Jennings Cup

The Jennings Cup is the longest consecutively awarded ice hockey cup in the world. Presented in 1898 by William T. Jennings for the University of Toronto interfaculty ice hockey tournament, it has been disputed every year since then. At the present, it is disputed twice a year by the men's ice hockey teams of the three campus of the University of Toronto.

History

In 1898 the Jennings Cup was presented to the School of Practical Science, University of Toronto, for competition in ice hockey. His presenter, William T. Jennings, was a civil engineer, a chairman in Engenieering, and a hockey enthusiast that strongly believed in athletics Thomas Arthur Reed, "The Blue and White: A Record of Fifty Years of Athletic Endeavour at the University of Toronto." chapter xvi, pp. 187-210. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1944 [http://individual.utoronto.ca/mfkolarcik/blueandwhite.html] ] . The donation of the cup had caught attention to hockey and had stimulated the interfaculty participation in hockey [] .

The first interfaculty hockey champion to receive the Jennings Cup was the Applied Science Team in the year 1899–1900. Since then, this cup had been disputed every year, and today it is presented to the men's ice hockey champions of the University of Toronto Intramural' tournament. Although the Stanley Cup is five years older, it was not awarded every year, in 1918–1919 it was not disputed due to the Spanish Influenza pandemic, and recently because the 2004–05 NHL lockout. Therefore, the Jennings Cup is the longest consecutive awarded ice hockey trophy in the world.

Jennings Cup Winners

=Interfaculty Tournament: 1899 - 1944=

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