in hockey. College hockey has a longer history than lacrosse, and for many top hockey schools, hockey is the preeminent sport on campus. The blue blood hockey programs are also almost all located in or around the regions of the country that produce the majority of hockey players, i.e., Minnesota, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Even though ND isn't located in a lacrosse hotbed, it seems like there's a perfect synergy between the schools and regions that produce lacrosse talent and the types of kids who want to go to ND. A lot of good academic schools play lacrosse, but other than Duke and UVA, I'm not sure many other schools can offer the athletics/academics combo that ND can. There are several very good Ivy League lacrosse programs, but I'm guessing they don't have anywhere near the big-time athletics infrastructure that the ACC and B1G schools have. Hockey recruiting is, from what I understand, quite a bit different than lacrosse, with lots of kids not going straight from high school to college. A lot of the top hockey prospects are already on a professional track before starting college, so academics is going to be a lot less important to them.

All this being said, I certainly think ND can win a title in hockey. We've already come close on multiple occasions. I do, however, think that lacrosse has some advantages that hockey does not.

and I would guess ND has a pipeline to those type of schools.

Four's with ND playing I was surprised at how much more support there appeared to be for the lax team. Maybe because its an outside game in often nicer weather (although not this weekend)?

I know that between 2008 and 2017 Frozen Four tickets went from $168 for all three games to over $300. The skyrocketing prices were the main reason I didn't even consider attending Notre Dame's last visit to the Frozen Four in 2018.

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I think club seats may have gone over $300 this year, but I've usually been able to get nice seats for the mid- to upper-$200 range.