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Faced with a season start in January, Missouri State Ice Bears asked, why not play each other?

It was in early August the Missouri State club hockey team announced their American Collegiate Hockey Association season would begin in January because of COVID-19. Normally, it would start in September.

Faced with still needing to operate the team and select a squad, head coach Jeremy Law and other members of the team staff came up with an idea: an intra-squad tournament, broadcasted live with a trophy attached.

“As soon as the cancellation happened, I thought, ‘It’s going to be frustrating having tryouts, picking a team and then practicing without any games,’” Law said. “Players practice to play.