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Souza to Represent UNH at Spengler Cup as Assistant Coach of U.S. Collegiate Selects
8/14/2025 11:55:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
The 97th Spengler Cup to take place on Dec. 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland
DURHAM, N.H. – University of New Hampshire head men's hockey coach Mike Souza will represent UNH at the 97th Spengler Cup as an assistant coach of U.S. Collegiate Selects on Dec. 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland. The Selects will be the first team made up of collegiate athletes to compete in the world's oldest invitational hockey tournament.
Guy Gadowsky (Penn State University) was selected as the inaugural head coach, while Jason Lammers (Niagara University) will join Souza as an assistant coach.
"I am very excited to be on a staff with coach Gadowsky and coach Lammers, and to represent UNH at the Spengler Cup, a tournament with so much tradition and prestige," said Souza. "It is an honor to be a part of the first team made up of collegiate athletes to compete in the tournament. This will be a tremendous opportunity for the student-athletes who are selected, and I am looking forward to coaching in such a special environment."
The U.S. Collegiate Selects will be made up of 25 student-athletes from across NCAA men's ice hockey, with each conference being represented. The competition runs from December 26-31, with the six participating teams playing a minimum of two contests apiece. Along with the Selects, host HC Davos, Team Canada, HC Fribourg-Gotteron, Sparta Praha and IFK Helsinki will be taking part in the 2025 edition.
This will be only the second time an American-based select team has taken part in the Spengler Cup, following a U.S. squad that won the tournament in 1988, but this will be the first to be made up of collegiate athletes.
Souza is now in his eighth season as head coach at UNH, which included a 20-15-1 record in 2023-24 for the program's best finish in 11 years.
A native of Wakefield, Mass., Souza played at UNH from 1996-00 totaling 66 goals and 90 assists for 156 points, as the Wildcats reached the national championship game in 1999. He went on to play professionally in the AHL and ECHL, before heading overseas to play in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. His coaching career began as an assistant at Brown University (2011-13), before heading to the University of Connecticut (2013-15) and eventually his alma mater as an associate head coach (2015-18).
For more information on the Spengler Cup, visit www.spenglercup.ch/en.
The Wildcats start the 2025-26 season at Michigan State on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 9-10, while the home season will begin versus LIU (Oct. 24) and Quinnipiac (Oct. 25).
Individual game tickets for the 2025-26 University of New Hampshire men's hockey season are on sale now for all 17 home games by visiting UNHWildcats.com/BuyTickets or by calling (603) 862-4000.
Guy Gadowsky (Penn State University) was selected as the inaugural head coach, while Jason Lammers (Niagara University) will join Souza as an assistant coach.
"I am very excited to be on a staff with coach Gadowsky and coach Lammers, and to represent UNH at the Spengler Cup, a tournament with so much tradition and prestige," said Souza. "It is an honor to be a part of the first team made up of collegiate athletes to compete in the tournament. This will be a tremendous opportunity for the student-athletes who are selected, and I am looking forward to coaching in such a special environment."
The U.S. Collegiate Selects will be made up of 25 student-athletes from across NCAA men's ice hockey, with each conference being represented. The competition runs from December 26-31, with the six participating teams playing a minimum of two contests apiece. Along with the Selects, host HC Davos, Team Canada, HC Fribourg-Gotteron, Sparta Praha and IFK Helsinki will be taking part in the 2025 edition.
This will be only the second time an American-based select team has taken part in the Spengler Cup, following a U.S. squad that won the tournament in 1988, but this will be the first to be made up of collegiate athletes.
Souza is now in his eighth season as head coach at UNH, which included a 20-15-1 record in 2023-24 for the program's best finish in 11 years.
A native of Wakefield, Mass., Souza played at UNH from 1996-00 totaling 66 goals and 90 assists for 156 points, as the Wildcats reached the national championship game in 1999. He went on to play professionally in the AHL and ECHL, before heading overseas to play in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. His coaching career began as an assistant at Brown University (2011-13), before heading to the University of Connecticut (2013-15) and eventually his alma mater as an associate head coach (2015-18).
For more information on the Spengler Cup, visit www.spenglercup.ch/en.
The Wildcats start the 2025-26 season at Michigan State on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 9-10, while the home season will begin versus LIU (Oct. 24) and Quinnipiac (Oct. 25).
Individual game tickets for the 2025-26 University of New Hampshire men's hockey season are on sale now for all 17 home games by visiting UNHWildcats.com/BuyTickets or by calling (603) 862-4000.
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