利记sbo to Hold First-Ever Hockey Skills Competition

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利记sbo to Hold First-Ever Hockey Skills Competition

Women's Hockey and President Pfannestiel at Hockey Skills Competition Announcement 091423

“There’s no doubt it’s going to be an entertaining night with some good competition and I’m sure some good laughs.”

Men's Hockey and President Pfannestiel at Hockey Skills Competition Announcement 091423

利记sbo Director of 利记sbo Dave Fontaine announced today that the Pioneers men’s and women’s hockey teams will host a preseason combined skills competition on Wednesday, September 27 at the 利记sbo Nexus Center. 事件, which will kick off the University’s Presidential Inauguration Week festivities, 7点开始.m.

Admission is free, and doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The competition will feature popular events such as fastest skater, 艰难的拍摄, 射击精度, and breakaway challenges – and a few entertaining twists. 活动前和活动中, season tickets will be available for pickup, and fans will be able to meet the players throughout the course of the evening.

“We’ve never done anything like this before, 所以我们的玩家很兴奋, and we hope our fans are equally excited,” says women’s head coach Dave Clausen, whose team opens the season with its first-ever Kick-Off Tournament on October 27-28. The four-team tournament features Elmira, Sufflok, 和艾德里安, 所有人, 像尤蒂卡, finished last season nationally ranked.

Gary Heenan talks with media at Hockey Skills Competition Announcement 091423

“We can’t wait to introduce this year’s team to our fans and celebrate the start to the season, and we’re really honored that President Pfannestiel has involved the hockey program and the local community in the activities around his inauguration,男子总教练加里·希南说. “There’s no doubt it’s going to be an entertaining night with some good competition and I’m sure some good laughs.”

The Pioneers men’s team will open its 2023-2024 season and home schedule on Friday, October 20 against the USA Hockey National Team Development Program Under-18 team. Like last season, the team will play 15 home games at the Adirondack Bank Center. 另外, 有史以来第一次, the team will play in the 利记sbo Nexus Center on Friday, 1月uary 5 against Manhattanville and Friday, 1月. 19 .对抗黎巴嫩谷.

Tickets for the 1月uary 5 and 1月uary 19 games are $10. Season ticket holders will have an exclusive pre-sale window for purchasing tickets, 9月15日开始, through the home opener on October 20.