The Mason Cup is the trophy awarded to the

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of the CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the postseason championship event of the

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, an

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league. The Cup was awarded from 2001 until the original CCHA folded at the end of the 2012–13 season. The CCHA was revived in 2020 by seven schools that had previously announced plans to leave the

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at the end of the 2020–21 season, with an eighth school being invited shortly thereafter. On May 19, 2021, the new CCHA announced that the Mason Cup would return for the 2021–22 season as the championship trophy for the revived CCHA tournament.

History

The cup was created in honor of

Ron Mason Ronald Herbert Mason (January 14, 1940 – June 13, 2016) was a Canadian ice hockey player, head coach, and university executive. A head coach of various American universities, most notably Michigan State University (MSU), he was the most success ...

, who coached three separate CCHA teams but is most remembered for his time at

Michigan State Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...

. Mason ended his coaching career in 2002 and, at the time of his retirement, was the winningest coach in NCAA history with 924 victories.

Winners

References

External links

CCHA official site
{{Central Collegiate Hockey Association Central Collegiate Hockey Association College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States

History

Winners

See also

References

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