The Governor's Cup was an annual ice hockey tournament hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and

Union College Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...

. The tournament was sponsored by Citizens Bank and was held each fall at the

Times Union Center The MVP Arena (originally Knickerbocker Arena, and then the Pepsi Arena and Times Union Center) is an indoor arena located in Albany, New York. It is configurable and can accommodate from 6,000 to 17,500 people, with a maximum seating capacit ...

in Albany, NY. The Governor's Cup began in 2006 and was intended to increase interest in the

ECAC Hockey League ECAC Hockey is one of the six conferences that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United States. This relati ...

, which holds its championship tournament at the same location in March.ECAC Hockey
/ref> Both Rensselaer and Union participated in the tournament each year, and two other teams (usually from the ECAC Hockey League) were invited to complete the field. The tournament was short-lived, lasting only a few years before having to disband due to losing their sponsorship. However, Rensselaer and Union have recently revitalized the spirit of this tournament by annually playing a single non-conference game in Albany, with the winner being awarded a trophy called the "Mayor's Cup". Union won the inaugural Mayor's Cup game in 2013 by a score of 3–2. The rematch in 2014 received considerable media attention when, just as Rensselaer won 2–1, a brawl broke out between both teams and included a confrontation between the coaches.

Tournament results

References

External links

ECAC Hockey home page
College ice hockey tournaments in the United States ECAC Hockey RPI Engineers men's ice hockey Union Dutchmen ice hockey {{NewYork-sport-stub