BIG TEN HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP
by BBALLGUY24 on 3/24/15Joe Louis Arena - DetroitGREAT GAME, EXCELLENT FAMILY TICKET AND FOOD PACKAGE.
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GREAT GAME, EXCELLENT FAMILY TICKET AND FOOD PACKAGE.
Really pales compared to the CCHA championship games of the past. For some reason, there were way less people at the B1G Championship. I don't know if it was high ticket prices or lack of beer sales or something else that kept people away. They need to do something because watching a game in a 2/3 empty stadium takes away from the experience. Maybe have a consolation game to draw more out of town fans.
The semi final between MSU and U-M was pretty good, though U-M pulled away halfway through the 2nd with much more offense.
Being able to watch Michigan's top universities play hockey is not something you get to see every day. So nice environment @ very accessible rates. Family or couples or friends...it was fun for all.
good game lots of action I like all Hockey my wife and I had a good time. Always fun at the JOE.
First and foremost "NO BEER SALES" how do think you will get people to attend without beer sales!!! Seating at Joe Louis Arena is Horrible tiny and cramped No in-between periods entertainment. We had to upgrade our tickets at the arena in order to get access to a private club in order to buy Beer which lead to leaving our seats to get beer drinking it in the club and returning to our seats
As for the First BIG TEN Hockey tourney, it was great. Big upsets in early games. Expected to see Wisc and Minn in the final. But with a neutral rink and a 1 and done format any hard playing team can win. Also expected to see more out of town non Minnesota fans as well as more MN fans. I guess with a guaranteed spot in the regional, and over priced tickets, I don't blame some of the MN fans for not going. As the rivalries build, hop to see larger crowds. AND no other tourney in town same weekend. That could have hurt the XCEL also.
great seats, first class venue, the BIG TEN put on a great show. Beer was a bit expensive excellent game to bad someone had to lose. Ohio State played very well and were very deserving of being in that game. Bucky was a little rough on the "Gopha" fans
no alcohol, will not return others voiced the same
Great game, great location, had a great time. great!
Watching the hockey games were fine. The crowds were way down this year, and half of the fun is the crowd participation and that overall feeling when you walk into an arena that is full.
Our seats were super close to the goal our team shot on for two periods. Great game - On Wisconsin!
The event was a fantastic experience and the city of St. Paul is flat out amazing.
Xcel Energy Center is a great place to watch hockey Good food areas, wide concourses, good music during game stops, great announcer.
The game was a blast! Lots of action from both teams. I would have preferred a different outcome as I am a Gophers' fan but it was still fun regardless. I wish there would have been more fans to up the excitement level.
Just being a new hockey fan the last couple yrs I had been to about 4 "Wild" games and had always sat in level 2 seats which I thought was great. So being from Wis and huge "Badger" fan when the opportunity to go see this game I was stoked. I started to look for seats and for the price wanted to treat myself to first level so I did! Wow what an amazing experience that was I had row 8 seat and being down on the ice is whole new rush. You get a first hand look at the speeds and sounds of the game. The stick play and intensity of the players as well as crowd is in your face the whole time it was truly awesome. I would highly recommend this event to any Hockey fan, the seats were very reasonable and the view was great, like high school college events have lots of loud cheering fans who are into there schools. To top it off the "Badgers" ended up winning not only that game but the whole tournament! GO "Bucky"!!
Too bad to Gophers couldn't pull of a Friday night win but since we already had tickets for the Sat game we went to OSU/Wisconsin....it was a great game...into OT!
There was on one at this tournament. There was no energy it felt stiff. you felt like you were trapped. The atmosphere was not fun
I have to say we had a great weekend watching these kids give 100 %. We felt bad for anyone who lost. It was a great tourney while there we bought tixs for the wild/redwing game that was sandwiched in between games for the tourney , I thought the wild game was boring and slow compared to the college games. We will go again for sure GOOD JOB EXCEL CENTER
We attended all the sessions, and found few memorable moments as compared to WCHA events in prior years. Minnesota was the only team with cheerleaders. Penn State had no band. Officials were not consistent in calling penalties. Entrance to women's restroom was congested with men going to the Budweiser bar on the main level. We purchased tickets last summer for this tourney and was assigned seats in the end zone. Tried to change our seats but they said no. There were empty seats everywhere for all sessions.