Codfish Bowl
The Codfish Bowl is an annual Division III college ice hockey mid-season tournament. It is the oldest tournament operating at the D-III level and the second oldest extant tournament for any level of play.[1]
Sport | College ice hockey |
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Founded | 1965 |
Founder | Boston State |
No. of teams | 4 |
Country | United States |
History
In 1965 Boston State head coach Eddie Barry, looking for an lower-division answer to the Beanpot, founded the tournament with the help of athletic director Gus Sullivan. The series was used as a showcase for the smaller schools in college hockey and was absorbed by the program at Massachusetts–Boston when the two schools merged in 1982.
The tournament began before the NCAA instituted numerican divisions, but in 1973 it switched from College Division to Division II, where Boston State played. After the merger, UMB jumped up to D-II, allowing the tournament to remain at that level, but in 1984 virtually all Division II schools dropped down to Division III, which is where the tournament has been played ever since.
The tournament was typically held before the New Year's Day, however, in recent years the championship has occurred both before and after January 1st. This results in some years having two tournaments and others having none.
Yearly results[2]
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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2020 | Wesleyan | Massachusetts–Boston | Albertus Magnus | Fitchburg State |
2019 | Cortland State | Massachusetts–Boston | Tufts | Bryn Athyn |
2017 | Salve Regina | Massachusetts–Boston | Adrian | Williams |
2016 | Salve Regina | Massachusetts–Boston | Connecticut College | Franklin Pierce |
2015 | Brockport State | Westfield State | Massachusetts–Boston | Johnson & Wales |
2015 | Connecticut College | Lake Forest | Massachusetts–Boston, Hamilton (tie) | |
2014 | Massachusetts–Boston | Southern New Hampshire | Tufts | Suffolk |
2013 | Massachusetts–Boston | Johnson & Wales | Wentworth | Fitchburg State |
2012 | Tufts | Massachusetts–Boston | Johnson & Wales | Southern New Hampshire |
2010 | Fitchburg State | Massachusetts–Boston | Wentworth | Assumption |
2009 | Suffolk | Massachusetts–Boston | Johnson & Wales | Southern New Hampshire |
2008 | Westfield State | Fitchburg State | Suffolk | Massachusetts–Boston |
2007 | Massachusetts–Boston | Fitchburg State | Southern New Hampshire | Suffolk |
2006 | Skidmore | Massachusetts–Boston | Framingham State | Suffolk |
2005 | Massachusetts–Dartmouth | Southern New Hampshire | Connecticut College | Massachusetts–Boston |
2004 | Babson | Massachusetts–Boston | Saint Michael's | Fitchburg State |
2003 | Skidmore | Massachusetts–Boston | Southern Maine | Worcester State |
2002 | Babson | Southern New Hampshire | Saint Michael's | Massachusetts–Boston |
2001 | Fitchburg State | Massachusetts–Boston | Saint Michael's | Skidmore |
2000 | Elmira | Massachusetts–Boston | Saint Anselm | New Hampshire College |
1999 | Amherst | Massachusetts–Boston | Saint Anselm | Fitchburg State |
1998 | Saint Anselm | Massachusetts–Boston | Babson | Saint Michael's |
1997 | Massachusetts–Boston | Saint Anselm | Potsdam State | Southern Maine |
1996 | Norwich | Massachusetts–Boston | Gustavus Adolphus | Framingham State |
1995 | Babson | Massachusetts–Boston | Gustavus Adolphus, American International (tie) | |
1994 | Hamilton | New England College | Massachusetts–Boston | Amherst |
1993 | Salem State | Williams | American International | Massachusetts–Boston |
1992 | Connecticut | American International | Elmira | Massachusetts–Boston |
1991 | Salem State | North Adams State | Saint Anselm | Massachusetts–Boston |
1990 | Salem State | Massachusetts–Boston | Hamilton | |
1989 | Salem State | Massachusetts–Boston | Norwich | Saint Anselm |
1988 | Bowdoin | Massachusetts–Boston | Elmira | Salem State |
1987 | Elmira | Massachusetts–Boston | Salem State | Holy Cross |
1986 | Bowdoin | Saint Anselm | Massachusetts–Boston, Salem State (tie) | |
1985 | Salem State | Massachusetts–Boston | Norwich | Saint Anselm |
1984 | Saint Anselm | Massachusetts–Boston | Babson | Westfield State |
1983 | Massachusetts–Boston | Babson | Westfield State, North Adams State ? | |
1982 | Westfield State | American International | Massachusetts–Boston | Worcester State |
1981 | Babson | Westfield State | Norwich | Boston State |
1980 | Westfield State | Norwich | Babson | Boston State |
1979 | Lowell | Westfield State | Babson | Boston State |
1978 | Lowell | Boston State | Salem State | |
1977 | Salem State | Boston State | Saint Anselm | Lowell |
1976 | Lowell | Boston State | Salem State | |
1975 | Merrimack | Boston State | Salem State | Saint Anselm |
1974 | Salem State | Saint Anselm | Boston State | |
1973 | Salem State | Boston State | Saint Anselm | American International |
1972 | Saint Anselm | Boston State | Salem State | |
1971 | Boston State | Merrimack | Salem State | Norwich |
1970 | Merrimack | Boston State | Colby | |
1969 | Boston State | Merrimack | Colby | Norwich |
1968 | Boston State | American International | ||
1967 | Boston State | Salem State | Ohio | Massachusetts |
1966 | Boston State | Salem State | ||
1965 | Boston State | Salem State |
References
- "Needham's Eddie Barry, cofounder of Codfish Bowl, built a hockey showcase". Boston.com. December 26, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- "UMass Boston Men's Ice Hockey Year-by-Year". UMass Boston Beacons. Retrieved March 27, 2020.