The Great Lakes Invitational is a four-team NCAA

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 men's ice hockey

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 tournament held annually at Joe Louis Arena

Joe Louis Arena

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 in Detroit between Christmas

Christmas

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 and New Year

New Year

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 as part of College Hockey at The Joe

College Hockey at The Joe

College Hockey at The Joe is a series of college ice hockey events hosted at Joe Louis Arena. The major events include the Great Lakes Invitational and the CCHA Championship Tournament. Other annual games include Michigan State University versus University of Michigan, and Lake Superior State...

.

The tournament was born out of a conversation between the general manager of Olympia Stadium, Lincoln Cavaleri, Michigan Tech's legendary coach, John MacInnes

John MacInnes

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, and Detroit Red Wings

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 scout Jack Paterson. The three men were discussing the lack of American-born players in the National Hockey League

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 and concluded that a prestigious collegiate tournament could make a difference by promoting interest in hockey among young athletes, as well as the general public. Jack Tompkins

Jack Tompkins

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, American Airlines

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 vice president, former University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 goalie, and a member of the Detroit Red Wings organization, championed their vision as well, and together in 1965, they founded the Great Lakes Invitational hockey tournament.

The GLI has grown into one of the premier college and holiday sporting events in the country, originating at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium. Michigan Tech

Michigan Technological University

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, the host for the tournament since its inception, added Michigan as a co-host in 1976 and moved into its present home, Joe Louis Arena

Joe Louis Arena

Joe Louis Arena, nicknamed The Joe and JLA is a hockey arena located at 600 Civic Center Drive in Detroit, Michigan. It is the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. Completed in 1979 at a cost of $57 million, Joe Louis Arena is named after boxer and former heavyweight...

, in 1979.

Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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 is traditionally selected as a third participant while the fourth is a different team each season. The GLI is the second most attended college hockey tournament behind only the Beanpot. In 1999, the GLI surpassed the one-million mark in total attendance.
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Future participants will be Boston College (2011) and St. Cloud State (2012).

