2017-18 College Hockey America Season

This is the 2017-18 College Hockey America season. This is the league's 16th season.

Membership changes
none

Format
All teams qualify. The top two seeds earn a bye to the semifinals. The third place team plays the sixth place team and the fourth place team plays the fifth place team in the quarterfinals. The tournament format was changed to a single elimination tournament held at one site over three days. The tournament is being held at  HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York March 1-3, 2018. The conference tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Quarterfinals

 * Syracuse Orange defeated RIT Tigers 5-1
 * Penn State Nittany Lions defeated Lindenwood Lions 2-1

Semifinals

 * Robert Morris Colonials defeated Penn State Nittany Lions 7-2
 * Mercyhurst Lakers defeated Syracuse Orange 3-2 (ot)

Final

 * Mercyhurst Lakers defeated Robert Morris Colonials 5-3