# Ledyard Bank Classic

The Ledyard Bank Classic (formerly the Auld Lang Syne Classic) is a college Division I men's ice hockey tournament played before New Years at the Thompson Arena in Hanover, New Hampshire, the home arena for Dartmouth College.
The tournament was first held in 1978 and was usually played on the final two days of December every year until 1988. Since then it was played infrequently (though with no more than a two-year gap between events) until 2008 when it returned to an annual schedule which it continues to possess. In 2002 the holiday tournament changed its name from 'Auld Lang Syne' to 'Ledyard Bank' due to sponsorship.
The 2016 tournament featured a predetermined schedule, as opposed to an elimination format, which prevented a traditional championship game. Winner and placement as determined by record, as UMass Lowell's two regulation wins secured a title over Dartmouth's one win and one shootout win. Army secured third place with a regulation win and shootout loss, and Colgate finished fourth with two regulation losses.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was not held in 2020. In 2021, the tournament returned to an elimination schedule, with Day 1's respective winning and losing teams facing each other the next day.

## Yearly results

| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | MVP |
| 2024 | Providence | Dartmouth | Northeastern | Alaska Anchorage | Graham Gamache, Providence |
| 2023 | Maine | Dartmouth | RIT | Lake Superior State | Harrison Scott, Maine |
| 2022 | Providence | Merrimack | Dartmouth | Yale | Bennett Schimek, Providence |
| 2021 | Boston College | Dartmouth | New Hampshire | Mercyhurst | Jack McBain, Boston College |
| 2019 | Dartmouth | Colorado College | Connecticut | St. Lawrence | Quin Foreman, Dartmouth |
| 2018 | Providence | Dartmouth | Brown | Army | Scott Conway, Providence |
| 2017 | Minnesota–Duluth | Dartmouth | Yale | New Hampshire | Hunter Shepard, Minnesota–Duluth |
| 2016 | Massachusetts–Lowell | Dartmouth | Army | Colgate | Joe Gambardella, Massachusetts–Lowell |
| 2015 | Dartmouth | Union | Robert Morris | Merrimack | Nick Bligh, Dartmouth |
| 2014 | Boston College | Dartmouth | Denver | Brown | Teddy Doherty, Boston College |
| 2013 | Air Force | Providence | Northeastern Dartmouth | | Mitch Torrel, Air Force |
| 2012 | Massachusetts | Dartmouth | New Hampshire | Bemidji State | Branden Gracell, Massachusetts |
| 2011 | St. Lawrence | Dartmouth | Merrimack | Holy Cross | Kyle Flanagan, St. Lawrence |
| 2010 | Boston College | Mercyhurst | Dartmouth | Colgate | Paul Carey, Boston College |
| 2009 | Northeastern | Massachusetts–Lowell | Holy Cross | Dartmouth | Chris Rawlings, Northeastern |
| 2008 | Dartmouth | Bemidji State | Massachusetts | Army | Kyle Reeds, Dartmouth |
| 2006 | North Dakota | St. Lawrence | Boston University | Dartmouth | Ryan Duncan, North Dakota |
| 2004 | Dartmouth | Vermont | Providence | Bowling Green | Sean Samuel, Dartmouth |
| 2002 | Dartmouth | Massachusetts–Lowell | Notre Dame | Vermont | Kent Gillings, Dartmouth |
| 2000 | Vermont | Dartmouth | New Hampshire | Miami | Andrew Allen, Vermont |
| 1998 | Vermont | Dartmouth | Mankato State | Air Force | Matt Sanders, Vermont |
| 1996 | St. Lawrence | Dartmouth | Northeastern | Massachusetts–Lowell | Derek McLaughlin, St. Lawrence |
| 1994 | Vermont | Dartmouth | Illinois–Chicago | Providence | Martin St. Louis, Vermont |
| 1991 | Boston University | New Hampshire | Vermont | Dartmouth | Jon Pratt, Boston University |
| 1988 | Northeastern | Dartmouth | Vermont | New Hampshire | Rich Burchill, Northeastern |
| 1987 | Vermont | Dalhousie | Dartmouth | Providence | Jim Walsh, Vermont |
| 1986 | New Hampshire | Holy Cross | Vermont | Dartmouth | Greg Rota, New Hampshire |
| 1985 | Vermont | Dartmouth | Maine | Bowdoin | Kyle McDonough, Vermont |
| 1984 | New Hampshire | Dartmouth | Vermont | Air Force | Peter Herms, New Hampshire |
| 1983 | New Hampshire | Maine | Vermont | Dartmouth | Bruce Gillies, New Hampshire |
| 1982 | New Hampshire | Dartmouth | Vermont | Maine | George White, New Hampshire |
| 1981 | Dartmouth | Maine | Vermont | New Hampshire | Shaun Teevens, Dartmouth |
| 1980 | Dartmouth | St. Lawrence | New Hampshire | Merrimack | Peter Lavery, Dartmouth |
| 1979 | Vermont | Dartmouth | Maine | Air Force | Craig Homola, Vermont |
| 1978 | Dartmouth | Clarkson | Boston College | Bowdoin | Steve Higgins, Dartmouth |

## Team records

| Team | # of times participated | Titles |
| Dartmouth | 32 | 8 |
| Vermont | 15 | 6 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 4 |
| Boston College | 4 | 3 |
| St. Lawrence | 5 | 2 |
| Northeastern | 4 | 2 |
| Providence | 7 | 3 |
| Air Force | 4 | 1 |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 | 1 |
| Boston University | 2 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 1 |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 1 | 1 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 1 |
| Maine | 5 | 0 |
| Army | 3 | 0 |
| Holy Cross | 3 | 0 |
| Merrimack | 3 | 0 |
| Bemidji State | 2 | 0 |
| Bowdoin | 2 | 0 |
| Brown | 2 | 0 |
| Colgate | 2 | 0 |
| Mercyhurst | 2 | 0 |
| Bowling Green | 1 | 0 |
| Clarkson | 1 | 0 |
| Colorado College | 1 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 0 |
| Dalhousie | 1 | 0 |
| Denver | 1 | 0 |
| Illinois–Chicago | 1 | 0 |
| Miami | 1 | 0 |
| Minnesota State | 1 | 0 |
| Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Morris | 1 | 0 |
| Union | 1 | 0 |
| Yale | 1 | 0 |