-The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee has announced the host sites for the 2013 and 2014 Men’s Frozen Four. Pittsburgh, Pa., will host the 2013 Men’s Frozen Four at the Consol Energy Center, while Philadelphia, Pa., will serve as the host for the 2014 championship at the Wachovia Center. The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) will serve as the host for the event on April 10 and 12, 2014. “The Frozen Four is one of the premiere national championships and a showcase of hockey’s top collegiate student athletes,” said Comcast-Spectacor President Peter Luukko. “This awarding of the event is a true testament to both the development of ice hockey programs here in the Greater Philadelphia Region which has produced young ice hockey players who have gone on to compete in the Frozen Four, as well as to the die-hard hockey fans here in our region who will be able to show their passion for the sport of hockey on the national stage. We would also like to congratulate the ECAC on their tireless efforts in helping to bring the event to Philadelphia.” “We are extremely excited about the opportunity to host the 2014 Frozen Four,” said ECAC Commissioner Rudy Keeling. “To do so in such a wonderful facility in a completely sports-minded community will go a long way toward making this one of the best Frozen Fours in recent history.” The Wachovia Center, home to the National Hockey League’s Easten Conference Champion Philadelphia Flyers, will also host the 2011 NCAA Wrestling Championships, as well as the 2013 NCAA Men’s First and Second Round Basketball Tournament Games. The Wachovia Center, which opened in 1996, has already hosted the 2000 NCAA Women’s Final Four, the 2001 NCAA Men’s East Regionals, the 2006 and 2009 NCAA Men’s First and Second Round Basketball Games.

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