The Florida College Hockey Classic (formerly the Everblades College Classic) was a college Division I men's ice hockey tournament played annually between 2000 and 2016 in the week between Christmas and New Years at the Germain Arena in Estero, Florida, United States.
First contested in 2000, the four-team tournament was initially jointly hosted by Cornell University and the University of Maine with the remaining slots filled by invitation. Cornell Big Red.com Season’s Second Half Begins Against St. Cloud State in Florida; 24 December 2008 11:07:55 AM; Cornell University Athletics Dept In January 2014, after 14 years of participating, Maine announced it was ending its affiliation with the tournament. Florida Everblades owner Craig Brush said that a second host school would be found although this never happened and Cornell hosted alone for the remaining years of the tournament.
The tournament champion was awarded the Ned Harkness Cup, named for the coach that won two NCAA Titles with Cornell and one with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The tournament MVP was awarded the Shawn Walsh Memorial Trophy, named for the coach that took Maine to two NCAA titles.GoBlackBears.com Men's Ice Hockey Travels to Florida College Classic For Ninth Straight Year; Univ. of Maine Athletics; 17 December 2008
The final edition of the Florida College Hockey Classic took place 28 and 29 December 2016. In the first round match-ups Cornell defeated Northern Michigan University 5-2 and Colorado College defeated Merrimack College 3–0. Colorado College defeated Cornell 2–1 in overtime in the championship game while Merrimack defeated Northern Michigan 4-2 for third place. This was Colorado College's second appearance at the tournament and first title.
Yearly results Year Harkness Cup Runner-up Third place Fourth place Shawn Walsh Trophy2016Colorado CollegeCornellMerrimackNorthern MichiganAlex Leclerc, Colorado College 2015 Ohio State Cornell Providence Boston College Christian Frey, Ohio State 2014 Lake Superior State Notre Dame Miami (OH) Cornell Gordie Defiel, Lake Superior State 2013 Cornell Maine New Hampshire Princeton Andy Iles, Cornell 2012 Maine Cornell Ferris State Minnesota-Duluth Kyle Beattie, Maine 2011 Maine UMass Cornell Clarkson Spencer Abbott, Maine 2010St. Cloud State Miami (OH) Maine Cornell Nic Dowd, St. Cloud 2009 Maine Colorado College Princeton Cornell Scott Darling, Maine 2008 Cornell Colgate Maine St. Cloud State Ben Scrivens, Cornell 2007 UMass Lowell Maine Cornell Clarkson Jonathan Maniff, Lowell 2006 Maine Cornell New Hampshire Western Michigan Teddy Purcell, Maine 2005 Cornell Minnesota-Duluth Maine Northeastern David McKee, Cornell 2004 Boston College St. Cloud State Cornell Maine Matti Kaltiainen, BC 2003 Cornell Ohio State Notre Dame Maine Mike Iggulden, Cornell 2002 Maine UMass Ohio State Cornell Gray Shaneberger, Maine 2001 Northern Michigan Maine Ohio State Cornell Craig Kowalski, NMU 2000 Maine Cornell Clarkson Ohio State Peter Metcalf, Maine
Team records Team # of times participated Titles Conference* Maine 14 6 Hockey East Cornell 17 4 ECAC Ohio State 5 1 CCHA St. Cloud 3 1 WCHA Boston College 2 1 Hockey East Colorado College 2 1 WCHA/NCHC Northern Michigan 2 1 WCHA Lake Superior State 1 1 WCHA UMass Lowell 1 1 Hockey East Clarkson 3 0 ECAC Massachusetts 2 0 Hockey East Miami 2 0 CCHA/NCHC Minnesota–Duluth 2 0 WCHA New Hampshire 2 0 Hockey East Notre Dame 2 0 Hockey East Princeton 2 0 ECAC Colgate 1 0 ECAC Ferris State 1 0 CCHAMerrimack 1 0 Hockey East Northeastern 1 0 Hockey East Providence 1 0 Hockey East Western Michigan 1 0 CCHA *at the time of tournament participation
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