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Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference (PAC-8)
ConferenceACHA
Founded1995
CommissionerArt Kitano
Sports fielded
DivisionDivision II
No. of teams11
RegionWest
Most recent
champion(s)		Utah
(4th title)
Most titlesUSC
(8 titles)
Official websiteOfficial 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 Colors 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 Colors 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     None

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

See also

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