Dan Cirucci: NCAA Ice Hockey Finals Tkts On Sale Now

Sunday, March 23, 2014

NCAA Ice Hockey Finals Tkts On Sale Now

The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee has selected the 16 teams that will be participating in the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship.

The championship playoff format involves four predetermined regional sites with four teams assigned to each site. The four regional winners advance to the Men’s Frozen Four, which will take place on Thursday, April 10 and Saturday, April 12 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The entire championship uses a single-elimination format.

Automatic qualification privileges are granted to the postseason champions of the five conferences. The remainder of the field is selected at large.

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities was the No. 1 overall seed. The other No. 1 seeds, in order, included Boston College, Union College (New York), and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

The dates, sites, times and pairings of this year’s championship are as follows:

East Regional, March 28-29 at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Friday, March 28, 2 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN No. 1 Union (New York) (28-6-4) vs. No. 4 Vermont (20-14-3)

Friday, March 28, 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN No. 2 Quinnipiac (24-9-6) vs. No. 3 Providence (21-10-6)

Saturday, March 29, 3 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN2/WatchESPN East Regional Championship

Midwest Regional, March 28-29 at U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio

Friday, March 28, 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN3/WatchESPN ESPN3 (ESPNU same-day re-air – Friday, March 28, 10:30 p.m. Eastern time)

No. 2 Ferris State (28-10-3) vs. No. 3 Colgate (20-13-5)

Friday, March 28, 8 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN No. 1 Wisconsin (24-10-2) vs. No. 4 North Dakota (23-13-3)

Saturday, March 29, 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN Midwest Regional Championship

Northeast Regional, March 29-30  at DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts

Saturday, March 29, 4 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN No. 1 Boston College (26-7-4) vs. No. 4 Denver (20-15-6)

Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN3/WatchESPN ESPN3 (ESPNU same-day re- air – Saturday, March 29, 11:30 p.m. Eastern time)

No. 2 Massachusetts-Lowell (25-10-4) vs. No. 3 Minnesota State Mankato (26-13-1)

Sunday, March 30, 5 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN Northeast Regional Championship

West Regional, March 29-30 at Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saturday, March 29, 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN2/WatchESPN No. 1 Minnesota (25-6-6) vs. No. 4 Robert Morris (19-17-5)

Saturday, March 29, 9 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN No. 2 Notre Dame (23-14-2) vs. No. 3 St. Cloud State (21-10-5)

Sunday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN
West Regional Championship

Men’s Frozen Four, April 10 and 12  Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thursday, April 10, 5 and 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN2/WatchESPN (order of games TBD) Midwest Regional Champion vs. West Regional Champion East Regional Champion vs. Northeast Regional Champion

Saturday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN/WatchESPN National Championship

The following conferences and teams received automatic qualification:

Atlantic Hockey Association – Robert Morris Big Ten Conference – Wisconsin ECAC Hockey – Union (New York) Hockey East Association – Massachusetts-Lowell National Collegiate Hockey Conference - Denver Western Collegiate Hockey Association – Minnesota State Mankato

For more information about the championship, log on to www.NCAA.com.

Tickets to attend the highly-anticipated 2014 NCAA Men's Frozen Four at the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday, April 10 and Saturday, April 12, are on sale now exclusively through ComcastTIX, online atComcastTIX.com, by phone at 1-800-298-4200, or in person at Wells Fargo Center box office.

Each package includes one ticket to the two semifinal games on Thursday, April 10, and one ticket to the national championship game on Saturday, April 12.

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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