The Rensselaer Holiday Tournament is a college ice hockey tournament hosted by the 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...

 in Troy, New York

Troy, New York

Troy is a city in the US State of New York and the seat of Rensselaer County. Troy is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany and Schenectady, forming a region popularly called the Capital...

. The tournament has been held annually since 1951 at the Houston Field House

Houston Field House

Houston Field House is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. It is the second oldest arena in the ECAC Hockey League behind Princeton University's Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.It is also the nations third oldest hockey rink behind Northeasterns...

. It is the oldest college hockey tournament in the United States, older than the Beanpot by two years.

In the first edition, eight teams played in a knockout bracket. From 1952 until 1980, four teams played a round-robin

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

. Beginning in 1981, four teams were seeded and played a knockout bracket and third place game.

Results

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Fifth Place	Sixth Place	Seventh Place	Eighth Place
1951	Brown Brown Bears men's ice hockey The Brown Bears men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Brown University. The Bears are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the Meehan Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island.-External links:*...	St. Patrick's Carleton University Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...	RPI RPI Engineers men's ice hockey The RPI Engineers men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Engineers are a member of ECAC Hockey . They play at the Houston Field House in Troy, New York.- History :Men's ice...	Loyola Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St...	Harvard Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey The Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Harvard University. The Crimson are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the Bright Hockey Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts...	Dartmouth	Williams Williams College Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...	MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
1952	Princeton Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey The Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Princeton University. The Tigers are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the Hobey Baker Memorial Rink in Princeton, New Jersey.-External links:*...	RPI	St. Patrick's	Yale
1953	St. Francis Xavier	RPI	Brown	Princeton
1954	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...	RPI	St. Francis Xavier	Yale
1955	Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota. They are members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I ice hockey...	RPI	Princeton	Loyola
1956	Michigan Tech Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey The Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Michigan Technological University. The Huskies are a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association...	McGill McGill Redmen The McGill Redmen CIS football team is one of the oldest in all of Canada, having begun organized competition in 1898. The team has appeared in three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1969, 1973 and 1987, with the Redmen finally winning the title in the 1987 game...	RPI	Laval
1957	RPI	Brown	Yale	New Brunswick UNB Varsity Reds The UNB Varsity Reds are the athletic teams that represent the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.The Varsity Reds compete in the following sports: men's and women's basketball, men's hockey, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's volleyball, swimming...
1958	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,...	RPI	Brown	Princeton
1959	North Dakota	Montreal	RPI	Yale
1960	RPI	Harvard	New Brunswick	Princeton
1961	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...	RPI	McGill	Yale
1962	Minnesota	McMaster McMaster University McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...	RPI	Providence Providence Friars men's ice hockey The Providence Friars men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the Providence College. The Friars are a member of Hockey East. They play at the 3,030-seat Schneider Arena in Providence, Rhode Island.-External links:*...
1963	RPI	Cornell Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey The Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey team represents Cornell University, located in Ithaca, New York, in NCAA Division I men's competition. Cornell is one of eight members of the academically prestigious Ivy League conference and the hockey team plays in the ECAC Hockey conference.The 1970 Cornell...	Loyola	Yale
1964	Minnesota–Duluth	McGill	RPI	Colgate Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey The Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Colgate University. The Raiders are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the Starr Rink in Hamilton, New York....
1965	Western Ontario Western Ontario Mustangs The Western Ontario Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada...	Bowdoin Bowdoin College Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is...	RPI	Middlebury Middlebury College Panthers The Middlebury Panthers are the 31 varsity teams of Middlebury College that compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The Panthers lead the NESCAC in total number of National Championships, having won 33 individual titles since the conference lifted its ban on NCAA play in 1994...
