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Crab Pot Tournament

The Crab Pot Tournament (also stylized as CrabPot Tournament or Navy Crab Pot) is a men's college ice hockey tournament hosted annually by the United States Naval Academy. The Midshipman have competed in every edition of the tournament, with local schools such as the University of Maryland and Towson University being regular participants.

It is the oldest college hockey tournament operating at the non-varsity level and one of the oldest extant tournaments for any level of play.

History

Navy Hockey began as an informal student group in the early 1960s and was officially formed as a club (non-varsity) sports team in 1971.[1] In 1975, Steven Gordon became the head coach of the hockey program. Gordon, a former goalie at Northeastern University in the 1970s, had played in the Beanpot tournament in Boston. He and the team created their own version of the competition for the 1977–78 season.[2] The original tournament was slatted to include Ramapo College, the University of Delaware, and Penn State University.[3] Penn State was eventually replaced with Rutgers University.

Crowds of hundreds to thousands regularly attend the two-day tournament at the Naval Academy.[4] In its early years the Crab Pot regularly overlapped with Super Bowl weekend, with the championship game coinciding with the NFL game. This tradition was abandoned in the 1980s and now the tournament regularly takes place in mid-February. Initially the Crab Pot sometimes included varsity NCAA teams. However the majority of the tournament field, and in later years the entirety, has been made up of other non-varsity programs.

The winning team receives the Crab Pot Trophy and has its name hung on a large banner above the ice rink.[5]

Format

The tournament is two rounds over two days, with the first day having all four participants play in semifinal games. The second day features the consolation game and the championship game.

Year-by-year results

Note: If a final standing is not listed in the third column that either means the consolation game did not take place that year or that the information is unavailable.

Statistics

Non-Navy participants

Winning Streaks

This is a list of all occasions where a Crab Pot team has won at least two consecutive championships between years. The current winning streak, if any, is highlighted in chartreuse  . Winning streaks with equal numbers of wins are sorted chronologically, with earlier streaks appearing first.

The longest current championship win streak belongs to the U.S. Naval Academy, who has an ongoing streak between 2019 and 2024.

Notes

  1. ^ Final score not known at this time. It is known Community College of Rhode Island won tournament due to the banner in Navy's rink.
  2. ^ Limited information about the 1989 edition is available at this time. It is known Community College of Rhode Island won tournament due to the banner in Navy's rink. The current best source, the University of Delaware historical schedule, has the most concreate information regarding scores and participants. However, it is unclear how Delaware lost the first game then played CCRI in the final as it is currently listed. More information and sources are required.
  3. ^ 2021 edition cancelled, does not interrupt Navy's streak

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