Hockey

[UAlbany09]

Why doesn't UAlbany make Hockey a varsity sport like football and basketball. I know it means building an ice hockey arena, but maybe the Pepsi Arena could pick up the team. Certainly they'd draw more people then the River Rats. I just look at teams like UNH, Vermont, BU, Maine all being AEC teams and all having pretty successful nationally ranked hockey teams. I also look at UAlbany's current hockey club and see how successful they are. I know that with the Master Plan and the emphasis on the football program, that cash is probably tight, but it would still be nice to have a team so I don't have to go to RPI to watch a college hockey game. Although with RPI and Union so close, some nice rivalries could develop.

[UAalum72]

Hockey's pretty expensive (equipment per player, practice ice time as well as games,) plus you'd have to set up a women's team as well (Title IX).

[WCDBvoiceofUA]

At this point Albany has more female scholarships athletes than male. That difference has been in place so scholarships could be added to football. Now that football is adding scholys then the hockey team idea is pretty much DOA. It does leave the possibility of a D-III team but then like UAAlum said they would have to start a women's team. No scholarships but mucho dinero for ice time, equipment and insurance.

[alum73]

There is a club team, I think. They used to have a web site, but I don't see it anymore.

[UAlbany09]

There is a club team, I think.  They used to have a web site, but I don't see it anymore.

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I know about the club team, and they moved their website, asuhockey.com.

[GreatDanes06]

NOTE: WCDB IS IN THE WORKS TO MAYBE BROADCAST HALF A DOZEN IF WE CAN OF THE CLUBS HOCKEY GAMES...THEY ARE A VERY GOOD TEAM

[Dane Pound]

This is not exactly related but there's a story in today's TU about for hockey player Colin Griffith. Ice tribute, warm memories-TU

[UAlbany09]

This is not exactly related but there's a story in today's TU about for hockey player Colin Griffith. Ice tribute, warm memories-TU

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I just don't see how a person falls out a 4 story window. It's just really wierd.