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Friday February 20

7:00 PM – Seed 3 (GU) plays Seed 6 (UVA)

10:15 PM – Seed 4 (NSU) plays Seed 5 (UNC)

Saturday February 21

11:00 AM – Loser of game (1) players Loser of game (2)

2:00 PM – Seed 2 (Duke) plays highest seeded winner of games (1) or(2)

6:00 PM – Seed 1 (VT) plays lowest seeded winner of games (1) or (2)

Sunday February 22

Bronze Round

11:00 AM – Loser of Game (4) plays Loser of (5)

Championship Round

2:00 PM – Winner of Game (4) plays Winner of Game (5)

1. Virginia Tech 2. Duke 3. Georgetown 4. NC State 5. North Carolina 6. Virginia

This weekend, Duke handled Virginia Tech their first ACCHL loss.  After going 9-0 in league play, Tech tried to finish undefeated.  In a nailbiter, the Blue Devils and Hokeys skated to 1-1 tie.  The game was decided in a shootout, where Duke prevailed.

Virginia made a statement a week before the ACCHL tournament that their 1-9 league shouldn’t cause anyone to look past them.  Playing NC State, a team fighting for 2nd place in the league, the Cavaliers won 4-3, pushing the Wolfpack into 4th place. 

Final Standings
 

* Georgetown forfeited on Nov. 8th against NC State, resulting in a deduction of one point from their standings.

Tickets can be ordered online in advance and groups of 10 or more can buy tickets to the tournament at a discount.

The Roanoke Civic Center  put in place group discount for groups of 10 or more. They are offering $1 off each ticket for the 10+ tickets bought and each ticket is good for a whole day of games. 

The tickets can be purchased at www.roanokeciviccenter.com or www.tickets.com  if you want to order online. Or you can call our box office at 540-853-LIVE and someone will gladly help you out.

Roanoke Civic Center Information

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ESPN Radio will broadcast the ACC Hockey League Tournament.

ESPN radio will broadcast the entire tournament from the Civic Center in Roanoke Va. on its stations:
 

• WKEX-ESPN 1430/94.1 (Blacksburg, Va.)
• WPIN-News Talk 810 (Blacksburg/Roanoke, Va.)
• WKTR-ESPN 840 (Charlottesville, Va.)
• WODY-ESPN 1160 (Martinsville Va.)

Georgetown - ACCHL Champions 2008

Georgetown wins in overtime over Duke 3-2 in the Championship.

 

During the regular season, Duke and Georgetown split their matchups 2-1 and 1-0 in close, hard fought games.  At the end of the regular season, they were tied and named league Co-Champions.  In the tournament, they skated to a 2-2 tie at the end of regulation.  Finally, in overtime, Georgetown settled the issue with a game winning goal. 

For the 2006 regular season and tournament winner, Duke fell just short of avenging their loss in the championship to Georgetown last year, allowing Georgetown to become back-to-back champions.

Congratulations to Georgetown in winning the Championship.

The Roanoke Civic Center did a great job hosting this year’s tournament.  As a venue, the arena was great and the staff was extremely helpful throughout the tournament.

Duke and Georgetown won on Saturday and will play in the final Sunday at 2PM.

With Duke and Georgetown both winning, we get to see the league’s co-champions face off.  In the regular season, they split their matches, with each team winning by 1 goal at home. 

Read Recaps of the previous Matchups:

1/19/08  Duke over Georgetown 2-1

2/8/08 Georgetown over Duke 1-0

The Championship is at 2PM at the Roanoke Civic Center on Sunday 2/24.

Georgetown, NC State and Virginia Tech were winners on Friday in their 1st Round matchups.

#2 Georgetown 11
#7 George Mason 0

#3 NC State 8
#6 North Carolina 2

#4 Virginia 1
#5 Virignia Tech 10

On Saturday, we’ll see some great matchups with Georgetown taking on NC State at 2PM and Duke facing Virginia Tech at 6PM.

See both games at the Roanoke Civic Center!

The ACC Hockey Tournament will have “All Day Pricing” instead of per game pricing this year.

The ACC Hockey Tournament will have “All Day Pricing” instead of per game pricing this year.

Students and minors will be charged $5 per day and adults $8 per day and may watch as many Tournament games as they like for that day.

The new pricing averages under $2.15 per game for students and under $3.45 per game for students and adults, respectively, if attended all 7 games are attended.