Sitting
in front of a makeshift locker Ford #20 and Ilitch #10
displaying “2010” when side-by-side on the back of the
jerseys. (Photo by HB Meeks/Tell Us Detroit)
BILL
FORD JR.
AND
CHRIS
ILITCH
NAMED
CO-CHAIRMEN
FOR
COLLEGE
HOCKEY
CHAMPIONSHIP
IN
DETROIT
DETROIT
- The
Detroit
Local
Organizing
Committee
(DLOC)
for the
2010
NCAA®
Men’s
Frozen
Four® on
Tuesday
announced
that
William
Clay
Ford Jr.
and
Christopher
Ilitch
will
serve as
co-chairmen
for the
prestigious
NCAA
championship
event to
be held
at Ford
Field
April
8-10.
“We are
extremely
pleased
that
William
Clay
Ford Jr.
and
Christopher
hitch,
two of
Detroit’s
most
successful
businessmen
and
tremendously-committed
civic
leaders,
will
lend
their
time and
considerable
expertise
to help
make the
2010
NCAA
Men’s
Frozen
Four a
tremendous
event
for the
collegiate
hockey
community,
the City
of
Detroit
and
Michigan,”
said Tom
Anastos,
commissioner
of the
Central
Collegiate
Hockey
Association
(CCHA),
a
co-host
of the
Frozen
Four.
In their
roles,
Ford and
Ilitch
will
oversee
all DLOC
activities,
fundraising
and host
efforts
for a
series
of
ancillary
public
events
including
a
FanFest
and
special
fun-filled
public
events
including
open
practices,
and
Frozen
Four
Friday
that
will
feature
exciting
skills
challenges
involving
the
championship
team
players,
autograph
sessions
and NCAA
Division
I Men’s
Ice
Hockey
award
announcements
including
the
announcement
of the
Hobey
Baker
Award to
the top
collegiate
men’s
hockey
player.
“As the
2010
NCAA
Men’s
Frozen
Four,
yet
another
in an
unprecedented
roster
of
high-profile
championship
sporting
events
arrives
in
Detroit,
we
believe
that the
commitment
from
William
Clay
Ford Jr.
and
Christopher
Ilitch
will be
key to
the
success
of the
event
and to
the
experience
that our
out-of-town
visitors
and
locals
will
take
away
from
their
stay in
Detroit,”
said
Dave
Beachnau,
executive
director
for
Detroit
Sports
and
member
of the
DLOC
executive
committee.
Area
youth
participate
in a
skate
around
during
the
Frozen
Four
Championship
announcement
on
Tuesday
at
Campus
Martius
Park in
downtown
Detroit.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit)
In their
first
public
role as
co-chairmen,
Ford and
Ilitch
on
Tuesday
greeted
the
press at
Detroit’s
Campus
Martius
Park at
an event
to
announce
details
of the
DLOC
College
Hockey
FanFest
and
other
Frozen
Four
activities.
The two
avid
ice-hockey
fans and
long-time
players
skated
on to
the ice
wearing
special
Frozen
Four
hockey
sweaters
with
Ford #20
and
Ilitch
#10
(displaying
“2010”
when
photographed
side-by-side
from
behind)
on the
back of
the
jerseys.
Ford and
Ilitch
also
took
turns
skating
on the
ice with
more
than 25
local
youth
hockey
players.
