2015-16 DIVISION I MEN's HOCKEY MEDIA KIT KEY DATES Fri., Oct. 2
2015-16 DIVISION I MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA KIT KEY DATES Fri., Oct. 2 Alaska Anchorage plays season’s first exhibition game (vs. Mount Royal) Oct. 3-4 First full slate of exhibition games, plus Colgate at Mercyhurst Fri., Oct. 9 First full slate of games, including the Ice Breaker Tournament in Portland, Maine Arizona State plays its first Division I competition at Alaska Anchorage in the Kendall Hockey Classic Sat., Oct. 10 Vermont faces Minnesota in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game Fri., Oct. 23 Opening of Omaha’s Baxter Arena vs. Air Force Mon., Nov. 9 Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (including Angela Ruggiero) Nov. 27-28 Brown, Colgate, UMass Lowell and Northeastern travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the Friendship Four tournament Thurs., Dec. 17 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (including Ron DeGregorio, Chris Drury, Angela Ruggiero) Dec. 26-Jan. 5 IIHF World Junior Championship (Helsinki, Finland) Jan. 8 & 10 Arizona State hosts Connecticut, Michigan Tech and Yale in the Desert Hockey Classic Jan. 30-31 North Star College Cup (Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn.) Feb. 1 & 8 Beanpot (TD Garden, Boston) Feb. 19-21 USA Hockey’s Hockey Weekend Across America Sat., Feb. 20 Colorado College vs. Denver at Denver’s Coors Field March 3-5 Conference tournament play begins in Atlantic Hockey, ECAC Hockey and Hockey East March 11-13 Conference tournament play begins in NCHC, WCHA March 19 Conference championship games March 20 NCAA Selection Show March 25-27 NCAA Regionals (sites) April 7 & 9 NCAA Frozen Four (Amalie Arena, Tampa, Fla.) June 24-25 NHL Draft (First Niagara Center, Buffalo, N.Y.) collegehockeyinc.com | @collegehockey 2015-16 COLLEGE HOCKEY MEDIA KIT DIVISION I PLAYERS BY HOMETOWN United States – 68% Canada – 30% Europe – 2% (58 players, 13 countries) American players come from 40 states plus D.C.
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