Smitty’s Scrum: Previewing the Battle at the Beach

Photo via Justin Peart, Auburn HockeyIt’s been quite a while since the Auburn Tigers played a hockey game that mattered. The last regular season game the Orange & Blue took the ice for was all the way back in 2019 in a playoff loss to the Ole Miss Rebels; now, after a long wait, the team returns to play in a three-game series in Daytona Beach.

The Battle at the Beach will be of enormous consequence for this Auburn team considering the nature of their schedule (10 confirmed games at the moment), especially given that other SECHC powerhouses like Georgia, Tennessee, and Georgia Tech are all off to hot starts. If the Tigers want to earn a berth to the College Hockey Federation Federal Cup in…