Chris Luongo has resigned as Alabama-Huntsville’s head coach and the school replaced him with former NHL and AHL coach Kurt Kleinendorst, UAH announced Tuesday night. Luongo was 6-54-3 in two turbulent seasons with the Chargers after being the team’s assistant coach for two seasons. Alabama-Huntsville’s varsity program, an independent since the demise of the CHA … Read more
Playoffs are starting and league titles are on the line. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look around the country in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Who’s No. 1? It’s Boston University in the poll, but a number of teams have legitimate claims. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski have this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Even in the WCHA, where Minnesota has a five-point lead on Minnesota-Duluth, the race for league titles is tightening up. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski have this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
According to a story in Wednesday’s Huntsville Times, Alabama-Huntsville will provide less than half of the necessary financing to keep the Chargers on the ice next season. That begs the question of where the rest of the cash will come from. UAH president Robert Altenkirch said in the story that the difference will have to … Read more
It looks like Alabama-Huntsville will be around next season, after all, but what will be the lasting effects of the turmoil? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski talk about that, a first half of mediocrity, which teams are breaking out of that and the week ahead in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
College Hockey Inc. will ask the NCAA next month to add a temporary travel exemption for Alabama-Huntsville in hopes of helping the struggling independent team schedule more home games. The NCAA’s travel exemption, which allows schools to travel for games in Alaska and Hawaii and not have them count toward their season limit — 34 … Read more
When the news broke Tuesday night that the Alabama-Huntsville administration was going to do an about-face and work toward keeping the Chargers’ Division I program afloat after this season, supporters, players and coaches alike were ecstatic. The university announced earlier this season that it would discontinue the sport at the D-I level starting next year. … Read more
After a meeting Tuesday night with a grass roots effort group to save the hockey program at Alabama-Huntsville, the school released a statement seemingly changing its stance on the decision to end the D-I program it announced earlier this season. UAH spokesman Ray Garner told the Huntsville Times that the school is committing to nothing … Read more
Is Merrimack’s schedule tough enough for the Warriors to be the No. 1 team in the nation? That and more in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback with Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski.
The Warriors are likely to be undefeated through two months. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look at the road ahead in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Potential new donors have been identified by Alabama-Huntsville, according to an article in Thursday’s Huntsville Times, and these individuals have reportedly been said to have enough money to keep the UAH team afloat for three more seasons. “Concerning hockey, there are some new developments,” said state representative Phil Williams in the article. “There are some … Read more
Todd: There’s plenty to talk about this week, but events developing Monday have captured our attention. Alabama-Huntsville has announced it will drop its varsity program in favor of a club team to save money. Program boosters have been raising funds to keep the program going, but interim president Malcolm Portera pulled the plug. The writing … Read more
As a former player and coach at Alabama-Huntsville, Nathan Bowen knows firsthand what the Chargers’ Division I hockey program has meant to not only the university, but to the Huntsville community. With Monday’s announcement that UAH will be downgraded to club status starting next season, Bowen didn’t mince words when expressing his disappointment. “It’s frustrating … Read more
Alabama-Huntsville’s time as a Division I program is coming to an end, and a school administrator is citing finances as a reason. The 2011-12 season will be the Chargers’ final one as a varsity program, the school announced Monday. It will revert to a club program next season. The news was initially reported by The … Read more
Chris Luongo believes the time is now for Alabama-Huntsville to get started in the right direction. “If there is a spot on our schedule that is key, it’s between now and mid-November because we have four series at home between now and then,” Luongo said. “The second half of the year is going to be … Read more
Alabama-Huntsville alumni and community leaders will announce a “grassroots effort and call on community to get involved to save NCAA Division I hockey at UAH,” at a news conference scheduled for Thursday. The news conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. CDT at the Huntsville Municipal IcePlex. Leaders will ask all UAH alumni and hockey fans … Read more
Mike Warde has left his job as an assistant coach at Alabama-Huntsville for a similar job at Army. “We are excited to have Mike back at West Point,” Army head coach Brian Riley said in a statement. “He understands what West Point stands for, the caliber of player we recruit and the exacting standards the … Read more
The Chargers are watching matters with a keen interest in their future. Roman J. Uschak reports.
They are calling it the “super conference.” Personally, I’ll hold judgment on just how super the new conference featuring North Dakota, Denver, Colorado College, Nebraska-Omaha, Miami and Minnesota-Duluth will be. Notre Dame and another school — quite possibly Western Michigan — might also become members. So you won’t hear that term for the remainder of … Read more