On the morning of March 12, I got a text from Matthew McGreevy, assistant director of athletic communications at Denver. He simply asked, "Are you planning on coming if we play this weekend?" At that time, the plan was still for the NCHC tournament to hold its quarterfinal games sans spectators, and then do the same for the Frozen Faceoff in St. Paul, Minn., an announcement the conference made on March 11 (photo: Candace Horgan).