Rensselaer Holiday Tournament
The Rensselaer Holiday Tournament was a college ice hockey tournament hosted by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. The tournament was held annually for a duration of sixty years, from 1951 to 2010 at the Houston Field House.[1] It was the oldest college hockey tournament in the United States, older than the Beanpot by a year. Since the tournament has not been renewed since the 2010-2011 season, The Beanpot is now the oldest.
In the first edition, eight teams played in a knockout bracket. From 1952 until 1980, four teams played a round-robin. Beginning in 1981, four teams were seeded and played a bracket format with a consolation game. Rensselaer won the championship for the first time in nearly a decade in what turned out to be the tournament's final year.
Results
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Fifth Place | Sixth Place | Seventh Place | Eighth Place |
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1951 | Brown | St. Patrick's | RPI | Loyola | Harvard | Dartmouth | Williams | MIT |
Year | Champion | Runner-Up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
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1952 | Princeton | RPI | St. Patrick's | Yale |
1953 | St. Francis Xavier | RPI | Brown | Princeton |
1954 | Toronto | RPI | St. Francis Xavier | Yale |
1955 | Minnesota | RPI | Princeton | Loyola |
1956 | Michigan Tech | McGill | RPI | Laval |
1957 | RPI | Brown | Yale | New Brunswick |
1958 | Michigan State | RPI | Brown | Princeton |
1959 | North Dakota | Montreal | RPI | Yale |
1960 | RPI | Harvard | New Brunswick | Princeton |
1961 | Michigan | RPI | McGill | Yale |
1962 | Minnesota | McMaster | RPI | Providence |
1963 | RPI | Cornell | Loyola | Yale |
1964 | Minnesota–Duluth | McGill | RPI | Colgate |
1965 | Western Ontario | Bowdoin | RPI | Middlebury |
1966 | Michigan | RPI | Colgate | New Brunswick |
1967 | McMaster | Michigan Tech | RPI | Yale |
1968 | Waterloo | RPI | Army | Ohio |
1969 | Providence | RPI | Montreal | Bowling Green |
1970 | Wisconsin | RPI | Western Ontatio | Northeastern |
1971 | Clarkson | RPI | Ohio | New Brunswick |
1972 | Minnesota–Duluth | RPI | Providence | Carleton |
1973 | Boston University | RPI | Dartmouth | Ohio State |
1974 | Northeastern | Bowling Green | RPI | Sir George Williams |
1975 | Providence | RPI | Princeton | Northeastern |
1976 | RPI | Clarkson | Yale | Penn |
1977 | RPI | Ohio State | St. Mary's | McGill |
1978 | St. Lawrence | RPI | Princeton | Air Force |
1979 | Western Michigan | Northeastern | Western Ontario | RPI |
1980 | Maine | RPI | Vasby | Holy Cross |
1981 | St. Lawrence | Brown | North Dakota | RPI |
1982 | RPI | UMass Lowell | Bowling Green | Brown |
1983 | RPI | UMass Lowell | Northern Arizona | Yale |
1984 | RPI | Toronto | Miami (OH) | Ferris State |
1985 | RPI | Lake Superior State | RIT | Alaska–Anchorage |
1986 | Ferris State | Alaska–Fairbanks | Merrimack | RPI |
1987 | RPI | McGill | Holy Cross | U.S. International |
1988 | Providence | RPI | Air Force | Notre Dame |
1989 | RPI | Merrimack | Union | Brown |
1990 | RPI | Western Ontario | Union | Alaska–Fairbanks |
1991 | St. Lawrence | RPI | Northeastern | Union |
1992 | Providence | RPI | Clarkson | UMass Lowell |
1993 | RPI | UMass Lowell | Army | Mount Allison |
1994 | Maine | RPI | Merrimack | Miami (OH) |
1995 | Clarkson | Illinois–Chicago | Providence | RPI |
1996 | RPI | Brown | UMass | Bowling Green |
1997 | Lake Superior | RPI | Yale | Army |
1998 | RPI | Minnesota–Duluth | Merrimack | Union |
1999 | Providence | RPI | Bowling Green | Union |
2000 | St. Lawrence | Providence | RPI | Notre Dame |
2001 | RPI | UMass | Niagara | Quinnipiac |
2002 | Merrimack | Wayne State | Princeton | RPI |
2003 | Northeastern | Mercyhurst | Colgate | RPI |
2004 | Air Force | RPI | Robert Morris | Sacred Heart |
2005 | Nebraska–Omaha | Holy Cross | RPI | Providence |
2006 | Niagara | Colgate | RPI | Ohio State |
2007 | Notre Dame | RPI | Alabama–Huntsville | American International |
2008 | Northeastern | RPI | Mercyhurst | Princeton |
2009 | Union | RPI | Bentley | Lake Superior |
2010 | RPI | Bowling Green | Alabama-Huntsville | Connecticut |
References
- ↑ "Rensselaer Holiday Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 31 July 2010.