The ice was being chewed up and pucks were reaching the net at an alarmingly fast rate. Everything was up-tempo and the 42 players were put through their paces in businesslike fashion.
UNLV’s men’s ice hockey team may be a club. But it acts more like an NCAA Division I program, which it aspires to be in the next three years.
“We’re creating the culture now,” said Zee Khan, the team’s general manager. “We don’t want to wait until we go D1. Now’s the time to act like a D1 program.”
Half the players who were participating in last week’s development camp at the Las Vegas Ice Center won’t wear a UNLV jersey when the Rebels open their American Collegiate Hockey Association season Sept.