Denver Cup

The Denver Cup was a mid-season college ice hockey tournament with the first iteration played in late December 1992. It was Discontinued after the 20th edition of the series.

History

Denver began hosting a mid-season tournament during the winter break for the 1992–93 season.^[1] The series was held at the team's home rink, the DU Arena, for the first two years before moving to the larger McNichols Arena, the future home of the Colorado Avalanche. By 1997, the Pioneers were able to get Wells Fargo to sign on as the sponsor to help fund the tournament.

After the McNichols Arena was closed in 1999 and the Avalanche moved to the Pepsi Center, the tournament returned to Denver's campus. In the interim, the Pioneers had built the Magness Arena which, though smaller than the McNichols Arena, had a much larger seating capacity than the DU Arena. By the end of the 2000s, interest in the tournament had waned and Wells Fargo ended its sponsorship after the 2009 series. Denver moved the tournament to the Thanksgiving weekend but, when no sponsor was secured after two years, the series was discontinued. In the final two years the tournament was styled as the 'Denver Cup Classic'.

During its 20-year run, Denver overwhelmingly dominated the series, winning 15 championships. The series had a Single-elimination format for all but one season; the 2009 series was a round-robin tournament with all matches set before the series began.

Results

Game results

Participating teams

References

• "Boston College men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Boston College Eagles. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
• "Boston University men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Boston University Terriers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
• "Brown Men's Hockey Season-by-Season Results". Brown Bears. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
• "Clarkson Men's Hockey 2017-18 Media Guide". Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
• "Dartmouth 2009-10 Men's Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Dartmouth Big Green. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
• "Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
• "Northeastern Huskies men's Hockey 2018-19 Media Guide" (PDF). Northeastern Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
• "Providence Friars men's Hockey 2018-19 Media Guide". Providence Friars. Retrieved August 10, 2019.

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