The College Hockey Showcase was an annual college Division I men's ice hockey event between four teams that were members of the Big Ten.
The tournament was conceived as a competition between Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin partly as a renewal of old WCHA rivalries and partly as a competition between Big Ten schools. The two WCHA teams would play the two CCHA teams once each during the Thanksgiving weekend with all games counting as part of a non-conference schedule. The showcase took place at different locations for the first four years, being held at a neutral venue with one of the schools serving as the host, but moved to the university sites beginning in 1997. The final competitions in 2010 took place at the home sites of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The tournament operated from 1993 through 2010 with its discontinuation announced shortly after Penn State University declared that they were to sponsor men's and women's ice hockey beginning with the 2012–13 season. With the expectation that the Big Ten would form an ice hockey conference since there were now the requisite 6 teams participating at the Division I level the showcase lost its importance and Wisconsin declined to renew the event for the 2011 season.
Despite being a Big Ten member, Ohio State had never been a rival of either Minnesota or Wisconsin, (having never played in the same conference as either university), and did not participate in the Showcase.
Yearly results
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Year Date Home team† Away team† Venue 1993November 26 Michigan 6 Minnesota 0 The Palace of Auburn Hills Michigan State 4 Wisconsin 2 The Palace of Auburn HillsNovember 27 Michigan 3 Wisconsin 5 The Palace of Auburn Hills Michigan State 5 Minnesota 6 The Palace of Auburn Hills 1994November 25 Minnesota 3 Michigan State 2 St. Paul Civic Center Wisconsin 2 Michigan 7 St. Paul Civic CenterNovember 26 Minnesota 4 Michigan 3 St. Paul Civic Center Wisconsin 2 Michigan State 3 St. Paul Civic Center 1995November 24 Minnesota 6* Michigan State 5 Bradley Center Wisconsin 3 Michigan 7 Bradley CenterNovember 25 Minnesota 3 Michigan 2 Bradley Center Wisconsin 4 Michigan State 5 Bradley Center 1996November 29 Michigan 4* Minnesota 3 Joe Louis Arena Michigan State 3 Wisconsin 1 Joe Louis ArenaNovember 30 Michigan 8 Wisconsin 4 Joe Louis Arena Michigan State 3 Minnesota 5 Joe Louis Arena 1997November 28 Michigan 4 Minnesota 3 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 2 Wisconsin 0 Munn Ice ArenaNovember 30 Michigan 2 Wisconsin 1 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 3 Minnesota 2 Munn Ice Arena 1998November 27 Minnesota 2 Michigan 3 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 1 Michigan State 3 Kohl CenterNovember 29 Minnesota 2 Michigan State 1 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 1* Michigan 1 Kohl Center 1999November 26 Michigan 1 Minnesota 6 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 1 Wisconsin 5 Munn Ice ArenaNovember 27 Michigan 4 Wisconsin 1 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 6 Minnesota 2 Munn Ice Arena 2000 November 23 Wisconsin 2 Michigan 3 Kohl Center November 24 Minnesota 2 Michigan State 3 Mariucci Arena November 25 Minnesota 1 Michigan 4 Mariucci Arena November 26 Wisconsin 2 Michigan State 6 Kohl Center 2001November 23 Michigan 2 Minnesota 5 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 2 Wisconsin 1 Munn Ice Arena November 24 Michigan 5 Wisconsin 3 Yost Ice Arena November 25 Michigan State 4* Minnesota 4 Munn Ice Arena
Year Date Home team† Away team† Venue 2002November 29 Minnesota 5* Michigan State 5 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 1 Michigan 4 Kohl Center November 30 Wisconsin 1 Michigan State 2* Kohl Center December 1 Minnesota 1 Michigan 3 Mariucci Arena 2003November 28 Michigan 1 Wisconsin 3 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 1 Minnesota 5 Munn Ice ArenaNovember 29 Michigan 2 Minnesota 4 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 1 Wisconsin 2* Munn Ice Arena 2004November 26 Minnesota 5 Michigan 1 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 0 Michigan State 4 Kohl CenterNovember 27 Minnesota 5 Michigan State 0 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 3 Michigan 1 Kohl Center 2005November 25 Michigan 3 Minnesota 6 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 1 Wisconsin 3 Munn Ice ArenaNovember 26 Michigan 2 Wisconsin 3 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 2* Minnesota 2 Munn Ice Arena 2006November 24 Minnesota 5 Michigan State 4 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 3 Michigan 4 Kohl CenterNovember 25 Minnesota 8 Michigan 2 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 2 Michigan State 0 Kohl Center 2007November 23 Michigan 3 Wisconsin 2 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 3* Minnesota 3 Munn Ice ArenaNovember 24 Michigan 5 Minnesota 1 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 4* Wisconsin 4 Munn Ice Arena 2008November 28 Minnesota 4* Michigan State 4 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 3 Michigan 0 Kohl CenterNovember 29 Minnesota 3 Michigan 6 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 3 Michigan State 1 Kohl Center 2009November 27 Michigan 6 Minnesota 0 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 3 Wisconsin 7 Munn Ice ArenaNovember 28 Michigan 3 Wisconsin 2 Yost Ice Arena Michigan State 1 Minnesota 2 Munn Ice Arena 2010November 26 Minnesota 2 Michigan State 5 Mariucci Arena Wisconsin 4* Michigan 4 Kohl Center November 27 Wisconsin 4 Michigan State 1 Kohl Center November 28 Minnesota 3 Michigan 1 Mariucci Arena
Note: * denotes overtimeNote: † home and away teams only apply to the events from 1997 onwards
Team Records SchoolWLTPct.GFGAMichigan 20142114107Minnesota 18135126115Michigan State 14166103109Wisconsin 1221390108
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