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Denver Cup
Tournament information
Sport	College ice hockey
Location	Denver, Colorado
Number of; tournaments	20
Format	Single-elimination, round-robin
Venue	DU Arena,; McNichols Arena,; Magness Arena
Teams	4
Final champion
	Miami

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The Denver Cup was a mid-season college ice hockey tournament with the first iteration played in late December 1992. It was Discontinued after the 20th edition of the series.

History

Denver began hosting a mid-season tournament during the winter break for the 1992–93 season.^[1] The series was held at the team's home rink, the DU Arena, for the first two years before moving to the larger McNichols Arena, the future home of the Colorado Avalanche. By 1997, the Pioneers were able to get Wells Fargo to sign on as the sponsor to help fund the tournament.

After the McNichols Arena was closed in 1999 and the Avalanche moved to the Pepsi Center, the tournament returned to Denver's campus. In the interim, the Pioneers had built the Magness Arena which, though smaller than the McNichols Arena, had a much larger seating capacity than the DU Arena. By the end of the 2000s, interest in the tournament had waned and Wells Fargo ended its sponsorship after the 2009 series. Denver moved the tournament to the Thanksgiving weekend but, when no sponsor was secured after two years, the series was discontinued. In the final two years the tournament was styled as the 'Denver Cup Classic'.

During its 20-year run, Denver overwhelmingly dominated the series, winning 15 championships. The series had a Single-elimination format for all but one season; the 2009 series was a round-robin tournament with all matches set before the series began.

Results

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
1992	Denver	Notre Dame	Army	Air Force
1993	Denver	Boston College	Princeton	Air Force
1994	Denver	Brown	Ohio State	Air Force
1995	Denver	Colorado College	Cornell	Air Force
1996	Denver	Yale	Maine	Air Force
1997	Miami	New Hampshire	Colorado College	Denver
1998	Denver	Boston College	Colorado College	Lake Superior State
1999	Maine	Denver	Colorado College	Notre Dame
2000	Denver	Providence	Ferris State	Air Force
2001	Denver	Massachusetts–Lowell	Harvard	Bowling Green
2002	Denver	New Hampshire	Miami	Clarkson
2003	Denver	Nebraska–Omaha	Niagara	Yale
2004	Denver	Northeastern	Colgate	Air Force
2005	Boston College	Princeton	Ferris State	Denver
2006	Denver	Massachusetts–Lowell	Brown	Mercyhurst
2007	Denver	Dartmouth	Northern Michigan	Sacred Heart
2008	Boston University	Denver	Holy Cross	Renssealer
2009	Denver	Nebraska–Omaha	St. Lawrence	Boston College
2010	Denver	Air Force	Clarkson	Lake Superior State
2011	Miami	Denver	Princeton	Providence

Game results

1992

Semifinals December 29		Championship December 30

Denver	4

Army	3
		Denver	6

		Notre Dame	1
Notre Dame	4

Air Force	1	Third place


		Army	5

		Air Force	3

1993

Semifinals December 28		Championship December 29

Denver	5

Princeton	2
		Denver	4

		Boston College	2
Boston College	5

Air Force	1	Third place


		Princeton	3*

		Air Force	2

1994

Semifinals December 28		Championship December 29

Denver	5

Ohio State	3
		Denver	3

		Brown	2
Brown	10

Air Force	1	Third place


		Ohio State	7

		Air Force	4

1995

Semifinals December 27		Championship December 28

Denver	11

Air Force	1
		Denver	3

		Colorado College	2
Colorado College	11

Cornell	2	Third place


		Cornell	6

		Air Force	2

1996

Semifinals December 27		Championship December 28

Denver	4*

Maine	3
		Denver	3*

		Yale	2
Yale	7

Air Force	3	Third place


		Maine	12

		Air Force	5

1997

Semifinals December 27		Championship December 28

Denver	6

Miami	9
		Miami	4

		New Hampshire	2
Colorado College	3

New Hampshire	5	Third place


		Denver	1

		Colorado College	6

1998

Semifinals December 27		Championship December 28

Denver	4

Lake Superior State	0
		Denver	4*

		Boston College	3
Boston College	5

Colorado College	3	Third place


		Colorado College	9

		Lake Superior State	2

1999

Semifinals December 31		Championship January 1

Denver	3*^†

Notre Dame	3
		Denver	2

		Maine	4
Colorado College	3

Maine	4	Third place


		Notre Dame	2

		Colorado College	5

^† Denver won in a shootout.

2000

Semifinals December 29		Championship December 30

Denver	5

Air Force	2
		Denver	2

		Providence	1
Providence	4

Ferris State	2	Third place


		Air Force	2

		Ferris State	3

2001

Semifinals December 28		Championship December 29

Denver	3

Bowling Green	1
		Denver	2

		Massachusetts–Lowell	1
Harvard	0

Massachusetts–Lowell	2	Third place


		Bowling Green	3

		Harvard	5

2002

Semifinals December 27		Championship December 28

Denver	6

Miami	0
		Denver	4

		New Hampshire	0
New Hampshire	4

Clarkson	2	Third place


		Miami	4

		Clarkson	2

2003

Semifinals December 28		Championship December 29

Denver	3

Niagara	1
		Denver	2

		Nebraska–Omaha	1
Nebraska–Omaha	5

Yale	2	Third place


		Niagara	2

		Yale	1

2004

Semifinals January 1		Championship January 2

Denver	9

Air Force	4
		Denver	4

		Northeastern	0
Colgate	1

Northeastern	5	Third place


		Air Force	0

		Colgate	3

2005

Semifinals December 30		Championship December 31

Denver	1

Princeton	4
		Princeton	1

		Boston College	5
Boston College	3*†

Ferris State	3	Third place


		Denver	2

		Ferris State	3

^† Boston College won in a shootout.

