San Diego State club hockey has not made a playoff appearance in over three years, but with a winning season under head coach Ted Powers, the team qualified for playoffs this year and made the trip to Utah on Friday, Feb. 26.
However, their season would end shortly after landing, suffering a 5-1 loss to UNLV in the opening round of the American Collegiate Hockey Association’s National Championship tournament for Division II.
“Nobody expected us to be sitting at regionals,” Powers said. “I think we did much more than anyone thought.”
Regionals is the first stage of the tournament with the winners moving on to for a chance to compete in the title game.