SAINT PAUL, Minn. - The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), Xcel Energy Center and Visit Saint Paul are offering fans the opportunity to win a complete Minnesota Wild experience as the ‘Pick Your Frozen Faceoff’ Contest hosted by Visit Saint Paul is back for one final time. Fans who enter will have a chance to win four tickets to the upcoming Minnesota Wild game on March 29, along with a hotel stay and gift cards to Herbie’s on the Park restaurant and The Hockey Lodge.
 
The sweepstakes involve fans predicting the four NCHC teams they believe will advance to the upcoming 2025 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals on March 21. Next, fans select the two teams they think will make the Championship game on March 22 and ultimately who will lift the NCHC Frozen Faceoff trophy for the final time on Xcel Energy Center ice. The final question requires fans to guess how many total goals will be scored during all three games of the 2025 NCHC Frozen Faceoff, which will serve as a tiebreaker, if needed.
 
Fans can submit their predictions through an online entry form and are limited to one entry per person. The sweepstakes entry period begins today, Tuesday, Feb. 25 and ends on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 10 p.m. CT, with the NCHC’s best-of-three quarterfinal series getting underway on Friday, March 14.
 
One lucky fan who predicts everything correctly for the 2025 championship will win four (4) tickets to the Minnesota Wild’s home game against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, March 29, 2025, as well as a one-night stay at the Courtyard Saint Paul Downtown hotel on March 29, 2025. In addition, the ‘Pick Your Frozen Faceoff’ Contest hosted by Visit Saint Paul winner will receive a $100 gift card to Herbie’s on the Park adjacent to Xcel Energy Center, as well as a $150 Fanatics gift card to The Hockey Lodge in Xcel Energy Center.
 
For complete rules of the ‘Pick Your Frozen Faceoff’ Contest hosted by Visit Saint Paul and to enter by mail, click here. The winner of this year’s contest will be announced on social media and contacted by Xcel Energy Center the week following the Frozen Faceoff.
 
For the final time, the NCHC Frozen Faceoff will be hosted at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. with the championship set for March 21-22, 2025. All-session ticket packages and single-session tickets are on sale now at ticketmaster.com.
 
In addition to all the hockey at Xcel Energy Center, several fan events are also planned around Frozen Faceoff weekend. NCHC Fan Fest will again be held prior to Frozen Faceoff games each day on Friday and Saturday, March 21-22. NCHC Fan Fest returns to Smorgie’s Bar on Smith Avenue in the afternoon before the hockey games across 7th Street West from Xcel Energy Center. On Friday, March 21, Fan Fest will take place from 2-6 p.m. CT, while Saturday it will be from 4-7 p.m. CT. Along with food and drinks, music and games such as bubble hockey and air hockey will be available for fans to enjoy.
 
A day earlier on Thursday, March 20, team practices for the four participating teams will be open to the public at Xcel Energy Center beginning at 10 a.m. CT (enter via Gate 1). That night, Xcel Energy Center will host the annual NCHC Fan Skate from 7-8:30 p.m. CT. The NCHC Fan Skate is free and open to the public. No hockey sticks are allowed and skate rental is not available.

The annual NCHC Awards Celebration will also take place on the eve of the Frozen Faceoff at the St. Paul Event Center in downtown Saint Paul at 5:15 p.m. CT. The NCHC Awards Celebration will be streamed live for free on NCHC.tv, while parents and guests of participating teams and individual award winners may attend with admission $30 at the door.
 
For more Frozen Faceoff ticket and event information, visit NCHChockey.com. For additional fan information surrounding the games, visit xcelenergycenter.com.
 
The 2025 NCHC Tournament includes the top eight finishers in the NCHC regular season and begins with best-of-three quarterfinal series on campus sites (March 14-16), with the four series winners advancing to the Frozen Faceoff. All NCHC quarterfinal games can be seen live on NCHC.tv. The four quarterfinal series winners are then re-seeded for the Frozen Faceoff semifinals.