The UNM hockey team is back this Friday facing off against the Colorado School of Mines for their opening game of the season. Last year, the team, led by head coach Grant Harvey, landed themselves in the ACHA National Championship.
Last year, the Lobos finished the regular season with a 20-4-1 record and impressively remained undefeated for the first 11 of those games. The goal this year will be for the team to somehow find its way back a nationals— something Harvey said would be an achievement in and of itself.
“You don’t ever get spoiled and say ‘if we don’t make nationals it doesn’t measure up to last year,’” Harvey said, “every time you get to the playoffs it’s good.