By Jim Davis on May 18, 2013
Although there is no certainty that John Hoos’ longtime dream will ever come to pass, his stomach has got to be churning with excitement these days. The former standout Ice Dog player, who has been the University of Georgia head coach for going on 14 seasons, has yearned for an indoor rink in the Athens [...]
Posted in SECHC
By Jim Davis on May 12, 2013
The wheels of change in the ACHA continue to spin. Wagner College (Staten Island, N.Y.), an independent Division II club in 2012-13, has joined Mid-Atlantic College Hockey. The Seahawks, who went 6-6-1 last season, expect to play 10-12 games as an associate member of the MACH. Some of those games will be with other conference [...]
Posted in MACHA
By Jim Davis on May 10, 2013
The organizational carousel that is spinning rapidly this offseason has a new rider. Northwood University, a private school heretofore known among non-varsity collegiate hockey fans in the South for its team in the rugged ACHA Division III Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference, has a campus in West Palm Beach. Thanks in large part to the efforts [...]
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By Jim Davis on May 8, 2013
First it was the Arkansas Razorbacks who changed their ACHA address from the Division III South Region to the West Region. Now, another perennial South power, Loyola-Maryland, has followed suit. The Greyhounds will begin vying for a national tournament berth in the Atlantic Region in September. Like the Hogs, the Hounds will continue to compete [...]
Posted in BRHC
By Jim Davis on May 7, 2013
The University of Alabama-Huntsville Chargers, the only NCAA Division I club in the South, has announced that season tickets for 2013-14, their first campaign as a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, are on sale. UAH, which will play 16 home games as part of its 38-game schedule, is offering season tickets for $192 [...]
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By Jim Davis on May 5, 2013
The University of Miami Hurricanes, ranked as high as No. 4 in the ACHA’s DIII South Region last season before parting ways with their coaching staff and being dropped from the final regular-season ACHA ranking, has turned to the ranks of former NHL players for its new coach. Paul Healey (photo), whose 15-year professional career [...]
Posted in Independents
By Jim Davis on May 3, 2013
The March 15 motor vehicle accident that critically injured one of the University of Alabama-Huntsville hockey team’s top scorers spurred two of his teammates to visit children in an Alabama hospital recently. Forward Kyle Lysaght was a passenger in a car that was struck by a pickup truck and careened into a utility pole in [...]
Posted in Puck Bag
By Jim Davis on April 29, 2013
Before departing its commissionership at the end of last season, Don Martin set in motion the wheels of change in the Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League. His successor, retired Navy rear admiral Mike Walley, has his foot on the accelerator, as evidenced by plans for expansion and several other major changes on the horizon that [...]
Posted in ACCHL
By Jim Davis on April 28, 2013
Five years after his passing, Greg Stathis (photo) continues to inspire the ACHA community and others involved in hockey. Stathis, who was reared on hockey in his native Staten Island, N.Y., and as the longtime head coach of the Division III club team at Georgia Tech helped stimulate the growth of non-varsity hockey not only [...]
Posted in Independents
By Jim Davis on April 24, 2013
Most every offseason, a few ACHA teams switch conferences and sometimes divisions. This year, for example, Virginia and East Carolina are among the movers. Both are shifting from the DII Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League to the DIII Blue Ridge Hockey Conference. Then there’s Arkansas. The Razorbacks are changing regions, from the DIII South to [...]
Posted in SECHC
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