Augustana Hockey is just a few months away from hitting the ice on their inaugural season, and the program has officially announced its CCHA conference slate for the first season.
Minnesota State Hockey fans received the tough news just a few weeks ago that longtime Head Coach Mike Hastings had left the program to take the Head Coaching position at the University of Wisconsin.
The Minnesota Golden Gopher Men's Hockey team has once again punched their ticket to the Frozen Four, their first time doing so in consecutive seasons since 2002-2003.
Augustana Hockey is on the way. Not only has the University announced its first coach and begun work on its ice arena, but on Tuesday morning they announced that they will be members of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, or CCHA beginning with their inaugural season.
Now that they have confirmed the news that indeed they are adding a DI hockey program, the next question became, where is the "on campus" hockey arena going to go?
The Frozen Four National Championship game will feature St. Cloud State and the University of Massachusetts after some compelling finishes on Thursday evening.