I got this from Beaver Pride today

Beaver Pride has received numerous inquiries about a fan bus to Grand Rapids, MI to watch the Beavers play Notre Dame in the NCAA Regional Hockey Tournament.

Tentative cost per person of the fan bus will be $305. This includes the round trip bus ride, one (1) all session pass and assumes double occupancy of a hotel room. We need to know by 4 p.m. tomorrow (Tues.) if you are COMMITTED to going. The tentative schedule is:

1:30 a.m. (Sat) Depart from John Glas Parking lot
3:30 p.m. (Sat) Arrive in Grand Rapids
4:00 p.m. (Sat) Game 1 North Eastern vs. Cornell
7:30 p.m. (Sat) Game 2 BSU vs Notre Dame
10:30 p.m.???(Sat) Depart for hotel (Win or Lose)

A BSU Loss
7:00 a.m. (Sun) depart for Bemidji
9:00 p.m. (Sun) arrive in Bemidji

A BSU Win
Noon (Sun) check out from hotel (Please note: you are on your own from checkout til 6:30)
6:30 p.m. (Sun) Bus departs for game
7:00 p.m. (Sun) Bus arrives @ game
8:00 p.m. (Sun) BSU vs. ?????
11:00 p.m.?? (Sun) Bus departs for Bemidji
2:00 p.m.?? (Mon) Bus arrives in Bemidji

Due to situations beyond our control we do not have much time! I need to know, by tomorrow (Tuesday) at 4 p.m., if you are interested and the number of people in your group. If I do not have 50 commitments by then I need to cancel the bus and hotel, in addition to letting you know so you may make alternative plans. Please respond accordingly. Thanks for your continued interest and support of BSU Athletics!

Wray

Wray Wright
Beaver Pride Coordinator
Bemidji State University
1500 Birchmont Dr. NE #17
Bemidji, Mn 56601
218-755-2827 (office)

Tickets for the 2009 NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Midwest Regional, scheduled for March 28-29, in Grand Rapids, Mich., are now on sale at the Bemidji State University Cashier's Office.

All-session tickets, which grant access to both March 28 semifinal games as well as the March 29 regional championship, are available for $65.

To order tickets, call Pam Papp in the BSU Cashier’s Office at (218) 755-3993.

There will be no will call window for BSU at Van Andel Arena, so tickets purchased from BSU must also be picked up at the Cashier's Office prior to the tournament.

In addition, tickets are available either online at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. However, Ticket Master is not able to access tickets within the Bemidji State section (sections 106-107) and the addition of surcharges make the all-session passes $75.40 each.

For those planning to make the trip to Grand Rapids, a block of 25 rooms at the Amway Grand Hotel, which is located just two blocks from Van Andel Arena and is connected by skyway, are being held for Bemidji State fans for the rate of $100. Interested parties, should call (616) 774-2000 and designate themselves as "Bemidji State fans." Block reservations must be made by 5 p.m. Tuesday March 24. Room rates for reservations made after the 5 p.m. deadline move to $129.

2009 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship Midwest Regional Schedule
March 28, 2009
Semifinal 1 - 4:00 p.m. EST
Northeastern vs. Cornell

Semifinal 2 - 7:30 p.m. EST
Bemidji State vs. Notre Dame

March 29, 2009
Regional Championship - 8 p.m. EST