Northford, CT

The University of New Haven’s club hockey team is back on the ice at Northford Ice Pavilion on Friday night, but it’s their first game back without co-captain Ryan O’Shea.  “Ryan, thank you for being our captain. Thank you for being our teammate. Thank you for being our friend. Once a charger, always a charger,” said UNH men’s hockey general manager, Devin Bertrand, before the game.  O’Shea, who was just 21-years-old, was killed in a wrong way car crash earlie

The University of New Haven men’s ice hockey club team will honor the memory of a student-athlete who was killed in a wrong-way crash earlier this month. The team will retire the jersey of senior co-captain Ryan O’Shea ’27 during a pregame ceremony Friday night. O’Shea died on Oct. 16 in a motor vehicle crash when his vehicle was struck by a wrong-way driver, according to the university. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 8:40 p.m. at the Northford Ice