Just six years later, that same Commodores program hosted the rest of the conference at the 2016 SECHC Tournament at the Nashville Predators’ Ford Ice Center, and two weeks later, went on to clinch a spot in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division Three Nationals by winning the South Regional tournament.
Former Vanderbilt goaltender Brenden Oliver, who suited up for the program from 2008-12, said the team was mere hours from being banished by the SEC for forfeiting too many times before a whirlwind road trip to Arkansas.
“There was a Friday afternoon where we had a road trip planned to play Arkansas in Fayetteville,” Oliver said.