USA Cup

The USA Cup was a tournament originally set up to showcase American college hockey players and to help prepare the United States team for the Olympic Games. It was played at Albany, New York.

It was played in three years from 1990 to 1992 in December.

1990 Tournament

Teams

• USA Selects
• Canadian Selects
• Dinamo Riga
• AIK IF

Round Robin

• December 27 USA 8 Canada 2; Riga 7 AIK 4
• December 28 Riga 4 Canada 2; AIK 7 USA 7
• December 29 Riga 8 USA 7; Canada 4 AIK 1

Dinamo Riga     3-0-0-6  19-13
United States   1-1-1-3  22-17
Canada          1-2-0-2   8-13
AIK IF             0-2-1-1  12-18

Finals

December 30

• Championship Riga 5 USA 2
• Consolation AIK 6 Canada 5

1991 Tournament

Teams

• Soviet Selects (mostly from Dynamo Moscow)
• Canadian Olympic team
• American Olympic team

Round Robin

• December 19 Canada 4 USA 1
• December 20 Soviet 3 Canada 2
• December 21 Soviet 5 USA 2

Soviet Selects  2-0-0-4  8-4
Canada          1-1-0-2  6-4
USA             0-2-0-0  3-9

1992 Tournament

Teams

• Spartak Moscow
• Canadian Olympic team
• American Olympic team

Round Robin

• December 18 Moscow 3 Canada 1
• December 19 Canada 4 USA 3
• December 20 Moscow 6 USA 4

Spartak Moscow  2-0-0-4 9- 5
Canada          1-1-0-2 5- 6
USA             0-2-0-0 7-10

Game Ads

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  1990 Tournament

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