Historically, Upper Arlington is the Conference’s oldest OHSAA team, becoming a Varsity sport in 1977. In the late 1990’s, programs began at Thomas Worthington and Worthington Kilbourne (1998), followed shortly thereafter by St. Charles Prep. (1999) Teams formally played in SWOHSHL, then a Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati League. In fall 2002, SWOHSHL experienced rapid growth with the addition of Dublin Coffman, Dublin Scioto and Gahanna Lincoln. As a result of now having 7 Columbus area teams, those schools banded together to form the CHC in 2003. The Conference then added Dublin Jerome in 2004, St. Francis DeSales in 2006, Olentangy Liberty in 2007, Olentangy and Olentangy Orange in 2008, Bishop Watterson and Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller in 2009, New Albany in 2015, Springboro in 2016, Columbus Academy and Olentangy Berlin in 2018 and St. Xavier in 2019.

As indicated above, the Conference has enjoyed great growth, more than tripling since its inception and mirroring the phenomenal growth in Columbus youth hockey. The last few years have been particularly successful for the CHC on the ice as Conference members Dublin Coffman (2010, 2016), Dublin Jerome (2015, 2018, 2019), Olentangy Liberty (2011, 2013, 2017, 2023), Olentangy Orange (2012), St. Charles Prep. (2014) and Upper Arlington (2006, 2007, 2021, 2022) have advanced to the Ohio Frozen Four. In 2020 New Albany would have made their 1st Frozen Four appearance if not for the fact that the Tournament was cancelled just days before it was to begin as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Archbishop Moeller (2005) and St. Xavier (2008) both advanced to the Frozen Four before they became part of the CHC. This year, the Conference has remained in a three (3) division format based on expected squad size and recent success. Divisions and teams in the respective divisions are as follows

All Red and White will play 16 league games. All Blue teams will play 14 league games.    
          RED teams will play home-and-home within their division and single games with all 6 WHITE teams (16 games)
          WHITE teams will play each WHITE team once, each RED team once and eash BLUE team once (16 games)
          BLUE teams will play home and home within their division and each WHITE team once (14 games)

Moving forward, divisions will be continue to be reshuffled every year. The winner of the White division will swap divisions with the 6th place Red division team. The winner of the Blue division will swap divisions with the 6th place White division team.

The Blue Jackets Cup Tournaments (Championship and Consolation) will have the teams drawn by Red, White and Blue Division final league standings.
For the 2023-24 Championship Tournament, the teams qualifying will be the top 5 Red division teams (seeded 1 through 5), the top 2 White division teams (seeded #6 and #7), and the winner of Red #6 vs White #3 regular season game (seed #8 seed).
All of the remaining teams will play in the Consolation Tournament.

The Conference has also been part of the OHSAA shift to Columbus. Originally, Columbus based teams were sent to their district tournaments at Bowling Green or Toledo, Ohio. The tournament was ultimately moved to Troy, Ohio. Finally, in 2006 the District Tournament was primarily moved to the Columbus Blue Jackets practice facility, the Ohio Health Ice Haus in Columbus, Ohio, and remains there today. (The Ice Haus is also the primary site of the annual Blue Jackets Cup Tournament.) The highlight of the District Tournament’s move to Columbus has been the District Final, consistently played before SRO overflow crowds at the Ice Haus.

A constant in the CHC is the fierce competition among its members. Conference highlights include:

* Indicates New Albany would have been a State Semi-finalist in '19-'20 if the Frozen Four Tournament would have been played and not cancelled because of COVID-19.