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The '''USA Cup''' was a tournament originally set up to showcase [[United States|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===

*{{flagicon|USA}} USA Selects
*{{flagicon|CAN}} Canadian Selects
*{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Dinamo Riga]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[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===

*{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Selects (mostly from Dynamo Moscow)
*{{flagicon|CAN}}  Canadian Olympic team
*{{flagicon|USA}}  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===

*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Spartak Moscow]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}}  Canadian Olympic team
*{{flagicon|USA}}  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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90USACupAlbanyGameAd.png|1990 Tournament
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