Before the first Ice Vegas Invitational had concluded, bd Global, the company putting on the tournament, announced plans for the event to return to Las Vegas.
The two-day college hockey tournament at T-Mobile Arena attracted schools from all over the country — Boston College, Northern Michigan, Michigan Tech and Arizona State — in the inaugural year.
The company has put on various college basketball tournaments and games around the valley, but president Brooks Downing said Thursday at a news conference that bd Global was “quick to realize that this is truly a hockey town,” and would bring back hockey along with basketball.