{"id":95739,"date":"2013-06-24T22:54:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T03:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/from-the-press-box\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2013-06-24T22:54:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T03:54:54","slug":"a-saturday-monday-schedule-for-future-frozen-fours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/06\/24\/a-saturday-monday-schedule-for-future-frozen-fours\/","title":{"rendered":"A Saturday-Monday schedule for future Frozen Fours?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The specifications for sites interested in bidding on <a href=\"http:\/\/ncaabids.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DI-IH-Regional-Bid-Specs1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">regionals<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ncaabids.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DI-MIH-Championship-Bid-Specs1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frozen Fours<\/a> from 2015 to 2018 are out, and one item jumped out to me right away.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that the NCAA is considering moving the game dates for the Frozen Four from Thursday and Saturday to Saturday and Monday. That&#8217;s listed as a possible option in the bid specs, and it would give the Frozen Four a similar structure to the men&#8217;s basketball Final Four.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll check with the NCAA to see how much of a possibility this is, but I wanted to put it out there. How would you feel about the national championship game being played on a Monday? Leave a comment below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:&#160;<\/strong>I notice that the minimum capacity to host a Frozen Four is 18,000. Will that eliminate Boston from consideration? Maybe not. Capacity at TD Garden is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdgarden.com\/the-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">listed as 17,565 for hockey<\/a>, although Frozen Four games there in 1998 and 2004 drew crowds of over 18,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The specifications for sites interested in bidding on regionals and Frozen Fours from 2015 to 2018 are out, and one item jumped out to me right away. 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