For years, Kent State club hockey coach Jim Underwood knew that many hockey players didn’t get a chance to compete in college.
Kent State has a Division I team, the highest level of club hockey. When Underwood had to cut players in the last few years to have a manageable roster, he went to the university with a proposal to add an entire new team.
It would give more people a chance to play, he said, and could help enrollment by giving students one more reason to come and stay at Kent State.
So Kent State’s first Division III hockey team will take the ice in its first game later this month.