The Lake Placid Invitational Tournament was a college men's ice hockey tournament played after Christmas at the Jack Shea Arena in Lake Placid, New York.
History The tournament began as an 8-team tournament in 1938 with participating teams playing 3 games apiece. The series was played every year until the majority of college hockey teams suspended their programs due to World War II. The tournament was not revived after the war despite most former participants restarting their programs.
The invitees were from New York state and the surrounding regions. When Massachusetts State suspended their program in 1939, their position was filled by Colgate. Hamilton was replaced in 1940 by Lehigh. St. Lawrence suspended their program in 1941 and was replaced by New Hampshire. Due to the beginning of World War II, Lehigh, New Hampshire and Union declined to participate and the tournament was converted into a 6-team round robin format when Hamilton returned.
The winner of the tournament received the Samuel H. Packer Trophy.
Results
1938
Final rankings Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1939*
Final rankings Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1940
Final rankings Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1941
Final rankings Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1942 Round Robin Date Winning team Score Losing team Score December 26 Cornell 2 MIT 1 December 26 Colgate 12 Middlebury 2 December 26 Hamilton 6 Williams 3 December 27 Cornell 7 Middlebury 5 December 27 Colgate 13 Williams 4 December 28 Colgate 9 Hamilton 2 December 28 MIT 4 Middlebury 2 December 29 Hamilton 8 Cornell 0 December 29 Williams 4 MIT 1
Final rankings Rank Team Record 1 3–0 2 2–1 3 2–1 4 1–2 5 1–2 6 0–3
* The 1939 tournament took place in January of 1940.
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