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The George Washington University Ice Hockey club will join the ACCHL beginning in the 2010 season.

The ACC Hockey League is pleased to announce George Washington University will be joining the league for the 2010-11 season.  The GW Hockey Club has maintained close ties with the ACCHL over the years, regularly playing league teams each season.

Don Martin, ACCHL Commissioner, expressed his enthusiasm at the announcement, “The GW Hockey Program has grown and matured tremendously over the years.  I would like to welcome the GW Colonial players, coaches, fans and alumni into the league.  They play a great brand of quality hockey and have built a strong administrative and management foundation.  Simply put, they are a quality program and are a great addition to the ACCHL.”

GW and Georgetown have built a strong rivalry over the years.  This season, they again play a home-and-home series.  In October, the Colonials won at Kettler Capitals Iceplex 5-1.  On January 15 (10:30PM), Georgetown will attempt to avenge the loss at GW’s home rink, Fort Dupont.   With the addition of GW into the league, this rivalry is sure to grow.  Co-President of the Colonials, Jon Moynihan, explains how GW looks forward to the competition in the league, “The ACCHL provides GW Hockey with an opportunity to further grow as a club. The members of the team are excited to form new rivalries with such elite schools.  We are all particularly excited to be joining a league where we will have the opportunity to play two meaningful games each season with crosstown rival Georgetown.”

The George Washington program has worked hard over the years to elevate the quality of the program, not just on the ice, but also in the front office.  The organization, administration and support of the program greatly impressed the ACCHL schools and leadership.  Taylor Guidon, current GW Hockey Vice President and planned President of next year’s team discussed the opportunity to join the ACCHL, “After an extremely successful season and a half in the BRHC, the opportunity the play in the ACCHL was one that was too good for GW Hockey to pass up.”  Colonials coach, Tim Schliftman, recognizes the contributions of the team’s players, management and supporters, “I am proud of the accomplishments of both our recent alumni and current upperclassmen to bring our program to the point where an elite league such as the ACCHL has invited us to join.”

George Washington Hockey:  http://www.gwu.edu/~hockey

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FASTHockey.com, the premier destination for LIVE and on-demand video streaming of amateur ice hockey, today unveiled an unprecedented relationship with the American Collegiate Hockey Association to stream games live online at FASTHockey.com.  FASTHockey.com will cover regular season games, special events, and the ACHA National Tournaments using its proprietary platform for live games, archives on demand, and new media marketing.

FASTHockey will support the ACHA and all its member teams by offering its full suite of services including video streaming, multi-channel marketing, professional production, and content hosting.  The ACHA and all its member teams will be able to offer passionate fans live and on-demand access to games throughout the year.  Over 400 teams are expected to take advantage of the FASTHockey platform.

“We are incredibly excited to work with the ACHA and showcase this great college hockey to passionate fans world-wide,” said Marc Ruskin, CEO of FASTHockey. “Working with the University of Central Oklahoma last season gave us great insight into the ACHA and its brand.  We could not be more proud than to announce this long term partnership with the governing body of college “non-varsity” ice hockey in the United States.”

“We are thrilled to be working with a class organization like FASTHockey,” said Chris Wilk, Executive Director of  the ACHA. “FASTHockey is leading the pack in delivering a full suite of services—we were most impressed by their focus on ice hockey and ability to drive traffic with their enormous database.  We are also very pleased that our partnership includes the professional production and delivery of our National Tournaments and Special Events.  After watching FASTHockey’s exceptional coverage of the USA Hockey National Championships and World U-18 Championships in Fargo, we knew who we wanted to partner with.”

For more information on watching ACHA games this season, please visit: www.fasthockey.com.

FASTHockey.com is the premier online network for ice hockey players, coaches and fans to organize their hockey lives while developing personal connections rooted in shared hockey interests. FASTHockey.com provides the online platform so that athletes and coaches can create player and team profiles, upload videos and photos, track and view statistics, check out opponents before games, and discover the best ice hockey players in the world.

Saturday 1st Game NC State 4 Virginia 0

Saturday 1st Game
NC State 4
Virginia 0

Virginia Tech photographer, Erich Geist, too photos of the tournament.

Photos of the ACCHL Tournament are available at vthockey.imagekind.com/.

Checkout the latest news of your favorite ACCHL college hockey program by selecting ACCHL Schools and clicking on the link of your favorite school. Be sure to mark February 22 -24, 2008 on your calendar to attend the ACCHL Tournament at the Roanoke Civic Center.

All Four Regional Locations for the Division 3 ACHA Hockey Regionals were anounced:

The ACHA has released the four locations that will host the fist-ever Division 3 Regional Tournaments. Sites are as follows:

Atlantic Regional Warwick, PA – The Rink at Warwick
North Regional Saginaw, MI – The Dow Event Center
Pacific Regional Oakland, CA – Oakland ICE
South Regional Atlanta, GA – Duluth Ice Forum