1966	Michigan	RPI	Colgate	New Brunswick
1967	McMaster	Michigan Tech	RPI	Yale
1968	Waterloo Waterloo Warriors The Waterloo Warriors are the athletic teams that represent the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The Warriors have found success over certain spans in football, hockey, rugby, golf and basketball among others, and the Warriors have won national championships in hockey ,...	RPI	Army Army Black Knights men's ice hockey The Army Black Knights men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I College ice hockey program that represents the United States Military Academy. The Black Knights are a member of Atlantic Hockey and play at the Tate Rink in West Point, New York.-History:The...	Ohio Ohio Bobcats Ohio University features 16 varsity sports teams called the Bobcats. The Bobcats compete in the Mid-American Conference in all sports. The Bobcats were a charter member of the Mid-American Conference in 1946 and are the only team still in the conference from the original 5 team league that...
1969	Providence	RPI	Montreal	Bowling Green Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey The Bowling Green Falcons ice hockey team is the ice hockey team that represents Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. The school's team competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Falcons last played in the NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament in 1990...
1970	Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey The Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. The team plays at the Kohl Center and is coached by former Badger and NHL player Mike Eaves...	RPI	Western Ontatio	Northeastern Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey The Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the Northeastern University. The Huskies are a member of Hockey East...
1971	Clarkson Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey The Clarkson Golden Knights Men's Ice Hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Clarkson University. The Golden Knights are a member of ECAC Hockey...	RPI	Ohio	New Brunswick
1972	Minnesota–Duluth	RPI	Providence	Carleton Carleton Ravens The Carleton Ravens football team is a future varsity team that was approved for 2013 membership on July 6, 2011. The team will be a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport, returning football to Carleton University after a 15-year absence...
1973	Boston University	RPI	Dartmouth	Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey The Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Ohio State University. The Buckeyes are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association...
1974	Northeastern	Bowling Green	RPI	Sir George Williams Concordia University Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
1975	Providence	RPI	Princeton	Northeastern
1976	RPI	Clarkson	Yale	Penn Penn Quakers The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 27 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing.-Men's crew:-Football:...
1977	RPI	Ohio State	St. Mary's Saint Mary's Huskies The Saint Mary's Huskies are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their primary home turf is Huskies Stadium located in the centre of the University's campus....	McGill
1978	St. Lawrence	RPI	Princeton	Air Force Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey The Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the United States Air Force Academy. The Falcons are a member of Atlantic Hockey. They play at the Cadet Ice Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado.-...
1979	Western Michigan Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey The Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Western Michigan University. The Broncos are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association...	Northeastern	Western Ontario	RPI
1980	Maine	RPI	Vasby	Holy Cross Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey The Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents College of the Holy Cross. The Crusaders are a member of the Atlantic Hockey Association . They play at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.-...
1981	St. Lawrence	Brown	North Dakota	RPI
1982	RPI	UMass Lowell University of Massachusetts Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey The UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents the University of Massachusetts Lowell. It competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Hockey East Association. The team competed at the Division II level until 1983.- External links :* *...	Bowling Green	Brown
1983	RPI	UMass Lowell	Northern Arizona Northern Arizona University Northern Arizona University is a public university located in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and has 39 satellite campuses in the state of Arizona. The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.As of...	Yale
1984	RPI	Toronto	Miami (OH) Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey The Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Miami University. The RedHawks are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association...	Ferris State Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey The Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Ferris State University. The Bulldogs are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association...
