From its beginnings on the aging campus tennis courts with teams battling the elements under the lights, to the new arena location of street hockey indoors, the annual Green Cup has become a must see--if not must do--activity.
Teams have had students, alumni and people who just like to get out and sweat with a stick. The celebrity game has become a grudge match between Lakeland staff and those from Borderrock's The Goat.
Take a look at some of the past action, winning teams and lighter moments of the Lakeland College Green Cup.
Blizzard conditions changed some of the things about the Green Cup, but they didn't prevent the tournament from going ahead.
When the snow fell and the wind blew, the klick-off celebrity game became a casualty. But the Green Cup went on--in a new location, the Vermilion arena.
For the first time, action moved indoors. Friday night's games were rescheduled and the celebrity kick-off game was cancelled, but the dance went ahead and the games did on Saturday.
The 4-on-4 tournament was fast paced and the trophy and money were claimed in entertaining games on Sunday.
28 teams competed to claim the Green Cup title, a fabled Stanley Cup-Like trophy in an enviromental green.
A side champions, and Green Cup winners, were the Wacky Inflatable Waving Tube Men who performed a major comeback to defeat team P1 (firefighter training students at Lakeland College). The Irma North Stars won the B side in a close match against the Plaidypus's.
2008 could have been called the Snow Cup as the flakes were flying on Saturday. But the cold didn't deter the fun, or the eventual winners. The Irma Aces were the A side champions and the B side was captured by the Swamp Donkeys.
From its beginnings on the aging campus tennis courts with teams battling the elements under the lights, to the new arena location of street hockey indoors, the annual Green Cup has become a must see--if not must do--activity.
photo set from 2011 as well as a slide show.
In 2010, we moved indoors...
