COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Hockey announced today the host sites for its slate of 2018 National Championships, with each tournament to be contested in March/April 2018.

Among the notable highlights:

The 2018 USA Hockey Girls National Championships will mark the 40th anniversary of USA Hockey crowning the nation's best in girls and women's hockey, a tradition that dates back to 1978 and the inaugural girls national championship tournament held in Orchard Park and Cheektowaga, New York.

USA Hockey Arena, in Plymouth, Michigan, will host its first-ever USA Hockey Youth National Championship when the nation's best compete at the 2018 USA Hockey Youth Tier I National Championship for 15-year-olds.

NOTES: USA Hockey has been conducting the United States' national championship tournaments since 1938, with teams from 37 states being crowned champions in various classifications ... A list of USA Hockey national champions dating back to 1949 can be found here.