Matchups Announced For 2026 MWCHL Championships

January 28, 2025
Salt Lake City, Utah

The 2026 Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League (MWCHL) Championship Tournament match-ups have been announced for the upcoming tournament at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex from February 5-7, 2026.

Utah M2 is the defending MWCHL Champion and is positioned well for their second MWCHL Conference Tournament since departing the PAC-8 Hockey conference in 2024.

Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League Membership includes:
Boise State University
Montana State University
Montana Tech University
University of Montana
University of Providence
University of Utah
Utah State University
Utah Valley University
Weber State University

The MWCHL Championship seedings are based on the American Collegiate Hockey Association Men’s Division 2 rankings from January 18, 2026. The highest ranked MWCHL team will be the number seed and so on. Only the top eight MWCHL members will participate in the tournament.

1. Weber State (ACHA #2)
2. Montana State (ACHA #3)
3. Utah State (ACHA #4)
4. Providence (ACHA #5)
5. Utah (ACHA #6)
6. Montana (ACHA #13)
7. Boise State (ACHA #14)
8. Montana Tech (ACHA #31)

The format for the double elimination tournament will be:

Thursday, February 5, 2026, MWCHL Day 1
10:30 AM: Game #01, #7 Boise State vs. #2 Montana State (WATCH)
1:30 PM: Game #02, #6 Montana vs #3 Utah State (WATCH)
4:30 PM: Game #03, #8 Montana Tech vs. #1 Weber State (WATCH)
7:30 PM: Game #04, #5 Utah vs. #4 Providence (WATCH)

Friday, February 6, 2026, MWCHL Day 2
10:30 AM: Game #05, TBD vs. TBD (WATCH)
1:30 PM: Game #06, TBD vs. TBD (WATCH)
4:30 PM: Game #07, TBD vs. TBD (WATCH)
7:30 PM: Game #08, TBD vs. TBD (WATCH)

Saturday, February 7, 2026, MWCHL Day 3
4:30 PM: Game #09, Third Place Game (WATCH)
7:30 PM: Game #10, Championship Game (WATCH)

All games will be broadcasted on Utah Hockey Broadcast Network.