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CHA Releases Second Half Schedule
1/4/2021 5:00:00 PM
College Hockey America, in a joint effort between the league office, directors, and coaches, have finalized a second-half schedule that brings the league’s six members right up to the start of the 2021 CHA Tournament.
The goal with the second half schedule remains the same as it did upon our return at the end of November, to maximize the number of playing opportunities available to our teams and complete a 20-game league schedule safely. After a few postponements before the holiday break, the number of games remaining span from 18 for Mercyhurst to 14 for Penn State, but all missing games are accounted for through February.
The CHA’s second half officially kicks off on Wednesday with Mercyhurst hosting RIT and continues over the weekend with all but Syracuse getting games in.
Changing on the fly: College hockey teams do it on, off ice
By ERIC OLSON
January 7, 2021
… On Friday night, more than a month (after they were scheduled to begin their season), BU will become the last Division I men’s team to start its season when Providence visits. The game will be at Walter Brown Arena because the team’s regular home, Agganis Arena, has been repurposed as a campus COVID-19 test site. ...
Boston University’s league, Hockey East, has issued news releases announcing schedule changes 19 times in the last 48 days. Big Ten teams are playing a 24-game conference schedule, plus an additional four games per school against Arizona State. The Sun Devils are an independent, and as a one-year Big Ten affiliate had to agree to play all 28 of their games on the road.
In the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, Northern Michigan has played six games and had eight postponed or canceled
In the Eastern College Athletic Conference, the six Ivy League members along with Union College and RPI opted out for the season. That leaves Clarkson, Colgate, St. Lawrence and Quinnipiac.
Another league, Atlantic Hockey, has had 22 of its first 81 games canceled or postponed. …
The situation is similar in Division I women’s hockey. St. Lawrence has yet to play. Top-ranked Wisconsin recently had four straight games called off. No. 3 Northeastern had games against Holy Cross canceled three days after they were scheduled. ...
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Colonial support: How RMU Men’s Hockey has dealt with the pandemic
ON MARCH 10, 2021
BY TERPANESE
... Part of the reason this team is rolling along is due to the great support it has received from its administration. Assistant Coach Mike Corbett detailed some of what the Colonials were given, saying, “the best thing for us has been the support of our administration through this pandemic.” Throughout the pandemic, the administration of Robert Morris has made life easier for the Colonials to, as best as they can stay healthy, and then while the program was paused the administration did even more. Corbett appreciates the continuity that the administration has provided for the Colonials during this season.
As Corbett noted about his administration more than once during this interview, money was not any object in finding solutions during their quarantine, and that money was no object in figuring things out for the administration. They went so far as to bring workout gear to players’ homes to facilitate Zoom workouts during their quarantine. As Corbett said of these efforts “that’s what they do at Robert Morris.” The group quarantined together as they went through it, and were able to minimize the effect of their pause as much as possible during this hectic year. ...
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