SMU women’s hockey

[image-1] It was a big victory for the Saint Mary’s University women’s hockey team Tuesday, after the board of governors decided to save the Huskies from the chopping block. The initial March 18 decision was to cut the team all together. But after hundreds of supporters raised voices and sent emails protesting SMU’s judgment, president Colin Dodds announced the school would pause its decision. National support for the team has been overwhelming, with big hockey names Hayley Wickenheiser, Cassie Campbell, and Troy and Tina Crosby backing the woman up. The other teams in the league also sent letters to Saint

In an attempt to save $120,000, the athletic department at Saint Mary’s University made an abrupt financial decision to cut the woman’s hockey team last Friday, but then put that decision on hold in the face of protest. The tipping point might have been the hundreds of supporters who showed up at a rally Monday […]