Which I presume means that "NHL sized" refers to the ice surface, not the number of seats.


--- On Fri, 8/29/08, Erik Biever <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Erik Biever <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: 2010, 2011 regional sites announced
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 5:15 PM
> Joel Maturi, chair of the NC$$ men's ice hockey
> committee said, "The committee 
> has made a conscious decision to try to move regional
> competition off campuses 
> and Olympic-sized rinks, while still preserving a great
> college hockey atmosphere."
> 
> 
> -- Erik
> 
> Linda A. Harrison wrote:
> > They will have a regional in Fort Wayne, IN, but not
> in Boston, MA
> > (Worcester doesn't count). It doesn't make any
> sense to me.
> > 
> > Also, why are they are hosting regionals in NHL-sized
> rinks now (see St.
> > Paul and St Louis)? The regionals they have now have
> trouble selling tickets
> > as it is. Does the NC$$ think these locations will be
> exceptions to the
> > rule?
> > 
> > Linda