On Tuesday afternoon the UNLV Rebels made major sports announcement and it was about a sport that most people probably didn’t even know was played at UNLV. Ice Hockey.
That’s right, the Division II Skatin’ Rebels will be elevated to the Division I level for the 2017-2018 season.
This move was hoped to be one of the benefits of Las Vegas getting an NHL expansion team, but there were still a number of hurdles the team had to clear before they could even attempt to make the jump, with the most major of those being money and Title IX (discussed here).