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.[1][2]
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
| Semifinals November 29
| | | Championship November 30
| |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Clarkson
| 6
| | |
|
| Boston University
| 9
| |
| | Boston University
| 2
| |
|
| |
| | | Bowling Green
| 3
| |
| St. Lawrence
| 5
| |
|
| Bowling Green
| 6**
| | | Consolation
|
|
|
| | Clarkson
| 8
|
|
| | St. Lawrence
| 1
|
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
|