Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference


The Pacific 8 Intercollegiate Hockey Conference 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 1st 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
SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameColorsWebsite
Boise StateBoise, ID1932Public24,154Broncos
Eastern WashingtonCheney, WA1882Public12,607Eagles
OregonEugene, OR1876Public Flagship
22,386Ducks
WashingtonSeattle, WA1861Public Flagship42,708Huskies
Washington StatePullman, WA1890Public20,043Cougars
Western WashingtonBellingham, WA1893Public15,060Vikings

South Division
SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameColorsWebsite
Arizona StateTempe, AZ1885Public51,869Sun Devils
CaliforniaBerkeley, CA1868Public Flagship
35,409Golden Bears
San Diego StateSan Diego, CA1897Public
34,228Aztecs None
San Jose StateSan Jose, CA1857Public Flagship
33,409Spartans
StanfordPalo Alto, CA1891Private research university17,249Cardinal
UCLALos Angeles, CA1919Public
38,000Bruins None
USCLos Angeles, CA1880Private/Non-sectarian32,160Trojans 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

Totals
TeamTitlesYears
USC82010, 2007, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998
Oregon52020, 2019, 2009, 2008, 2005
Utah32016, 2015, 2013
ASU22018, 2014
UCLA22017, 1999
Washington22012, 2011
Stanford21997, 1996
California12004