North Country Thanksgiving Festival

The North Country Thanksgiving Festival (also called the 'North Country Thanksgiving Invitational') was an annual NCAA men's Division I ice hockey tournament held annually at the Appleton Arena and Walker Arena in upstate New York around Thanksgiving. The tournament began in 1970 and was played every year until 1981. Both Clarkson and St. Lawrence served as hosts for the in-season tournament.
==Format==
Unlike most college hockey tournaments, the North Country Festival did not have a championship game. Instead, each of the four participants would play one another and the team(s) with the best record would be awarded the championship. The series changed to a more normal bracket format in 1974 but returned to the round-robin arrangement the following year. In 1978 and 1981, only three teams participated in the tournament. In 1979 and 1980 the two 'visiting' teams did not play one another.
==Yearly results==
Year	Champion	Runner-up 	Third place	Fourth place
1970	 	 	 	
1971	 	 	 	
1972	 	 	 	
1973	 	 	 	
1974	 	 	 	
1975	 	 	 	
1976	 	 	 	
1977	 	 	 	
1978	 	 	 	N/A
1979	 	Western Ontario / Yale	 	
1980	 	 	 	
1981	 	 	 	N/A
==Team records==
Team 	# of times participated	Titles
Clarkson 	12 	8
Toronto 	1 	1
Concordia 	2 	1
Bowling Green 	3 	1
St. Lawrence 	12 	1
Boston University	1 	0
Brown 	1 	0
Colgate 	1 	0
Laval 	1 	0
Lowell 	1 	0
Ohio State 	1 	0
Ottawa 	1 	0
Western Ontario 	1 	0
Yale 	1 	0
New Hampshire 	2 	0
Rensselaer 	2 	0
Vermont 	3 	0
==Game results==
===1970===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team 	Score	Losing Team 	Score
26 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	3 	New Hampshire	2
26 November	Appleton Arena	Bowling Green	6 	St. Lawrence 	5
27 November	Clarkson Arena	Clarkson 	5 	Bowling Green	2
27 November	Clarkson Arena	New Hampshire	4 	St. Lawrence 	2
28 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	4 	St. Lawrence 	2
28 November	Appleton Arena	New Hampshire	6 	Bowling Green	4
===1971===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team 	Score
25 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	9 	Colgate 	3
25 November	Appleton Arena	St. Lawrence	7 	Vermont 	6
26 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	6 	Vermont 	2
26 November	Clarkson Arena	Colgate 	3 	St. Lawrence	2
27 November	Appleton Arena	St. Lawrence	3 	Clarkson 	2
27 November	Clarkson Arena	Vermont 	9 	Colgate 	3
===1972===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team 	Score
23 November	Clarkson Arena	Clarkson 	5 	Vermont 	2
23 November	Appleton Arena	Rensselaer 	4 	St. Lawrence	2
24 November	Clarkson Arena	Clarkson 	4 	Rensselaer 	2
24 November	Appleton Arena	Vermont 	4 	St. Lawrence	1
25 November	Appleton Arena	St. Lawrence	6 	Clarkson 	2
25 November	Clarkson Arena	Vermont 	6 	Rensselaer 	1
===1973===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team 	Score
22 November	Clarkson Arena	Clarkson 	8 	Ohio State 	3
22 November	Appleton Arena	Toronto 	2 	St. Lawrence	1
23 November	Clarkson Arena	Toronto 	7 	Clarkson 	1
23 November	Clarkson Arena	Ohio State 	6 	St. Lawrence	5
24 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	4 	St. Lawrence	1
24 November	Appleton Arena	Toronto 	3 	Ohio State 	1
===1974===
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===1975===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team 	Score
27 November	Appleton Arena	Concordia 	5 	Clarkson 	1
27 November	Appleton Arena	St. Lawrence	8 	Vermont 	2
28 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	3 	Vermont 	1
28 November	Appleton Arena	Concordia 	6 	St. Lawrence	2
29 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	5 	St. Lawrence	1
29 November	Appleton Arena	Concordia 	5 	Vermont 	2
===1976===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team 	Score	Losing Team 	Score
25 November	Walker Arena 	Clarkson 	5 	New Hampshire	2
25 November	Appleton Arena	Ottawa 	4 	St. Lawrence 	3
26 November	Walker Arena 	Clarkson 	13 	Ottawa 	3
26 November	Appleton Arena	New Hampshire	9 	St. Lawrence 	8
27 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	7 	St. Lawrence 	1
27 November	Appleton Arena	Ottawa 	5 	New Hampshire	3
===1977===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team 	Score
24 November	Appleton Arena	Concordia 	6 	Clarkson 	5
24 November	Appleton Arena	Rensselaer 	4 	St. Lawrence	2
25 November	Walker Arena 	Clarkson 	5 	Rensselaer 	4
25 November	Appleton Arena	St. Lawrence	8 	Concordia 	0
26 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	6 	St. Lawrence	3
26 November	Appleton Arena	Rensselaer 	7 	Concordia 	3
===1978===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team 	Score
23 November	Walker Arena 	Clarkson 	8 	Laval 	5
24 November	Appleton Arena	St. Lawrence	11 	Laval 	4
25 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	4 	St. Lawrence	1
===1979===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team 	Score	Losing Team 	Score
22 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	6 	Western Ontario	5
22 November	Appleton Arena	Yale 	6 	St. Lawrence 	3
23 November	Walker Arena 	Clarkson 	8 	Yale 	7
23 November	Appleton Arena	Western Ontario	9 	St. Lawrence 	7
24 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	6 	St. Lawrence 	5
===1980===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team 	Score	Losing Team 	Score
27 November	Walker Arena 	Clarkson 	6 	Bowling Green	5
27 November	Appleton Arena	Lowell 	7 	St. Lawrence 	5
28 November	Walker Arena 	Clarkson 	6 	Lowell 	2
28 November	Appleton Arena	Bowling Green	6 	St. Lawrence 	6
29 November	Walker Arena 	Clarkson 	4 	St. Lawrence 	2
===1981===
Date 	Location 	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team 	Score
26 November	Appleton Arena	St. Lawrence	10 	Brown 	6
27 November	Walker Arena 	Clarkson 	6 	Brown 	3
28 November	Appleton Arena	Clarkson 	5 	St. Lawrence	4
==References==
Category:Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey
Category:St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey
Category:College ice hockey tournaments in the United States