as the program was lowered to a club sport at the university. The school would return to the varsity level for 1984-85 and would be a Division I Independent until rejoining the CCHA in 1992.

Standings
Team                      GP  W  L T  P  GF  GA Bowling Green Falcons      28 22  4 2 46 146  95 Ohio State Buckeyes       30 21  9 0 42 155  96 Michigan State Spartans   30 21  9 0 42 162  90 Northern Michigan Wildcats 30 16 14 0 32 126 118 Western Michigan Broncos  28 13 14 1 27 125 114 Michigan Tech Huskies     30 14 16 0 28 123 128 Ferris State Bulldogs     30 13 15 2 28 128 138 Lake Superior Lakers      30 12 17 1 25 103 127 Michigan Wolverines       30 11 18 1 23 105 148 Miami Redskins            30 10 20 0 20 116 156 UIC Flames                28  5 22 1 11  83 162

Quarterfinals (two games total goals)

 * Bowling Green defeated Lake Superior 13 goals to 10 (7-3, 6-7)
 * Ohio State defeated Ferris State 11 goals to 3 (5-2, 6-1)
 * Michigan State defeated Michigan Tech 8 goals to 4 (5-3, 3-1)
 * Western Michigan defeated Northern Michigan 7 goals to 6 (3-2, 4-4)

Semifinals

 * Western Michigan defeated Bowling Green 4 to 3 in double overtime
 * Michigan State defeated Ohio State 8 to 1

Final

 * Michigan State defeated Western Michigan 5 to 0

Consolation Game

 * Ohio State defeated Bowling Green 3 to 2 in overtime

NCAA Tournament
Michigan State Bowling Green
 * defeated Boston College 13 goals to 8 (6-2, 7-6) in a two game total goals quarterfinal series
 * lost to Bowling Green 2 to 1 in the semifinals
 * lost to North Dakota 6 to 5 in overtime in the third place game
 * defeated Boston University 8 goals to 7 (3-6, 5-1 (ot)) in a two game total goals quarterfinal series 
 * defeated Michigan State 2 to 1 in the semifinals
 * defeated Minnesota-Duluth 5 to 4 in quadruple overtime in the National Championship Game