Field Set for 2018 PAC 8 Championships

February 1, 2018 South Lake Tahoe, CA The regular season of the PAC-8 Hockey Conference is complete and next weekend is Championship Weekend in South Lake Tahoe, CA. The three-day tournament begins next Friday, February 8th, with the first round games and will conclude on Sunday afternoon with one of five teams taking home the 2018 PAC-8 Championship trophy. California is the #1 seed in this year’s tournament, winning the PAC-8 regular season title with a 11-1 conference record. Your second seed this year is Arizona State with a 9-3 record, after returning to the conference this season. Both teams earned a bye and will be the home team in each semifinal game on Saturday. The third and four seeds went down to a tiebreaker as UCLA and Washington finished the regular season with identical 6-6 conference records. UW earned the third seed because of head to head play. The fifth seed in this year’s tournament is USC, who finished the PAC-8 season with a 5-7 record. The University of Oregon rounds out the tournament in the sixth seed and a season record of 3-9. The tournament will begin on Friday at 1PM PT with the first round game between #4 UW and #5 USC. The winner of game 1 will take on top-seeded California in the first semifinal at 1pm on Saturday. The second game of the day will begin at 4PM between #3 UCLA and #6 Oregon. The winner of game 2 will take on #2 ASU at 4PM on Saturday. The losers of Friday’s games will play in the PAC-8 5th Place Game on Saturday Morning at 10AM. Semifinal games will occur at 1PM & 4PM on Saturday Afternoon. The 2018 PAC-8 3rd Place game will be on Sunday at 10AM and puck drop for the Championship game is at 1PM. COMPLETE SCHEDULE Friday, Feb 9th: Game 1 (100PM): #4 UCLA vs #5 USC: WATCH ONLINE Game 2 (400PM): #3 WASHINGTON vs #6 OREGON WATCH ONLINE Saturday, Feb 10th: Game 4 (100PM): #5 USC vs #1 CALIFORNIA Game 5 (400PM): #3 WASHINGTON vs #2 ARIZONA STATE Sunday, Feb 11th: Game 6 (10AM): 3RD PLACE GAME #5 USC vs #3 WASHINGTON Game 7 (1PM): CHAMPIONSHIP GAME #2 ARIZONA STATE vs #1 CALIFORNIA Tickets for the entire tournament are available below or at the door of the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena, where all five games will be played.[ESPRESSO_TICKET_SELECTOR event_id=1195]