Florida College Hockey Classic

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The Florida College Hockey Classic (formerly the Everblades College Classic) was a college Division I men's ice hockey tournament played annually between 2000 and 2016 in the week between Christmas and New Years at the Germain Arena in Estero, Florida, United States.
First contested in 2000, the four-team tournament was initially jointly hosted by Cornell University and the University of Maine with the remaining slots filled by invitation. Cornell Big Red.com Season’s Second Half Begins Against St. Cloud State in Florida; 24 December 2008 11:07:55 AM; Cornell University Athletics Dept In January 2014, after 14 years of participating, Maine announced it was ending its affiliation with the tournament. Florida Everblades owner Craig Brush said that a second host school would be foundhttp://bangordailynews.com/2014/01/29/sports/umaine-mens-hockey-team-wont-play-in-florida-college-classic-next-season/ although this never happened and Cornell hosted alone for the remaining years of the tournament.
The tournament champion was awarded the Ned Harkness Cup, named for the coach that won two NCAA Titles with Cornell and one with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The tournament MVP was awarded the Shawn Walsh Memorial Trophy, named for the coach that took Maine to two NCAA titles.GoBlackBears.com Men's Ice Hockey Travels to Florida College Classic For Ninth Straight Year; Univ. of Maine Athletics; 17 Dec. 2008
The final edition of the Florida College Hockey Classic took place December 28 and 29, 2016. In the first round match-ups Cornell defeated Northern Michigan University 5-2 and Colorado College defeated Merrimack College 3-0. Colorado College defeated Cornell 2-1 in overtime in the championship game while Merrimack defeated Northern Michigan 4-2 for third place. This was Colorado College's second appearance at the tournament and first title.
==Yearly results==
Year	Harkness Cup 	Runner-up 	Third place 	Fourth place 	Shawn Walsh Trophy
2016	Colorado College 	Cornell 	Merrimack 	Northern Michigan	Alex Leclerc, Colorado College
2015	Ohio State 	Cornell 	Providence 	Boston College 	Christian Frey, Ohio State
2014	Lake Superior State	Notre Dame 	Miami (OH) 	Cornell 	Gordie Defiel, Lake Superior State
2013	Cornell 	Maine 	New Hampshire	Princeton 	Andy Iles, Cornell
2012	Maine 	Cornell 	Ferris State 	Minnesota-Duluth 	Kyle Beattie, Maine
2011	Maine 	UMass 	Cornell 	Clarkson 	Spencer Abbott, Maine
2010	St. Cloud State 	Miami (OH) 	Maine 	Cornell 	Nic Dowd, St. Cloud
2009	Maine 	Colorado College	Princeton 	Cornell 	Scott Darling, Maine
2008	Cornell 	Colgate 	Maine 	St. Cloud State 	Ben Scrivens, Cornell
2007	UMass Lowell 	Maine 	Cornell 	Clarkson 	Jonathan Maniff, Lowell
2006	Maine 	Cornell 	New Hampshire	Western Michigan 	Teddy Purcell, Maine
2005	Cornell 	Minnesota-Duluth	Maine 	Northeastern 	David McKee, Cornell
2004	Boston College 	St. Cloud State 	Cornell 	Maine 	Matti Kaltiainen, BC
2003	Cornell 	Ohio State 	Notre Dame 	Maine 	Mike Iggulden, Cornell
2002	Maine 	UMass 	Ohio State 	Cornell 	Gray Shaneberger, Maine
2001	Northern Michigan 	Maine 	Ohio State 	Cornell 	Craig Kowalski, NMU
2000	Maine 	Cornell 	Clarkson 	Ohio State 	Peter Metcalf, Maine
==Team records==
Team 	# of times participated	Titles	Conference*
Maine 	14 	6 	Hockey East
Cornell 	17 	4 	ECAC
Ohio State 	5 	1 	CCHA
St. Cloud 	3 	1 	WCHA
Boston College 	2 	1 	Hockey East
Colorado College 	2 	1 	WCHA/NCHC
Northern Michigan 	2 	1 	WCHA
Lake Superior State	1 	1 	WCHA
UMass Lowell 	1 	1 	Hockey East
Clarkson 	3 	0 	ECAC
Massachusetts 	2 	0 	Hockey East
Miami 	2 	0 	CCHA/NCHC
Minnesota–Duluth 	2 	0 	WCHA
New Hampshire 	2 	0 	Hockey East
Notre Dame 	2 	0 	Hockey East
Princeton 	2 	0 	ECAC
Colgate 	1 	0 	ECAC
Ferris State 	1 	0 	CCHA
Merrimack 	1 	0 	Hockey East
Northeastern 	1 	0 	Hockey East
Providence 	1 	0 	Hockey East
Western Michigan 	1 	0 	CCHA
*at the time of tournament participation
==References==
Category:NCAA Tournaments
Category:Maine Black Bears
Category:Cornell Big Red