

Our job now is to continue to do our due diligence to help these young men move on to another D1 scholarship, which is what they deserve. They said they got the news this afternoon on a Zoom call and they simply asked us, ‘What do we do now?’ Kyle and I then got on the phone and started reaching out to all of our NCAA D1 contacts, and most of the coaches we talked to already had heard the news. Kyle and I got three phone calls in a matter of a minute or two from all three players. “It’s shocking the hockey world around North America today. “It’s not the news any player wants to hear about the NCAA program they are attending in the fall,” he said.

Target PhotographyĬrusaders head coach Adam Manah sympathized with his players’ plight, but also believed they would all land firmly on their skates. “They are highly touted, obviously, so my phone has been blowing up with interest from a lot of schools.” Three Crusaders who were supposed to be headed to the University of Alabama-Huntsville in the fall - forwards Will Zapernick, Jarred White and Jacob Franczak - were as floored as the rest of the hockey world on Friday when the NCAA Division 1 school opted to chop its men’s hockey program outright in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. “All players will get a deal elsewhere, I would be shocked if they did not,” said Crusaders GM Kyle Chase. That shouldn’t be a problem when it comes to a trio as talented as the Crusaders commits.
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Student-athletes who would like to join another institution’s roster will be released without penalty and free to transfer immediately.” “We are making this decision now to allow our student-athletes in hockey, men’s and women’s tennis programs to have the opportunity to play at another institution if they choose to do so. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “After a comprehensive review of UAH’s athletic offerings and the associated long-term budget implications, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue the men’s hockey, men’s tennis, and women’s tennis programs.

All units across the university are sacrificing for the greater good,” said a UAH release signed by school president Darren Dawson and athletic director Cade Smith. “The uncertainty of our future financial situation requires that we take additional steps to reduce expenses, including cutting some programs and reorganizing some units to create savings from improved efficiencies. Three Crusaders who were supposed to be headed to the University of Alabama-Huntsville in the fall - forwards Will Zapernick, Jarred White and Jacob Franczak - were as floored as the rest of the hockey world on Friday when the NCAA Division 1 school opted to chop its men’s hockey program outright in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Shortly after captain Arjun Atwal signed on with the University of Calgary and jumped the number of Sherwood Park Crusaders college commitments from those who played in this past shortened season to 11, suddenly this past week the number fell to eight.
