Big Chill Hockey Event scheduled for The Big House - December 11, 2010

The University of Michigan athletic department has announced that the University of Michigan and Michigan State hockey teams will play an outdoor game at the University of Michigan Stadium on December 11 at 3:00 PM.

This will be a landmark event at the Big House since it will be the first time that a hockey event has been played in that facility. According to published reports the assumption is that the stadium will be packed with over 100,000 fans and that number will easily break the all time records for hockey events. The athletic department has been studying the feasibility of an outdoor hockey event for several years and the announcement indicates that the Michigan Athletic Department believes that it can now do a field makeover and create a hockey surface that will turn those projected plans into reality.

The two teams met outdoors in 2001 at Spartan Stadium and at that time set the existing attendance record of 74,554 for college hockey. The contest ended in a 3-3 tie.

The Lamp Post Inn, an Ann Arbor hotel, is located less than 2 miles from the Big House and will offer a special overnight housing special for fans attending the game. The special can be found at the the Lamp Post Inn Website. Use the special promo code BIGHOCKEY to receive a 10% discount on the Lamp Post Inn's popular unit types.