Union Set for Non-Conference Test
In a few hours, No. 11 Union will take the ice at Messa Rink for the first time in 2011-12 against No. 12 Western Michigan. The two-game series has received national attention this week. Here are some links from the past few days…
Ken Schott and Rodger Wyland interviewed Western Michigan head coach Andy Murray on College Hockey Slap Schotts (click here)
Pete Iorizzo of the Times Union spoke with freshman goaltender and Niskayuna native Colin Stevens, who played youth hockey at Messa Rink (click here)
In the Daily Gazette preview, Schott notes that Murray coached former Union assistant Ben Barr at Shattuck St. Mary’s in Minnesota (click here). Here is Ken’s College Hockey preview with a feature about Coach Murray and his decision to join the college hockey ranks after a lengthy NHL coaching career (click here)
Here are capsule previews of the series from The College Hockey Blog (click here), USCHO.com (click here), and INCH (click here)
In women’s hockey news, the Times Union spoke with Union assistant Julie Chu about her recent appearance in ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue (click here)
