Team captains Annie Hogan and Katy Applin share thoughts with the media, along with head coaches Linda Lundrigan and Lauren McAuliffe.
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Alright, let’s get the superlatives out of the way. The ice rink at Fenway park is what the hype has made it out to be. It’s a stunning setting, combining strong histories of hockey and baseball in one of America’s iconic sporting venues. As a member of the media covering this event, it was fun today just to walk the grounds and look out at the grandstands, knowing that they will be filled to capacity on Friday. Read more…
WRBB is the exclusive Northeastern radio carrier of the Sun Life Frozen Fenway, and will have supplemental coverage leading up to Friday’s game on WRBBSports.com. Look out for photos and Press Pass clips from practices, pre-game, and post-game. Of course, you should join us for Friday’s broadcast beginning at 3:45 p.m. Here is this week’s schedule of events at Fenway Park related to Friday’s doubleheader:
3:45 p.m. — Boston University Practice
5:00 p.m. — Boston University Press Conference
5:15 p.m. — Boston College Practice
6:30 p.m. — Boston College Press Conference
3:45 p.m. — Northeastern Practice
5:00 p.m. — Northeastern Press Conference
5:15 p.m. – UNH Practice
6:30 p.m. — UNH Press Conference
3:00 p.m. — Gates open
3:45 p.m. — WRBB game broadcast begins
4:00 p.m. — Women’s game: NU vs. UNH
7:30 p.m. — Men’s game: BU vs. BC
Hockey East announced today that both games of the Sun Life Frozen Fenway event in January will be televised on NESN. Northeastern will face UNH in the first half of a doubleheader from the outdoor rink on January 8th. With added television coverage, the game time has been moved up to 4:00 p.m. with a post-game show at the conclusion of the BU-BC game. You can read the full press release at the Hockey East website.
Co-captains Annie Hogan and Lindsay Berman speak about what it means to be playing a game in Fenway Park.
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Assistant coach Lauren McAuliffe:
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Assistant coach Linda Lundrigan:
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Hockey East officially announced this morning that the women’s hockey teams from Northeastern and the University of New Hampshire will compete in the first half of a college hockey doubleheader at Fenway Park on January 8th, 2009. The game will be the first ever outdoor women’s hockey game, and is expected to shatter the single-game record for attendance at an NCAA women’s hockey game. The current record is 6,854, set when Minnesota played its first women’s hockey game in the fall of 1997.
Tickets for the doubleheader will start at $5 and prices are capped at $99. More ticket information can be found here.
WRBB will provide live coverage of the event, which begins at 4:30 p.m.
Press releases about the game: Hockey East | Northeastern
>>> Mike Litos chimes in with his early analysis of Northeastern’s ”experience paradox.” Essentially, NU has a good deal of experienced starters, and a heavily inexperienced bench. He also looks at team “themes” from around the CAA. [The CAA: Life as a Mid Major]
>>> Eugene Spates, who graduated earlier this year, will play basketball in Luxembourg this fall. We are working on the story, and we will continue to update.
>>> The Boston Globe reports that tickets for the upcoming college hockey Winter Classic games will be reasonably priced. Ticket prices will be capped at $99 for the doubleheader, which features Northeastern’s women’s hockey team in the opening game against UNH. However, if you want to see the game in the toasty warmth of one of the luxury boxes, you will have to shell out more than $99. Hey, you can’t have it all. [Boston Globe]
Hockey East announced today that a press conference will be held at Fenway Park on August 20 to announce the college component of the 2010 Winter Classic. Numerous media outlets including the Boston Herald and WEEI.com have confirmed that a Boston College-Boston University men’s game will be preceded by a New Hampshire-Northeastern women’s game. As of now the women are scheduled to play UNH on January 8 at Matthews Arena, one can assume with a fair amount of accuracy that indeed is the game that will be moved to Fenway Park.
No word yet on if seperate tickets will be needed for women’s and men’s game of if it’s a Beanpot-like single ticket event.
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