{"id":23697,"date":"1998-01-08T14:58:18","date_gmt":"1998-01-08T20:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/1998\/01\/08\/ecac-hockey-east-announce-madison-square-garden-doubleheader\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:09","slug":"ecac-hockey-east-announce-madison-square-garden-doubleheader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/1998\/01\/08\/ecac-hockey-east-announce-madison-square-garden-doubleheader\/","title":{"rendered":"ECAC, Hockey East Announce Madison Square Garden Doubleheader"},"content":{"rendered":"
The ECAC and Hockey East announced at a joint press conference today that New York’s Madison Square Garden will host a Dec. 22, 1998 doubleheader involving two premier teams from each conference. The first ECAC-Hockey East Holiday Doubleheader will feature Colgate, Maine, New Hampshire and Rensselaer. <\/p>\n
“After a 22-year absence, it is very exciting to have college hockey back at Madison Square Garden,” said Paul Munick, vice-president of athletics for Madison Square Garden. “This is the first step in establishing an annual premier college hockey tournament in New York.” <\/p>\n
From 1961 through 1976, the Garden hosted the ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival<\/i>, and currently hosts the Chase Manhattan ECAC Holiday Basketball Festival. <\/p>\n
“This is a terrific opportunity for college hockey to gain some exposure in a different market,” said ECAC hockey commissioner Jeff Fanter. “I am excited to rekindle a relationship that the ECAC once had with the Garden in college hockey. I hope this is the first of many joint ventures that we will undertake with Hockey East in the promotion of college hockey.” <\/p>\n
“Having played in the 1970 Holiday Festival,” said Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna,” I know firsthand what a terrific experience this can be for players and fans alike. And it is also our hope that this is the first of a series of ECAC-Hockey East events that can play to the natural rivalry that exists between our conferences and our institutions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The ECAC and Hockey East announced at a joint press conference today that New York’s Madison Square Garden will host a Dec. 22, 1998 doubleheader involving two premier teams from each conference. The first ECAC-Hockey East Holiday Doubleheader will feature Colgate, Maine, New Hampshire and Rensselaer. “After a 22-year absence, it is very exciting to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n