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MILWAUKEE - The schedule is set for the 2021 Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off (@HolidayFaceOff).

The inaugural Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off is highlighted by Wisconsin meeting Yale and Providence taking on Bowling Green in the semifinals at Fiserv Forum on Tuesday, Dec. 28.

The semifinal winners will meet for the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off title on Wednesday, December 29, along with the Third-Place Game.

The event will mark the first ice hockey games played inside Fiserv Forum, home of the 2021 NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks.
 

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Semifinal Doubleheader Fiserv Forum - Milwaukee, WI December 28 Providence vs. Bowling Green - 4 p.m. CT Wisconsin vs. Yale - 7:30 pm	Championship Doubleheader Fiserv Forum - Milwaukee, WI December 29 Yale vs. Providence/Bowling Green -4 p.m. Wisconsin vs. Providence/Bowling Green -7:30 p.m.

 

THE FIELD

Wisconsin (Head Coach: Tony Granato, Big Ten Conference)
2021 and 2017 Big Ten Coach of the Year and 2018 U.S. Olympic Team coach Tony Granato leads his alma mater in his sixth season as Wisconsin head coach. Six-time national champions, the Badgers are the defending Big Ten regular-season champions entering the 2021-22 season. Cole Caufield, the 2021 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner as the nation's top player in 2021, led the nation in goals and points before helping the Montreal Canadiens to the Stanley Cup Final. UW returns seniors Tarek Baker, Tyler Inamoto and Josh Ess for a fifth season and welcomes 10 newcomers including 2021 NHL Draft first-round pick Corson Ceulemans. The Badgers also return Big Ten All-Rookie Team goaltender Cameron Rowe, a 2021 Mike Richter Award nominee for the nation's best goaltender
 

This is how you make a hockey surface. See it in person Dec. 28-29 when @BadgerMHockey No. 16 @FriarsHockey @BGFalconHockey and @YaleMHockey compete in the @KwikTrip Holiday Face-Off at @FiservForum in Milwaukee.
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— Holiday Face-Off (@HolidayFaceoff) December 16, 2021

Providence (Head Coach: Nate Leaman, Hockey East)
Nate Leaman finished his 10th season as head coach of the Friars in 2020-21, where he has guided the Friars to nine-consecutive winning seasons, 203 victories, two Frozen Four appearances (2015, 2019) and one national championship (2015). Providence will welcome back two of its three top scorers from last season – Parker Ford (7-12-19) and Patrick Moynihan (6-9-15). In goal, Jaxson Stauber started the final 23 games in 2020-21 – posting a 2.24 GAA and .916 save percentage with four shutouts in being named a Mike Richter Award finalist. Two-time captain Michael Callahan will return for his senior season, leading a defensive group that returns all six starters from a year ago.

Bowling Green (Head Coach: Ty Eigner, CCHA)
Ty Eigner will embark on his third season at the helm of the Falcons in the 2021-22 season, taking over the role prior to the 2019-20 campaign after serving as an assistant on the staff for nine seasons. During the 2020-21 season, Bowling Green reached as high as No. 5 in the polls and has been able to tally at least 20 wins in each of the last seven seasons. The Falcons will compete in the newly reestablished CCHA this season with a slightly new look on the bench with the addition of Assistant Coach Stavros Paskaris, as well as having 11 new players join the program, consisting of eight freshman and three transfers.

Yale (Head Coach: Keith Allain, ECAC Hockey)
The Bulldogs, who did not compete in 2020-21, last played in March of 2020, ending the season with an ECAC Hockey playoff series victory over Union at New Haven. Yale, the 2013 NCAA Champions, recently named senior blueliner Graham Lillibridge as its 2021-22 captain. The team from New Haven has a long history of playing holiday tournaments in the Cheese State. The last time the Bulldogs skated in Wisconsin, they beat Ferris State and then tied the Badgers 2-2 in the 2010 Badger Showdown Championship Game at Madison. Yale's last appearance at Milwaukee was the 1998 Badger Showdown at the Bradley Center, where Yale beat Wisconsin 4-2 and then fell to Bowling Green in the Championship contest.

About the Gazelle Group
The Holiday Face-Off is produced by the Gazelle Group of Princeton, N.J. The Gazelle Group is a sports marketing firm, specializing in event production and management, client representation, and sponsorship consulting. In addition to the Holiday Face-Off, Gazelle produces numerous nationally-recognized college basketball events, such as the Empire Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project presented by Continental Tire, the Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper , the Gotham Classic, the Sunshine Slam, the Abe Lemons Classic, the Duke Veterans Day Weekend Showcase, and the College Basketball Invitational. For more information on the Gazelle Group, please visit www.gazellegroup.com.

For more information on Fiserv Forum, please visit: fiservforum.com.