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Oregon Ducks Ice Hockey: 2023-2024 Season Review
As the calendar creeps closer to October another Ducks sport season is about to get under-way. With hockey season just around the corner today we will be reviewing last year’s hockey season to help Duck fans get caught up on everything puck with the Ducks.
Unlike most of Oregon’s other sports teams, the hockey team is not at the varsity level but is instead a club sport. This means the team is entirely self-funded. The best way to support the team is to attend home games at The Rink Exchange in Eugene, the Pavilion in Bend for one weekend this season, or Autzen stadium for one game this season.
The other way to support the team is to purchase some of the best-looking hockey Jerseys I’ve ever seen. ATQ will let you know when these go on sale again.
The Ducks compete in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) division 1. The ACHA is the national association for Non-NCAA Collegiate Hockey throughout the US and helps organize collegiate club hockey across the country. Similar to how major conferences used to be organized, the ACHA is organized into geographical conferences. Oregon competes as an independent in Division 1 as Oregon’s Pacific Northwest rivals compete in Division 2. Last season the Ducks played one Pacific NW division 2 rival, Washington, and won both games 5-1.
Last season the Ducks played 27 games in total and 25 ACHA games accumulating 22 points by going 8-17-0-0. That’s 6 regulation wins, 2 overtime wins, 17 regulation losses, 0 Overtime losses and 0 ties. The ACHA uses the Olympic point system which is:
· 3 points are awarded for a regulation win
· 2 points are awarded for an Overtime win
· 1 point for an overtime loss
· 1 point for a Tie
· 0 points for a regulation loss
The Ducks also played 2 exhibition games against the Rouge Valley Royals of the USPHL Premier league last season, winning both games by a score of 5-2 and 4-2.
This season the Ducks will look to improve their record with a 27-game ACHA schedule that gets under-way Friday October 11th in Las Vegas against UNLV. Stay tuned this week for a full preview of the hockey season, including what we will be doing to cover the team here at ATQ.
The first news of the season is a sad one – this week goaltender Henry “Hank” Bradford passed away: