Monday, March 16, 2015

Conference Championship Fields Set

Seven Game 3s and multiple overtimes were needed to determine this weekend’s conference championship participants.

Conference Championship Fields Set
Mercyhurst celebrates its come-from-behind win Sunday to earn a spot in the Atlantic Hockey semifinals.

Twenty-six teams are in the running for conference championships this weekend, beginning Thursday in the Big Ten and Friday elsewhere. Six conference champions will be crowned Saturday night, each earning an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

Atlantic Hockey

Site: Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y., March 20-21
Tickets: Blue Cross Arena box office, ticketmaster.com
TV: Time Warner Cable
Friday: 5 p.m.: No. 5 Mercyhurst vs. No. 1 Robert Morris | 8 p.m.: No. 3 RIT vs. No. 2 Canisius
Saturday: 7 p.m. championship

Big Ten

Site: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich., March 19-21
Tickets: Joe Louis Arena box office, all Ticketmaster locations, ticketmaster.com, by phone (800) 359-2525, or ticketmaster.com
TV: BTN
Thursday: 4:30 p.m.: No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Penn State | 8 p.m.: No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 3 Michigan
Friday: 4:30 p.m.: Ohio State/Penn State vs. No. 1 Minnesota | 8 p.m.: Wisconsin/Michigan vs. No. 2 Michigan State
Saturday: 8 p.m. championship

ECAC Hockey

Site: Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid, N.Y., March 20-21
Tickets: Olympic Center box office, by calling (518) 523-3330, or whitefacelakeplacid.com
TV: FOX College Sports
Friday: 4 p.m.: No. 6 Harvard vs. No. 1 Quinnipiac | 7:30 p.m.: No. 4 Colgate vs. No. 2 St. Lawrence
Saturday: 7:30 p.m. championship

Hockey East

Site: TD Garden, Boston, MA, March 20-21
Tickets: TD Garden box office or www.ticketmaster.com
TV: NESN / NBCSN / TSN2
Friday: 5 p.m.: No. 7 Vermont vs. No. 4 UMass Lowell | 8 p.m.: No. 8 New Hampshire vs. No. 1 Boston University
Saturday: 7 p.m. championship

National Collegiate Hockey Conference

Site: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, March 20-21
Tickets: Target Center box office, by phone at (888) 929-7849 or axs.com
TV: CBS Sports Network
Friday: 4 p.m. CT: No. 6 St. Cloud State vs. No. 1 North Dakota | 7:30 p.m.: No. 4 Denver vs. No. 2 Miami
Saturday: 3:30 p.m. CT: Consolation | 7:30 p.m. CT: Championship

WCHA

Site: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, March 20-21
Tickets: Xcel Energy Center box office, Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by phone at (800) 745-3000 or ticketmaster.com
TV: FOX Sports North
Friday: 4 p.m. CT: Bowling Green vs. Michigan Tech | 7:30 p.m. CT: Ferris State vs. Minnesota State
Saturday: 6 p.m. CT championship