The Codfish Bowl is an annual Division III college ice hockey mid-season tournament. It is the oldest tournament operating at the D-III level and the second oldest extant tournament for any level of play.
History In 1965 Boston State head coach Eddie Barry, looking for a lower-division answer to the Beanpot, founded the tournament with the help of athletic director Gus Sullivan. The series was used as a showcase for the smaller schools in college hockey and was absorbed by the program at Massachusetts–Boston when the two schools merged in 1982.
The tournament began before the NCAA instituted numerical divisions, but in 1973 it switched from College Division to Division II, where Boston State played. After the merger, UMB jumped up to ECAC D-II, allowing the tournament to remain at that level. In 1984, virtually all Division II schools dropped down to Division III, which is where the tournament has been played ever since.
The tournament was typically held before the New Year's Day, however, in recent years the championship has occurred both before and after January 1. This results in some years having two tournaments and others having none.
Yearly results Year Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place 1965 Boston State Salem State 1966 Boston State Salem State 1967 Boston State Salem State Ohio Massachusetts 1968 Boston State American International 1969 Boston State Merrimack Colby Norwich 1970 Merrimack Boston State Colby 1971 Boston State Merrimack Salem State Norwich 1972 Saint Anselm Boston State Salem State 1973 Salem State Boston State Saint Anselm American International 1974 Salem State Saint Anselm Boston State 1975 Merrimack Boston State Salem State Saint Anselm 1976 Lowell Boston State Salem State 1977 Salem State Boston State Saint Anselm Lowell 1978 Lowell Boston State Salem State 1979 Lowell Westfield State Babson Boston State 1980 Westfield State Norwich Babson Boston State 1981 Babson Westfield State Norwich Boston State 1982 Westfield State American International Massachusetts–Boston Worcester State 1983 Massachusetts–Boston Babson Westfield State, North Adams State ? 1984 Saint Anselm Massachusetts–Boston Babson Westfield State 1985 Salem State Massachusetts–Boston Norwich Saint Anselm 1986 Bowdoin Saint Anselm Massachusetts–Boston, Salem State (tie) 1987 Elmira Massachusetts–Boston Salem State Holy Cross 1988 Bowdoin Massachusetts–Boston Elmira Salem State 1989 Salem State Massachusetts–Boston Norwich Saint Anselm 1990 Salem State Massachusetts–Boston Hamilton 1991 Salem State North Adams State Saint Anselm Massachusetts–Boston 1992 Connecticut American International Elmira Massachusetts–Boston 1993 Salem State Williams American International Massachusetts–Boston 1994 Hamilton New England College Massachusetts–Boston Amherst 1995 Babson Massachusetts–Boston Gustavus Adolphus, American International (tie) 1996 Norwich Massachusetts–Boston Gustavus Adolphus Framingham State 1997 Massachusetts–Boston Saint Anselm Potsdam State Southern Maine 1998 Saint Anselm Massachusetts–Boston Babson Saint Michael's 1999 Amherst Massachusetts–Boston Saint Anselm Fitchburg State 2000 Elmira Massachusetts–Boston Saint Anselm New Hampshire College 2001 Fitchburg State Massachusetts–Boston Saint Michael's Skidmore 2002 Babson Southern New Hampshire Saint Michael's Massachusetts–Boston 2003 Skidmore Massachusetts–Boston Southern Maine Worcester State 2004 Babson Massachusetts–Boston Saint Michael's Fitchburg State 2005 Massachusetts–Dartmouth Southern New Hampshire Connecticut College Massachusetts–Boston 2006 Skidmore Massachusetts–Boston Framingham State Suffolk 2007 Massachusetts–Boston Fitchburg State Southern New Hampshire Suffolk 2008 Westfield State Fitchburg State Suffolk Massachusetts–Boston 2009 Suffolk Massachusetts–Boston Johnson & Wales Southern New Hampshire 2010 Fitchburg State Massachusetts–Boston Wentworth Assumption 2012 Tufts Massachusetts–Boston Johnson & Wales Southern New Hampshire 2013 Massachusetts–Boston Johnson & Wales Wentworth Fitchburg State 2014 Massachusetts–Boston Southern New Hampshire Tufts Suffolk 2015 Connecticut College Lake Forest Massachusetts–Boston, Hamilton (tie) 2015 Brockport State Westfield State Massachusetts–Boston Johnson & Wales 2016 Salve Regina Massachusetts–Boston Connecticut College Franklin Pierce 2017 Salve Regina Massachusetts–Boston Adrian Williams 2019 Cortland State Massachusetts–Boston Tufts Bryn Athyn 2020 Wesleyan Massachusetts–Boston Albertus Magnus Fitchburg State 2021 Massachusetts–Boston Post Rhode Island Franklin Pierce 2022 Massachusetts–Boston Albertus Magnus Tufts Fitchburg State 2024 Connecticut College Massachusetts–Boston Worcester State Suffolk 2025 Wisconsin–Superior Massachusetts–Boston Massachusetts–Dartmouth Fitchburg State 2026 Massachusetts–Boston Worcester State Western New England University Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
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