The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://www.collegehockeynews.com Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:32:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/design/chn2006-text-180px.gif http://www.collegehockeynews.com College Hockey News http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/12/07_new_uah_president_was_key.php When University of Alabama chancellor Malcolm Portera hand picked Robert Altenkirch to succeed him as president of Alabama-Huntsville, there was no reason to believe Portera's October decision to kill Huntsville's Division I hockey program could be reversed. What many didn't know was Altenkirch's background in hockey-related activities, and in hockey-related communities. Altenkirch ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/12/07_alabama-huntsville_to_continue.php Following a meeting with supporters of Albama-Huntsville hockey, led by alumnus Nathan Bowen, the school released a statement seemingly reversing its course to disband the hockey program. UAH has been playing this season under the assumption it would be its last, after outgoing president Malcolm Portera said in October that the athletic department budget could not sustain the program. However, new ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/12/06_fight_to_save_uah_hockey_continues.php The fight to save Alabama-Huntsville hockey continues on two fronts. Alabama state representative Phil Williams told College Hockey News that he's working on legislation that will split Huntsville -- and the Birmingham campus, as well -- out of the University of Alabama system. Rep. Williams hopes this will be a first step in saving hockey at UAH. "(The idea) is becoming very popular around ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/11/26_the_long_road_home.php In 1972, Bob Seger wrote a slow, emotional ballad about life on the road called "Turn the Page." It's a song about long bus trips, repetition and wandering thoughts. Although it's not about a farewell tour, "Turn the Page" would be a fitting theme song for the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers this season. Barring a miracle reversal of last month's announcement that the program ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/11/24_many_thanks.php Merrimack fans, on this Thanksgiving, count your blessings. Take a good, hard look at the team your Warriors just played. It's the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers. A team in its final days as a Division I program, after chancellor Dr. Malcolm Portera pulled the fatal trigger on the program last month, announcing it was dropping to club status. The reasons cited were largely financial and the trigger-happy ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/10/24_alabama-huntsville_program.php [[Alabama-Huntsville]] interim president Malcolm Portera will announce today that the school's men's hockey program will play this last season before being disbanded, according to reports. UAH coach Chris Luongo informed the team of the situation Sunday night, according to the Huntsville Times. Players and coaches were to meet with Portera today at 10 a.m. "I don't think it's ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100