{"id":31681,"date":"2010-08-25T16:55:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T21:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/08\/25\/robert-morris-rit-get-winter-classic-tuneup-spot\/"},"modified":"2010-10-11T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T15:04:08","slug":"robert-morris-rit-get-winter-classic-tuneup-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2010\/08\/25\/robert-morris-rit-get-winter-classic-tuneup-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Morris, RIT Get Winter Classic Tuneup Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"
Robert Morris and RIT will play an Atlantic Hockey game at the new Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh as part of the lead-up to the 2011 Winter Classic.<\/p>\n
The Colonials and the Tigers will play at 3 p.m. Eastern on Dec. 30, the first game in a doubleheader that also features an AHL game between Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton and Hershey.<\/p>\n
The Pittsburgh Penguins are hosting the NHL’s Winter Classic at Heinz Field on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n
“We are very excited that the Penguins have asked us to participate in this special hockey event,” Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley said in a statement. “We feel this is going to be a great event for our student-athletes as well as our university. We are privileged to be able to be part of such a wonderful event.”<\/p>\n
Said RIT coach Wayne Wilson: “This is a great opportunity and I am very proud that our program is able be a part of the Winter Classic. We play a very good team in Robert Morris in a brand new, state-of-the-art arena, which will be a great experience for us.”<\/p>\n
Robert Morris is also scheduled to play at the new home of the Penguins on Oct. 17 in the RMU Hockey Showcase.<\/p>\n
Consol Energy Center will host the 2013 Frozen Four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Robert Morris and RIT will play an Atlantic Hockey game at the new Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh as part of the lead-up to the 2011 Winter Classic. The Colonials and the Tigers will play at 3 p.m. Eastern on Dec. 30, the first game in a doubleheader that also features an AHL game between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n