Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference

Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference (PAC-8)
Conference	ACHA
Founded	1995
Commissioner	Art Kitano
Sports fielded	Men's ice hockey;
Division	Division II
No. of teams	11
Region	West
Most recent; champion(s)	Utah; (4th title)
Most titles	USC; (8 titles)
Official website	Official website

The Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference (PAC-8) is a collegiate men's ice hockey conference that competes in Division 2 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

The PAC-8 was originally only open to schools that belonged to the Pac-12 Conference; however, for the 2018-19 season, the league expanded to include other schools from outside that conference. These schools included Boise State, Eastern Washington, San Diego State, San Jose State, and Western Washington. Because the conference spans the entire west coast, a north and south division format was adopted.

Regular season format

According to the PAC-8 charter, each season starts on October 1 of each year.

Along with the required conference schedule, teams schedule non-conference games against ACHA opponents for regional and national ranking consideration.

For the 2018-19 season, each team must play twelve conference games. At the end of the season the top four teams from the north and south divisions qualify for the playoffs.

In game play, the ACHA follows the NCAA Rulebook for ice hockey. For interconference games, the PAC-8 mostly follows the same rules for game times and structure. A notable difference is in cases of a tie game after regulation and a 5-minute sudden-death overtime period. If a winner is not determined in overtime, then a 5 man shoot-out will occur. During the Conference Championship tournament, overtime format is 20 minute sudden-death periods until a winner is determined.

Members

North Division

School	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Website
Boise State	Boise, ID	1932	Public	24,154	Broncos	[1]
Eastern Washington	Cheney, WA	1882	Public	12,607	Eagles	[2]
Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	1850	Public	34,705	Utes	[3]
Washington	Seattle, WA	1861	Public Flagship	42,708	Huskies	[4]
Washington State	Pullman, WA	1890	Public	20,043	Cougars	[5]
Western Washington	Bellingham, WA	1893	Public	15,060	Vikings	[6]

South Division

School	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Website
California	Berkeley, CA	1868	Public Flagship (University of California system)	35,409	Golden Bears	[7]
San Jose State	San Jose, CA	1857	Public Flagship (California State University system)	33,409	Spartans	[8]
Stanford	Palo Alto, CA	1891	Private research university	17,249	Cardinal	[9]
UC San Diego	La Jolla, CA	1960	Public (University of California system)	42,968	Tritons	[10]
USC	Los Angeles, CA	1880	Private/Non-sectarian	32,160	Trojans	[11]

Tournament weekend

The PAC-8 Championship Tournament is typically held the weekend before Presidents Day in February. The weekend also consists of the annual league meeting and the end of season awards banquet.

Past champions

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Host
2024	Utah	San Jose State	Eastern Washington
2023	Washington	Utah	Eastern Washington
2022	Oregon	UCLA	Regular Season Champions
2021	Season Cancelled
2020	Oregon	Boise State	South Lake Tahoe
2019	Oregon	California	South Lake Tahoe
2018	Arizona State	California	South Lake Tahoe
2017	UCLA	Washington	South Lake Tahoe
2016	Utah	USC	South Lake Tahoe
2015	Utah	Oregon	South Lake Tahoe
2014	Arizona State	Utah	Utah
2013	Utah	Oregon	USC
2012	Washington	Utah	Washington
2011	Washington	Oregon	Washington
2010	USC	Washington	USC
2009	Oregon	Washington	Oregon
2008	Oregon	USC	Washington State
2007	USC	Oregon	UCLA
2006	USC	Oregon	Oregon
2005	Oregon	Washington	California
2004	California	USC	Washington
2003	USC	California	USC
2002	USC	Washington	Stanford
2001	USC	Washington	Oregon
2000	USC	UCLA	UCLA
1999	UCLA	USC	California
1998	USC
1997	Stanford	UCLA	USC
1996	Stanford	California	Stanford

Totals

Team	Titles	Years
USC	8	2010, 2007, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998
Oregon	6	2022, 2020, 2019, 2009, 2008, 2005
Utah	4	2024, 2016, 2015, 2013
Washington	3	2023, 2012, 2011
ASU	2	2018, 2014
UCLA	2	2017, 1999
Stanford	2	1997, 1996
California	1	2004

References

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