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Ivy League, Atlantic Hockey’s RIT a no-go for hockey this winter

By Liam FlahertyNovember 13, 2020

Traditional Ivy League rivalries such as Harvard-Cornell have been put on hold due to COVID-19. (Getty Images)

As youth teams work to get their seasons off the ground, colleges are raring to go.

By now, most Division 1 conferences have announced plans, schedules and start dates for their 2020-21 campaign. That includes Atlantic Hockey, which is set to kick off its season this weekend with its two-pod, Eastern and Western, approach.

Except, on Wednesday, one of the 11 members of Atlantic Hockey, Rochester Institute of Technology, announced it was canceling all winter 2020-21 sports, citing ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: Atlantic Hockey, College hockey, COVID-19, Division 1 colleges, ECAC Hockey, Ivy League, RIT, Rochester Institute of Technology

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