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Final CCHA Championship Matchups Set For This Weekend at JLA

The matchups for the 42^nd and final CCHA Championship weekend were finalized on Sunday as part of this year's ‘College Hockey in the D' presented by Arby's. No. 2 Notre Dame will face off against No. 3 Ohio State in the first semifinal game at 1:05 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, at Joe Louis Arena, while No. 4 Michigan will play No. 1 Miami in the second semifinal game at 4:35 p.m. The winners of the two semifinal games will advance to the final CCHA Championship game on Sunday, March 24, at 2:05 p.m.

Tickets to the 2013 CCHA Championship are priced between $10 and $35 apiece and can be purchased at the JLA Box Office (313-396-7575), all Ticketmaster (800-745-3000) outlets and online at OlympiaEntertainment.com.

Special Little Caesars Family Four-Packs – which include four tickets, four pizza slices and four soft drinks – are also available for purchase for this event beginning at only $44 per package. General admission upper bowl student seats, meanwhile, can be obtained for as low as $7 per ticket at the JLA Box Office only (a valid student ID must be presented at the time of purchase).

Each team will practice for 45 minutes at Joe Louis Arena on Friday:

Miami: 11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

OhioState: 12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Michigan: 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Notre Dame: 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

College hockey fans in attendance will have an opportunity to ‘Celebrate the Legacy' by purchasing some of the more than 1,000 pieces of CCHA history with a special memorabilia sale taking place on the concourse behind sections 112, 124 and 126. The sale begins when doors open one hour prior to the first semifinal game and will close approximately one-half hour after the conclusion of each day's games. Items available for purchase include:

• Player posters of University of Michigan's former captain Luke Glendening and Michigan State University's former captain Torey Krug
• Large player banners that previously hung outside JLA
• ‘College Hockey in the D' and CCHA Championship jerseys
• CCHA varsity jackets
• Limited edition watches from previous CCHA Championships
• 2011-12 All Conference First and SecondTeam awards