Originally sent by Craig Barnett ([log in to unmask])
Forwarded to HOCKEY-L by Bill Fenwick ([log in to unmask])
The University of Findlay's hockey program will compete this coming fall as a NCAA Division II Independent. UF is in the process of applying for an associate membership with the ECAC West for the 1997-98 season.
UF competed this past season as club team and went 16-4-4 in the Midwest College Hockey League (MCHL) as a first year prograam. They will maintain a club program this year and begin a varsity program that will play a 28 game schedule comprised of varsity and Div. I club teams.
The program is headed by former Mercyhurst College and Kent State assistant Craig Barnett (SUNY-Plattsburgh '89). The University of Findlay is located in Findlay, Ohio, approximately 45 miles south of Toledo and 20 minuted [Ds from BGSU. UF is a division II institution that has been a NAIA member until this coming fall, in which they will join the NCAA as a dual affiliate. UF is a small, private liberal arts college, which is very comparable to the ECAC West schools. The 1996-97 varsity schedule is as follows:
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
Oct 18 BLACK & ORANGE GAME BGSU 9:00PM
Oct 25 at Fredonia Tournament Fredonia, NY 4:00/7:30pm
Oct 26 at Fredonia Tournament Fredonia, NY 4:00/7:30pm
(Fredonia, UF, Mercyhurst, Niagara)
OCT 29 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FINDLAY 8:00PM
Nov. 1 at Canisius Tournament Buffalo, NY 4:30/7:35pm
Nov. 2 at Canisius Tournament Buffalo, NY 4:30/7:35pm
NOV 6 EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FINDLAY 7:00PM
Nov 15 at Kent State Kent, OH 7:30pm
Nov 16 at Kent State kent, OH 7:30pm
Nov 22 at Niagara University Niagara, NY 7:00pm
Nov 23 at Niagara University Niagara, NY 7:00pm
Dec 6 at Milwaukee School of Eng. Milwaukee, WI 7:30pm
Dec 7 at Milwaukee School of Eng. Milwaukee, WI 7:30pm
Dec 8 at Marian College Fond Du Lac, WI 3:30pm
Dec 13 at Mercyhurst Tournament Erie, PA 4:00/7:30pm
Dec 14 at Mercyhurst Tournament Erie, PA 4:00/7:30pm
(Mercyhurst, UF, AIC, Oswego)
Jan 3 at Elmira Tournament Elmira, NY 4:30/7:30pm
Jan 4 at Elmira Tournament Elmira, NY 4:30/7:30pm
(Elmira, UF, Trinity (CT), Niagara)
Jan 10 at U. of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI 7:30pm
Jan 11 at U. of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI 7:30pm
JAN 15 OHIO UNIVERSITY FINDLAY 8:00PM
JAN 24 LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY (WI) FINDLAY 4:30PM
JAN 25 LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY (WI) FINDLAY 2:30PM
Jan 31 at RIT Rochester, NY 7:30pm
Feb 5 at Eastern Michigan U. Ypsilanti, MI 7:30pm
FEB 14 MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENG. FINDLAY 5:00PM
FEB 15 MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENG. FINDLAY 2:30PM
Feb 28 at Ohio University Athens, OH 7:30pm
Mar 1 at Ohio University Athens, OH 7:30pm
Head Hockey Coach - Craig Barnett
Assistant Coaches - Greg Franke, Dan St. Jean, and Bill Baker
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