North Country Thanksgiving Festival

The North Country Thanksgiving Festival (also called the 'North Country Thanksgiving Invitational') was an annual NCAA men's Division I ice hockey tournament held annually at the Appleton Arena and Walker Arena in upstate New York around Thanksgiving. The tournament began in 1970 and was played every year until 1981. Both Clarkson and St. Lawrence served as hosts for the in-season tournament.[1][2]

North Country Thanksgiving Festival
SportCollege ice hockey
Founded1970
Ceased1981
No. of teams4–3
Venue(s)Appleton Arena, Walker Arena
Last
champion(s)
Clarkson
Most titlesClarkson (8)

Format

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Unlike most college hockey tournaments, the North Country Festival did not have a championship game. Instead, each of the four participants would play one another and the team(s) with the best record would be awarded the championship. The series changed to a more normal bracket format in 1974 but returned to the round-robin arrangement the following year. In 1978 and 1981, only three teams participated in the tournament. In 1979 and 1980 the two 'visiting' teams did not play one another.

Yearly results

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Year Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place
1970 Clarkson New Hampshire Bowling Green St. Lawrence
1971 St. Lawrence Clarkson Vermont Colgate
1972 Clarkson Vermont Rensselaer St. Lawrence
1973 Toronto Clarkson Ohio State St. Lawrence
1974 Bowling Green Boston University Clarkson St. Lawrence
1975 Concordia Clarkson St. Lawrence Vermont
1976 Clarkson Ottawa New Hampshire St. Lawrence
1977 Clarkson Rensselaer St. Lawrence Concordia
1978 Clarkson St. Lawrence Laval N/A
1979 Clarkson Western Ontario / Yale St. Lawrence
1980 Clarkson Lowell Bowling Green St. Lawrence
1981 Clarkson St. Lawrence Brown N/A

Team records

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Team # of times participated Titles
Clarkson 12 8
Toronto 1 1
Concordia 2 1
Bowling Green 3 1
St. Lawrence 12 1
Boston University 1 0
Brown 1 0
Colgate 1 0
Laval 1 0
Lowell 1 0
Ohio State 1 0
Ottawa 1 0
Western Ontario 1 0
Yale 1 0
New Hampshire 2 0
Rensselaer 2 0
Vermont 3 0

Game results

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1970

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
26 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 3 New Hampshire 2
26 November Appleton Arena Bowling Green 6 St. Lawrence 5
27 November Clarkson Arena Clarkson 5 Bowling Green 2
27 November Clarkson Arena New Hampshire 4 St. Lawrence 2
28 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 4 St. Lawrence 2
28 November Appleton Arena New Hampshire 6 Bowling Green 4

1971

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
25 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 9 Colgate 3
25 November Appleton Arena St. Lawrence 7 Vermont 6
26 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 6 Vermont 2
26 November Clarkson Arena Colgate 3 St. Lawrence 2
27 November Appleton Arena St. Lawrence 3 Clarkson 2
27 November Clarkson Arena Vermont 9 Colgate 3

1972

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
23 November Clarkson Arena Clarkson 5 Vermont 2
23 November Appleton Arena Rensselaer 4 St. Lawrence 2
24 November Clarkson Arena Clarkson 4 Rensselaer 2
24 November Appleton Arena Vermont 4 St. Lawrence 1
25 November Appleton Arena St. Lawrence 6 Clarkson 2
25 November Clarkson Arena Vermont 6 Rensselaer 1

1973

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
22 November Clarkson Arena Clarkson 8 Ohio State 3
22 November Appleton Arena Toronto 2 St. Lawrence 1
23 November Clarkson Arena Toronto 7 Clarkson 1
23 November Clarkson Arena Ohio State 6 St. Lawrence 5
24 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 4 St. Lawrence 1
24 November Appleton Arena Toronto 3 Ohio State 1

1974

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Semifinals
November 29
Championship
November 30
      
Clarkson 6
Boston University 9
Boston University 2
Bowling Green 3
St. Lawrence 5
Bowling Green 6** Consolation
Clarkson 8
St. Lawrence 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1975

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
27 November Appleton Arena Concordia 5 Clarkson 1
27 November Appleton Arena St. Lawrence 8 Vermont 2
28 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 3 Vermont 1
28 November Appleton Arena Concordia 6 St. Lawrence 2
29 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 5 St. Lawrence 1
29 November Appleton Arena Concordia 5 Vermont 2

1976

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
25 November Walker Arena Clarkson 5 New Hampshire 2
25 November Appleton Arena Ottawa 4 St. Lawrence 3
26 November Walker Arena Clarkson 13 Ottawa 3
26 November Appleton Arena New Hampshire 9 St. Lawrence 8
27 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 7 St. Lawrence 1
27 November Appleton Arena Ottawa 5 New Hampshire 3

1977

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
24 November Appleton Arena Concordia 6 Clarkson 5
24 November Appleton Arena Rensselaer 4 St. Lawrence 2
25 November Walker Arena Clarkson 5 Rensselaer 4
25 November Appleton Arena St. Lawrence 8 Concordia 0
26 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 6 St. Lawrence 3
26 November Appleton Arena Rensselaer 7 Concordia 3

1978

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
23 November Walker Arena Clarkson 8 Laval 5
24 November Appleton Arena St. Lawrence 11 Laval 4
25 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 4 St. Lawrence 1

1979

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
22 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 6 Western Ontario 5
22 November Appleton Arena Yale 6 St. Lawrence 3
23 November Walker Arena Clarkson 8 Yale 7
23 November Appleton Arena Western Ontario 9 St. Lawrence 7
24 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 6 St. Lawrence 5

1980

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
27 November Walker Arena Clarkson 6 Bowling Green 5
27 November Appleton Arena Lowell 7 St. Lawrence 5
28 November Walker Arena Clarkson 6 Lowell 2
28 November Appleton Arena Bowling Green 6 St. Lawrence 6
29 November Walker Arena Clarkson 4 St. Lawrence 2

1981

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Date Location Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
26 November Appleton Arena St. Lawrence 10 Brown 6
27 November Walker Arena Clarkson 6 Brown 3
28 November Appleton Arena Clarkson 5 St. Lawrence 4

References

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  1. ^ "Clarkson Men's Hockey 2017-18 Media Guide". Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  2. ^ "Saint Hockey Record Book 2015-16" (PDF). St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved November 4, 2019.