Men’s ice hockey at UT is a club sport begun in 1967 that has achieved national attention. In 1987 the UT team became the Southern Division Champions of the Southern Collegiate Hockey Association League, attracting average crowds of five hundred for their 11:15 p.m. games at the Ice Chalet. In 1991 they competed as a new member of the Southern Collegiate Hockey Association. In 1993, their first year to participate in the association’s tournament, they reached the finals. In 1994 the UT team was ranked seventh in the nation and won the association championship tournament by defeating North Carolina State 4-2 in the finals. With the win came a tournament MVP award for club president Preston Dixon.