Where our players come from….
W h e r e w e p l a y. . .
Just to give you an idea of where our student-athletes played before
coming to GW, here is a selection of alumni and current players from
schools and teams such as yours:
The George Washington University hockey
team plays at two different arenas.
Dylan Cleary ‘16—Roxbury Latin School
Chris Perugini ‘16—Choate Rosemary Hall
Sam Powers ‘16—NY Saints Jr B
Max Terhar ‘16—Culver Military Acad/St. Louis Bandits Jr A
Sean Okita ‘15—Milton Academy
Will Hendricks ‘13—Avon Old Farms
Alex Smith ‘12—Philadelphia Jr. Flyers AAA
William Wiederseim '11—Westminster School
Jon Moynihan '10—Buckingham Browne & Nichols
Michael Potolicchio '10—Landon School
Ryan Stewart '10—Choate Rosemary Hall
David Baratta '09—Phillips Exeter Acad/Philadelphia Little Flyers Jr B
Will Denise '09—Princeton Day School
David Waterman ‘09—Quad City Express Jr B
Our practice facility
is Cabin John Ice
Arena located in
Rockville, MD. This
is where all GW
practices are held.
Transportation to the rink is provided by
the team.
Our game facility is Kettler Capitals Iceplex,
practice facility of the
Washington Capitals.
Because of its location
near the Ballston DC
Metro Stop, games here
can see very large crowds of not only GW
and visiting team students, but hockey
fans across the DC-Metro area.
Although not an
official GW hockey
rink, the team has
also played several
games at the Verizon Center in DC’s
Chinatown—home
to the Washington Capitals. These games
are usually big events which have seen
crowds of over one-thousand fans.
In addition to these rinks, the Colonials
have been known to travel from Pennsylvania to North Carolina for both league
and non-league play.
Current Rankings….
#37 High School Counselor Rankings (US News & World Report)
#88 of America’s Top Colleges (Forbes)
Named a “Best Northeastern College” (The Princeton Review)
#3 College City Gets High Marks (The Princeton Review)
#13 Best College Dorms (The Princeton Review)
How to apply….
If you would like to attend the George Washington University, please
go to “www.gwu.edu/apply” and click on the admissions link that is
appropriate for you. Here are the crucial dates for the freshman
admissions process:
Early Decision—November 10
Seven-Year B.A./M.D.—December 1
Early Decision II—January 10
Regular Decision—January 10
Spring Admission—October 1
If you would not be applying as a freshman, please go to
“www.gwu.edu/apply” for the appropriate application dates.
Please note, while the GW University Club Ice Hockey Team is an official club of GW University and member of the
ACHA (and thus USA Hockey) and the ACCHL as well as patron of Cabin John Ice Rink, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, and
the Verizon Center, their images and logos are used here without permission for the sole purpose of providing
relevant information about the hockey team which operates as a non-profit organization. The GW Hockey team
has no affiliation with any admissions office within the university and no communication with a staff member or
officer of the GW hockey team should be considered equal to or endorsed by any admissions officer of GW University or any of its schools. Any information about GW University or any related organization that does not pertain to
the hockey team which is supplied by a member of the program should not be considered official, although all
information used by the team can be found in public sources. All communication efforts by the GW club hockey
team to any individual are for the sole purpose of providing information about the hockey team and should not be
considered official “recruitment” by the university or any related organization. The GW team does not have the
power to, nor does it seek to, establish binding agreements of application, admission, or acceptance with contacted
individuals on behalf of the university and vice-a-versa, nor should any communication by the GW hockey team be
interpreted as trying to sway any individual from seeking out or joining any other academic institution, hockey
program, or other organization or way of life.
The George
Washington
University
Club Ice
Hockey Team
American Collegiate Hockey Association
Division II—Southeast Division
Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League
Colonials ice hockey…
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For more information please visit:
www.gwu.edu/~hockey
[email protected]
What is club hockey?
Why club hockey at GW?
While I’m sure most student-athletes in your situation dream of playing in the NCAA for a varsity program at the Division I or Division III level, it is important that you know you have other options. Running
parallel to the NCAA is the ACHA, or American Collegiate Hockey Association,
which is a league that has
teams from 49 out of 50
states and is run by USA
Hockey, which many of you played under in your
youth travel team days.
The teams of the ACHA are non-varsity meaning that
rather than being funded fully
by the school, most teams are
supported by a combination of
player dues, fund raising, and
school funds – just like any other
high school or college club you might participate in.
The fact that teams are required to support themselves provides a unique opportunity to the players
to fill the role of General Manager for their own team
as well as play. Executive positions on teams look
great on resumes, and have applications for all sorts
of managerial positions like those you might find in
the business, political, and public affairs worlds.
More importantly, even though the league is classified as “non-varsity,” it is filled with players who have
played for the same prep high schools and high-level
amateur club programs as you and your teammates
have played in, producing an equally high level of play
(for a list of such players and schools see the back
panel).
The George Washington University’s ice hockey team has
a number of rare distinctions that separate it from many
other ACHA programs. Players on the George Washington
University team are students at
one of the premier universities
located in our nation’s capital. People come from all over
the globe to study politics, international affairs, business, engineering, and public affairs
and have been known to land internships in everything
from fortune 500 companies to the United States government. In fact, players on the George Washington University hockey team have had internships in the US Department of Education, on presidential campaigns,
and even with the Washington
Capitals of the NHL. Additionally,
GW hockey players have been known to take a semester
off here-and-there to study everywhere from England to
Argentina to South Africa to Australia. Some players even
take advantage of the robust Greek Life at GW and join
fraternities.
It might seem like trying to engage in the many things GW
has to offer would conflict with developing a good hockey program. However,
we at GW Hockey know that you come
to this university to grow as an academic
and a professional and so we do not kill
you with time commitments. Typically,
we have held one or two practices a
week and had one or two games on the weekends, as well
as a fundraising event or two a semester. We’ll never
hold practice during your study weeks before exams, and
we’ll never stick you in a holiday tournament to take
up time you could be spending with your family and
recharging your batteries for the next semester. We
are also keenly aware what it costs to attend the
George Washington University, and you can be rest
assured that your team dues will be less than those of
most D2 club hockey programs. All we ask is that
when you show up to the rink, you’re ready to play.
This philosophy has served us very well. Since 2005,
GW has won three ACHA D3 conference championships and been invited to two regional tournaments,
where we were one game away from playing in the
national championship. In fact, GW enjoyed such
success at the D3 level, that it was invited to join the
Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League and starting
with the 2010-11 season, moved up to the D2 level
against powerhouse universities such as University of
Virginia, University of North
Carolina, North Carolina State, Duke University, Elon
University, and our cross-town rival Georgetown University. In addition to these games, we schedule
against other local universities such as Catholic University and American University to minimize your non
-league travel schedule. These are fun and exciting
times to be a part of the George Washington University club ice hockey program, and we hope you will
join us.