1985	RPI	Lake Superior State Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey The Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Lake Superior State University. The Lakers are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . They play at the Taffy Abel Arena in Sault...	RIT RIT Tigers men's ice hockey The RIT Tigers men's ice hockey team is one of two hockey teams representing Rochester Institute of Technology in suburban Rochester, New York. The school's men's team competes in the Division I Atlantic Hockey conference. The team has won two national championships, one each at the Division II and...	Alaska–Anchorage Alaska–Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the University of Alaska Anchorage. The Seawolves are a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . They play at the Sullivan Arena in...
1986	Ferris State	Alaska–Fairbanks Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey The Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Nanooks are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . They play at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks,...	Merrimack Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey The Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Merrimack College. Merrimack has the smallest enrollment of any Division I college hockey program. The Warriors are a member of Hockey East. They play at...	RPI
1987	RPI	McGill	Holy Cross	U.S. International Alliant International University Alliant International University is a private, non-profit higher education institution based in San Diego, California. It offers programs in six California cities and four locations outside the United States...
1988	Providence	RPI	Air Force	Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the University of Notre Dame. The team competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association at the NCAA Division I level.- History :...
1989	RPI	Merrimack	Union	Brown
1990	RPI	Western Ontario	Union	Alaska–Fairbanks
1991	St. Lawrence	RPI	Northeastern	Union
1992	Providence	RPI	Clarkson	UMass Lowell
1993	RPI	UMass Lowell	Army	Mount Allison Mount Allison Mounties The Mount Allison Mounties is the name given to varsity athletic teams that represent Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.The Mounties sports teams play their matches at MacAuley field which seats 2,500.-Athletics & Recreations:...
1994	Maine	RPI	Merrimack	Miami (OH)
1995	Clarkson	Illinois–Chicago UIC Flames The UIC Flames are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Chicago. They are called the Flames as a reference to the Great Chicago Fire, and their team colors are navy blue and fire engine red. Approximately 300 student athletes compete in 18 varsity sports...	Providence	RPI
1996	RPI	Brown	UMass UMass Minutemen men's ice hockey The UMass Minutemen men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Minutemen are a member of Hockey East. They play at the 8,387-seat William D. Mullins Memorial Center in...	Bowling Green
1997	Lake Superior	RPI	Yale	Army
1998	RPI	Minnesota–Duluth	Merrimack	Union
1999	Providence	RPI	Bowling Green	Union
2000	St. Lawrence	Providence	RPI	Notre Dame
2001	RPI	UMass	Niagara Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey The Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Niagara University. The Purple Eagles are a member of Atlantic Hockey...	Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey The Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Quinnipiac University. The Bobcats are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Connecticut.-History:Quinnipiac...
2002	Merrimack	Wayne State Wayne State Warriors The Wayne State Warriors are the represent Wayne State University, located in Detroit, Michigan. The university is a member of the NCAA at the Division II level, WSU competes in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for all sports except fencing, which competes in the Midwest...	Princeton	RPI
2003	Northeastern	Mercyhurst Mercyhurst Lakers men's ice hockey The Mercyhurst Lakers men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I College ice hockey program that represents Mercyhurst College. The Lakers are a member of Atlantic Hockey. They play at the Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. -External links:*...	Colgate	RPI
2004	Air Force	RPI	Robert Morris Robert Morris Colonials men's ice hockey The Robert Morris Colonials men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Robert Morris University. The team plays its home games at the Island Sports Center in Neville Township, Pennsylvania. The Colonials are a member of...	Sacred Heart Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey The Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Sacred Heart University. The Pioneers are a member of Atlantic Hockey. They play at the Milford Ice Pavilion in Milford, Connecticut.-External links:*...
2005	Nebraska–Omaha	Holy Cross	RPI	Providence
2006	Niagara	Colgate	RPI	Ohio State
2007	Notre Dame	RPI	Alabama–Huntsville	American International American International Yellow Jackets men's ice hockey The American International Yellow Jackets men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the American International College. The Yellow Jackets are a member of Atlantic Hockey. They play at the Olympia Ice Center in...
2008	Northeastern	RPI	Mercyhurst	Princeton
2009	Union	RPI	Bentley Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey The Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Bentley University. The Falcons are a member of Atlantic Hockey. They play at the John A. Ryan Skating Arena in Watertown, Massachusetts.-External links:*...	Lake Superior
2010	RPI	Bowling Green	Alabama-Huntsville	Connecticut Connecticut Huskies men's ice hockey The Connecticut Huskies men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the University of Connecticut. The Huskies are a member of Atlantic Hockey...