JMCx4
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Four Top 20 ranked women's teams - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Boston College & Harvard - will be playing in a showcase tournament in Bellevue, TN (western suburb of Nashville) on the weekend after Thanksgiving. The most comprehensive web description of this event that I could find was published on SB Nation's BC Interruption fan site back in May. I can add from some more digging that the games will be at 1:00 PM & 4:30 PM Central each of the two days, with each participating team playing two games in a Midwest vs. East format. General admission ticket packs for all four games or for individual matches are being sold in mobile format only on the Nashville Predators' My Smashville Tix site.
This showcase should be able to build on the NWHL's success with their 2019 All-Star Weekend in Nashville, as well as on the continuing growth of youth hockey in the area. These four squads will have 10-12 games played each before they reach this first-time event, so it should feature very competitive hockey for a holiday weekend. The Ford Ice Center Bellevue is scheduled to open in September with 2 NHL-sized rinks; one will have a 1,000 seat capacity, so I'm assuming it will be the sheet hosting this showcase. The tickets could go fast once local hockey fans see more news of the Ford Ice-Bellevue facility opening & Country Classic details. I'll post more updates here as I see them.
This showcase should be able to build on the NWHL's success with their 2019 All-Star Weekend in Nashville, as well as on the continuing growth of youth hockey in the area. These four squads will have 10-12 games played each before they reach this first-time event, so it should feature very competitive hockey for a holiday weekend. The Ford Ice Center Bellevue is scheduled to open in September with 2 NHL-sized rinks; one will have a 1,000 seat capacity, so I'm assuming it will be the sheet hosting this showcase. The tickets could go fast once local hockey fans see more news of the Ford Ice-Bellevue facility opening & Country Classic details. I'll post more updates here as I see them.