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All-Session Tickets for Inaugural Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament On Sale March 25

SAINT PAUL, MINN. -- Xcel Energy Center and the Big Ten announced today that All-Session Ticket Package Reservations for the inaugural 2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, to be held Thursday – Saturday, March 20 – 22, 2014, will go on sale at 10 a.m. CT on Monday, March 25.

The tournament will feature all six teams – Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin – in a single-elimination format. The tournament will consist of five games (two games on Thursday, March 20; two games on Friday, March 21; championship game on Saturday, March 22). All-Session Ticket Packages include one ticket to each of the five games of the tournament.

 Thursday's quarterfinals will feature the No. 3 seed facing the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed battling the No. 5 seed. The top two seeds will open tournament play in the Friday semifinals, with the No. 1 seed against either the No. 4 or 5 seed and the No. 2 seed facing the No. 3 or 6 seed. The championship game will be played on Saturday.

Prices for All-Session Ticket Packages are:

$130 per package - Lower Level

$80 per package - Upper Level

$160 per package - RBC Wealth Management Club Level

Ticket package reservations can be placed at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office, Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. To charge by phone using Ticketmaster TDD/TTY, call 800-359-2525. An arena seating chart is located at www.xcelenergycenter.com/seating/hockey.jsp.

In June of 2011, the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors established men's ice hockey as an official conference sport beginning with the 2013-14 academic year, including the institution of the Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, with the winner earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship, and a 20-game conference schedule with each team playing the other five schools four times.