Duluth, MN, USA / 95 KQDS
Feb 8, 2021 6:20 PM
Big, but expected, news on Monday, as the NCHC officially changed the format for its 2021 conference tournament.
I’ll be honest, no one should be the least bit surprised, not by the decision nor by the venue chosen.
The league will conduct a three-round, single-elimination tournament to decide its 2021 NCAA Tournament autobid at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, with the event to be held over five days, March 12-16. It replaces the normal NCHC playoff format, which calls for best-of-three first round series to be held on campus sites before the Frozen Faceoff at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference announced that it will move its Frozen Faceoff tournament from Minnesota's Xcel Energy Center to North Dakota's Ralph Engelstad Arena.
The Hibbing Branch of the American Association of University announced its January Future Collegians. AAUW is a powerful advocate and visible leader in equity and education through research, philanthropy, and
On Friday, Prince Albert Paralympian Erica Gavel was elected vice-chair of the Canadian Paralympic Athletes’ Council by her fellow council members.
Gavel was on Canada’s women’s national wheelchair basketball team at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, and also selected on the Canadian team ready to go to the 2020 games in Tokyo before they were postponed by COVID-19.
“To be elected as vice-chair, I’m a little bit at a loss for words right now,” Gavel told
paNOW. “I’m totally humbled and honoured. I’m just so excited to work closely with the chair, the Canadian Paralympic Committee but also the International Paralympic Committee in a leadership role representing Canadian athletes.”
The board re-elected Wendy Doyle as president and elected Denise Rhodes as vice president.
Also at the meeting, the board appointed the following: Doyle as delegate and Rhodes as alternate delegate to the OSBA Annual Conference; RuthAnn Rinto as OSBA legislative liaison; Rinto as acting board secretary at board meetings if treasurer is absent; Justin Medure as PTO liaison; Heather Mercer as United Community liaison; Mercer as student achievement liaison; Medure and Rinto for Athletic Council; Doyle and Treasurer Melissa Baker for Audit Committee; and Medure and Rhodes for Building and Grounds Committee.
The board also appointed former board member Mike Ellyson as Columbiana County Career and Technical Center board representative for a two-year term expiring Dec. 31, 2022, but reserved the right to change the appointment length to one year based on feedback from the career center. School boards are permitted to name a community member as its career center representative and Ellyson