SNY Announces Matchups for Inaugural Connecticut Ice Festival
Quinnipiac University, Sacred Heart University, University of Connecticut and Yale University to Square Off in First-Ever Tournament NEW YORK, NY,
October 8, 2019 – SNY announced today the collegiate matchups for the inaugural Connecticut Ice Festival, a first-of-its-kind weekend hockey festival, celebrating youth, amateur and collegiate hockey in the state of Connecticut. Anchoring the weekend will be the first-ever tournament of Connecticut’s four NCAA Division I Men’s Collegiate hockey teams - Quinnipiac University, Sacred Heart University, University of Connecticut and Yale University. They will square off in a two-round, four game tournament on Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26, 2020 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, CT.
Quinnipiac and UConn will open the tournament at 4:00 PM on Saturday, January 25 followed by Sacred Heart vs. Yale at 7:30 PM. All four games of the tournament will air live on SNY, as well as comprehensive pre and post-game shows and in-between period coverage.
CONNECTICUT ICE COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
Saturday, January 25, 2020
4:00 – QUINNIPIAC vs. UCONN
7:30 – SHU vs. YALE Sunday,
January 26, 2020
3:30 – COLLEGE TOURNAMENT CONSOLATION – TBD v. TBD
7:00 – COLLEGE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP – TBD v. TBD
In addition to the Collegiate hockey tournament, the festival will include a Mites Cross-Ice Jamboree for 6-8-year old’s, Youth Tournaments of which the Championship games in three divisions (Boys 12U and 10U and Girls 12U) will take place on the Webster Bank Arena ice, a Girls and Boys High School Showcase Game and a Prep School Showcase Games. The festival will also include on-ice clinics and off-ice seminars for youth players and their families in conjunction with USA Hockey.
The complete festival schedule is available
www.SNY.tv/CTice. SNY will produce exclusive content about all elements of the festival that will be featured on SNY, SNY.TV and SNY’s social media pages.
For more information on Connecticut Ice please go to:
www.SNY.tv/CTice