Gary Heenan

Utica College Hockey will be allowed to participate in post season play, despite sanctions handed down by the NCAA following scholarship violations previously reported, according to hockey head coach Gary Heenan.

Today is Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 BIRTHDAYS Shaun White, 27 Professional snowboarder, two-time Olympic gold medalist Garrett Hedlund, 29 Actor who starred in Tron: Legacy, On the Road, boyfriend of Kirsten Dunst Redfoo, 38 DJ and rapper, member of the duo LMFAO Charlie Sheen, 48 Actor who starred on Two and a Half Men, currently on Anger Management DEATHS Seamus Heaney, 74 Seamus Hean

One of the big concerns about a return of professional hockey to the Utica Memorial Auditorium surrounded the Utica College hockey program and whether the Pioneers would be overlooked or taken for granted with another show in town.

Utica College Men's Hockey Coach Gary Heenan is no longer pursuing the coaching vacancy at the University of Alaska Anchorage, he told WIBX First News with Keeler in the Morning.

Details are beginning to surface over the coaching job Utica Hockey Coach Gary Heenan is pursuing.  Recently, the college confirmed that the Pioneers coach interviewed for the Alaska-Anchorage job and at this point, there's no word on whether or not Heenan will be offered the position.  Meanwhile, details are surfacing in regards to what led to the job opening at the Division I school in the first

Just twelve hours before his Pioneers are set to play in the their first NCAA Division III Frozen Four game, Utica College Men's Hockey coach Gary Heenan joined WIBX First News with Keeler in the Morning.

Utica College Men's Hockey coach Gary Heenan says he wasn't at all worried when his team faced a 2-0 hole at the end of the first period, in Saturday's NCAA Division III Quarterfinals.

by Bill Keeler   When the Utica Pioneers Hockey Team plays this weekend in the NCAA Championship they'll be stepping into an arena filled with American history. It was the call heard 'round the world from Lake Placid, New York.  "...

The Utica College Men's Hockey team earned their first-ever bid on Sunday night into the Division III NCAA Tournament.  Utica advanced to the quarterfinal round of the tournament and will host a game on Saturday night at 7pm at the Utica Memorial Auditorium...

Utica College Hockey Coach Gary Heenan joined WIBX First News with Keeler in the Morning on Monday to cover his teams disappointing loss on Saturday at the AUD, plus rumors of an AHL team coming to Utica: