George Sauers, on the Opportunity Lost
My son was 10 when he first met Nathan Bowen and began playing tier 1 hockey for his youth travel program. Living in orlando, we drove 12 hours one way on weekends to practice in Huntsville. During those weekends in Huntsville and spending time with Nathan and his coaches (many of whom were UAH graduates) [...]
What UAH Hockey Means to Alyson Buck and Chris Bertagnolli
UAH hockey is special to both of us. I’m from New York, so I grew up in a “traditional” hockey market, and I loved hockey from the time I was little. When I came to college down here I had a great time telling all my friends from up north that we had a DI [...]
Lisa Hagen’s Email to Governor Bentley
[Below is another email from a player parent. --GFM] Dear Governor Bentley: This morning, I read a newspaper article that discussed the efforts by State Rep. Phil Williams and potential investors to save the University of Alabama at Huntsville NCAA Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey program. As a parent of one of the players, I [...]
Portera Will Reportedly End Program on Monday
Sources close to the Alabama-Huntsville hockey program have indicated that interim UAH president and UA System Chancelor Malcom Potera will pull the plug on Division I hockey discontinuing the Chargers only sport with an NCAA championship. The program will complete the 2011-12 season. Portera is believed to be making the move solely based upon financial [...]
Community Group Formed, Holds Press Conference
I’ll quote the release verbatim. ###PRESS RELEASE### Community Group Forms to Save UAH Hockey Group has secured over $500,000 to support program but Chancellor Portera must hear support from the community Huntsville, AL (September 8, 2011) – Local business leaders and several UAHuntsville Alumni today announced a grassroots effort to save NCAA Division I Hockey [...]
Press Conference Thursday
We have received this media advisory: Community Group Forms to Save UAH Hockey WHO: UAH Alumni and Community Leaders WHAT: Community Leaders will announce grassroots efforts and call on community to get involved to save NCAA Division I Hockey at UAHuntsville. Leaders will ask all UAH alumni and hockey fans to show support for the [...]
Your Voice: Patrick Joyce
I got the okay from Pat Joyce to reproduce his comments on the Save UAH Hockey petition. If you haven’t read them, you’re in for a treat: The University of Alabama-Huntsville is nationally known for two things. One is a disturbed psychopath who in a fit of insanity decimated one of your academic departments. The [...]
How to Help – Urgent Action Needed
First things first: go sign our petition and flood Mack Portera’s INBOX. We’ll wait. Okay, you’re back! Cool. Keith Rowe wrote a good bit for the Thunder Hockey community last week, and we want to expand on the idea. Let me quote Keith to give you a sense of the urgency: … [H]ow everyone can [...]
UAH Athletic Director Search Committee in Place
Long time no write, everyone. As we go forward, we’re trying to keep Save UAH Hockey about what it will take to keep the program moving forward, with UAHHockey.com being about the team, season in progress, etc. We do have some relevant info for you today. As most of you know, UAH Athletic Director Jim [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-16
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/01/jim_harris_legacy_at_uah_celeb.html http://fb.me/Nx6aj6Wy # Going to Nashville to watch the boys play Merrimack? We want to know. Sound off below. # Interesting, but so beset with errors that it's sadly indicative of the average story that the Nashville Scene… http://fb.me/Pjvvio6J # We'd like to thank @cellblock303 for the love: http://bit.ly/eOoXqB. Hey Merrimack: this is sorta our [...]