At Fenway Park, amidst the Frozen Fenway festivities, leadership from the ECAC and Hockey East gathered to announce the next two fields for the Friendship Four, a tournament held in Belfast, Northern Ireland during Thanksgiving week. UConn was will be in the 2018 field along with Boston University, Yale, and Union.
"Having been part of the first two Friendship Four events, I am thrilled with this news and what it means to the athletes and coaches who will be the primary beneficiaries," Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna said. "Our hosts have done a tremendous job launching this event and the schools who have played to date have delivered the best of NCAA ice hockey to the people of Belfast.