The first Saturday in October started like any other game day for Miami University hockey’s Bryce Hatten and Chase Munroe. They walked through the loading-dock doors on the side of the Goggin Ice Center, before buzzing into the locker room. They took the pregame skate and ate the pregame meal.
But a lot of things have changed.
For the first time in their hockey careers, Hatten and Munroe weren’t listed on their hockey team’s roster. They had decided to spare their bodies the pain that came with playing.
Thirty-eight minutes before puck-drop, they took the elevator to the press box instead of taking the ice for warm-ups.