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Whitman: Illini 'hit the pause button' on hockey project
The good news? Illinois hockey is close to the finish line. The bad news? Illini athletics’ race to complete the project has been temporarily suspended.
247sports.com
>> Illinois athletics director Josh Whitman told Illini Inquirer on Monday that the Illini were preparing for a late spring announcement of the formal creation of a Division-I men’s hockey program and a downtown Champaign multi-purpose arena, the culmination of almost four years of planning, fund-raising and coordination with local leaders.
But the pandemic COVID-19 has put at least a temporary pause on that progress.<<