Yearly results

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	John MacInnes Trophy (MVP)
2010	Michigan Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey The Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Earning varsity status in 1922, the program is competing in its 90th season...	Colorado College Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey The Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Colorado College. The Tigers are a member of Western Collegiate Hockey Association...	Michigan State Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey The Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents Michigan State University . The team plays at the Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan, on the MSU campus. The current head coach is Tom Anastos, who took over coaching duties on March 23, 2011,...	Michigan Tech Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Technological University's sports teams are called the Huskies. The Huskies participate in NCAA Division II as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, a member of the Central Collegiate Ski Association for men's and women's nordic skiing, and NCAA Division I...	Luke Glendening, UM
2009	Michigan State Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey The Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents Michigan State University . The team plays at the Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan, on the MSU campus. The current head coach is Tom Anastos, who took over coaching duties on March 23, 2011,...	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...	Michigan Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey The Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Earning varsity status in 1922, the program is competing in its 90th season...	Michigan Tech Michigan Tech Huskies Michigan Technological University's sports teams are called the Huskies. The Huskies participate in NCAA Division II as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, a member of the Central Collegiate Ski Association for men's and women's nordic skiing, and NCAA Division I...	Brett Perlini, MSU
2008	Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	North Dakota	Louie Caporusso Louie Caporusso - Junior hockey :During the 2004–05 season, he played in the Greater Toronto Hockey League for the Toronto Red Wings, recording 70 points including 41 goals in 56 games. The 70-point total made him the GTHL point leader for the season.... , UM
2007	Michigan	Michigan Tech	Providence Providence Friars The Providence Friars is the name of the athletic teams of Providence College. They compete in the Big East Conference for every sport except for ice hockey, where they compete in Hockey East and in women's volleyball, where they compete in the America East Conference...	Michigan State	Billy Sauer Billy Sauer Billy Sauer is an American professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL.-Playing career:... , UM
2006	Michigan State	Michigan	Harvard Harvard Crimson The Harvard Crimson are the athletic teams of Harvard University. The school's teams compete in NCAA Division I. As of 2006, there were 41 Division I intercollegiate varsity sports teams for women and men at Harvard, more than at any other NCAA Division I college in the country...	Michigan Tech	Bryan Lerg Bryan Lerg -International:-External links:... , MSU
2005	Colorado College Colorado College The Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell...	Michigan State	Michigan	Michigan Tech	Joey Crabb, CC
2004	Michigan State	Michigan	New Hampshire New Hampshire Wildcats The New Hampshire Wildcats, or Cats, are the athletic teams of the University of New Hampshire. The wildcat is the school's official mascot, the colors are UNH Blue and white...	Michigan Tech	Jim Slater, MSU
2003	Boston College Boston College Eagles The Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. They compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. The women's crew team competes in the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing...	Michigan State	Michigan	Michigan Tech	Joe Pearce, BC
2002	Boston University Boston University Terriers The Boston University Terriers are the nine men's and twelve women's varsity athletic teams representing Boston University in NCAA Division I competition. The men compete in basketball, cross country, ice hockey, rowing, soccer, swimming, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, and wrestling...	Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Sean Fields Sean Fields Sean Fields is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.Prior to turning professional, Fields attended Boston University. Playing four seasons with the Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey team , Fields set, and still holds, the Hockey East record as the goaltender with the best... , BU
2001	North Dakota	Michigan State	Michigan	Michigan Tech	Tim Skarperud, UND
2000	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Boston College	Michigan	Ryan Miller, MSU
1999	Michigan State	Michigan	Michigan Tech	Lake Superior State Lake Superior State University Lake Superior State University is a small public university in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It is Michigan's smallest public university with an enrollment around 3,000 students. Due to its proximity to the border, notably the twin city of Sault Ste...	Shawn Horcoff Shawn Horcoff Shawn Horcoff is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League . He was selected in the fourth round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, 99th overall, by the Oilers, the team with which he has spent his entire NHL career... , MSU
1998	Michigan State	Michigan	Northern Michigan Northern Michigan University Northern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest...	Michigan Tech	Mike Gresl, MSU
1997	Michigan State	Michigan	Michigan Tech	St Lawrence	Mike Weaver, MSU
1996	Michigan	Lake Superior State	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Brendan Morrison Brendan Morrison Brendan Morrison is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League... , UM
1995	Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Northern Michigan	Brendan Morrison, UM
1994	Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Cornell Cornell Big Red The Cornell Big Red is the informal name of the sports teams, and other competitive teams, at Cornell University. The university sponsors 36 varsity sports, as well as numerous intramural and club teams. Cornell participates in NCAA Division I as part of the Ivy League.The men's and women's hockey...	Brendan Morrison, UM
1993	Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade, , recollected among other places in the poetry of Joyce Kilmer who served with one of the Irish Brigade regiments during World War I...	David Oliver, UM
1992	Michigan	Northern Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Cam Stewart Cam Stewart This is Cam Stewart, the hockey player for the sportscaster, see Cam Stewart Cameron G. Stewart is a Canadian ice hockey forward, and is currently a minor-league assistant coach/front-office advisor with the Houston Aeros.Stewart started his NHL career with the Boston Bruins in 1993... , UM
