This weekend, Union joins other teams in the ECAC Hockey League for Pink at the Rink, an event dedicated to raising money for both the American Cancer Society and Hockey Coaches Care.
“It has hit home for many of us in the Union hockey family throughout the year and previously,” said Claudia Asano, head women's ice hockey coach, who lost her mother to cancer several years ago. “Early in our season, we lost George Morrison, our volunteer coach, to brain cancer. We want to do all we can to stop this awful disease.”
This is the second year Union is hosting the event with the league. Last year, Union raised nearly $12,000 for the campaign.
“We wore pink jerseys and auctioned them online,” Asano said. “This year, the men are wearing black and pink jerseys for their game on Friday, Feb. 27, and we are using pink sticks this weekend. All the sticks and jerseys will be available for purchase online,”
To donate directly, make checks out to ECAC Hockey – Coaches vs. Cancer and send to Asano, or bring to the games at Messa Rink this weekend. On Friday, Feb. 20, the Union women play Colgate at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 21, Union faces off against Cornell at 4 p.m.
“Show your support by wearing pink,” Asano says.
For its part, the Union College Bookstore is offering discounts off select pink merchandise through Saturday, Feb. 21.
For more on how Union hockey is helping to fight cancer, click here.