INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee today announced the 2010 and 2011 Midwest and West Regional sites.

“The ice hockey committee is excited to announce these sites as we had a tremendous amount of interest shown by cities across the Midwest,” said Joel Maturi, chair of the Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee.  “We focused on selecting sites that have NHL size ice sheets and are in neutral buildings. We really feel that each of these buildings will showcase college hockey, give our student-athletes a tremendous experience and help take our championship to another level.”

In 2010, the Midwest regional will be played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana and will be hosted by the University of Notre Dame on March 27-28, while the West regional will be held at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota and will be hosted by the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities on March 26-27.

In 2011, Michigan Technological University will host the Midwest regional at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin on March 26-27 and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) will host the West regional at Scottrade Center in St. Louis on March 25-26.

Previously announced were the 2010 and 2011 East and Northeast regional sites. The 2010 East regional will be held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York and will be hosted by ECAC Hockey and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) on March 26-27 and the Northeast regional will be held at DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts and will be hosted by the College of the Holy Cross March 27-28.

The 2011 East regional will be held at the Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Connecticut and be hosted by Yale University and Fairfield University on March 25-26 and the Northeast regional will be held at the Verizon Wireless Center in Manchester, New Hampshire and be hosted by the University of New Hampshire on March 26-27.

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