Bummer.  I would really love to see all the Regionals and Finals played
on Olympic sized ice.  I think the nature of the wider ice showcases the
differences between the college game and NHL by opening up the passing
even more.  Big ice helps teams that depend on speed and skill while
small ice help teams that depend on strength and checking.  Its all part
of the same game, but I do like the more wide-open version you get with
Olympic ice.

Tom Rowe

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Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:40 PM
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Subject: Re: Regional rinks

Here are the hockey sites for the next two years.  I believe that all
are 200x85.

Sean

FUTURE SITES 2006
Regionals (4)
East
March 25-26, 2006
Pepsi Arena
Albany, New York
Hosts: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Eastern College Athletic
Conference Midwest March 25-26, 2006 Resch Center Green Bay, Wisc.
Host: Michigan Tech
Northeast
March 24-25, 2006
DCU Center Worcester, Mass.
Host: Boston University
West
March 24-25, 2006
Englestad Arena
Grand Forks, N.D.
Host: University of North Dakota
Frozen Four
April 6 and 8, 2006
Bradley Center
Milwaukee
Host: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ticket application process: April 1-June 1, 2005

FUTURE SITES 2007
Regionals (4)
East
March 23-24, 2007
Blue Cross Arena
Rochester, N.Y.
Host: Eastern College Athletic Conference Midwest March 23-24, 2007 Van
Andel Arena Grand Rapids, Mich.
Host: Western Michigan University
Northeast
March 24-25, 2007
Verizon Wireless Arena
Manchester, N.H.
Host: University of New Hampshire
West
March 24-25, 2007
Pepsi Center
Denver, Colorado
Host: University of Denver
Frozen Four
April 5 and 7, 2007
Savvis Center
St. Louis, Missouri
Hosts: College Hockey America and the St. Louis Sports Commission

On 30 Mar 2005 at 3:11, Craig Powers wrote:

> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > In the NCAA, most of the sites are the larger ice surfaces ergo
> > advantage speed team. The ECAC and HE teams are forced to adapt
> > their game, sometimes not sucessfully.
>
> It's a 50/50 split this year which is unusual, considering that the
> neither the typical midwest (Van Andel, Yost, Fort Wayne should they
> ever decide to go for one) nor eastern sites have big ice.  Amherst is

> atypical in that regard, all of Worcester, Albany, Manchester, and
> Providence are 200x85. Whenever Denver hosts at the Pepsi, I'd guess
> all four regionals will be small ice.