CNU's new sport club to compete at professional arena

News Release - January 4, 2006
contact:
Karen L. Gill
karen.gill@cnu.edu
(757) 594-8428

(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — Christopher Newport University’s new Ice Hockey Club will compete for the first time in a professional arena on Feb. 4 at the Norfolk Scope, home to the Norfolk Admirals professional hockey team.

CNU’s game against the College of William and Mary begins at 3:30 p.m. and will be followed at 7 p.m. by an Admirals game. Tickets are $13 for both games and are available by sending an e-mail to hockey@cnu.edu.

Proceeds from the tickets will be used to help support the Ice Hockey Club, which is a club sport composed of 20 CNU student-athletes.

The team is a member of the Blue Ridge Hockey Conference and plays other university teams such as Old Dominion, Virginia Commonwealth, University of Richmond, Radford and Clemson. For more information about the team, visit its website at http://clubs.users.cnu.edu/hockey or contact club president Colin McCarthy at (703) 585-3491.

Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 4,800 students in programs through its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Luter School of Business and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. Visit us at www.cnu.edu.

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