2006

Semifinals December 29		Championship December 30

Denver	3

Mercyhurst	0
		Denver	2

		Massachusetts–Lowell	1
Brown	1

Massachusetts–Lowell	1*†	Third place


		Mercyhurst	2

		Brown	3*

^† Massachusetts–Lowell won in a shootout.

2007

Semifinals December 28		Championship December 29

Denver	5

Sacred Heart	0
		Denver	5

		Dartmouth	3
Dartmouth	4

Northern Michigan	1	Third place


		Sacred Heart	2

		Northern Michigan	5

2008

Semifinals January 2		Championship January 3

Denver	2*†

Holy Cross	2
		Denver	1

		Boston University	4
Boston University	6

Rensselaer	2	Third place


		Holy Cross	4

		Rensselaer	3

^† Denver won in a shootout.

2009

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score
1 January	Denver	7	Nebraska–Omaha	0
1 January	St. Lawrence	5	Boston College	2
2 January	Denver	4	Boston College	3
2 January	Nebraska–Omaha	2 (SOW)	St. Lawrence	2

2010

Semifinals November 26		Championship November 27

Denver	6

Lake Superior State	3
		Denver	3

		Air Force	1
Air Force	2

Clarkson	1	Third place


		Lake Superior State	1

		Clarkson	2

2011

Semifinals November 25		Championship November 26

Denver	3

Princeton	0
		Denver	2

		Miami	4
Miami	6

Providence	2	Third place


		Princeton	3

		Providence	1

Participating teams

Team	# of times participated	Titles
Denver	20	15
Miami	3	2
Boston College	4	1
Maine	2	1
Boston University	1	1
Air Force	8	0
Colorado College	4	0
Princeton Tigers	3	0
Brown	2	0
Clarkson	2	0
Ferris State	2	0
Lake Superior State	2	0
Massachusetts–Lowell	2	0
Nebraska–Omaha	2	0
New Hampshire	2	0
Notre Dame	2	0
Providence	2	0
Yale	2	0
Army	1	0
Bowling Green	1	0
Colgate	1	0
Cornell	1	0
Dartmouth	1	0
Harvard	1	0
Holy Cross	1	0
Mercyhurst	1	0
Niagara	1	0
Northeastern	1	0
Northern Michigan	1	0
Ohio State	1	0
Rensselaer	1	0
Sacred Heart	1	0
St. Lawrence	1	0

References

^ "Denver Hockey Media Guide 2020-21" (PDF). Denver Pioneers. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 1, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

"Boston College men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Boston College Eagles. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
"Boston University men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Boston University Terriers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
"Brown Men's Hockey Season-by-Season Results". Brown Bears. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
"Clarkson Men's Hockey 2017-18 Media Guide". Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
"Dartmouth 2009-10 Men's Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Dartmouth Big Green. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
"Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
"Northeastern Huskies men's Hockey 2018-19 Media Guide" (PDF). Northeastern Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
"Providence Friars men's Hockey 2018-19 Media Guide". Providence Friars. Retrieved August 10, 2019.

[1] "Denver Hockey Media Guide 2020-21" (PDF). Denver Pioneers. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 1, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

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+Denver began hosting a mid-season tournament during the winter break for the [[1992–93 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1992–93 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/denverpioneers.com/documents/2020/11/20/2020_21_Media_Guide.pdf |title=Denver Hockey Media Guide 2020-21 |work=Denver Pioneers |accessdate=March 13, 2021 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901161346/https://s3.amazonaws.com/denverpioneers.com/documents/2020/11/20/2020_21_Media_Guide.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The series was held at the team's home rink, the [[University of Denver Arena|DU Arena]], for the first two years before moving to the larger [[McNichols Arena]], the future home of the [[Colorado Avalanche]]. By 1997, the Pioneers were able to get [[Wells Fargo]] to sign on as the sponsor to help fund the tournament.
 After the McNichols Arena was closed in 1999 and the Avalanche moved to the [[Ball Arena|Pepsi Center]], the tournament returned to Denver's campus. In the interim, the Pioneers had built the [[Magness Arena]] which, though smaller than the McNichols Arena, had a much larger seating capacity than the DU Arena. By the end of the 2000s, interest in the tournament had waned and Wells Fargo ended its sponsorship after the 2009 series. Denver moved the tournament to the [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] weekend but, when no sponsor was secured after two years, the series was discontinued. In the final two years the tournament was styled as the 'Denver Cup Classic'.
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v t e Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	DU Arena (1948–1997) Magness Arena (1999–present)
Head coaches	Vern Turner (1949–1951) Neil Celley (1951–1956) Murray Armstrong (1956–1977) Marshall Johnston (1977–1981) Ralph Backstrom (1981–1990) Frank Serratore (1990–1994) George Gwozdecky (1994–2013) Jim Montgomery (2013–2018) David Carle (2018–)
Seasons	1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–2013) NCHC (2013–present)
Rivalries	Colorado College Tigers (Battle for the Gold Pan) North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Culture & lore	Denver Cup
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Dallas Gaume (266 Points) Rick Berens (94 Goals) Ron Grahame / Tanner Jaillet (82 Wins)
National championships	1958 1960 1961 1968 1969 2004 2005 2017 2022 2024
Frozen Four appearances	1958 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 2004 2005 2017 2022 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances	1958 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 1995 1997 1999 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 1999 2002 2005 2008 NCHC: 2014 2018 2024
Hobey Baker winners	Matt Carle (2006) Will Butcher (2017)
Mike Richter winners	Tanner Jaillet (2017)
University of Denver Denver, CO