The Hockey East Association announced on Tuesday that tickets to the 2012 Hockey East
Championship Tournament will go on sale Saturday, December 3rd, at 11:00 a.m. at the TD Garden Box Office. Tickets
can also be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. The event marks
the 28th year of the tournament, which includes the upcoming 22nd year on Causeway Street.
The tournament semifinal games will take place on Friday, March 16th, and are scheduled to face off at 5:00 p.m.
and 8:00 p.m. The ticket prices of $17/$25 in the balcony or $30/37 in the loge and $39 for club seats and the first
row of the loge. Semifinal tickets include admission to both semifinal games.
Winners of the semifinals will advance to the title game at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 17th, to determine the winner
of the 2012 Lamoriello Trophy. Ticket prices will again be $17/$25 for balcony seats and $30/37/$39 per seat
in the loge and club sections.
Student tickets (located in the upper balcony) are available for $10 when showing a valid student ID, either on campus
or at the TD Garden Box Office. Groups of 15 or more are also eligible for a $5 discount on the $17 balcony seats.
All discounted tickets must be purchased at the TD Garden Box Office. To take advantage of group discounted tickets
contact Garden Group Sales Department at 617-624-1805 or groupsales@tdgarden.com. Discounted tickets will not
be available via phone or internet sales through Ticketmaster. Tickets will be available on the campuses beginning on
Monday, March 12th, once the four schools qualify.
Given the near sellout crowds of recent years, the league highly recommends that fans purchase their tickets in
advance to avoid missing one of college hockey's premier post-season tournaments. The winner of the tournament will
earn an automatic berth into the 65th annual NCAA Championships.
Boston College won its league-record 10th Hockey East Tournament Title last season with a 5-3 win over Merrimack
at the TD Garden on March 18, 2011. The Eagles have won five of the last seven Hockey East Championship Tournaments
since 2005.
The Hockey East Association is a 10-team Division I college men's hockey conference founded in 1984 and an eightteam
Division I women's league which began play in 2002-03. The men's league has won seven NCAA championships
in the past 19 years. Since 1999, Hockey East has won five NCAA Championships and have placed 18 teams in the
Frozen Four, along with 45 teams in the NCAA Tournament.
On March 7, 1988, the Hockey East Executive
Committee voted to name the
conference championship trophy the
Lamoriello Trophy. The title honors Lou
Lamoriello, the first commissioner of
Hockey East and a leader in the formation
of the conference. The league commissioned
the creation of a permanent
trophy in 1998, and it was delivered in
time for the 1999 championship.
Lamoriello served as the Providence
College head coach for 15 seasons
(1968-83), guiding the Friars
to an overall record of
248-179-13, a winning
percentage of .580. He led
the Friars to a 33-10-0
mark in the 1982-83 campaign,
the best in the nation
that year. Providence
also reached the Frozen
Four that season for the
first time since 1964.
Lamoriello resigned as
coach following that season
to devote more time to
his role as the Providence
athletic director, a post to
which he was appointed in
July of 1982.
With the athletics directors
from Boston College,
Boston University, New
Hampshire and Northeastern,
Lamoriello formed the
Hockey East Association
in July of 1983. He was the
driving force in the history-making interlocking
schedule agreement with the
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
and in the first-ever college hockey television
package.
A native of Johnston, R.I., Lamoriello
attended LaSalle Academy and graduated
from Providence College in 1963. As
an undergraduate, Lamoriello lettered in
baseball and hockey, serving as captain
for each team during his senior year. He
was inducted into the Providence College
Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980.
Lamoriello resigned as commissioner
of Hockey East and as Providence College
Athletic Director on April 30, 1987,
to take the position of President and General
Manager of the National
Hockey League's
New Jersey Devils.
Lamoriello continued to
succeed in the NHL as the
Devils have won the
Stanley Cup three times
during his tenure, most
recently in 2003. Five
former Hockey East players
- Kevin Dean (UNH),
Brian Gionta (BC), Bill
Guerin (BC), Jay Pandolfo
(BU) and Chris Terreri
(PC), have won at least
one Cup each under
Lamoriello's watch.
Lamoriello has won on
the international level as
well. He organized the
Team USA entry in both
the 1996 World Cup of
Hockey and the 1998 Winter
Olympics as the General
Manager of each
team. The former, paced by Hockey East
alumni Brian Leetch (BC), Keith Tkachuk
(BU) and Tony Amonte (BU) beat Canada
in the finals, two games to one, to win the
inaugural World Cup.
TD GARDEN |
 The Hockey East Championships were first held at the Providence Civic Center
following the inaugural season of 1984-85. After several successful showings at the
original Boston Garden, the tournament moved with its sister events to the building now known as TD Garden.
The building has become a recognized leader in hosting college hockey events,
having set attendance records for the NCAA Frozen Four in 1998, and boasting
progressively larger crowds for the Beanpot and the Hockey East Championships. The 2004 Frozen Four was a huge success, with
tickets for the BC-Maine semifinal among the hottest in town.
Since its grand opening in 1995, over 20 million people have come to the TD Garden to see the arena's
famous tenants, the NHL's Boston Bruins and NBA's Boston Celtics, as well as world-renowned concerts and sporting
events, family shows, wrestling, ice shows and much more.
Measuring 755,000 square feet and sitting above a five story, 1,150 space parking garage, the state-of-the-art facility
includes a multimillion dollar scoreboard and high-tech LED display, and a seating capacity of 17,565 for hockey games.
The complex is easily accessible by the MBTA's Green Line, Orange Line, and Commuter Rail via North Station. |
