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PETER R. BARBER/GAZETTE PHOTOGRAPHERUnion senior forward Jack Adams is transferring to Providence College.

Union’s Adams transferring to Providence

SCHENECTADY — Union senior Jack Adams, projected to be the leading goal scorer on the men’s hockey team before the… Read more »

Empire 8 to resume competition with winter sports; conference basketball schedule starts March 1

The Empire 8 has a tentative start date of March 1 for its conference basketball season, the league announced Tuesday… Read more »

Grace Heeps is shown during a preseason UAlbany women's basketball practice earlier this year. (Gazette file photo)

UAlbany women’s basketball team’s first 3 games called off; Heeps eligible to play

ALBANY — With no confirmed date yet for when UAlbany’s basketball teams are able to return to practice, head coach… Read more »

PETER R. BARBER/GAZETTE PHOTOGRAPHERUnion senior goalie Darion Hanson will explore the option of playing one more season of college hockey somewhere else next academic year.

Schenectady

Union goalie Hanson enters NCAA transfer portal

SCHENECTADY — Darion Hanson would rather be gloving hockey pucks for Union College. Instead, there’s a chance he’ll be “slinging… Read more »

City Mission of Schenectady Executive Director and CEO Mike Saccocio, right, carries a box of donated clothing items from Union College hockey players Sean Harrison and Josh Kosack on Friday. Inset photo: Union senior Josh Kosack.

Schenectady

If no hockey, ’tis still the season for Union’s Kosack

Senior Josh Kosack won’t be playing hockey for Union College this season, or ever again. He will still manage to… Read more »

PETER R. BARBER/GAZETTE PHOTOGRAPHERUnion's Jack Adams, left, is transferring after the school canceled the 2020-21 men's hockey season on Tuesday.

After Adams leaves Union, question is whether more will follow

SCHENECTADY — It’s too early to tell whether Jack Adams’ impending transfer from the Union men’s hockey team signals a… Read more »

UAlbany men's basketball head coach Will Brown is shown. (Gazette file photo)

UAlbany men’s basketball cancels opening 3 games

ALBANY — In a move that seemed inevitable, the UAlbany men’s basketball program canceled the first three games on its… Read more »

ERICA MILLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER RPI's Cory Babichuck checks Union's Christian Sanda during the Mayor's Cup game Jan. 25 at Times Union Center.

ECAC Hockey will play with four teams

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, ECAC Hockey is moving on. After losing 67% of its teams in the last week, the… Read more »

Erica Miller/Staff PhotographerRPI and Union each announced this week that they canceled their men's and women's college hockey seasons.

The Parting Schotts Podcast: Coronavirus pandemic affects college hockey (Part 1)

On the latest edition of “The Parting Schotts Podcast,” host and Associate Sports Editor Ken Schott delivers the first part… Read more »

PETER R. BARBER/GAZETTE PHOTOGRAPHERUnion forward Jack Adams, left, takes a shot against Army at Messa Rink on Oct. 6, 2018.

Union’s Adams in transfer portal; RPI’s Savory to Lowell

It didn’t take long for members of the Union and RPI men’s ice hockey programs to start looking for new… Read more »