Badger Showdown

The Badger Showdown was a college Division I men's ice hockey tournament usually played before New Years at first the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and then the Kohl Center in Madison. Wisconsin served as the tournament's host for the entirety of its run. The tournament was first held in 1989 and was played during the final week of December every year but twice: in 2005 and 2010. Wisconsin competed in the tournament every year an won more than half of the total championships (11 out of 21).
The tournament was conceived by Jeff Sauer and Joel Maturi and was initially a huge success, drawing over 30,000 fans for its first iteration. By the 21st century, however, its audience had dwindled to less than half that number and its main sponsor dropped the showcase in 2002. A move to the Badger's home venue in 2003 kept the tournament alive for several more years but it was ultimately cancelled as a cost-cutting measure, with the final championship held in January 2010.
The tournament champion received the Pettit Cup, named in honor of Lloyd and Jane Bradley Pettit.
==Yearly results==
Year	Pettit Cup 	Runner-up 	Third place 	Fourth place
2009	Wisconsin 	Yale 	Ferris State 	Merrimack
2008	Wisconsin 	Lake Superior State	Alabama-Huntsville 	Harvard
2007	Northeastern 	Colgate 	Wisconsin 	Bowling Green
2006	Clarkson 	Lake Superior State	Wisconsin 	Providence
2005	Wisconsin 	Northern Michigan 	Wayne State 	Western Michigan
2004	Ferris State 	Wisconsin 	Clarkson 	Yale
2003	Ferris State 	Wisconsin 	Massachusetts–Lowell	Union
2002	Wisconsin 	Northern Michigan 	Harvard 	Colgate
2001	New Hampshire 	Brown 	Wisconsin 	Colorado College
2000	Wisconsin 	Boston University 	North Dakota 	Princeton
1999	North Dakota 	Wisconsin 	Nebraska-Omaha 	Miami
1998	Bowling Green 	Yale 	Cornell 	Wisconsin
1997	Wisconsin 	Northern Michigan 	Harvard 	Boston College
1996	New Hampshire 	Colorado College 	Vermont 	Wisconsin
1995	Boston University	Notre Dame 	Wisconsin 	Princeton
1994	Wisconsin 	Lake Superior State	Bowling Green 	Northeastern
1993	Wisconsin 	Northern Michigan 	Providence 	Alaska–Fairbanks
1992	Boston University	Wisconsin 	Miami 	Boston College
1991	Wisconsin 	Maine 	Yale 	Toronto
1990	Wisconsin 	North Dakota 	St. Lawrence 	Bowling Green
1989	Wisconsin 	Boston College 	Minnesota–Duluth 	Notre Dame
==Team records==
Team 	# of times participated	Titles
Wisconsin 	21 	11
Boston University 	3 	2
Ferris State 	3 	2
New Hampshire 	2 	2
Bowling Green 	4 	1
North Dakota 	3 	1
Clarkson 	2 	1
Northeastern 	2 	1
Northern Michigan 	4 	0
Yale 	4 	0
Boston College 	3 	0
Harvard 	3 	0
Lake Superior State 	3 	0
Colgate 	2 	0
Colorado College 	2 	0
Miami 	2 	0
Notre Dame 	2 	0
Princeton 	2 	0
Providence 	2 	0
Alabama-Huntsville 	1 	0
Alaska-Fairbanks 	1 	0
Brown 	1 	0
Cornell 	1 	0
Maine 	1 	0
Massachusetts–Lowell	1 	0
Merrimack 	1 	0
Minnesota-Duluth 	1 	0
Nebraska-Omaha 	1 	0
St. Lawrence 	1 	0
Toronto 	1 	0
Union 	1 	0
Vermont 	1 	0
Western Michigan 	1 	0
Wayne State 	1 	0
==References==
Category:College ice hockey tournaments in the United States
Category:Wisconsin Badgers ice hockey
Category:Ice hockey in Wisconsin
Category:Established in 1989
Category:Disestablished in 2010