NCAA announces host sites for 2020, 2021 Division I men’s regionals

The NCAA announced Friday the host sites for the 2020 and 2021 Division I men’s regionals.For 2020, the East regional has been awarded to the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y., and will be hosted by ECAC Hockey on March 28-29, while the Northeast regional will be held March 27-28 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., with Holy Cross serving as the host.The Midwest regional will be hosted by Penn State on March 28-29 at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa., while Denver will be the host school for the West regional March 27-28 at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colo.In 2021, Sacred Heart and Yale will co-host the East regional March 26-27 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn., while New Hampshire will host the Northeast regional March 27-28 at SNHU Arena in Manchester, N.H.The Midwest regional will be March 26-27 at Scheels Arena in Fargo, N.D., with North Dakota serving as the host, while the West regional will be at the Budweiser Events Center on March 27-28 in Loveland, with Denver serving as the host school.“This is a great mix of regional sites,” said Steve Metcalf, chair of the Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee and deputy director of athletics at New Hampshire, in a statement. “We have some venues that have hosted many times, some that haven’t hosted in a while, and one that will be hosting for the first time. All of them are great hockey facilities, and will provide our student-athletes with a tremendous experience.”