Brian Smith Director of Communications Association PRESS 591 North Ave – #2 Wakefield, MA 01880 Office: (781) 245-2122 RELEASE Cell: (339) 227-2988 [email protected]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Hockey East Road to the TD Garden Tour Slated to Begin in January All 12 Institutions Set to Host the Lamoriello and NCAA Trophies WAKEFIELD, Mass. - Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna has released the 2015 Road to the TD Garden schedule, leading to the 2015 Hockey East Tournament Championship and 2015 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four, both to be held at the TD Garden. The seventh annual campaign will feature two of the most recognizable trophies in college hockey, bringing both the Lamoriello Trophy, awarded annually to the Hockey East Tournament champion, and the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Trophy to each of the 12 Hockey East campuses. The Road to the TD Garden campaign will be completed ahead of the 31st league tournament, March 20-21, 2015 and the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four, April 9-11. A full schedule can be found below. “I think fans will enjoy seeing these two trophies that represent the highest levels of accomplishment in our sport,” said Commissioner Bertagna. “Our Lamoriello Trophy is a uniquely designed award. And the NCAA trophy speaks for itself. Hopeful- ly, one of our schools will be carrying it around Garden ice in April.” Hockey East’s Graduate Intern, Andrew Veneziano, will be responsible for transporting and displaying the two trophies on the tour. In conjunction with the Road to the TD Garden, Hockey East will be launching AV’s Championship Road Trip across all league social media platforms. Fans will be able to stay up to date on the trophies’ whereabouts on their journey to each school and get a behind-the-scenes look at the tour on the @hockey_east Twitter and @hockey.east Instagram accounts. Additionally, one of the first five people at each Road to the TD Garden stop to take a picture with Andrew and the trophies, and post to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter with the hashtag #FindAV will be randomly chosen to win a pair of tickets to their choice of the Hockey East Semi-Finals or Hockey East Championship. Contestants must tag Hockey East in the picture, and be following all three Hock- ey East social media accounts in order to be eligible. For more information, contact Andrew Veneziano via email at [email protected] or phone at 781-245-2122.

2015 Road to the TD Garden Schedule

Date Game Time (EST) Fri., Jan. 23 Notre Dame at Northeastern 7:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 24 at Vermont 7:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 31 New Hampshire at Notre Dame 6:35 p.m. Wed., Feb. 4 at UConn 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 6 Notre Dame at Maine 7:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 7 UConn at Providence College 7:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 13 Maine at Merrimack 7:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 14 Boston University at New Hampshire 7:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 20 UMass Lowell at 7:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 21 Providence College at UMass 7:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 27 Northeastern at Boston University 7:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 28 Vermont at UMass Lowell 7:00 p.m.

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