Shillelagh Tournament

The Shillelagh Tournament was a Division I men's college ice hockey tournament hosted annually during the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey program. It was first held during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season as the successor to the Lightning College Hockey Classic. After the Tampa Bay Lightning withdrew as tournament sponsor because of ownership changes, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey program took control of the event, moving it to the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. 
Notre Dame won the inaugural Shillelagh Tournament, defeating the University of Minnesota Duluth 3–1 in the final game. After three seasons, the tournament was shelved for a couple years, leading some fans to believe it had run its course. But Notre Dame finally renewed it as a Thanksgiving tournament in November 2013 (rather than a New Year's tournament as it had been prior), in which the Irish were upset in the championship game. This renewal also moved the tournament from Hoffman Estates to Notre Dame's own Compton Family Ice Arena. The tournament did not return for the 2017-18 season.
==Results==
Season 	Dates 	Winning team 	Runner-up 	Third place 	Fourth place 	Location 	Venue 	Reference
2016-17	November 25-26	Clarkson 	Notre Dame 	Yale 	Holy Cross 	South Bend, Indiana 	Compton Family Ice Arena	
2015-16	November 27-28	Harvard 	Rensselaer 	Notre Dame 	Western Michigan 	South Bend, Indiana 	Compton Family Ice Arena	
2014–15	November 28–29	Western Michigan	Union 	Ohio State 	Notre Dame 	South Bend, Indiana 	Compton Family Ice Arena	http://ndsmcobserver.com/2014/12/irish-drop-two-finish-last-shillelagh-tournament/
2013–14	November 29-30	Northeastern 	Notre Dame 	Western Michigan	Alabama–Huntsville 	South Bend, Indiana 	Compton Family Ice Arena	
2010–11	January 1–2 	Minnesota State 	Brown 	Notre Dame 	Boston University 	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	Sears Centre 	
2009–10	January 2–3 	Notre Dame 	North Dakota 	Niagara 	Colgate 	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	Sears Centre 	
2008–09	January 2–3 	Notre Dame 	Minnesota–Duluth	Union 	Massachusetts–Lowell	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	Sears Centre 	
==References==
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==External links==
*Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey
*Shillelagh Tournament history
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