Jeremy Robichaud on Hints of the Past
I’m a USCHO poster (jrobes01) and long-time UMass Lowell fan. With UAH coming up to Lowell this Friday, I thought it would be a good time to send you an e-mail. Although I’ve only seen the web portion of the attempt to keep UAH Hockey alive, I’m very impressed with what you’ve done in the [...]
Justin Roller on Perseverance
[Justin is a 2010 UAH graduate currently in law school at NYU.] My favorite Charger hockey memory will always be my first road trip to Niagara. In the fall of my freshman year at UAH, you could pay $80 for a 16 hour bus ride to Niagara Falls and two tickets to the weekend series [...]
Leslie Reed on Hockey as Huntsville and Family Tradition
When I lived in Huntsville in the early-mid 1980s, UAH hockey games were “the place to be”. Being introduced to hockey through UAH, my brother joined a league at age 10 or 11 when we moved to NC in 1985. There were not many leagues around, so it was a travelling team. My dad and [...]
Lauren Kahre About Learning to Love Hockey at UAH
I’m a student at UAH, in my fourth, and, barring some drastic failure, last year of undergraduate study. I say undergraduate because I’ll still be here at the graduate level next year, and I can’t believe that it might be my only year here without hockey. I came to UAH with little hockey experience. I [...]
Seeing potential from the Ohio State series
[The following are the views of the author, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of all administrators of Save UAH Hockey.] My wife, son and I traveled the nearly 600 miles from our home in Cary, N.C. to my hometown of Huntsville over the weekend for one purpose: UAH hockey. The flagship sport of [...]
Andrew Cseter’s Email to Governor Bentley
Dear Governor Bentley: Almost all of Higher Education functionality (e.g. administration, instruction, student activities) is a cost. Don’t get me wrong – cost containment, wasteful spending, and inefficiencies are important principles. But if you look at this strictly from a from a cost-benefit model – you might as well get your axe and start cutting [...]
Joe Groh’s Letter to Gov. Bentley
[Ed. Joe sent this to me and wanted me to share it with you. --GFM] Dear Governor Bentley, As the proud parent of one of the UAH Hockey players, and a fellow US Air Force veteran, I am writing today to appeal to you to strongly consider the proposition being brought forward by Rep Phil [...]
The Timeline of a Hockey Tragedy at UAH – Priscilla S
[Ed. Priscilla submitted this as a comment, and I asked for her permission to make it into a post. She has granted that. --GFM] December 12,2010: Long time supporter and Athletic Director Jim Harris passes away. We all knew and respected the man and his passion for the University and the Division I. He had [...]
The Ones and Zeros: One Way Western Realignment Might Happen
Please note: These are my opinions and not those of UAH Hockey, UAH Athletics, or my mother. The prevalent rumor during the 2010 Frozen Four in St. Paul was that the full D-I schools are considering banding together against whatever befalls college hockey in a BTHC world. I think this makes sense: if the Championship [...]
Why We Could Hate Life As College Hockey Fans
Over at the USCHO Fan Forum, there’s a thread about why people hate life as college hockey fans. It’s your typical “my school hasn’t done crap in forever” from fans of schools with proud hockey histories that have hit the skids [e.g. Michigan Tech, Lake State, Western, BG], or fans that are frustrated that they [...]