This is from page 95 of the WCHA guide: ...And since the Association's founding, the WCHA has qualified at least one representative for the NCAA Championship, or 'Final Four', every single season. On the next page, they list all of the winners since 48. Michigan won in 51, but it is not in bold, which means Michigan was not a WCHA member then. The Maize and Blue won it again in 52 and that *is* in bold, so they were a member then. At other places in the guide, they say the WCHA was formed in 59. The league grew out of the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League, which was founded in 51. I guess if the WIHL was formed over the summer of 51 then Michigan would have been the first winner from that league in the spring of 52. End of hockey history 101. Keith