1991	Michigan	Michigan Tech	Michigan State	Harvard	Steve Shields, UM
1990	Michigan	Maine	Michigan Tech	Michigan State	Steve Shields, UM
1989	Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Northern Michigan	Warren Sharples, UM
1988	Michigan	North Dakota	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Todd Brost Todd Brost Todd Brost is a former Canadian ice hockey player and head coach.As a player he won a silver medal playing with Team Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics.... , UM
1987	Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball...	Michigan State	Michigan	Michigan Tech	Dean Anderson Dean Anderson Dean Anderson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and St Kilda in the Australian Football League. A half forward, he kicked 4 goals in the Hawk's 1989 Grand Final triumph.-External links:... , UW
1986	Western Michigan Western Michigan Broncos The Western Michigan Broncos are a NCAA Division I FBS team representing Western Michigan University. They compete in the Mid-American Conference in men's baseball, basketball, football, soccer and tennis; and women's basketball, cross-country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field,...	Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Bill Horn, WMU
1985	Michigan State	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Michigan	Michigan Tech	Don McSween, MSU
1984	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Michigan	Bowling Green	Bob Essensa Bob Essensa Robert Earle Essensa is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender who spent 12 seasons in the National Hockey League... , MSU
1983	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Northern Michigan	Michigan	Dan McFall Dan McFall Dan McFall is a retired professional ice hockey player who played nine games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Winnipeg Jets. He now runs a hockey company out of Burlington, Vermont that organizes various leagues, clinics, and tournaments.- External links :... , MSU
1982	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Michigan	Notre Dame	Dale Krentz Dale Krentz Dale M. Krentz was a professional ice hockey player who played 30 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Detroit Red Wings.- References :... , MSU
1981	Notre Dame	Michigan Tech	Michigan, Michigan State		Dave Laurion, ND
1980	Michigan Tech	Michigan	Michigan State	Harvard	Paul Fricker, UM
1979	Michigan Tech	Michigan	Wisconsin	Michigan State	Murray Eaves Murray Eaves Murray James Eaves is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 57 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Winnipeg Jets and Detroit Red Wings. He now coaches Bantam Tier 1 hockey and lacrosse at Shattuck - St. Mary's school in Faribault, Minnesota. Married to Deborah... , UM
1978	Michigan Tech	Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of The Ohio State University, named after the state tree, the Buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the NCAA's Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports...	Boston University	Michigan	John Rockwell, MTU
1977	Michigan Tech	Michigan	Lake Superior State	Western Michigan	Dave Joelson, MTU
1976	Michigan Tech	Michigan	Brown	Bowling Green	Greg Hay Greg Hay Gregory Robert Hay is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Central Districts and for Nelson in the Hawke Cup competition. After scoring 98 on first-class debut, he went on to continue scoring runs for the Stags, scoring 55 on List A debut... , MTU
1975	Michigan	Michigan Tech	Boston University	Pennsylvania	Stu Ostlund, MTU
1974	Michigan Tech	Michigan	Harvard	Yale	Robbie Moore Robbie Moore Robert David "Robbie" Moore is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals. He played his college hockey at the University of Michigan and the University of Western Ontario. Author John U... , UM
1973	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Boston College	Pennsylvania	Tom Ross Tom Ross (ice hockey) Tom Ross is a former professional ice hockey centre.Prior to turning professional, Ross played four years of NCAA hockey with Michigan State University.... , MSU
1972	Harvard	Michigan Tech	Boston University	Michigan	Dave Hynes Dave Hynes David Hynes is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 22 games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins in 1973–75 as well as 22 games in the World Hockey Association for the New England Whalers in 1976–77. He was also a member of the United States national team at the... , Har
1971	Michigan Tech	Michigan State	Dartmouth Dartmouth College athletic teams The Dartmouth College Big Green are the varsity and club athletic teams of Dartmouth College, an American university located in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dartmouth's teams compete in the Ivy League conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I, as well as in the ECAC Hockey...	Notre Dame	Ian Williams, ND
1970	Michigan Tech	Michigan	Colgate	Brown	Mike Usitalo, MTU
1969	New Hampshire	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Princeton	Larry Smith, UNH
1968	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin	Michigan State	Michigan	Bill Watt, MSU
1967	North Dakota	Michigan Tech	Michigan State	Western Ontario	Roger Bamburak, UND
1966	Michigan	Michigan State	Michigan Tech	Western Ontario	Mel Wakabayashi Mel Wakabayashi Hitoshi "Mel" Wakabayashi is a former All-American ice hockey player, a right-handed center, who played for the 1964 NCAA champion Michigan Wolverines hockey team. He was also named Player of the Year in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1966... , UM
1965	Toronto Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team The Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team is an ice hockey team operated by the Varsity Blues athletics program of the University of Toronto. The Varsity Blues senior team won the Allan Cup in 1921 and 1927, and won the gold medal for Canada at the 1928 Winter Olympics.The Blues play in the Ontario...	Michigan Tech	Boston University	Colorado College	Henry Monteith, UT

Team records

Team	Titles	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Years participated
Michigan	14	13	9	5	41
Michigan State	12	12	10	3	37
Michigan Tech	9	12	10	14	45
North Dakota	2	1	0	1	4
Toronto	1	0	0	0	1
New Hampshire	1	0	1	0	2
Colorado College	1	1	0	1	3
Western Michigan	1	0	0	1	2
Wisconsin	1	1	1	0	3
Boston College	1	0	2	0	3
Notre Dame	1	0	0	3	4
Boston University	1	0	4	0	5
Harvard	1	0	2	2	5
Maine	0	1	0	0	1
Ohio State	0	1	0	0	1
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	0	2	0	0	2
Lake Superior State	0	1	1	1	3
Northern Michigan	0	1	2	2	5
Colgate	0	0	1	0	1
Dartmouth	0	0	1	0	1
Providence	0	0	1	0	1
Brown	0	0	1	1	2
Cornell	0	0	0	1	1
Princeton	0	0	0	1	1
St Lawrence	0	0	0	1	1
Yale	0	0	0	1	1
Bowling Green	0	0	0	2	2
Pennsylvania	0	0	0	2	2
Western Ontario	0	0	0	2	2