Xcel Energy Center and officials of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), along with representatives of Minnesota State University and the University of Minnesota Duluth, have jointly announced plans for the inaugural WCHA Minnesota College Hockey Showcase. The event is slated for November 1, 2008, and will feature all four WCHA men's member hockey teams from Minnesota - the State of Hockey.

The teams will compete in a doubleheader format on Saturday, November 1, with the University of Minnesota Duluth hosting St. Cloud State University in a 4:07 pm CT match-up, followed by Minnesota State University designated as the home team in a 7:37 pm CT face-off versus the University of Minnesota. The games will count as regular season WCHA games.

All tickets for the event will be sold as a two-game package with no single game ticket availability. Prices are set at $40 for lower bowl and club level, $35 for upper deck seating along the blue lines, and $30 for upper deck end-zone tickets, with an additional $2 facility fee charge added to the final purchase price. Each school has been allocated a block of tickets that will be made available to their season ticket holders on a priority basis. Tickets for the general public will go on sale Monday, September 29 at 10 a.m.