Griz to field hockey team in ACHA

MISSOULA — The University of Montana is taking to the ice, with the aim of building a hockey program to compete in the American College Hockey Association (ACHA) Division 2.

Hockey has been a club sport at UM for some time – the Flying Mules played at least as far back as the 1970s – but the goal now is a program that will draw students to UM with a beefed-up schedule and a well-organized league...