re: Southern Hockey Fans

Put it to you this way UT's Ice Vols are actually the oldest and most established hockey program in the entire Southeast. I only learned they existed last year. We were ranked in the top 10 nationally in in the 200os and have been to the ACHA National Tournament 4 times. Pretty good for a southern Hockey club that even alums, a double alum even, had never heard of and is so underfunded even for a club sport they have had a tough time finding a club coach, musgt supply their own equipment (ALL of it) and financing the venture.

Of course, now that I know about them I'm interested in taking in some games. I honestly think it's a damn shame that the South's oldest hockey team is -- they've been around since the 60s -- isn't a varsity sport the uni is supporting.

We've had a local minor league team for many years now, decades even so the market is there and growing.

I would love to see the Ice Vols become varsity and for UT to add a women's team along with them.