The University of Alabama-Huntsville will not play hockey during the 2021-22 season.
UAH, which went 3-18-1 this past season in its final WCHA campaign, will not play next year due to a lack of a conference affiliation. The Chargers were apparently rejected in applying to the new CCHA that will begin play this fall, and have yet to hear back from the Atlantic Hockey association.
The UAH hockey program was in danger of being dropped a year ago, but got a reprieve of at least one season after a week-long GoFundMe fundraising campaign that ultimately netted over $750,000 in private donations. The Chargers had previously faced the chopping block before, when the program was shut down temporarily in the fall of 2012 before being revived soon after.
There is no definitive timetable for Atlantic Hockey to accept UAH or not, although UAHHockey.com noted it will be at least the middle of this summer for a decision to be made. According to the university, the Chargers hockey program will be promptly reinstated if a conference home is secured.
The Chargers began life as a club program in 1979, winning three national club championships, and then had a brief foray in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics before originally joining the NCAA in 1985 as a Division II independent. UAH then moved up to Division I in 1987 before dropping down to Division II in 1992 and subsequently winning two national titles there, before returning to Division I in 1998.
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