The Union Club Ice Hockey team is a member of the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MET). Many Union students who skated for their high school teams, yet were not compelled to play at the Division One collegiate hockey level, hit the ice every Monday and Wednesday night for some club hockey.
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| For more information about MET hockey, visit their website at methockey.com |
| Academic requirement. In order to play club ice hockey, students must maintain a 2.0 gpa.
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| Equipment. Equipment (including skate sharpenings and tape) is not provided. Players are responsible for obtaining and taking care of their own equipment.
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| Expenses. Each player pays dues of $160 for jerseys and socks.
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| Playing time. Coaches work hard to ensure equal playing time among the committed members on the team. Players who show up to both practices every week, ready to work hard, will be rewarded with ice time.
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| Practices. Practices are twice a week; on Mondays and Wednesdays, at 10PM at Messa Rink.
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| Season. The team practices from the first week in September until the week before finals in November. After winter break, the team practices from the first week in January till about the last week in February. For the 2008-2009 season, the team is looking to play about twenty games. They should be evenly divided home and away (ten home, ten away). Sixteen of them will be league games.
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| Skate sharpening and equipment needs. For eight dollars, players can get their skates sharpened at Hockeytown Pro Shop, located on Route 7. (515 Troy Schenectady Rd, Latham, NY 12110. (518) 786-6500)
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